Start winding those warps or getting weft fibers ready for the Second Annual Dye Day. There will be a sign up in the newsletter–please get those back to me by April 1, or preferably, sign up at the March meeting. The format will be about the same as last year with Jeanne Seitz leading us. [...]
This information will be in the newsletter and also on the website, but wanted to give an advance heads up to our members. The Martha Brownscombe workshop for March is just not working out for Martha. So, I had an inspiration to have a play date for members at my house on Saturday, March 21, [...]
Attention: Quilters
MWG – Fiberarts Guild will present a slide/lecture about the Gees Bend Quilters on April 16th, 2009. Jan Dollan will be the speaker.
In advance of this outstanding program, we are gathering suitable quilting materials and therefore are asking for fabric donations. Materials should be woven (not knit) cotton or cotton/polyester mix, either print or [...]
Judy B asked me recently how she could get an auto reply if anyone created a new entry or comment on our blog. I wasn’t sure, but she contacted someone who told her it was an RSS feed. Well, low and behold, we have one our site and I just figured it out. At the [...]
As Sue L noticed, the LINKS PAGE has been updated. If you send your website or blog to me, i will capture a screen shot and list your name under it with a hyperlink to your site! Don’t forget to make a link on the blog about your site and/or blog. I am responsible for the [...]
Check out the Links Site – our web master changed the look.
It is also good to see our members putting out their web sites links.
Andrea – I checked out yours today – most interesting to me was to see what is currently on your loom. I should go downstairs and take pictures of whats on [...]
We had a wonderful meeting today, Feb. 19, 2009, with Mary Underwood sharing her adventures with felters in Mongolia. She was so enthusiastic about the Mongolian culture that it made me want to hop on a plane and go there. Several people took pictures, so I hope they are on the blog soon. Joan Koelsch
There is an article titled “Materiality + Meaning” which talks about a speech Gerhardt Knodel gave as the keynote speech at a symposium in Philadelphia. Gerhardt, who is an honorary member of this guild, is shown modeling the ikat coat from Afghanistan that he wore when he spoke at our 60th Anniversary luncheon. It not [...]
My husband and I went to the Detroit Institute of Arts last Friday. Our usual Friday their is to eat dinner in their cafeteria, listen to the music group who is playing and hit at lease one gallery. We saw their special exhibit “Master Pieces” which is an exhibit of chess sets from someone collection. [...]
Anyone in cyber space can view our blog, but only members that register can post comments and write posts, upload pictures, etc… If you know how to send an email with a picture, you’re half way there. It’s pretty easy. Once you register, it might take up to day to be cleared to write. I’ll [...]