A celebration of fiber arts and old-time artisan skills!
At the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Franklin, Indiana - 2026 Dates: Friday, June 5 & Saturday, June 6
2025 Artist-in-Residence
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Our 2025 Artist-in-Residence is Olivia Treen.
Olivia has a passion for fiber arts, is driven to preserve the past through restoring antique wheels, and strives to reduce waste in her fiber arts by incorporating a "reuse" psychology.
Olivia will be giving a lecture both Friday and Saturday at the festival, and a display of her art will be available for viewing throughout the weekend in our Lecture Hall at the festival.
Olivia Treen Bio:
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Hello, I’m Olivia Treen the face behind Treen Acres Farm. I am so excited and honored to be this year’s resident artist at Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival. I have been involved with the fiber arts since I was 13 years old and my love of the craft has turned into a small hobby farm.
My dream is to create connections to the past through the fiber arts by incorporating antique and vintage equipment into each piece I create. I rescue and restore antique spinning wheel and rely solely on using antique and vintage equipment in my work. I am involved with living history where I can share that love with others.
Other than spinning, I enjoy needle felting where I reuse damaged doilies and give them a second life by incorporating them into my felted artwork.
On my little hobby farm, I raise English angora rabbits and enjoy using their wool in both my yarns and felted work. I’m looking forward to sharing more about these topics with you at this year’s Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival.
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Spinning with History: Working with Antique Equipment
Friday 2:00 P.M.​
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Join Olivia Treen, our Artist-in-Residence for 2025, who will discuss the history of spinning wheels and her experience with restoring antique wheels. She will have a variety of wheels at the lecture that she will and you will be able to ask questions and examine for yourself. We will also be hosting a Spin-In on Friday at 5:30 P.M. where Olivia will have her wheels available and can help you test them out.
Painting with Wool
Saturday 2. P.M.
Join Olivia Treen, our Artist-in-Residence, as she discusses Needle Felting as an art form and explores her philosophy of the craft.
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Art pieces by Olivia will be available for purchase after the lecture either at the lecture or in her booth.
