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Chautauqua County Weavers Guild

March 29, 10 am Welcome Back, “Beast in a Bag” concludes and “5 Card Draw” starts

April 26th, 10 am “Charm Bag” workshop with Suanne Pasquarella

May 17, 10 am “Crackling with Crackle” workshop with Mimi Smith

June 28, 10 am “Antique Coverlets” with Sue Beates

Jockey Hollow Weavers

Jockey Hollow Weavers will be hosting Terese Ridgeway for a hands-on Transparency Workshop Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3rd. Cost is $70 + $30 non-member fee.

Not a lot of information is readily available about this somewhat neglected technique, so this is an unusual opportunity to learn from one of the weavers featured in Doramay Keasbey's book "Sheer Delights."

The workshop will be capped at 15 for plenty of student-instructor interaction, and there are only 5 slots remaining.

If interested, please contact Sherrie Miller at (973) 428-3973 or e-mail miller1127@aol.com. You can also visit the guild website at www.geocities.com/jockeyhollowweavers.

Palisades Guild of Spinners and Weavers (Upper Saddle River, NJ)

April 24th Program, 7:00-9.30pm Sally Shore : Triaxial Weave with Ribbons

• Upper Saddle River Library 245 Lake St. Upper Saddle River , NJ
• Sally Shore has been weaving amazing art-to-wear pieces, accessories, and hangings with ribbon since 1990. She will present a slide/lecture of her work at our April meeting.
• In the meantime, you can take a look at her beautiful creations at her website http://ribbonweaver.net/rw_gallery.htm
• Sally is a workshop and seminar leader at this year's Convergence conference in Tampa , so don't miss a chance to see her work "up close and personal" at our April meeting! $5.00 guest fee for meetings with paid speakers.

Sally Shore Triaxial Weave Workshop April 26th, Saturday, 10am - 4pm

• Optical illusions abound in triaxial weave. See how manipulation of color, width and texture of the ribbon, as well as weave direction can produce widely varying results with this very graphic medium. Examples of plain weave, twill weaves and chair caning patterns will also be included.
• Slides of recent works and woven samples will illustrate this technique which does not require a loom. Materials will be provided, and the kit includes the work surface, fusible interfacing, several sets of ribbons, a weaving tool and written instructions for mad weave. Sally Shore 's beautiful work can be seen on her website: http://ribbonweaver.net/rw_gallery.htm
• A fine Arts major at Kent State university in the late 1960s, Sally Shore took a weaving class which led to commissioned rugs and hangings before she turned her attention to weaving with ribbon in 1990.
• She is a workshop and seminar leader at this year's Convergence in Tampa , FL. Workshop Location: Bergen Highlands United Methodist Church , 318 West Saddle River Rd. , Upper Saddle River .
• Cost: Members: $60 Non-members: $75, which includes membership through June 2008. Materials fee $15, to be paid to Sally Shore at the workshop Please bring a bag lunch For registration, contact Kari Kaegler at kkaegler at verizon dot net (insert the usual symbols for "at" and "dot")
• We hope that you will be able to join us!

Paumanok Weavers Guild:

April 14, Lecture by Jason Collingwood at 7:30 pm, preceeded by vegetarian pot luck supper at 6 pm

April 14-16, Jason Collingwood Rug Workshop...2/2 twill 10 am to 5 pm 

• There are still a few spots open for the rug workshop. Cost is $280 for non-members of  the Paumanok   Weavers Guild. Two members of the guild have offered room in their homes for visiting weavers to stay in. Contact Nancy D'Angelo, president of the guild at gnkdan@unionplus.net  for further information.      

May 12, Valerie Bealle's Narrow Warp Dyeing Workshop

June 9, End of the Year Show and Tell and Dessert Meeting

Potomac Craftsmen:

• Non-members may register 60 days prior to the workshops. No meetings or workshops during July or August.

South Jersey Guild of Spinners & Handweavers

• The South Jersey Guild of Spinners & Handweavers has openings for a workshop about double-weave with Terese Ridgeway May 5&6, 2008, at the Lumberton Leas community room in Lumberton , NJ .This is near Mount Holly , right off Route 38.  
  
• A weaver and fiber artist from Chaplin , CT , Terese began weaving in the 1970s and has earned numerous awards. She will be tailoring our double-weave workshop both to those new to the technique and those with some experience who want more advanced lessons, including pick-up designs.
  
• Participants will provide their own 4-harness looms, pre-warped according to Terese’s instructions with their own materials.
  
• The fee is $75 per person for members of other fiber guilds and $85 for those without guild affiliations. A small fee for handouts will be collected at the workshop. Payment in full must accompany your signed registration form.
   
• For more information or to receive a registration form, email me at kjjjdonde@verizon.net or call me at 856-235-4442

Weaver's Guild of Buffalo

March 20, 6:30 pm Travel Talks - Central & So. America with members of the Guild

March 27, 10:00 am Informal Meeting/Learning at the Lavocat

April 17 6:30 pm “Learning to Weave with Peter Collingwood” by Jason Collingwood

April 17-20, 9 - 4 “Plain Weave–an Introduction to Rug Weaving” with Jason Collingwood:

• registration required/workshop fee $175

May 15, 6:30 pm Fiber Study Presentation with members of the Guild

May 22/23, 9:30 am Basket workshops with Flo Hoppe

• Registration $65 & materials $48 each day

May 31, 10-5 Amherst Celebrates the Arts at the Amherst Museum

June 8, 12:30-4:30 Picnic & Auction at the Amherst Museum

Weaver's Guild of Rochester

April 9, 10 am “My Creative Processes & Sources for Inspiration” by Mary Hettmansperger

April 9-11 “Sculptural Basketry–the Hard & the Soft of It” with Mary Hettmansperger

May 14.10 am Coverlets from Our Guild: Kathy Rug, work by students of Helen Jarvis and the Alling Coverlet Museum

June 11, Guild Picnic

 

Instructor Database

MAFA member guilds seeking ideas and information about program speakers or workshop instructors can access teacher evaluation forms submitted to MAFA's new Instructor Database by other MAFA guilds. These forms have terrific information about a teacher's classes, fees, usual travel or materials fees and teaching ability.

Ask your MAFA Representative to request copies from Ellen Dorosh at database-at-mafafiber.org Information is accepted from and made available to MAFA member guilds only.

Please help keep the database growing by having program chairs fill out evaluation forms about teachers who have presented programs for your guild. Blank evaluation forms are located on the MAFA Reps Group homepage in Yahoo under Files, or can be obtained from the database coordinator. Forms completed electronically can be emailed to the address above. Printed forms filled out manually can be mailed to:

Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association
PO Box 5053
Delanco, NJ 08075