Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who attended Branch Out With Fibers, CNCH 2014 this past weekend! We hope you had a wonderful time, learned a lot, got to spend time with your friends- new and old and most importantly got to spend time  finally officially taking over that last unclaimed room in the house! It has […]

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Advanced Jacquard Weaving

A Sweet Slice of Weave Structure Knowledge  Can Transform Drawings, Photos, and Text  into a Unique Fabric with a Computer Jacquard Loom. Structure & Image: Computer Jacquard Weaving Instructor: Stacy Speyer at California College of the Arts www.cca.edu/extended    510.594.3710 www.cca.edu/academics/summer/courses/textiles Friday, June 13 – Wednesday, June 25 10 sessions: 10:00a – 5:00p Fridays – Sundays and 6:30p – […]

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Branch Out With Fibers CNCH 2014- MAPS!

Market Place, Galleries and Exhibits       Second Floor Convention Center- Classes, Food and Elevators to Parking Garage   First Floor Convention Center- Market Place, Classes, Grand Ballroom, Registration, Elevators to Parking Garage, and Hotel Oakland Marriott City Center  

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CNCH 2014 starts Friday …

 Click our logo to see which classes will be available as single classes at the conference  for $75/3hr  ($100/6hr) + applicable materials fees.   You would need to come to registration at least 30 minutes before classes begin to sign up.

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MOTHER LODE WEAVERS & SPINNERS DRIVEWAY SALE

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM   rain or shine LOCATION:  The Weaving Studio at Nancy Horne’s (Sonora) Sale includes, but is not limited to: Floor Looms        4 harness/6 treadle Gilmore-style, weaving width 36” — $150 obo        4H/4T HM Stuart counter-balance, weaving width 20” — $75        4H/6T Bergman counter-marche, weaving […]

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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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Indian Folk Textiles – San Francisco, March 10 – May 30 2014

 March 10 – May 30, 2014 Indian Folk Textiles from the Collection of Carol Summers  As originally seen at the SJMQT, The Mills Building presents Indian Folk Textiles  from the Collection of Carol Summers running March 10 through May 30, 2014.     The Mills Building 220 Montgomery St #1100 San Francisco, CA 94104 Open M-F 8am-6pm

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Updated Call for Entry – CA State Fair

California Crafts The Handcraft, Fiber Art &Needlework and Quilt competition of the California State Fair invites California residents 18 years of age and older to enter. All entered items must have been completed in the past two years. Online Entry is now available Entry Deadline – Friday, April 25, 2014 Entry Fee – $10 for Handcraft […]

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