Our Mission:
​To promote educational opportunities for our members in the fiber arts as well as provide connections among local weavers and spinners and their guilds in Iowa, including other fiber arts such as felting, knitting, crochet, nalbinding, and tatting. 

Upcoming Federation Events:

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Threads and Fiber Festival
Presented by Karolyn Knoll
November 22, 2025 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
November 23, 2025 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
4801 Franklin Ave, Des Moines, Iowa 50310

Fiber Market with local vendors, classes and food trucks! Come out, learn something new, and see the fibery goodness!
Simply Stripes: Essential Patterns for Woven Cloth (and textiles in general)
Presented by Cameron Taylor-Brown
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 pm
via Zoom

Join us for our fall Zoom lecture on Tuesday, December 2 at 6:30 PM, featuring acclaimed artist and educator Cameron Taylor-Brown. Cameron will lead a fascinating presentation on STRIPES, exploring their history, their evolution in textiles, and how to use them thoughtfully and effectively in your own fiber work.

​Stripes are an integral part of textile design throughout human history. View slides and woven samples from my own collection as well as images from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Textile Museum in Washington D.C., the Cooper-Hewitt in New York, Nuno, Lena Rahoult and others. Examine the design elements of color, texture, weave and proportion in stripes, and how quick studies using collage materials can jumpstart design ideas.
Email [email protected] to add your guild event to our calendar!
Board of Directors 

President: Adah Leshem
​Vice President: Kathleen Taylor  
Treasurer: Karla Stille         
Secretary: Judy Clinton
Web Master: Ashley Anderson
Social Media: Erika Lindgren

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