Author Archive: CNCH Advisory Council
Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild
Rachelle Giffen and Ken Gribble, local mushroom enthusiasts, join the guild to share their excitement of mushroom dyeing. Rachelle and Ken will take you through basic steps in gathering, identification, and will share information on several local mushrooms that are sure-fire dyers and where to find them. In the afternoon, we will look at the […]
Continue reading16th Annual Spinning at the Winery Day
May 25, 2013, 10 am to 4 pm Retzlaff Winery, 1356 S. Livermore Ave. $5 entry per person Spring is coming and that means it’s once again time for Treadles to Threads’ spinning day at Retzlaff Winery in Livermore. An important change this year is the date. Rather than our usual first Saturday in June, […]
Continue readingPresident’s Day Activity Suggestion
Come out and joint the rest of us for the February meeting of the Tamalpais Textile Arts Guild. This meeting may be a little different. We will be hearing out three “left coast” artists and their political voices from Barbara Shapiro. She gave this presentation previously to the Textile Society of America Symposium in Washington DC last […]
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Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinner’s Guild February meeting. Sarah Jackson, Technical Editor of Handwoven Magazine, will give a presentation on designing garment fabrics. Sarah is passionate about weaving, color, and texture. She loves to knit, and has recently been exploring reconstructed clothing design. Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 10:00am to 2:00pm, Shepard Garden and Art Center, 3330 […]
Continue readingBackstrap Weaving with Laverne Waddington
Black Sheep Handweavers Guild presents: Backstrap Weaving with Laverne Waddington APRIL 19th – 21st, 2013, Menlo Park, California One of the more miraculous benefits of crafts such as backstrap weaving is that it soothes our neurons. Not only are we making something unique, beautiful and long-lasting, but as we sink into letting our fingers learn […]
Continue readingLoom & Shuttle Meeting Feb 2
John Edmark, professor at Stanford University will speak at the Feb 2 meeting of the Loom & Shuttle guild. His talk is entitled: Optical Color Mixing for Weavers. The Guild meets from 9:45 – noon at: St John’s United Church of Christ 501 Laguna Honda Blvd San Francisco, CA 94124 A study group on “Weaving […]
Continue readingCNCH 2013 Scholarship Winners
The CNCH Advisory Board is pleased to announce the scholarship winners for CNCH 2013. The scholarship is not need based and one is awarded to a person in each of the five areas. The scholarship covers full registration at the conference. Events occur at each conference to raise funds for the next conference and you […]
Continue readingTapestry Program at Redwood Guild
At the January 2013 meeting of the Redwood Guild of Fiber Arts, the guild’s own Tapestry Study Group will present a program on tapestry weaving, including a brief look at the history, its definitions, and differences from other types of weaving and fiber art, as well as looms, equipment, and technique, and a display of […]
Continue readingSacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild January Meeting
The topic of the lecture by Jackie Abrams will be, Textile Travels in Africa. Take a visual journey to Ghana, Namibia, and Uganda. Visit the workshops of Kente cloth weavers, follow the steps of glass bead making, and see the basket makers as they work. Experience the culture, the people, and the places. Date: January […]
Continue readingSacramento Weavers & Spinners Guild Open House
“WEAVERS GONE WILD!” is the theme for the Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild Open House which will be held on Saturday and Sunday, February 9 and 10, 2013, from 10am to 4pm each day at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA. The show is free to the public. Highlights Include: […]
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