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Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild
Laverne Waddington, backstrap weaver and teacher has been traveling the world sharing her skill of weaving on the backstrap loom. The Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild is fortunate to welcome Laverne as she lectures on Weaving on Simple Looms in South America. April 4, 2013, 7:00pm to 9:00pm, 2418 “O” Street, Sacramento, CA, 95816. Free.Near […]
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Okay, you caught me, we are not really making thrumsicles (though might catch on as a new way to floss). We will be creating Thrum Necklaces next Monday night, March 18, 2013, at the Tamalpais Textile Arts Guild meeting. Who does not have thrums to spare? Who feels a little guilty about tossing perfectly good […]
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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, […]
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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 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 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 readingEXPLORING THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH TIEN CHIU
EXPLORING THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH TIEN CHIU NEW DATE — JANUARY 19-20, 2013 Location – Amazing Yarns Summary: This two-day workshop will cover a design process for exploring ideas and translating them to practical designs. Topics covered include: Exploring techniques and materials to inspire ideas Creating a mood board/idea board to collect your thoughts Translating […]
Continue readingLoom & Shuttle December Meeting
Bonnie Inouye will be the next speaker in the Year of Design series. She will be at the Saturday, December 1, 2012 Loom & Shuttle meeting at 10:00 am at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 501 Laguna Honda Blvd., San Francisco A word from Bonnie about her talk: Imagination Station for Weavers Twyla […]
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