Bonnie MacAllister: Studio 16 @ Cherry St Pier

Learn methods to dye cotton fabrics with wildflowers and natural plants. Create an organic textile . All plant based materials included.Learn methods to dye cotton fabrics with wildflowers and natural plants. Create an organic textile . All plant based materials included.Bundle dye with wildflowers and natural botanicals. All materials included. Organic cotton fabric makes this vegan friendly. Size 16″ v 16″. Workshop is on second floor in studio 16 of Cherry St Pier. Visit the other artist studios. Food and drink trucks available on the pier.This is drop in so please budget 30 minutes to 1 hour during 12-4. You

Learn methods to dye cotton fabrics with wildflowers and natural plants. Create an organic textile . All plant based materials included.Learn methods to dye cotton fabrics with wildflowers and natural plants. Create an organic textile . All plant based materials included.Bundle dye with wildflowers and natural botanicals. All materials included. Organic cotton fabric makes this vegan friendly. Size 16″ v 16″. Workshop is on second floor in studio 16 of Cherry St Pier. Visit the other artist studios. Food and drink trucks available on the pier.This is drop in so please budget 30 minutes to 1 hour during 12-4. You

Learn fabric design using fresh and dried flowers to create your own wearable bandanna/kerchief/headband. One size.Learn fabric design using fresh and dried flowers to create your own wearable bandanna/kerchief/headband. One size.A bandana & headband hybrid! Keeps the sun off of the top of your head & keeps the hair out of your face. Enclosed elastic back. 100% cotton Jersey & sewn with cotton thread for perfect dyeing.Use fresh and dried flowers to create an original design. All abilities welcome.Directions: Check in to Studio 16 on 2nd floorhttps://www.cherrystreetpier.com/getting-here/

Learn fabric design using fresh and dried flowers to create your own wearable bandanna/kerchief/headband. One size. A bandana & headband hybrid! Keeps the sun off of the top of your head & keeps the hair out of your face. Enclosed elastic back. 100% cotton Jersey & sewn with cotton thread for perfect dyeing. Use fresh and dried flowers to create an original design. All abilities welcome. Each ticket includes a drink ticket (good for alcoholic beverages for 21+ or non-alcoholic if you like) When you arrive at Summerfest on the Delaware River Waterfront, Look for the air conditioned Lodge. Directions:

Interactive weaving exhibition featuring installations of Delaware River Girls, an animatronic tree that accepts wishes, and community loomsHead upstairs to the Terrace Gallery at Cherry Street Pier this August for Weaving on the Waterfront, a colorful and hands-on fiber art exhibit by Pier artist-in-residence Bonnie MacAllister, with featured work by Philly artist Jamie Campbell.The gallery will showcase beautifully woven and handspun pieces made from recycled materials and natural fibers. The exhibit also highlights a special community project—original weavings created on no-waste looms during free First Friday workshops.Join us for the Opening Reception on First Friday, August 1, from 5 pm

Spend the afternoon in an interactive fibers exhibition, learn poetic forms and construction, create original work inspired by artHead upstairs to the Terrace Gallery at Cherry Street Pier this August for Weaving on the Waterfront, a colorful and hands-on fiber art exhibit by Pier artist-in-residence Bonnie MacAllister, with featured work by Philly artist Jamie Campbell.The gallery will showcase beautifully woven and handspun pieces made from recycled materials and natural fibers. The exhibit also highlights a special community project—original weavings created on no-waste looms during free First Friday workshops.About the Artists:Bonnie MacAllister is a fiber artist and educator who leads engaging

Using a spectrum of basic to more involved sculptural stitches, practice on an embroidery hoop and a guided sewable pattern book. All agesExperience a portable lesson in a variety of important embroidery stitches. Create a sampler book using sewable tutorials and practice on an embroidery hoop. We will sew in Studio 16, tour the pier, and move outside next to the bridgescape on Cherry Street Pier. All materials included. All ages and abilities.Bonnie MacAllister iis going into her third year a a Resident Artist at Cherry Street Pier. Her studio practice involves interactive collaborative workshops demonstrating her studio practice of

Learn construction of a figure using weaving techniques. All materials provided to complete an original piece.Classes take place in Studio 16 , and we will bring our small looms to the pier garden to enjoy the view as we create.There is no prerequisite. All ages and abilities encouraged.Getting here: https://www.cherrystreetpier.com/getting-here/

Workshop participants will learn wet felting techniques using farm sourced wool, organic almond soap, and dried wildflower.Workshop participants will learn wet felting techniques using farm sourced wool, organic almond soap, and dried wildflower. Create an original felted soap that is usable and decorative.Bonnie MacAllister is a third year Resident Artist at Cherry Street Pier. Her studio practice involves interactive collaborative workshops demonstrating her studio practice of embroidery, felting, natural dyeing, and recycled textiles. Her embroidery has been exhibited at the New York Public Library, McLean Project for the Arts, the New School / Parsons, the State Museum of Pennsylvania. the

Learn fabric design using fresh and dried flowers to create your own wearable bandanna/kerchief/headband. One size.Learn fabric design using fresh and dried flowers to create your own wearable bandanna/kerchief/headband. One size.A bandana & headband hybrid! Keeps the sun off of the top of your head & keeps the hair out of your face. Enclosed elastic back. 100% cotton Jersey & sewn with cotton thread for perfect dyeing.Use fresh and dried flowers to create an original design. All abilities welcome.Directions: Check in to Studio 16 on 2nd floorhttps://www.cherrystreetpier.com/getting-here/

Create an original wall hanging using botanical materials (wool and fibers optional). All materials provided and locally sourced.Create an original wall hanging using botanical materials (wool and fibers optional). All materials provided and locally sourced. All ages and abilities.Getting here: https://www.cherrystreetpier.com/getting-here/

Using farm sourced wools, organic almond soap, and dried wildflowers, create original designs. All materials provided, all ages & abilities.Workshop participants will learn wet felting techniques using farm sourced wool, organic almond soap, and dried wildflower. Taught by Resident Artist Bonnie MacAllister in her heated studio on Cherry Street Pier.

Create an original wall hanging using botanical materials (wool and fibers optional). All materials provided and locally sourced.Create an original wall hanging using botanical materials (wool and fibers optional). All materials provided and locally sourced. All ages and abilities.Getting here: https://www.cherrystreetpier.com/getting-here/

Learn how to transform farm sourced fibers into an original garment. All materials included. All ages and abilities encouraged.Nuno felting is the process of making a new textile by combining a loose weave fabric with a natural fiber such as farm sourced mohair from goats or merino wool from sheep. Visitors will learn how to create textures in layers and create imagery in surface design in this no sew process.Workshop by studio 16 resident artist Bonnie MacAllister, M.Ed. who has studied textiles while on Fulbright-Hays to Ethiopia and on residence in Iceland and Lyon, France.

All materials included: small canvas and easel, and plant based paints made on the Delaware River Waterfront from local plants.Join Resident Artist Bonnie MacAllister during Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) for a special plein air painting xperience on Cherry Street Pier. All paints are made in the studio 16 where Bonnie is a third year resident. Learn how to make handmade pigmenta from plants and flowers and create an original small painting In the outdoor setting in the garden at the Delaware Waterfront enjoying spectacular views.More about Bonnie at POST: https://www.cfeva.org/post-directory-2025#!biz/id/67ddb568895622461d0ba616All ages and abilities are encouraged.Directions: https://www.cherrystreetpier.com/getting-here/

Using a spectrum of basic to more involved sculptural stitches, practice on an embroidery hoop and a guided sewable pattern book. All agesExperience a portable lesson in a variety of important embroidery stitches. Create a sampler book using sewable tutorials and practice on an embroidery hoop. We will sew in Studio 16, tour the pier, and move outside next to the bridgescape on Cherry Street Pier. All materials included. All ages and abilities.Bonnie MacAllister iis going into her third year a a Resident Artist at Cherry Street Pier. Her studio practice involves interactive collaborative workshops demonstrating her studio practice of

All ages and abilities. No sew, no experience necessary. A terrific way to make something extraordinary from leftover yarn and fabric.Special guest teaching artist Jamie Campbell will demonstrate and guide participants through original 3D basket construction. Jamie created large scale sculptures and instablation work in the gallery at Cherry Street Pier during Phantastic Phibers. She has taught several workshops in Studio 16 including creating bats, light up jellyfish,Felted Fairies, and Delaware River Monsters. She exhibited an installation in “Weaving on the Waterfront” August 1-31 on the 2nd floor balcony at Cherry Street Pier, exhibiting with @bonniemacart

Learn fabric design using fresh and dried flowers to create your own wearable bandanna/kerchief/headband. Four styles available. One size.Learn fabric design using fresh and dried flowers to create your own wearable bandanna/kerchief/headband. One size.A bandana & headband hybrid! Keeps the sun off of the top of your head & keeps the hair out of your face. Enclosed elastic back. 100% cotton Jersey & sewn with cotton thread for perfect dyeing.Use fresh and dried flowers to create an original design. All abilities welcome.Directions: Check in to Studio 16 on 2nd floorhttps://www.cherrystreetpier.com/getting-here/

Design your own 3D felted fairy using fiber construction techniques including needle felting and sewing. All materials provided. All ages.Fairies, or their equivalents,exist in various forms and with different roles in numerous cultures worldwide, from Europe to Asia and beyond. Visitors are invited to create their own 3D fairies using needle felting and fiber construction techniques and methods to create a moveable standing figure . We will finish with a fairy photo shoot in the pier garden.Special guest teaching artist Jamie Campbell will demonstrate and guide participants through original 3D fairie construction. Jamie created large scale sculptures and instablation work

Learn techniques to make silk flowers from recycled textiles and leave class with your own fascinator, floral brooch or flower crown.Special guest teaching artist Jamie Campbell will demonstrate and guide participants through original construction using recycled textiles, beading, and deconstructed jewely. Jamie created large scale sculptures and instablation work in the gallery at Cherry Street Pier during Phantastic Phibers. She has taught several workshops in Studio 16 including creating bats, light up jellyfish, felting fairiies,, and Delaware River Monsters. She will exhibit an installation in "Weaving on the Waterfront" August 1-31 on the 2nd floor balcony at Cherry Street Pier.

Using fair trade sourced discarded fabrics, learn how to sew an original embroidery wall hanging. All abilities encouragedLearn simple stitches to assemble heirloom fabrics into a gorgeous textured embroidery collage.Bonnie MacAllister is a third year resident at Cherry Stfeet Pier. She hosts classes teaching her methods and encourages students to share their new fiber skills and continue the outreach. She has taught embroidery at Al Bustan Seeds of Culture, botanical shibori dyeing at the Barnes Foundation, felting at the National Liberty Museum, and botanical bundle dyeing with wildflowers at the University of Pennsylvania 40th Street Artist-In-Residence (AIR) Program. Her work

Using a spectrum of basic to more involved sculptural stitches, practice on an embroidery hoop and a guided sewable pattern book.Experience a portable lesson in a variety of important embroidery stitches. Create a sampler book using sewable tutorials and practice on an embroidery hoop. We will sew in Studio 16, tour the pier, and move outside next to the bridgescape on Cherry Street Pier. All materials included. All ages and abilities.Bonnie MacAllister iis going into her fourth year a a Resident Artist at Cherry Street Pier. Her studio practice involves interactive collaborative workshops demonstrating her studio practice of embroidery, felting,

Using a spectrum of basic to more involved sculptural stitches, practice on an embroidery hoop and a guided sewable pattern book. All agesExperience a portable lesson in a variety of important embroidery stitches. Create a sampler book using sewable tutorials and practice on an embroidery hoop. We will sew in Studio 16, tour the pier, and move outside next to the bridgescape on Cherry Street Pier. All materials included. All ages and abilities.Bonnie MacAllister iis going into her third year a a Resident Artist at Cherry Street Pier. Her studio practice involves interactive collaborative workshops demonstrating her studio practice of

Using fair trade sourced discarded fabrics, learn how to sew an original embroidery wall hanging. All abilities encouragedLearn simple stitches to assemble heirloom fabrics into a gorgeous textured embroidery collage. Sew a 3D sachet or 2D piece to frame.Bonnie MacAllister is goung into a fourth year as a resident artist at Cherry Stfeet Pier. She hosts classes teaching her methods and encourages students to share their new fiber skills and continue the outreach. Bonnie is currently exhibiting at Abington Art Center, the Plastic Club, Station 3510 in Mt. Rainier Maryland, and Cherry Street Pier with her fellow resident artists. She

All materials provided to begin a tapestry or weaving on your new upright loom. Take home your new loom and create your weaving studio.Learn how to warp and weave on a 9.85x 15.5inch loom. 3D and experimental forms will be covered alongside traditional method. Limited space due to materials.Bonnie MacAllister is a fiber artist whose practice involves interactive collaborative workshops demonstrating embroidery, felting, natural dyeing, and recycled textiles.Getting here: https://www.cherrystreetpier.com/getting-here/

Create an original wall hanging using botanical materials (wool and fibers optional). All materials provided and locally sourced.Create an original wall hanging using botanical materials (wool and fibers optional). All materials provided and locally sourced. Beautiful pressed flowers and a glass and brass frame. All ages and abilities.Getting here: https://www.cherrystreetpier.com/getting-here/

Buy, design, and make silk flowers from recycled textiles and leave with your own fascinator, floral brooch, flower crown, bouquet, and moreSpecial guest teaching artist Jamie Campbell will demonstrate and guide participants through original construction using recycled textiles, beading, and deconstructed jewely. Jamie created large scale sculptures and instablation work in the gallery at Cherry Street Pier during Phantastic Phibers. She has taught several workshops in Studio 16 including creating bats, light up jellyfish, felting fairiies,, and Delaware River Monsters. She exhibited a participatory installation in "Weaving on the Waterfront" in 2025 on the Terrace Gallery on Cherry Street Pier.

Using a spectrum of basic to more involved sculptural stitches, practice on an embroidery hoop and guided sewable patterns. All agesExperience a portable lesson in a variety of important embroidery stitches. Create a sampler book using sewable tutorials and practice on an embroidery hoop. We will sew in Studio 16, tour the pier, and move outside next to the bridgescape on Cherry Street Pier. All materials included. All ages and abilities.Bonnie MacAllister iis a fourth year Resident Artist at Cherry Street Pier. Her studio practice involves interactive collaborative workshops demonstrating her studio practice of embroidery, felting, natural dyeing, and recycled

Using fair trade sourced discarded fabrics, learn how to sew an original embroidery wall hanging. All abilities encouragedLearn simple stitches to assemble heirloom fabrics into a gorgeous textured embroidery collage. Sew a 3D sachet or 2D piece to frame.Bonnie MacAllister is goung into a fourth year as a resident artist at Cherry Stfeet Pier. She hosts classes teaching her methods and encourages students to share their new fiber skills and continue the outreach. Bonnie is currently exhibiting at Abington Art Center, the Plastic Club, Station 3510 in Mt. Rainier Maryland, and Cherry Street Pier with her fellow resident artists. She

Buy, design, and make silk flowers from recycled textiles and leave with your own fascinator, floral brooch, flower crown, bouquet, and moreSpecial guest teaching artist Jamie Campbell will demonstrate and guide participants through original construction using recycled textiles, beading, and deconstructed jewely. Jamie created large scale sculptures and instablation work in the gallery at Cherry Street Pier during Phantastic Phibers. She has taught several workshops in Studio 16 including creating bats, light up jellyfish, felting fairiies,, and Delaware River Monsters. She exhibited a participatory installation in "Weaving on the Waterfront" in 2025 on the Terrace Gallery on Cherry Street Pier.

Using fair trade sourced discarded fabrics, learn how to sew an original embroidery wall hanging. All abilities encouragedLearn simple stitches to assemble heirloom fabrics into a gorgeous textured embroidery collage. Sew a 3D sachet or 2D piece to frame.Bonnie MacAllister is goung into a fourth year as a resident artist at Cherry Stfeet Pier. She hosts classes teaching her methods and encourages students to share their new fiber skills and continue the outreach. Bonnie is currently exhibiting at Abington Art Center, the Plastic Club, Station 3510 in Mt. Rainier Maryland, and Cherry Street Pier with her fellow resident artists. She

Create a custom 12x 14 organic cotton canvas tote bag using plant based paints. All abilities welcomePaint an organic canvas tote with plant based pigments including turmeric, rhubarb, onion peel, marigold, sugar snap pea, lilac, poppies, and blue lotus, all made in Studio 16 by @bonniemacart. All materials include.Bonnie’s Craft Your Own Nature Inspired Fabric Art was selected as an Airbnb Original. This workshop and a variety of fiber arts experiences including embroidery, weaving, sewing, felting, and creating keepsakes are available to book at Cherry Street Pier monthly through her instagram links @bonniemacart. She has published and exhibited internationally and