Textiles

Children: Textiles

Ages 9-12 / Children

Kids Textile Arts (ages 9 – 12)

Learn textile arts including tie dye, batik, embroidery, plushie making, and handweaving. Each class introduces a new skill. Students explore and create, taking home a new project weekly. Fibre art is fun, easy to learn, and experimentation is encouraged! Classes are designed to build confidence in trying new things, and all lessons are fully hands-on. […]

Date:May 8th, 2026  -  June 19th, 2026

Time:3:45 pm

Fee:$150.00

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Youth: Textiles

Ages 12-17 / Youth

Youth Needle Felting (ages 12 – 17)

Try your hand at sculptural textile arts! Needle felting transforms loose, colourful wool into solid, sculpted forms. These can be three-dimensional figures, like flowers or animals, or two-dimensional scenes, like a wall hanging or bunting. Learn how to use special barbed needles to repeatedly agitate wool fibres, causing them to interlock and mat together to […]

Date:June 23rd, 2026  -  June 23rd, 2026

Time:6:00 pm

Fee:$30.00

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Adult: Textiles

16 and up / Adult

Meditation Scrolls

Our connections to textiles are deep and important. Meditation scrolls are small bits of fabric sewn together in a long strip with a variety of embroidered stitches and wrapped around a wooden spool. Create a memorable keepsake by combining creativity and mindfulness together while learning new stitching techniques. Participants are encouraged to bring bits and […]

Date:May 14th, 2026  -  June 4th, 2026

Time:6:30 pm

Fee:$125.00

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Adult: Textiles

16 and up / Adult

Getting Weird With It: Textile Art

Dive into the world of abstract textile art. Discover vintage hand stitches for beauty and structure, learn various dye techniques to transform thrifted materials, and push the boundaries of traditional textiles by creating experimental three-dimensional artworks! In this dynamic textile art class, participants will explore fabric dyeing, hand sewing, soft sculpture, needle felting, and embroidery. […]

Date:May 12th, 2026  -  June 16th, 2026

Time:6:30 pm

Fee:$185.00

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Adult: Textiles

16 and up / Adult

Create-a-Date: Needle Felting

Try your hand at sculptural textile arts! Learn how to transform loose, colourful wool into a small soft sculpture using special barbed needles. Materials provided. Beginners welcome, no experience necessary! Each participant must register individually to secure their spot.

Date:May 23rd, 2026  -  May 23rd, 2026

Time:6:00 pm

Fee:$40.00

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Adult: Textiles

16 and up / Adult

Beginner Sewing: Summer Shorts

Learn how to run a machine and read a commercial pattern while making a pair of comfy summer shorts (soft fabric, elastic waisted, with side seam pockets), all in a weekend workshop with the helpful guidance of an experienced sewist. Sewing machines are available onsite. Registrants interested in learning their own machine are encouraged to […]

Date:June 13th, 2026  -  June 14th, 2026

Time:12:30 pm

Fee:$125.00

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Turquoise blue guide of the Casa Winter Program Guide with a winter landscape and two penguins.

Casa Program Guide

The Casa Program Guide is produced three times a year; Winter, Spring/Summer and Fall. Inside the guide find listings for the upcoming class and workshop schedule, upcoming exhibitions at The Gallery, information about artists in residence and seasonal events in the building. Program guides are free. Pick-up guides at Casa or at facilities throughout the city.