The Memphis
Guild of Handloom Weavers
May 2009
The April issue
of Common Threads, the MGHW newsletter, is now available to members.
Last Chance! Board members are meeting on May 26th to plan for
2009-2010. Please submit your thoughts on programs and workshops in the
member survey.
Fiber Feast Luncheon
Saturday, May 30, 2009, 11:00 am
Our annual spring luncheon will be at Susanne Allen's home, 346 Stonewall
not far from our Church weaving room in midtown Memphis. Google
Map
Please RSVP by calling Susanne (901/725-7933) or emailing her at playswithstrings(at)
hotmail.com.
Bring a favorite dish and we will eat and be merry.
Point in a New Direction - Workshop with Elaine
Bradley
Saturday & Sunday, April 25-26, 2009, 9:30am-4:30pm.
Weavers will learn a variety of effects that can be woven on point twill
threadings. Each weaver will work at he own loom to produce a gamp. Looms
must be prepared before the workshop - help and loaner looms are available
to new weavers. Drafting instructions
and threading.
13 members participated. Cost - $100 for members, $125 for non-members.
Location: Rawlinson Studio, upstairs at Carrefour Mall, 6645 Poplar at
Kirby.
Attending the workshop or not, weavers were invited to join MGHW and
Elaine Bradley for dinner at Macaroni Grill, Poplar at Kirby at 5:00PM
on Saturday April 25. Meet Elaine and enjoy hearing about the exciting
things taking place in the workshop.
Beginning Weaving Class - Weekend Scarf!
Saturday, May 2, 10-4 & Sunday May 3, 1-4
This new class offering is for new weavers that want to start from the
beginning! Participants will chose their own color(s), learn to read a
weaving draft, set up the loom and weave a scarf to wear home on Sunday
afternoon. Cost: $60; Class limit: 6. Details
and Registration
Weavers Create with Lace - Saturday, March
28, 2009
Linda Weghorst
Weaver controlled lace weaves can add elegance and interest to handwoven
textiles.
Linda demonstrated several techniques for hand worked open weaves (not
loom controlled lace) weaves. These included Leno, Brook’s Bouquet,
Spanish Lace, and Danish Medallion all of which can be woven with two
harnesses. Free form Huck Lace using a four harness loom was also demonstrated.
Interested in reading more on these topics? Look for the following books,
some of which may be hard to locate. Do not forget the amazing Guild Library
we have for references.
Weaving: A Handbook for Fiber Craftsmen by Shirley Held
Weaving is Creative by Jean Wilson (in our guild
library)
The Techniques of Freeform Design by Nancy M. Searles
(Home Mountain Publishing), 1984.
Top 10 Meeting Highlights - March 28, 2009
A great big Thank You to Linda Weghorst for taking the time to teach
us lace weaves at the march meeting. As always it was an excellent demonstration
and very informative. Here are some of the highlights from the March meeting.
1. The surveys came in. Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill
out the survey. It really helps us to determine what we should schedule
for the fall. If you have not completed a survey, please fill one out
and bring it to the workshop. Another option is to fill it out online
and submit it.
You can also send them to:
Eva Cassel
2073 Green Chase Dr
Hernando, MS 38632
We want to hear from everyone both beginners and experienced weavers.
2. Next we talked a lot about the Elaine Bradley workshop which is scheduled
for April 25th and 26th. This date is changed from your schedule. It was
changed at the February meeting because the majority of people who intended
to take the workshop wanted it to be on Saturday and Sunday. The workshop
is going to be at Lori Rawlinson's family studio located at Kirby and
Poplar. We will email precise directions to everyone in the next week.
There are still six spots available in the class. The price is $100 for
members and $125 for non members.
Please contact us if you are interested.
3. We also decided that Monday the 20th of April we will be helping
beginners set up their looms for the workshop. If you are a member and
you want to take the workshop you can borrow a loom from the guild.
This is first come first serve. There have also be volunteers who are
willing to help on other days. If you need help setting up your loom for
the workshop please email us and let us know what will work for your schedule.
4. We are also looking for someone to host Elaine Bradley. She will
be arriving on Friday and leaving on Monday. This will include driving
her to and from the airport. We are looking for someone who lives close
to Kirby and Poplar and who will be attending the class. Please let us
know if you can assist.
5. Last but not least we will be going out to dinner with Elaine on
Saturday the 25th after class. If you are interested and would like to
meet Elaine you can attend even if you are not taking the class. The restaurant
and the time are to be determined and will email more information before
the workshop.
6. On another topic if you are interested in going on a field trip to
Jackson to see the small expression's exhibit Bobbie Embrey had a great
suggestion. On April 18th is the "Sheep to Shawl" for the CWSG.
It is going to be from 10 to 4 . Patti will be bringing her sheep to be
sheared. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. They will have different
stages set up for carding, spinning, dyeing, and weaving outside.
If you are interested in going on a field trip email Bobbie at bjembrey@comcast.net
This will only happen if there is enough people interested.
7. We also got several people who wrote on their surveys that they were
interested in weaving for the "Pink" project that is the topic
for the show in Senatobia next year. So we decided this would be a great
project for the weaver's challenge. "Pink" is supposed to signify
breast cancer awareness and since October is breast cancer awareness month
we thought it would be perfect to display at the Pink Palace and then
display it at the Senatobia Show. This will allow you to display your
project twice. The only rule is that there must be some pink in the piece.
I hope everyone will participate.
It would be wonderful to have a whole bunch of pieces on display.
8. For those of you wondering what happened to "green" it is
not dead.
In fact I am working on making a more detailed description for a more
substantial show. I would like to make it the Weavers Challenge for the
Pink Palace 2010. I would like suggestions.....so please let me know what
you think.
9. The Education Chair will be meeting this summer to put together programs
for the next year. If you would like to be involved in this email Susanne
Allen. We are looking for volunteers.
10. The spring picnic is set for May 30th. This is not marked on your
schedule so please make a note of it. I hope everyone will attend.
The place is supposed to be mom's and my studio, however it is still not
completed so we will see if that will work. If not we will give plenty
of notice if there is a change.
One last thing there is a Nilus LeClerc 6 harness loom for sale in Ripley
TN. If you are interested contact Gail Cooper at (731) 635-2217
I hope everyone is doing well and I look forward to seeing lots of members
at the workshop.
Victoria
Handwoven Jewelry Workshop - Saturday &
Sunday, January 24-25, 2009
Our own Linda Weghorst taught 15 eager jewelry weavers the technique
for creating beautiful tapestry-woven and beaded pieces for use as pine
or necklaces. Several of the extra kits are available for $10 each.
See the gallery of member's work -
more will added as pieces are completed. Participants
- send pictures to mghw@memphisfiberarts.org.
2008-2009 Officers and
Committee Chairmen and Membership
Directory is available for members to update their handbooks.
Friendship Coverlet
blocks were swapped at the May Fiber Feast luncheon, May 19, 2007. Many
photos were added to the coverlet pages in February, and our project is
mentioned in an article by Rosalie
Neilson. Update July 2008: a few weavers are still working on blocks.
U of M Equipment list - Members who have
this equipment and are ready to pass it along to other members may post
the information on this list.
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