Craft with Nature’s Palette: 3 Classes Using Found & Foraged Materials
There’s something deeply satisfying about making art from what’s already around you—fallen leaves, forgotten fabrics, cast-off paper, and backyard blooms. It’s a way of slowing down, looking closely, and letting nature set the tone for your creativity.
These three online classes celebrate spring’s beauty and encourage you to work with what you have or find. With each project, you’ll explore color, texture, and meaning in new ways—whether you’re dyeing fabric with indigo, creating prints from leaves and bugs, or stitching with salvaged materials.
Let the season guide your hands—and your imagination.
Rooted in the patterns of nature, this class will guide you through the art of gel plate printing using leaves, botanicals, and found objects. You'll create a vibrant collection of eye-catching prints perfect for quilts, home décor, clothing embellishments, and more.
Learn to make 15–20 unique prints in just one hour, explore cohesive color palettes, experiment with stencils and mark-making tools, and gain the skills to design your own one-of-a-kind fabrics—without traditional dyeing methods. Perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike!
Inspired by the natural world, this course teaches you the art of shibori and indigo dyeing using plant-based methods and traditional techniques. You'll learn how to create a chemical-free fructose indigo vat and transform fabric with rich, organic blues and nature-influenced patterns.
Led by expert dyer Debbie Maddy, the class offers a mindful, hands-on approach to working with natural materials.
Celebrate the tiny creatures of the garden with this nature-inspired embroidery course that turns spiders, ladybugs, and other crawlies into charming stitched works of art. With 24 detailed motifs and 18 different stitches, Christen Brown teaches you how to bring these garden dwellers to life using perle cotton, beads, buttons, sequins, and more.
You’ll also learn how to create spiderwebs and decorative backgrounds while adding texture and flair to your projects. It’s a playful way to explore the beauty of nature—one stitch at a time.
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Whether you're foraging for ideas in your backyard, rummaging through old linens, or experimenting with natural dyes, these courses remind us that creativity doesn’t require perfection—or pricey supplies. It just takes curiosity, a little time, and the willingness to see beauty in the ordinary.
