Draw Me into Your World: Writing to Build the Movie in the Reader’s Mind

Writing, with Laura Berlage

We have all been told “show, don’t tell,” but how do we make that mantra work for us as writers? This course invites you to dive into the sensory world of sight, sound, smell, touch, and environment to build writing muscle for drawing the reader into the world of your story. Learn...

Starts Wednesday, August 12, at 7 pm ET | 4 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Crochet Basket From Sheets

Crochet, with Laura Berlage

Love upcycling? This is the perfect class for you! Using simple materials like old sheets and a crochet hook, learn to create your own useful, beautiful, and washable baskets. A variety of shapes and sizes will be covered, and either flannel or regular cotton sheets work great....

Starts Thursday, August 13, at 7 pm ET | 4 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Louisiana Dance Roots (Tuesdays)

Dance, with Brandon Broussard

Explore the history, culture, and movement of Louisiana dance styles such as the Waltz, Two-Step, Zydeco, and more—all from the comfort of your own space. Gain a deeper understanding of the rhythms, techniques, and subtle nuances that can often feel mysterious at first. Through guided...

Starts Tuesday, August 18, at 7:30 pm ET | 4:30 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Foundations in Free-Motion Quilting

Quilting, with Teri Lucas

Join us for a beginning machine quilting class to get the most out of your domestic home machine. Quilt making is a combination of skills coming together to create and make something beautiful and practical. This class covers the practical means to achieve beautiful work; from accurate...

Starts Wednesday, August 19, at 7:30 pm ET | 4:30 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Mending Matters: The Logic and Skills of Fixing

Fiber Arts, with Jay Reddish

Learn basic embroidery and repair techniques while creating a fabric mending book sampler, a keepsake that students can reference for future fixes. Using thread, fabric, and a little patience, we’ll practice useful stitches and talk about the life cycle of our clothes: why they wear...

Starts Thursday, August 20, at 6 pm ET | 3 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Louisiana Dance Roots (Thursdays)

Dance, with Brandon Broussard

Explore the history, culture, and movement of Louisiana dance styles such as the Waltz, Two-Step, Zydeco, and more—all from the comfort of your own space. Gain a deeper understanding of the rhythms, techniques, and subtle nuances that can often feel mysterious at first. Through guided...

Starts Thursday, August 20, at 9:30 pm ET | 6:30 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Indian Cooking

Cooking, with Santhoshi Radhakrishnan

Explore the vibrant flavors and techniques of Indian cooking over four weekly sessions designed for beginners and home cooks alike. Learn how to build authentic flavor with essential spices, create classic regional dishes, and master foundational cooking methods used across Indian...

Starts Thursday, October 1, at 5:30 pm ET | 2:30 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Rutevev (Scandinavian Geometric) Diamond Tapestry

Tapestry, with Laura Berlage

Inspired by traditional Norwegian designs, this class offers great practice for weaving interlock joins, navigating a grid chart pattern, and keeping your sides nice and straight while working with colorful, hand-dyed yarns from the instructor's sheep. The project is designed to...

Starts Friday, October 2, at 3 pm ET | 12 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Mixed Media Folklore Illustration

Mixed Media, with Addie Hirschten

Enjoy hearing a new folktale each session and illustrating the images using cut paper collage and painting. In addition to discussing the meaning behind the stories with the group, students will weave together traditional cut paper silhouettes, mixed media, and modern painting techniques...

Starts Sunday, October 4, at 2 pm ET | 11 am PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Sashiko Stitching and Boro-Inspired Patching

Needlework, Embroidery & Thread Art, with Gail Clement

Explore the centuries-old Japanese stitching practices of Sashiko and Boro-inspired patching, gaining insights into their history, geography, culture, and contemporary trends. Visually appealing slides and video clips, instructor-led demonstrations, and one-on-one guidance combine...

Starts Monday, October 5, at 4 pm ET | 1 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Hand Bound Books with Button Closures

Book Arts, with Lesley Patterson-Marx

Are there buttons in your collection that you've been saving for a special occasion? This may be the perfect opportunity to highlight these treasures as design features in a lovely trio of books that you bind by hand. All skill levels are invited to explore the possibilities of buttons...

Starts Monday, October 5, at 6 pm ET | 3 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Color Theory for Quilt Makers

Quilting, with Teri Lucas

Color is an area of quilt making that quilters new and well-experienced struggle with, from selecting fabric to piece the quilt top to thread weight and color options. You will learn several techniques for selecting fabric, the color tools available and how to use them, and how to...

Starts Tuesday, October 6, at 7:30 pm ET | 4:30 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Hand Brooms

Broom Making, with Nancy Binkowski

Learn to construct your own brooms! One broom in each session each with its own unique characteristics, A twine wrapped handle, a turkey wing, a hawks tail and a plaited handle! Perfect for adding to your own collection or giving as gifts! Natural brooms are where beauty and function...

Starts Wednesday, October 7, at 6 pm ET | 3 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Bind that Quilt

Quilting, with Teri Lucas

Explore all the fun ways to make binding and enclose those raw edges on variety of shapes. Learn to make cross-grain, bias binding, layered bindings, and how to face (binding doesn't show) a quilt. There's also the zigzag stitch trick that is a new feature this time around!

Starts Thursday, October 8, at 4 pm ET | 1 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Mending across the Globe: Boro, Swiss, and Scotch Darning

Fiber Arts, with Riley Kleve

Get clothes out of your mending pile and back into rotation with this new class! Dive into three techniques from around the world week-by-week, with expert help from instructor and fierce mending advocate Riley Kleve. Starting with Japanese Boro, you’ll learn how to patch holes...

Starts Thursday, October 8, at 5:30 pm ET | 2:30 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Book Making: Inbetween Binding

Book Making, with Sara Dismukes

Incorporate several different techniques into this innovative structure. Create a hardcover case-wrap bookbinding combined with basic leathercraft. Belted hardcover books feature a decorative lay-flat binding and leather closure. Any skill level welcome; requires good hand-eye c...

Saturday, October 10, at 10 am ET | 7 am PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Color Fluency: Design and Practice

Fiber Arts, with Laura Berlage

Color is a huge part of how a design concept grows muscle, flesh, and bones. It's essential for making your idea manifest, and yet it can be so elusive. Essentially, color is a form of language, and this course is all about building fluency in that language as well as putting it...

Starts Sunday, October 11, at 3 pm ET | 12 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Watercolors Made Easy!

Painting, with Joe Synan

Watercolors are not difficult! This carefully designed class will allow all participants to become comfortable creating watercolor paintings of various subjects and sizes, using a variety of painting methods. The class will explore background washes, color contrasts and complements,...

Starts Monday, October 19, at 7 pm ET | 4 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

Woven Sashiko-ori Sampler - Koginzashi style

Weaving, with Phyllis Miller

Learn Koginzashi (one of the three main styles of sashiko-ori) and weave patterns in three different threadings in that style. Experiment with pattern yarns of various sizes and colors. Plan on having a set of mug rugs or three samplers when you’re done.

Starts Monday, October 26, at 7 pm ET | 4 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up

More About the Classes

• Click the class links above to see complete details for each class, and feel free to contact us with any questions. We are available seven days a week.
• Student attendance will all be online.
• Students can connect to the online classes using most any tablet or computer with reliable internet.
• Most of the classes will be recorded. Those classes will be available for access by enrolled students for 30 days following the live class.
• To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date. Materials kit fees are non-refundable.
• Optional Orientation and Closing Ceremony hosted from the Folk School campus will be offered for all classes that students can attend online.
• Many John C. Campbell Folk School instructors are available for 1:1 online lessons.