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EXPLORING THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH TIEN CHIU

EXPLORING THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH TIEN CHIU NEW DATE — JANUARY 19-20, 2013 Location – Amazing Yarns Summary: This two-day workshop will cover a design process for exploring ideas and translating them to practical designs. Topics covered include: Exploring techniques and materials to inspire ideas Creating a mood board/idea board to collect your thoughts Translating […]

Mendocino Coast Handweavers

Well the cat mask program in October was a “pointed” success with felting needles going full speed. Great fun for all who participated. Thanks goes to Jill for the suggested program, purchasing needle felting kits, cutting out mask templates and then getting Patty Redy over from Willits to tutor us through the process. Greatly appreciated […]

Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild October Meeting

The speaker for the October meeting will be Carol Shu, who will present her project, Soulcraft Clothing: Linking Indian Handicrafts with Sustainable Design. Her designs are the synthesis of her experiences in India interning for two organizations that support women artisans. Carol explores how fashion design can advance women’s cultural, economic and social wellbeing in […]

Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild September 25th Meeting

Rebecca Burgess, an expert on the art of natural dyeing will be speaking at the September meeting of the Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild. Rebecca is the author of the newly released book, Harvesting Color. Her textiles have been featured in the internationally circulated book, Print and Production Finishes for Sustainable Design (2009). She writes […]

The Textile Arts Council to sponsor a Textile Bazaar in October

A Treasure Trove of Unusual Fabrics! The Textile Arts Council of the Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, is presenting Textile Bazaar: Treasures from Around the World on Sunday, October 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at St. Anne of the Sunset Church, 1300 Funston (at Judah), San Francisco. 34 vendors will offer an extensive […]

October 6th Loom & Shuttle Meeting – Judith Jackson

“Design Inspiration for Costuming” will be the title of the talk at Loom and Shuttle on October 6. The speaker will be Judith Jackson. Loom and Shuttle guild meets the first Saturday of the even-numbered months. Meetings start with a meet and greet at 9:30 with the business meeting and program starting at 10. Meetings […]

Talk and Workshop with Donna Druchunas: CANCELLED

THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SEPT. 22, 2012 AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED TO EARLY NOVEMBER 2012 Diablo Weavers and Treadles to Threads Spinners are bringing Donna to our area for a program and workshop on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 10:30 am for the talk, “Knitting History of Lithuania” and 1 pm for the workshop […]

Studio 49 7th Annual Retreat

Join us for our 7th Annual Retreat in the MotherLode September 28-30. This year the retreat will return to the beautiful Tuolumne Trails (http://tuolumnetrails.org/), a family-based camp built on 80 scenic mountain acres of Sierra Nevada wilderness, seven miles east of Groveland. It is spacious, comfortable and very inviting, and we think it will delight you. […]

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