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Olivia MacCrae, Secretary
Olivia MacCrae, a passionate fashion professional, thrives in Southeast Ohio by blending her career at Hocking Hills Garment Center with her own successful handmade business.
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Betsy Franjola, Director
Betsy Franjola, a seasoned textile specialist, passionately revitalizes the fashion industry by innovating fabrics and educating on sustainable practices through her various initiatives.
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Southeast Ohio Fibershed: Update!
Hello Friends! We are excited to announce that the Southeast Ohio Fibershed has gathered a Board of Directors (check out intros to the first four below!) in anticipation of securing our status as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We recently filed our State of Ohio paperwork and are in the process of pulling together our IRS…
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Sasha Sigetic, Director
Sasha Sigetic grew up in Cleveland, learning to crochet and knit as a kid from her grandmothers. She’s now a fiber enthusiast living on a goat farm in Ohio, where she advocates for small farmers. As the Education Director for a local organization, she pushes for sustainable fiber practices.
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Erin Hogan, Director
Erin Hogan is a textile artist from Athens, Ohio, known for her cool dragon sculptures made from upcycled materials. With a theater costume background and experience as a librarian, she’s now the creative director at Seriously Sick Socks Studios, where she sculpts fun creatures from old socks. Check her out on Instagram!
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Coral Wedel, Director
Coral Wedel is an artist, designer, and educator focused on sustainable fashion in Southeast Ohio. As the founding Director of Hocking College’s Fashion Design and Retail Merchandising program, she combines industry experience with environmental responsibility and aims to empower communities through regional textile systems and practical skill-sharing.
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Lisa Heinz, Founder and Board President
Lisa Heinz is the founder of Southeast Ohio Fibershed and has been an entrepreneur in Athens County since 1992. With a background in digital marketing, she blends that with her passion for wool. In 2019, she started Southeast Ohio Fiberworks to support local wool producers and provide unique yarns and supplies to fiber artists.
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Reflections on a Textile Future Worth Making
The Rust Belt Fibershed Symposium fostered community, and optimism, inspiring participants to collaboratively envision a vibrant textile future filled with possibilities.
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Shearing Weekend 2022: Day 1
We choose the word “weekend” this year because the shearing of about 150 sheep happened in the space of three days across five southeast Ohio farms. Today, we’d like to talk about the two farms sheared on Thursday May 26. As shearing days approached, the southeast Ohio region experienced some overnight rain with more to…
Southeast Ohio Fibershed
Explore Appalachian fibercraft through history, encourage communities to learn about sustainable textiles, and develop skills with hands-on learning.
Southeast Ohio Fibershed 