MPlummer, Author at CNCH

Spin to a Standard Workshop – August 17

Spin to a Standard Workshop with Stephenie Gaustad “Good Stuff and More Of It!” August 17, 2013, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Glencoe, California There are 3 spots still available for this fabulous class! We will be addressing tools and techniques to make the yarn you want, and be more productive at the […]

TEXTILE * GAMES — Wrap up

There is nothing like a photo album to send you down memory lane. Although CNCH 2013 was just a couple of weeks ago, we are still reminiscing about our good times at Squaw Valley and since we had some great photographers in attendance, the 2013 committee wanted to share their pictures with everyone. The Textile […]

Fiber Art VI

The Sebastopol Center for the Arts & The Surface Design Association are proud to announce FIBER ART VI, —one of the largest international juried fiber art exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area—running October 24 through November 30, 2013. We will be hosting this show in our newly renovated, state of the art gallery, located 45 minutes from San Francisco, in the […]

Artist Residency

360 XOCHI QUETZAL is a FREE artist residency located in Chapala, Mexico on the shores of the largest lake in Mexico. Fiber artists, writers, visual artists, musicians and scholars will find inspiration from the beauty of the lake and surrounding mountains. Applications are due August 17, 2013 through CAFÉ www.callforentry.org for residency in October 2013. For more information:http://www.deborahkruger.com/1/art-residency.html

Celebration of Craftswomen

Celebration of Craftswomen, 35th Annual Show Dates: 11/9/13 – 11/11/13 Application Deadline: 5/31/13 REQUIREMENTS: Media Images: 6 (a booth shot is required) General Information Continually ranked in Art Fair Source Book’s Top 200 Craft Fairs! For over three decades, The Women’s Building Celebration of Craftswomen has allowed Bay Area residents, along with visitors to San Francisco from throughout […]

TEXTILE * GAMES – Final Lap

We are coming around that last bend before CNCH finally arrives and can almost see and feel the glory of the high Sierra. This is brand new territory for most of us so the CNCH committee thought you might like a check list that you can refer to before you leave and also have on hand once you arrive to get your weekend off to a […]

TEXTILE * GAMES: The Story of the Maroon and Cream Handwoven Coverlet

Note: This is the story of a coverlet assembled by the Mother Lode Weavers and Spinners Guild. It will be on display at CNCH 2013 in Squaw Valley. Along with this story, will be a diagram showing the weavers and pattern names, when known, for each of the squares. Jewel Wedegartner gave me the twenty […]

TEXTILE * GAMES – News Flash!

The CNCH 2013 committee has fantastic news. As of April 1, (no, we aren’t fooling) you will have the opportunity to register for individual conference workshops and lectures at a price of $75 per class (plus any materials fee applicable to the class you choose). These are the same classes that are being taught at […]

TEXTILE * GAMES – Lanyard Competition

Time to Start Thinking about the Lanyard Competition. Are you making a lanyard for the CNCH 2013 competition? Have you started yet??? If you signed up during registration to make one, you probably read the instructions in the booklet and know that this will be used to hold your registration packet. But, if you […]

Emergency Appeal – San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

Dear Friends: It has come time to share with you the difficult news that the Museum is under serious financial duress, and if we don’t raise $80,000 for operating costs by March 31 the Museum will be forced to close in the near future. All areas of revenue at the Museum have experienced a decline […]