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 Guidance
The Seattle Weavers' Guild is a community organization that meets in a church hall. The Guild follows State, County, and City requirements that apply to community organizations and public events. For current local guidelines, please visit King County Public Health.
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
The 2022-23 programs are currently under development. More information about each month's presentations will be added as it is available.
September 22, 2022
Elizabeth Moncrief
Elizabeth Moncrief is a Washington weaver specializing in hand-woven home decor: rugs, pillows, table runners and wall art. She is represented by the Museum of Northwest Art (MONA), La Conner, WA and Schack Art Center, Everett, WA.
October 27, 2022
Erika Morey
December 1, 2022
Patricia Donald
Patricia Donald has studied counterpanes for almost 20 years. She is a member of the Complex Weaver's Earlly Weaving Books and Manuscripts and Coverlet and Counterpanes study groups. She has also been an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School.
January 26, 2023
I studied Industrial Textile Design at the Scottish College of Textiles graduating with a 1st class Honours Degree and the Dr Oliver medal for the best design student for 1972.
I worked in industry for several years before buying a 16-shaft George Wood Dobby loom, and started my career as a commission weaver. I initially wove floor rugs, but finally specialised into weaving original fabrics for clothing and interiors for private clients. I stopped this work in 2009.
After sitting weaving yardage for 35 years, I am now concentrating of passing my knowledge on to others, by teaching courses and writing books:
The Weavers Book of Fabric Design - published 1983
Designing Woven Fabrics - published 2008. Reprinted in 2009, 2015, 2021
Exploring Woven Fabrics - published 2020. Reprinted 2022.
February 23, 2023
Mary Zicafoose
Mary Zicafoose says "Weaving is my medium, but creating decorative textile art is not my goal. Rather, it is my use of “Ikat,” the complex technique of resist dyeing and over-dyeing fibers, that best defines my intent. The term "Ikat" means to "bind" or "tie" in the Malaysian language. I create contemporary tapestry, pushing the boundary of this ancient art form, to investigate the intricacies of how we, as individuals, are tied to one another. The complexity and uncharted potential of warp and weft - combined with the alchemy of color compositions and archetypal symbols - reference the elaborate and intricate patterns of our lives and my work. Each densely woven and intricately layered textile reflects the infinite and repetitive ways that cultures, rituals and collective memories bind us all together. By evolving and transforming timeless motifs and visual language into a contemporary (con)text, I seek to engage my viewers - as well as myself - in dialogues and discussions that reawaken and tie us all to one another.""
March 24, 2022
Rosalie Neilson
Rosalie Neilson loves using color and geometric design in her weaving, her specialty being warp-faced rep. She is featured in a 2-hour DVD called Rep Weave produced by Interweave Press (now Long Thread Media). She publishes articles regularly in weaving and braiding journals and maintains an active teaching schedule.
During the past two years, she has developed a series of Zoom workshops, both in Kumihimo and Huck Lace. Her publications include three books on Kumihimo design and An Exaltation of Blocks, a two volume book with a toolkit of printed design pages and transparent overlays for weavers and designers to explore literally millions of unique symmetric patterns.
April 27, 2023
Jannie Simpson
Janney Simpson began weaving in the early 1980's. She has taught weaving at Wesleyan Potters in Middletown, Ct and at many conferences and guilds in the US. She currently teaches weaving at her barn studio in Gaylord, MI and relishes the "ah-ha" moment when new weavers throw a shuttle for the first time.
Janney is a past President, Apprentice, and Weaver of Distinction of the Handweavers' Guild of CT. Also a member of Complex Weavers and former Japanese Textile Study Group, she enjoys sharing her interest in Sakiori weaving using vintage silk kimono. She has presented many workshops and lectures on Deflected Double Weave (Convergence 2018 and 2020 rescheduled to 2022), Finishing and Embellishing Handwovens, Knitted Beaded Bags, Sakiori, and Weaving with Fibers of Micronesia. Privileged to be a student for four years in Laurie Autio's class, Explorations in Advanced Weaving, Janney strives to create one-of-a-kind pieces using a variety of fibers and weave structures on many types of looms.
May 25, 2023
Kris Leet
Kris Leet has been tablet weaving and teaching for over 40 years. Her current passion is with Iron Age and Medieval tablet woven bands, especially those created using less than four threads per tablet. She is co-author, along with Linda Malan, of The Willful Pursuit of Complexity, focusing on the Icelandic Vacant Hole technique.
Past Programs
| September | Kris Bruland | Morning | Handweaving.net: A Treasury of Weaving Drafts and More | ||
| Afternoon | Guild discussion of SWG sale issues | ||||
| October | Elizabeth Williamson | Morning | Handweavers' Guild of America: A weaver's resource | ||
| December | Fine Gelfand | Morning | The Noh Coat: A Creative Approach to Limited Materials | ||
| Tera Hernandez | Afternoon | Woven Paper Stars | |||
| January | Barbara J Walker | Morning | The Accidental Fiber Artist | ||
| Afternoon | Multiple Warp Design | ||||
| February | Alex Friedman | Morning | Along the Warp: My Tapestry Journey | ||
| Afternoon | Changing the Surface of Tapestry: A Look at Eccentric Wefts | ||||
| March | Annie MacHale | Morning | Narrow But Not Limited | ||
| Afternoon | Design Inspiration for Woven Bands | ||||
| April | Lucienne Coifman | Morning | Rep Weave and its new variations | ||
| Afternoon | Plaid Llama Sale | ||||
| May | Deborah Jarchow | Morning | Rigid Heddle Trunk Show | ||
| Afternoon | Finishing Techniques | ||||
| 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 | ||
Click here for a table of older programs