Tuesday, May 16, 7pm Karen Selk will give a talk “In Search of Wild Silk”. Wild silk is much more than the miraculous journey of metamorphosis from caterpillar to silken luxury. It is tightly woven to an ancient living culture
April Guild Meeting – Jean Betts on Anke Keiser-Bles
Mary Jean Betts presenting Anke Keiser-Bles’s work for the Master Weaver program and in particular her final thesis on the Theo Moorman technique.
March Guild Meeting – Our 89th Birthday!!
7-9 pm March 21, 2023 The Guild’s 89th birthday party will include: skill building demos, stash-busting tables and show and tell. Thank you to the following people who have offered to do demonstrations for us: Michelle Sterk – DIY silk
February Guild Meeting – Vanessa Bjerreskov – Feb 21, 7pm
Our speaker will be Vanessa Bjerreskov on the topic of Yarn Construction for Fibre Artists What makes certain yarns better for certain projects? Why do a perfectly lovely yarn and a great pattern sometimes just not work out? Yarn construction
Anna Hunter – presentation part 2 – Jan 24, 3pm
This will be the second part of our January program – a Zoom only presentation by Anna Hunter of Long Way Homestead. Members will receive the meeting link by email shortly before the presentation.
January Guild Meeting – Anna Hunter of Long Way Homestead – on Zoom – Jan 17
Anna’s topic: Canadian Wool: Where we’ve been and where we’re going Historically Canada had a thriving wool industry that valued the work of shepherds and manufactured the wool that was grown. In the last 80 years production has moved to low-wage
November Guild Meeting – How to make an heirloom – November 15
Tuesday, November 15, Doors open 6:30 at St.Luke’s Church Hall, Cedar Hill X Road. November’s speaker will be Jane Hutchins. Her topic is “How to Make an Heirloom”. She will discuss how to preserve textile collections usually concern handling, display,
October Guild Meeting – Skills Sharing – October 18
Tuesday, October 18, Doors open 6:30 at St.Luke’s Church Hall, Cedar Hill X Road. October’s program will be an evening of skill sharing from our talented members. Mary Jean Betts will demonstrate boro-stitching. Gail Maier will have a fibre identification
First In-person meeting and Show & Tell
After two years it was exciting to meet in-person in our new location! Enjoy the online Show & Tell photos to see some of our members’ work.
September Guild Meeting – September 20, 6:30 pm
Tuesday, September 20th, St. Luke’s Church Hall, doors open at 6:30 and meeting begins at 7:00. Summer is winding down and we’re sure you have lots of interesting projects to show. Please bring anything you would like to share as