The Memphis Guild of Handloom Weavers

November 2008

The November issue of Common Threads, the MGHW newsletter, is now available to members.

Handwoven Jewelry Workshop - Saturday & Sunday, January 24-25, 2008

Our own Linda Weghorst will lead a workshop in handwoven jewelry. These beaded tapestry pieces may be used as pins or necklaces. Details and registration.

Hands-On Kumihimo - Saturday November 22

Two dozen weavers became braiders in a hands-on program with Victoria Port and Angela Schneider. Everyone started 8-strand kumihimo samplers using hand-held disks. We had samples of other braids, advanced braids on square kumihimo plates and five marudai (braiding stools) to try out. Okay braiders - let's see how you use kumihimo to complement your weaving! Linda Weghorst suggested it would make a great cord to accompany the tapestry woven jewelry in her January workshop.

Weave a Scarf in a Day!

Ever wanted to weave but didn't know where to start? Our Scarf-in-a-Day workshop is for you! Looms are warped and ready to weave. You learn how to operate the loom and at the end of the day you walk out with your own scarf handwoven by you! Class fee of $40 covers all materials and use of equipment; you bring a lunch. Details and registration. Two classes are coming up:

• Saturday, December 6, 10am-4pm - class is full.
• Saturday, January 3, 10am-4pm

Top 10 meeting highlights
September 20, 2008 - Convergence Recap and PPCF preparation

Hello Weavers,

Another successful meeting!!! What a great turn out! Thanks to everyone who came and participated. Here are the top 10 highlights from the September meeting:

1. Don't forget the Pink Palace Craft Fair is October 2nd through the 5th. If you have items you want to sell or you want to sign up to work the booth please contact Mary Jorgensen (901) 683-2918. If you are working the booth make sure you get a pink wrist band from Mary. Also anybody who still has a peacock loom please make sure they are warped and ready to go before October 1st. They will be needed for the kids. Make sure to tell all your friends to come see our booth.
2. It was voted by a majority vote that we will be taking the class "Point in a New Direction" with Elaine Bradley. In this class we will learn the versatility of point threadings and how you can weave diamonds, laces, textures and more. New and experienced weavers will weave a sampler of point weaves for future reference. You'll no longer be asking "what's the point?" Thank you to all who emailed a absentee vote. Your votes were counted.
3. It was decided that we will purchase a digital photo frame. This will be used to display our photos from workshops, member projects, and artworks. We will have it out during events such as the Pink Palace Crafts Fair to show people how much fun and talent our guild has. It will be an excellent tool to promote our guild during different events.
4. We further discussed the new Scholarship suggestions that will replace the current Joyce Quigley award. It was determined that everyone need to put there suggestions into writing and bring them to the next meeting. Please think about this so that we can find a worthy cause to promote our art form.
5. Mary Jorgensen will be our new guild Liaison. This new position was designed to enhance communications between our guild and other local guilds. The point is to help each other by sharing ideas and sharing travel cost for workshops. By sharing the cost this may allow us, on occasion, to have more expensive instructors come and teach us.
6. Don't forget that October 1st is the deadline for membership dues. The dues are still $30. If you have not paid them yet please send them to the Guild's mailbox.
7. October 8th is the deadline to send all your articles, recipes, tips on weaving, and all other information that you would like to include in the newsletter. Please participate and send this information in a timely fashion to Mary Ann May or email the guild using the link at left.
8. There will be a new section on each meeting called "From the Mail Box." This section will include items either mailed or emailed to me by members, other guilds, and contests etc. If you have something, that you would like to be included in the meeting, please email it to Eva and label it "Mail Box." I will then know to include it in our next meeting.
9. Thanks to Linda Weghorst, Angela Schneider, and Eva Cassel who put on a great program about convergence. We got to see lots pictures and hear the stories about the classes they took. They did a wonderful job getting everyone motivated and ready for the next Convergence in 2010.
10. Next month Jennifer Sargent will give a presentation about the Jacquard Workshop she attended at the Jacquard Center and the Oriole Mill in Henderson. This is such an interesting subject, that we thought it might make for a fun road trip. Please keep this in mind when you watch the program and let us know if you are interested.

Our next meeting will be October 25th at 9:30 am. We will see you there!!!

Happy Weaving,
Victoria And Eva