Photo by Marilyn MooreThe Seattle Weavers' Guild meets on the fourth Thursday of the month, with exceptions for holidays and the summer break.
Covid 19 Update
The Seattle Weavers' Guild is planning to meet in person for the October meeting. In keeping with State and local Covid guidance, masks and proof of vaccination will be required.
In addition,we will continue to broadcast our meetings via Zoom. Members can find the link on the What's New page of the website. Guests are welcome in person or on Zoom. Please contact president@seattleweaversguild.com for more information.
Meetings are located in Bloedel Hall, behind St. Mark's Cathedral: 1245 10th Ave East, Seattle, WA.
The meeting starts at 10am, followed by "Hot Off the Loom" (members exhibit their latest work), and the morning program. Program speakers typically bring woven samples to accompany their talks, which are displayed on tables in front of the stage. After a lunch break at noon, the afternoon program follows, sometimes a hands-on project.
- 9am - 2pm - Library open (SWG members may check out materials)
- 10am to 12 noon - Business Meeting, "Hot Off the Loom", Morning Program
- 12 noon - Lunch
- 1pm to 2pm - Afternoon program
For more information about Seattle Weavers' Guild Programs, contact programs@seattleweaversguild.com
October 28, 2020
Elizabeth Williamson, Executive Director of the Handweavers Guild of America
Morning Program: Handweavers' Guild of America: a weaver's resource
Since 1969 the Handweavers Guild of America has been working to educate, support, and inspire. Join Executive Director Elizabeth Williamson in exploring the many HGA programs and ways to connect with the fiber arts community.
Elizabeth Williamson
Website: https://weavespindye.org/Elizabeth Williamson earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She began her career as a Publicist for the Hara Complex and then as a Talent Representative for Kismet Productions. In 2006 Elizabeth joined Columbus Children's Theatre as Managing Director where she oversaw a turnaround in the theatre's finances and set new records for program participation. As a result of her work, she was a finalist for Columbus Business First's 2010 CFO of the Year program. In 2013 the Aiken Center for the Arts in South Carolina hired Elizabeth as Executive Director. While in this position, she formed the Aiken Cultural Leadership Consortium to unite and support the arts and cultural organizations of Aiken for the purpose of collaboration, advocacy and community. Since 2015 Elizabeth has served as Executive Director of the Handweavers Guild of America in Suwanee, Georgia. As Executive Director, Elizabeth has been responsible for leading the board through the development of a strategic plan, consolidating technology platforms for a better customer experience, and nearly doubling the organization's Convergence® conference attendance.
Afternoon Program: Sale setup. No Afternoon Program
Past Programs
| September | Kris Bruland | Morning | Handweaving.net: A Treasury of Weaving Drafts and More | ||
| Afternoon | Guild discussion of SWG sale issues | ||||
| September | Syne Mitchell | Morning | Inventive Weaving: big ideas, little loom + science! Part I | ||
| Afternoon | Inventive Weaving: big ideas, little loom + science! Part II | ||||
| October | Linda Kubik | Morning | Sewing Handwoven Fabric | ||
| December | Marilyn Romatka | Morning | Uzbek Ikat: The Personal Saga of an Exceptional Cloth | ||
| Afternoon | The Handicrafts of Gujarat | ||||
| January | Marg Coe | Morning | Double Weave | ||
| Afternoon | Deflected Double Weave | ||||
| February | Jennifer Moore | Morning | Mathematical Design: Geometry in Textiles | ||
| Afternoon | Chromatic Fantasy: Music, Mathematics and Magic in Doubleweave | ||||
| March | Sally Eyring | Morning | Loom Interventions - Making That Loom Work For You | ||
| Afternoon | Loom Interventions--Part II | ||||
| April | Susan Balascio | Morning | Oh, So Fine!-The Exciting World of Fine Threads | ||
| May | Denise Kovnat | Morning | Dorset Buttons: A Heritage Craft | ||
| Afternoon | Echo and Jin: The Possibilities of Extended Parallel Threading | ||||
| September | Judith Mackenzie | Morning | Repairing the King's Carpet |
| Afternoon | Fibers and Cloth from First Nation Weavers and Spinners | ||
| October | Joan Ruane | Morning | Cotton from the Field to your Loom |
| November | Susan Weltman | Morning | Weave a Real Peace |
| Afternoon | Finger-Loop Braiding with Marilyn Romatka | ||
| January | Linda Hartshorn | Morning | Color Fundamentals for Fiber Artists |
| Afternoon | Textile Tour of Guatemala | ||
| February | Laura Viada | Morning | Southeast Asia - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore |
| Afternoon | Sweden | ||
| March | Program cancelled because of Covid 19 | ||
| April | Program cancelled because of Covid 19 | ||
| May | Program cancelled because of Covid 19 | ||
| September | Maren Beck and Josh Hirschstein | Morning | Traditional Silk Weaving in Hill Tribe Laos |
| Afternoon | Above the Fray Trunk Show | ||
| October | Sandra Swarbrick | Morning | Weaving Traditions in the Peruvian Highlands | November | Marilyn and Rainer Romatka | Morning | Interlacements: Threads and Lives |
| Afternoon | Interlacements: Threads and Lives--continued | ||
| January | Janet Dawson | Morning | Weaving Traditions of Turkey |
| Afternoon | Overshot on Four or More | February | Sarah Saulson | Morning | Window into Weaving: My Life as a Weaver | Afternoon | Handmade Cloth: Exploring Ritual |
| March | Joanne Hall | Morning | Swedish Weaving: The Weavers and Their Weaves |
| Afternoon | The Vavstuga and the Swedish Loom | ||
| April | Wendy Garrity | Morning | Kushutara: Weaving My Way Across Bhutan | Afternoon | Kushutara: Single-faced Brocaded Techniques |
| May | Karen Donde | Morning | Spice Up Your Recipe Weaving: Project Design Tips |
| Afternoon | Go BIG with Color-and-Weave Effects | ||
September |
Rosalie Neilson | Morning | The Power of Blocks |
| Afternoon | Kumihimo - From Defense to Decoration | ||
| October | Teresa Ruch | Morning | Inspiration From Commercial Textiles |
| November | Children's Hospital Volunteers | Morning | Vintage Fashion Show: The History of American Fashion as Represented by the Nation's First Ladies | Afternoon | Vintage Hat Show |
| January | Pat Spark | Morning | Pat Spark - Growth of a Feltmaker |
| Afternoon | Felt-Understand and Manipulate the Basics for Creative Design | ||
| February | Jannie Taylor | Morning | Echoes and Iridescence: Designing Rainbows |
| Afternoon | Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Tied Weaves, But Were Afraid to Ask | ||
| March | Sarah Fortin | Morning | The Design Process - From Inspiration to Finished Project |
| Afternoon | Shadow Weave in Polychrome | April | Kris Abshire | Morning | Esoteric Cloth | Afternoon | Plaid Llama Sale |
| May | Ruby Leslie | Morning | Lost in Translation...or Why Color Theories Don't Guarantee Good Cloth--Part 1 |
| Afternoon | Lost in Translation...or Why Color Theories Don't Guarantee Good Cloth--Part 2 | ||
| Summer | Amy Green | Felted Animals |
2016 - 2017
September |
Jane Stafford | Morning | Jane's Big Adventure to India |
| Afternoon | Jane's Big Adventure to Africa | ||
| October | Marilyn Moore | Morning | Wire as Fiber: Where Inspiration Meets Technique, Color, Form and Texture |
| December | Robyn Spady | Morning | Couture Passementerie Through the Eyes of a Fiber Artist |
| Afternoon | How to Create Couture Braids | ||
| January | Kelly Marshall | Morning | Weaving by Design |
| Afternoon | Designing in Rep | ||
| February | Kathrin Weber | Morning | Seeing Color in Everything |
| Afternoon | From Thread to Fabric | ||
| March | Anastasia Azure | Morning | Dimensional Double-Cloth |
| Afternoon | Weaving with Fishing Line | ||
| April | Barbara Herbster | Morning | Understanding Supplementary Warp: Creating and Developing Designs for Handwoven Cloth |
| Afternoon | LENO Yesterday's Design, Today's Application | ||
| May | Elizabeth Buckley | Morning | From Idea to Woven Form |
| Afternoon | The Element of Light in Tapestry | ||
| Summer | Kathleen Carpenter | Locker Hooking |
2015 - 2016
September |
Sarah H. Jackson | Morning | One Thread at a Time; A Weaver's Journey |
| Afternoon | Sample is Not a Four-Letter Word! | ||
| October | Anita Osterhaug | Morning | Weaving in the Digital Age |
| December | Melanie Burgess | Morning | The Art of Costume Design and Fabric Modification |
| Marcy Johnson | Afternoon | Wheat Ornaments | |
| January | Giovanna Imperia | Morning | Weaving with Unusual Materials |
| Afternoon | Braiding with Wire | ||
| February | Jette Vandermeiden | Morning | The Noble Napkin |
| Afternoon | Blocks and Profiles | ||
| March | JoAnn Bachelder | Morning | Towels: Transcending Tradition |
| Afternoon | Transcending Tradition continued | ||
| April | Sandra Swarbrick | Morning | John Landes Sample Project |
| Afternoon | Plaid Llama Sale | ||
| May | Inge Dam | Morning | Fashion Show |
| Afternoon | Threading and Turning Defined Patterns | ||
| Summer | Kathleen M Hewitt with Barbara B. Suess | Temari - Long Live the Chrysanthemum! |
2014 - 2015
September |
Elaine Palmer | Morning | The Making of ‘Interlaced’ |
| Afternoon | Photographing and Styling Handwovens | ||
| October | Polly Adams Sutton | Morning | Sardinian Basketry |
| December | Jan Paul | Morning | The Art of Japanese Paper Weaving |
| Marilyn Romatka | Afternoon | Baumschmuck ‘Tree Jewelry’ | |
| January | Madelyn van der Hoogt | Morning | On the Shoulders of Giants |
| Afternoon | Tips and Tricks for Weavers | ||
| February | Tien Chiu | Morning | Evolving Designs |
| Afternoon | Wedding Adventures | ||
| March | Dianne Totten | Morning | Cone to Clothing |
| Afternoon | Commenting on Crimp | ||
| April | Daryl Lancaster | Morning | Parallel Threads that Parallel Life |
| Afternoon | Color and Inspiration | ||
| May | John Marshall | Morning | Dealing with What's Been Dealt |
| Afternoon | Treasure and More Treasures: John Marshall Trunk Show | ||
| Summer | Flora Carlile Kovacs | Make a Felted Pouch |