Carol Colburn
Carol teaches sewing workshops at North House that incorporate traditional textile traditions along with contemporary craft. Through her travels, she has found inspiration in the everyday as well as the festive textile and clothing traditions of Scandinavia. Her numerous publications discuss the design, techniques, and meanings embedded in historic textiles, including clothing and household items. She taught period clothing design, pattern making, and sewing in universities before she began teaching focused heritage sewing workshops at Vesaas Farm Studio in Telemark, Norway, Vesterheim Folk Art School in Iowa, John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and at North House. Students in her sewing workshops are introduced to an appreciation of time honored techniques while creating contemporary custom garments that are ultimately practical for the northern climate.
Past Courses Offered by Carol Colburn
Blanket Coat: Techniques for Making Your Own Warm Wool Blanket Coat
Handsew Your Own Warm Wool Blanket Coat
History to Handcraft: Highlight on Fiber Arts
Nature's Insulator: Sew Your Own Wool Blanket Shirt
Patterning Techniques: Make a Sewing Pattern from a Favorite Garment
Sew Your Own Scandinavian Work Shirt
Sew Your Own: Scandinavian Work Shirt
Sew Your Own: Wet-Felted Vest
The Unfinished Wardrobe: A Three-Day Sew Fest
Weave to Sew: Custom Wool Vest
