Date and time: Thursday, November 19, 2026, 6:30-8:30 pm PT

Location: Online via Zoom. All members will get a link via email.

Cost: $10 (non-refundable)

Note: This class is for Guild members. If you are not a Guild member, but would like to become one, click here.

Instructor: Barbara Shapiro

Description: Plan to attend the Thursday, November 19, Member Zoom. Barbara Shapiro will share step-by-step instructions and demonstrate how to make decorative Japanese flower knots.

Your kit will include Craftband material for four stars. 

All members will receive emailed instructions.

You may supply your own materials. Barbara has used Japanese paper called craft band, soaked Sedori cane, thin strips of birch bark, 140 lb. watercolor paper, and strips of plaited straw used to make stitched baskets or hats. Each flower will require at least 14” of ¼” wide, thin, flexible material. Members may purchase paper ratan online as a good option for this project. If using natural material that needs soaking, please keep a spritzer on hand to keep it well-prepared for the 1.5-2 hour class.

Register online by clicking “add to cart” below, and filling out all forms. 

Registration closes on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

Barbara Shapiro is a weaver, dyer and basket maker with decades of experience.  Her award-winning work is widely exhibited. She shares her love of textiles as an educator and a writer for many publications. She is on the board of the World Shibori Network Foundation, a past board member of the Textile Society of America and an advisor to the Textile Arts Council of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. A specialist in indigo dyeing, she has devoted much of her recent art practice to basketry, often with indigo elements. For the past 20 years sculptural basketry has been her principal artistic focus. Visit her website to learn more about Barbara: https://www.barbarashapiro.com/gallery-overview