October 19-20
Turned Beiderwand: One Threading, Multiple Structures, 8 shaft Workshop – Leader: Karen Donde
(Workshop registration closed.)
2018 MLH Samples
MWG is due to provide samples for Michigan League of Handweavers (MLH) in 2018. At the September meeting a number of people signed up to participate. Sue Walton agreed to coordinate the effort. Additional information will be provided and additional volunteers would be welcome.
Donations Wanted
If anyone has any extra left-over weaving yarns, or tools, such as
shuttles, lease sticks, etc. I would be happy to accept them as a donation on behalf
of the Soul Center, which is an art center for special needs adults.
You can get in touch with me:
Judy Boesky
248-644-6130
or, bring them to a MWG meeting.
Thank you!
Membership Sale is over. But if you haven’t paid your dues – see: Membership
Loom wanted and Looms for Sale – see: Marketplace
Library Book Sale – it was decided to sell the remaining books in our library at the May Pot Luck Meeting versus the September meeting as previously announce.
Textile Tour
In May we lead our fourth textile tour around the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia on board the Ombak Putih. The weavers and dyers in this area really do produce some outstanding textiles and our group visit is one of the highlights of their year.
Six of the twelve cabins are already booked for next year’s tour and full details can be found on our website in case this is of interest to your members.
Best wishes,
Sue Richardson
website link
Saturday, October 21
Speaker: Karen Donde, ‘Spice Up Your Recipe Weaving- Tips for Planning and Design’
Bio: Karen Donde weaves garments, fashion accessories and home textiles for sale and teaches beginning-advanced weaving classes and assorted workshops for guilds and conferences. Teaching credits include HGA’s Convergence 2012 & 2014, Southeast Fiber Forum, the Mid-Atlantic Fiber Assn.’s Workshop Weekend and Sutherland Handweaving Studio in Asheville, N.C.
Karen is a juried member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and a 2013 graduate of Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts-Fiber program.
An experienced and award-winning writer with a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri, Donde now writes for and about weavers. She is a contributor to Handwoven magazine and its Weaving Today email newsletter, and serves on the magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board.
MEETING SCHEDULE:
- 11:00 AM Board Meeting
- 11:30 PM Social Time - light refreshments. Bring your own bag lunch if you want.
- 12:00 PM General Meeting
- 12:30 PM Program
17029 West 13 Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48076-7749
WORKSHOP SIGN UPS
January 20, 2018
“Not your Grandma’s Dye-Job” with Jeanne Seitz
Jeanne Seitz is returning for our dye day workshop. See workshops for more information and for sign up information.
April 19-20, 2018
‘Collapse Weave Techniques on 4 and 8 Shafts’ Workshop with Leader: Denise Kovnat
See workshops for more information and for sign up information.
In Review: September Meeting
Bonnie Kay presented showed pictures and film of how Kente Cloth and West African textiles are woven. She shared numerous samples and showed how these African weavings have influenced her weavings.
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Below are some pictures taken at the presentation:
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MWG Explorers Group
The explorers group is a subset of members who meet to share ideas of their fiber craft. It is made up of weavers, spinners, basket weavers, knitters and surface design creators. It meets monthly in members homes. The next meeting will be October 26 12:30-2:30 at Nancy Pecks home. Your are invited to join. Please email Nancy if interested.
November 20 -January 12, 2018
Costick Exhibit – All members are invited to participate.
Set up will be Monday, November 20, 2017 and take down will be Friday, January 12, 2018. This is an opportunity to show your fiberwork in a gallery setting. If your work is for sale, please indicate sale price on the inventory sheet. Costick promotes the show and takes a 30% commission for sales.
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An inventory sheet
17-11CostickExh InventorySampleSheet and ‘hold harmless form’
hold harmless form CITY GALLERY is attached for you to fill out and sign prior to dropping off your fiber pieces. If you cannot bring to the intake, give to another member or bring to the October meeting.
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December 9
Costick/MWG Marketplace
The large Farmington Hills Craft and Vendor expo takes place Dec. 9. There should be large crowds this day and everyone coming in will be there to buy!! They walk through the Costick front lobby first and this is where we will be located. This is a wonderful opportunity to show and sell our fiber work.
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Costick provides the 6’ tables, coverings, and publicity. We pay Costick 30% of our sales. Plan now to participate. Email Nancy Peck that you will participate and whether a 6’ table or 6’space is needed.
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We hope you have taken up the MWG 2017 Summer Challenge. You can still complete and bring results to show the guild.
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In honor of MWG’s 70th Anniversary it was suggested that we use 70 as a start. It could be 70 threads, multiples of 70 threads, 70 picks or a multiple of this. Maybe you could come up with a name draft based on seventy or seventy years.
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Pantone’s 2017 color of the year, a yellow green.
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Michigan League of Handweavers is looking for entrees for their:
20th Biennial Fiber Show
February 6 – March 11, 2018
Shiawasse Art Center
Owosso, MI
See their website for additional information.
Next News Update Deadline is November 1, 2017.
Email any information that may be interesting to members to the