Save the Date! SWSG Open House, February 14th and 15th, 2015

The Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinner’s Guild will have their Open House on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 14th and 15th, 10AM to 4 PM at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento 95816. Our theme this year is “Spin Me a Yarn, Weave Me a Tale” and will feature demonstrations of weaving, Navajo […]

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SWSG Meeting – Leslie Samson

Please join the Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild as they welcome Leslie Samson, the author of Completely Angora who will present her research on the history of Angora rabbit fiber. She will be discussing the characteristics of angora fiber as well as humane harvesting methods, preparation, and spinning. Tuesday, January 27th, 10AM – to 12 […]

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Important CNCH 2015 Asilomar Housing Information

The Monterey Bay area is popular for weekend events, including the annual Food & Wine Festival, one of the biggest, most popular events all year. They just announced the 2015 dates, and you guessed it! The dates for the festival are April 9-12, the same dates as our conference. Therefore, we strongly urge you to […]

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CNCH 2015 New Class Openings

A few spots came open for CNCH 2015 Asilomar. We are taking registrations for the following classes: Wavy Willow with Margaret Mathewson Basic Beginner’s Weaving Class with Judy Allen Please contact our conference registrar at cnch2015registrar@gmail.com to sign up. No registration is necessary for the wait list. To be wait listed for a class, or […]

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SWSG November Meeting

The Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild is happy to host Laverne Waddington, an expert in the traditional weaving techniques of indigenous weavers of Latin America. She will be speaking on the topic “Backstrap Weaving in South America”. Tuesday, November 25th, 10 am to 12:00 pm, Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Boulevard, Sacramento, 95816. […]

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Loom and Shuttle Show and Sale

Loom and Shuttle Guild of San Francisco  presents a Show and Sale of Handwovens.  November 8 and 9, 11 am to 6 pm.  Part of Open Studios.  Farrar Studios, 1610 Post St. #302, San Francisco.   Wearables, textiles for the home, and scarves

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2015 Conference Grant/Scholarship

CNCH is again offering a grant of $300 to one person in each of the five areas of CNCH, Inc.  This is to be used to pay the full early registration to the 2015 Conference at Asilomar, April 9-12, 2015.  Applications are due November 1, 2014 and winners will be notified by November 15.  The […]

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Home Grown, Home Made, and Awesome

Tamalpais Textile Arts Guild October 20th Program features Adele Stafford of Voices of Industry Adele Stafford is the creative mind behind Voices of Industry (http://www.voicesofindustry.com) who create hand woven apparel and textiles from 100% domestic fiber, farmed and spun in the U.S. Adele hand weaves each piece on a mechanical loom from her studio in Oakland, […]

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SWSG October meeting

The Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild is pleased to host Joan Ruane, an expert on spinning cellulose fibers. She will be speaking on Industrial Hemp and its use in US history. In the afternoon there will be a small workshop on spinning cotton on a Takli spindle. Tuesday, October 28, 10 am to 2:00 pm, […]

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Textile Arts Council will present Helen Koo, Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis who will present “Wearable Technology and E-Textiles, Saturday September 27, 2014. 10am. Koret Auditorium, deYoung Museum, San Francisco. Admission is free to TAC members, $10 for non-members and $5 for Museum members and students with ID.

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