Traditional Lao Textile Lecture and Workshops

The Silverado Guild is sponsoring  a presentation and trunk show with Kongthong Nanthanvongdouangsy  in Napa on Thursday July 8th,  and workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday July 6th and 7th. Kongthong is a master weaver who together with her sister owns of the  Phaeng Mai Gallery in Vientiane.  Kongthong will describe the history and background of […]

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Studio 49 5th Annual Retreat

Registration is now open for the Studio 49 Annual Retreat. We will be dyeing and spinning. There will be a weaving demonstration. Friday October 22 to Sunday October 24. There is also Saturday only registration. For more information and the registration form go to the Retreat page of our MotherLode Weavers and Spinners website. www.mlwsguild.org

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Spring Cleaning – Spring Editing

If you are clearly a “spring” and have definitively “autumn” yarn in your stash, then you must make time to come to the May 17th Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild meeting.  It is our annual swap meet.  It’s time to check your stash and cull the fibers that no longer inspire you.  Perhaps they will be just the perfect yarn for […]

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May Meeting Mendocino Coast Handweavers

Mendocino Coast Handweaver’s Guild will meet on Wednesday, May 26 for the final time before the summer break.  This is a social event with a potluck lunch, a silent auction of terrific bargains, and a special raffle.  The slate of officers for 2010-2011 term will be determined and we will outline our summer guild project […]

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Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild May Meeting

Thom Atkins, known to the fiber arts community for his bead-embellished quilts, will describe how he got “from bronze to beads” at the May 12th meeting of the Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild.  Over the course of his career in art, Thom has worked in several media (bronze, beads, stained glass to name but a few). […]

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Spindles & Flyers Meeting

Mythical & Magical Inspirations with Kaye Collins Guild Meeting – April 25 at 11 AM – $5 Guest Fee Kaye Collins’ interest in reviving ancient arts began with her career as a homebirth midwife where for over 20 years she delivered hundreds of healthy babies in several different states. Spinning for over 20 years, Kaye […]

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Country Weavers’ Spring Housecleaning

Country Weavers Guild began their spring housecleaning in January.  That first meeting is traditionally one where we bring our “White Elephants” to share.  These include yarns, equipment, magazines, baskets; anything relating to fibers.  Members may take home any of the “elephants” that they see.  This isn’t a fund raiser, just a housecleaning.  No one needs […]

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Get away from that TV! You’ve got a date: Monday, April 19th, 7 pm

Please joint the Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild at the Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Bl, Ross.  We are so pleased to entice Linda away from her studio to speak. LINDA HARTSHORN has created hundreds of yards of beautiful textiles over the last twenty-five years.  Her specialty is incorporating unique dyework into her […]

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Black Sheep Handweavers Guild April 15th Meeting

Dévoré for Weavers & Knitters Our guest speaker, Anne Field teacher and author from New Zealand, will be sharing her tips and tricks with Dévoré. Dévoré is a technique we are familiar with when it is applied to velvet cloth. With handwoven and machine or hand knitted cloth made of both cellulose and other yarns, […]

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Anne Field Workshop – for Weavers

Anne Field, a popular teacher and author from New Zealand, will be presenting a workshop on collapse weave in April, sponsored by Black Sheep Handweavers Guild. COLLAPSE WEAVE — THE MAGIC OF WOOL (2 Day Workshop):   In this workshop students will weave and finish several samples to gain an understanding of the structure of collapse […]

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