Pittsburgh's Knit, Crochet, Quilt & Creative Arts Festival!!

August 23-25, 2024
DoubleTree by Hilton
Green Tree, PA 15205

Kit Snyder

Kit is a fiber enthusiast and owner of Phifiber.  I started as a handspinner many (I’m not counting!) years ago, and my love of fiber exploded into many different directions. I’ve never let go of spinning, but my spinning room is also crowded with fiber tools and crafts from spinning wheels to blending boards to […]

Laura Barnes

I learned sewing from my Mother at a young age of 9.  My first project was a jacket short set.  It was the rage in the early 1960s.  I have sewn for myself, my family and did alterations and upholstery for the public while raising my family.  In 2001 I opened a Quilt Shop in […]

Lisa Marie Bruno

Lisa Marie Bruno has been teaching various art subjects since the 1980s.  She was the Art Director for the City of Pittsburgh and also taught some of the classes. While Art Director, she taught for CCAC such as… ‘Mini Modeling’, ‘Fashion History’, ‘Jewelry Making’, etc. While living in Los Angeles, she taught ‘Costume Designing’ for […]

Melissa DeLisio

Melissa DeLisio is a fiber artist who practices a wide variety of surface design techniques including marbling, hand painting, cyanotype and eco printing/dyeing. She has been marbling over 18 years. She has appeared in 4 episodes of Quilting Arts TV and a variety of her surface design techniques have been published in Quilting Arts Magazine, […]

Myrna Patterson

Myrna Patterson, Of YogaNuvo,  experienced her first yoga class in 2012.  She began training soon after, becoming certified to teach in 2013 by the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association. Having led group fitness classes at the YMCA for several years, the shift to yoga was seamless.  She has since taught Vinyasa (flow style) and […]

Rebecca Harmon

Rebecca Harmon’s grandmother taught her to crochet a chain at age 10. She has been crocheting since then and knitting since her children were babies. When she’s NOT crocheting or knitting, Rebecca is a popular speaker at professional (healthcare) meetings/conferences. Her presentations have included titles such as: “Kindness as a leadership principle” , “Rock Your […]

Shelagh Jessop

My name is Shelagh (sounds like Shay-la) and I am the one-woman-show behind Stuart Moores  Textiles (Stuart was my great-grandfather, you can read about our story on the SMT website). I am a textile artist and professional natural dyer, specializing in traditional natural dyes and historically accurate dye techniques. My work is predominantly inspired by […]

Varian Brandon

Varian Brandon started knitting at age eight.  A trip to the islands of Great Britain rekindled a love of color and created an interest in the love of Fair Isle design and construction.  She is currently designing stranded  colorwork patterns for several yarn companies, as well as her own website.  Additionally, her designs have been […]

Valerie Moreno

Hi! I’m Valerie. I teach crochet and knitting. I believe that the best way to acquire new knowledge is through hands-on experience. My role in the classroom is to create the  conditions for students to learn.  As an internationally published designer, my debut pattern, Valley Vista, can be found in Knitty, the first free and […]

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