Cowee Textiles
Art School
Why pick this one
Cowee Textiles offers one-on-one textile instruction, small classes, and rigid heddle weaving lessons in Franklin, North Carolina.
Best for
- beginners wanting to try weaving on a prepared loom
- rigid heddle weaving instruction
- inkle or tablet weaving lessons
- spinning lessons
- veterans seeking free weaving instruction
- students planning textile projects using an extensive reference library
Look elsewhere if
- hat-making instruction, because the site states that Cowee Textiles does not teach hat making
- students seeking services unrelated to textile arts
Specialties
- rigid heddle weaving
- inkle weaving
- tablet weaving
- spinning
- floor loom weaving
- weaving rugs, table runners, and wall hangings
Certifications
- Blue Ridge Craft Trails listed artist
- Handweavers Guild of America
- Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques
- Local Cloth
- Middle Essex Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
What makes them different
- One-on-one instruction from Teresa Bouchonnet, who studied weaving and spinning styles in the United States and Europe
- Small classes in a quiet, clean learning space
- Two looms are set up for approximately three-hour rug, table runner, or wall hanging projects
- Free weaving programs and free rigid heddle classes are available for veterans
- A textile library covers rug hooking, spinning, felting, dyeing, quilting, sewing, inkle, tablet, and weaving
- Serves
- Franklin
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 51 Cowee School Dr, Franklin, NC 28734-4182
- Phone
- +18283493878
- Website
- http://www.coweetextiles.com/
- coweetextiles@gmail.com
Services
- textile art classes
- weaving lessons
- spinning lessons
- textile planning instruction
- workshops