The 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 not meeting in person at this time. We will be holding our monthly meetings online via zoom. Members will be provided the information to join the guild meetings via email and the monthly bulletin.

Guests are welcome, please contact programs@seattleweaversguild.com for more information.

The meeting starts at 10am, followed by "Hot Off the Loom" (members exhibit their latest work), and the morning program.

For more information about Seattle Weavers' Guild Programs, contact programs@seattleweaversguild.com

Photo by Marilyn Moore

Past Programs

2020 - 2021

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

2019 - 2020

September	Judith Mackenzie	Morning	Repairing the King's Carpet
September	Judith Mackenzie	Afternoon	Fibers and Cloth from First Nation Weavers and Spinners
October	Joan Ruane	Morning	Cotton from the Field to your Loom
October	Joan Ruane
November	Susan Weltman	Morning	Weave a Real Peace
November	Susan Weltman	Afternoon	Finger-Loop Braiding with Marilyn Romatka
January	Linda Hartshorn	Morning	Color Fundamentals for Fiber Artists
January	Linda Hartshorn	Afternoon	Textile Tour of Guatemala
February	Laura Viada	Morning	Southeast Asia - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore
February	Laura Viada	Afternoon	Sweden
March			Program cancelled because of Covid 19
April			Program cancelled because of Covid 19
May			Program cancelled because of Covid 19

2018 - 2019

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

2017 - 2018

September	Rosalie Neilson	Morning	The Power of Blocks
September	Rosalie Neilson	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
November	Children's Hospital Volunteers	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
February	Jannie Taylor	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
March	Sarah Fortin	Afternoon	Shadow Weave in Polychrome
April	Kris Abshire	Morning	Esoteric Cloth
April	Kris Abshire	Afternoon	Plaid Llama Sale
May	Ruby Leslie	Morning	Lost in Translation...or Why Color Theories Don't Guarantee Good Cloth--Part 1
May	Ruby Leslie	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
September	Jane Stafford	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
December	Robyn Spady	Afternoon	How to Create Couture Braids
January	Kelly Marshall	Morning	Weaving by Design
January	Kelly Marshall	Afternoon	Designing in Rep
February	Kathrin Weber	Morning	Seeing Color in Everything
February	Kathrin Weber	Afternoon	From Thread to Fabric
March	Anastasia Azure	Morning	Dimensional Double-Cloth
March	Anastasia Azure	Afternoon	Weaving with Fishing Line
April	Barbara Herbster	Morning	Understanding Supplementary Warp: Creating and Developing Designs for Handwoven Cloth
April	Barbara Herbster	Afternoon	LENO Yesterday's Design, Today's Application
May	Elizabeth Buckley	Morning	From Idea to Woven Form
May	Elizabeth Buckley	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
September	Sarah H. Jackson	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
December	Marcy Johnson	Afternoon	Wheat Ornaments
January	Giovanna Imperia	Morning	Weaving with Unusual Materials
January	Giovanna Imperia	Afternoon	Braiding with Wire
February	Jette Vandermeiden	Morning	The Noble Napkin
February	Jette Vandermeiden	Afternoon	Blocks and Profiles
March	JoAnn Bachelder	Morning	Towels: Transcending Tradition
March	JoAnn Bachelder	Afternoon	Transcending Tradition continued
April	Sandra Swarbrick	Morning	John Landes Sample Project
April	Sandra Swarbrick	Afternoon	Plaid Llama Sale
May	Inge Dam	Morning	Fashion Show
May	Inge Dam	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’
September	Elaine Palmer	Afternoon	Photographing and Styling Handwovens
October	Polly Adams Sutton	Morning	Sardinian Basketry
December	Jan Paul	Morning	The Art of Japanese Paper Weaving
December	Marilyn Romatka	Afternoon	Baumschmuck ‘Tree Jewelry’
January	Madelyn van der Hoogt	Morning	On the Shoulders of Giants
January	Madelyn van der Hoogt	Afternoon	Tips and Tricks for Weavers
February	Tien Chiu	Morning	Evolving Designs
February	Tien Chiu	Afternoon	Wedding Adventures
March	Dianne Totten	Morning	Cone to Clothing
March	Dianne Totten	Afternoon	Commenting on Crimp
April	Daryl Lancaster	Morning	Parallel Threads that Parallel Life
April	Daryl Lancaster	Afternoon	Color and Inspiration
May	John Marshall	Morning	Dealing with What's Been Dealt
May	John Marshall	Afternoon	Treasure and More Treasures: John Marshall Trunk Show
Summer	Flora Carlile Kovacs		Make a Felted Pouch