Invite all your friends to The Market Place at CNCH!

There will be lots to see and do as a Day Visitor at Traditions/Innovations – A Fiber Artisans Market Place – May 19 & 20, 2012 at the Oakland Convention Center! Click here for Day Registrant info and a $ off coupon. Make-it,Take-it Opportunities in the Vendor Hall: CD-spindle spinning, Finger-braiding, Kumihimo braiding, Saori weaving, […]

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Gallery and Fashion Show Entry Deadlines Extended!

Entry deadlines for the Fashion Show and the Galleries have been extended to May 1, 2012! If you were thinking of entering, and just didn’t get that entry in the mail, or the item is still on the loom, or still being sewn – now is your chance!  Fill out the form and get it […]

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Gallery Show Entry Deadlines are Approaching!

ENTRY FORM DEADLINE IS Received by MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012 for all but the Return to Sender Galleries There are six different galleries: Baskets, Vessels, and Sculptures gallery Tradition & Innovation gallery for home décor items (e.g. placemats, wall hangings) & fashion items that are not being shown in the Fashion Show (e.g neckware, garments, […]

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The Newest Additions to the CNCH 2012 Market Place:

More shops are signing on to be a part of the fabulous Market Place in Oakland in May: Bay Area Comfort Footwear –  Incredibly comfortable sandals and shoes that can be customized for specific foot needs.  Choice of 60 leathers.  Family owned.  www.bayareacomfortfootwear.com Carolina Homespun –   Spinning, weaving, knitting supplies and equipment including spinning wheels, […]

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Computer’s Don’t Weave

But they sure help a lot.  Sheila O’Hara created fabulous works of art on her 16 harness loom.  She stretched the inventiveness and complexity of that tool to an unbelievable degree.  Then she had the opportunity to jump to a real jacquard loom and careened off the charts.  Imagine no drafting rules, infinite possibilities, every warp end independently controlled.  I […]

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CNCH Gallery Show Entry Details

Confused about which gallery is the most appropriate placement for your exhibit item? Unclear about how which galleries you can exhibit in, or the total number of items you can exhibit and have judged? You must be a member of a CNCH guild or a paid registrant at the 2012 conference to enter items in […]

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Cameron Taylor-Brown at Diablo Weavers

Diablo Weavers Guild is hosting Cameron Taylor-Brown at their monthly meeting on February 17th. Cameron’s talk will be:  Color in Cloth:  The Weaves You Want and Why.” We are excited to have Cameron come and spend some time with us and would like to invite our fellow fiber enthusiasts to join us. From Cameron’s website […]

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Preview of The Market Place at CNCH 2012:

The Market Place committee for CNCH 2012 has been busy and the contracts are coming back from the vendors!  The CNCH conference website (click on: The Market Place) has a full listing of the vendors to date and more will appear on the list as the contracts are finalized.  So check back often.  Day registrants […]

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Rag Rugs featured at February Meeting

Judy Fisher, one of our very gifted guild members, will be the speaker for the February meeting. Her presentation will be on weaving rag rugs, just one of her many talents. She will also give a brief overview on the history of rag rugs, which have been very popular in this country since our ancestors […]

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Lia Cook at the deYoung

The Textile Arts Council program on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 10 a.m. will be a talk by fiber artist Lia Cook entitled “Faces, Mazes, and Fiber Tracts”.  Koret Auditorium at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Free to TAC members, $5 for museum members and students, $10 for nonmembers.

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