In New Orleans, music moves through the streets, color fills the air, and celebration takes shape in every detail. This exhibition brings the energy of the city to garments, footwear, headwear, and beyond. From jackets and dresses to hats and shoes, wearable art becomes a stage where fiber techniques—woven, felted, stitched, dyed, coiled, knotted, pulled, spun, and more—come alive.

Like the krewes that parade through the streets during Mardi Gras, Krewe of Threads invites artists to revel in bold expression, celebrate craft, and transform cloth into performance. Whether rooted in tradition or breaking new ground, your work has a place in this exuberant gathering of fiber, fashion, and festivity. Let your work dance with the city’s spirit!

Exhibit: Dates August 13-16, 2026, to be held at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Juror: Karen Donde weaves wearables and home textiles for exhibit and teaches beginning-advanced weaving, in-person and online. Conference teaching includes HGA’s Convergence®, Northern California Handweavers, Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association, Midwest Weavers, Intermountain Weavers, New England Weavers Seminar, Contemporary Handweavers of Texas, and Florida Tropical Weavers. She shared a weaving/teaching studio in Asheville, NC, for five years, and now teaches privately at her home studio. Karen is Complex Weavers’ Past President, a member of Cross Country Weavers and the Southern Highland Craft Guild, and a graduate of Haywood Community College’s fiber program. With a journalism degree from the University of Missouri, she now writes for and about weavers, including articles in Handwoven, Little Looms, Complex Weavers Journal, and Heddlecraft®.

Entry Deadline: April 20, 2026
Photo Caption: Midnight on Snow by Elizabeth Spear