Market Place Vendors!

Not only is today the last day to register for classes. Today also marks 7 days to Branch Out With Fibers, CNCH 2014! Start planning your shopping experience by browsing our Vendor’s below.   Above the Fray-Traditional Hilltribe Art Traditional hand-woven silks and other textiles personally selected from village artisans in hilltribe Laos and Vietnam. […]

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Convergence 2014 Scholarship

Are you going to Providence, RI this summer for Convergence?  You should consider applying for the Convergence Scholarship.  No one applied  for the $1000 scholarship in Feb so we are opening it up again.  The money for the scholarship was funded when CNCH assisted Handweaver’s Guild of America in 1990 for their conference in San […]

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Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild

The Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild is pleased to present Lolli Jacobsen who traveled to the south coast of Oaxaca to view the production of the fantastic purple dye from the purpura pansa shellfish. Only a few people in the world have the skills to extract the dye known in the past as “royal purple”. […]

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Market Place Vendors List!

Above the Fray-Traditional Hilltribe Art Traditional hand-woven silks and other textiles personally selected from village artisans in hilltribe Laos and Vietnam. Website: www.hilltribeart.com   AVL Looms Inc. World renowned loom and weaving equipment manufacturer, featuring our computerized, table-top loom, the Little Weaver. Website: www.avlusa.com   Bay Area Comfort Footwear Comfort sandals and shoes, made from […]

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Sara Lamb willing to take 2 more …

  Sara Lamb’s CONTEMPORARY CUT PILE RUG class might be just want you wanted to take and learned that it was closed …. if you are already registered you can change into Sara’s class via the “View or Change your Existing Registration” LINK. Also one slot has opened up for Barbara Shapiro’s A Greener Indigo. […]

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Sacramento Weavers’ & Spinners’ Guild

The Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild is pleased to host Sara Lamb, who has been spinning, dyeing, weaving, knitting and learning new things for 35 years. The morning program will focus on the many aspects of weaving, spinning and dyeing. During the afternoon, Sara will give tips on spinning silk (bring your own fiber and […]

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Walnut Creek Job Opportunity

So it is official. My job as coordinator for the textile program at Civic Arts is up for grabs. If you are interested in applying or know someone who might fit the bill, pass it on. Civic Arts is looking to expand the textile program, adding sewing, quilting, felting, basketry, all the fuzzy arts. Not just […]

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Loom and Shuttle Guild Meeting April 5, 2014

George Strang, Loom and Shuttle Guild member, will present his Summer 2013 experience investigating Harris Tweed in Scotland.

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Sacramento Weavers’ & Spinners’ Guild Open House

  The theme this year is: Fire Weave Saturday and Sunday, February 8 and 9, 2014, 10am to 4pm, Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA, 95816 Highlights Include: • Fiber Display featuring non-traditional materials such as tencel, soy, wire, paper • Spinning demonstrations – a wide variety of fibers and equipment. […]

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CNCH 2014 Early Bird Registration extended to Feb 10th

There are openings in several classes previously full .. one spot left in Laverne Waddington’s TUBULAR WOVEN BANDS.  Bring your looms for either Robyn Spadys’ CNCH 2014 exclusive on EXPLORING WEAVE STRUCTURE ON A SINGLE WARP   or Linda Hartshorn’s SECRETS OF SHADOW WEAVE both 12 hour offerings !!!   See you there.  April 25-27 […]

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