Learn

Online Courses and Lectures

Learn to dye fabric from Ann’s 2 full length video courses. Beyond the Book: Paint and Print with Dye (over 6.5 hrs ), Color by Accident: Exploring Low-Water Immersion Dyeing (over 4.25 hrs). and a lecture, Versatile Tool for Dyeing Fabric. Ann teaches with the understanding of what dyers need to know based on 40+ years of dyeing fabric and hundreds of in-person workshops.

Books

Ann has written and published books since her first in 1992, Dye Painting! The titles remaining available are listed here as well as how you can get them. This includes a link to a free download of the classic, Color by Accident: Low-Water Immersion Dyeing. Don’t miss the second edition of The Quilter’s Book of Design or The Contact: Sierra Nevada, Dyed & Stitched.

Lectures and Seminars

Ann’s lecture subjects range from dyeing techniques to design principles, all based on her experience and years of making quilts, teaching and writing books. Lectures can be in-person or online, and Seminars are half to full day or longer in-person demonstrations of dyeing techniques. Ann will discuss topics with you and make them most appropriate for your specific audience.

Design Resources

Ann has compiled free design resources for you from her books, videos, magazine articles, and classroom handouts over the years. Each item will link to a downloadable file or video already online. You are welcome to use them and pass them along. She will be adding to the list as she creates them Have fun!

Dye Resources

Ann has gathered materials that she has written or created over the years that have lots of information about dyeing fabric that you can learn from. Each item will link to a downloadable file or video that is already online, free. You are welcome to use them and pass them along. Have fun!

“My favorite aspect of her teaching is that she includes one more design tool: the Idea, and she plants that at the base of her design elements. She believes, and I second the motion, that good work must have meaning, and that first you settle on your idea, and Then you get to work with your skills. Oh yeah, and she tells the artist that you gotta practice, since a lot of this stuff is about using your intuition, your taste, instead of picking right vs wrong choices. That is where it’s at, and you can see that Ann Johnston has made it her business to practice what she preaches with deft intelligence, artistic aplomb, and a genius for meaningful communication.”

– Susan Shie, Artist, Wooster, OH