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Where: Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, (919) 968-2070
When: 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm, monthly between August and May, usually on the 4th Thursday evening with a couple of exceptions. Meeting schedule as follows:
Come early to socialize.. A brief business meeting and a Show & Tell precedes the evening program. Each program is designed to educate, inspire and create interest in weaving and fiber related topics. The public is welcome to attend. Meetings will be cancelled if the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Schools are closed due to bad weather.. Listen to WUNC Radio (91.5 FM) or call a board member if in doubt. |
The Seymour Center is closed due to COVID-19, and we have suspended our in-person meetings, until further notice. Due to the suspension of in-person meetings the Guild is developing new programs that can be offered online during the 2020-21 season.
We hope to see everyone again in person before too long! But check out the Virtual meetings below. Stay safe and healthy.
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Uzbek Ikat: The Personal Saga of an Exceptional Cloth Presented by Marilyn Romatka Thursday, March 25, 2021 7-8:30 pm on Zoom Experience the exotic in your own home town; travel to Central Asia in this multi-media presentation. We have all seen Uzbek Ikat on the runway in New York and London, now travel back to Uzbekistan with Marilyn to watch the process of its production. Each thread manipulated, dyed, and woven into exquisite cloth – truly hand-crafted. Meet Marilyn Romatka My focus is living folk art crafts. I teach a wide variety, from painting techniques to weaving, the common thread being the techniques are all deep-rooted in a culture from around the world. You might say the techniques I teach have all survived the ‘test of time’. I have the best job in the world; I travel to various countries gathering folk art techniques, then return to the US to teach enthusiastic students This meeting will be presented on Zoom Guild Members: To get the link to join the meeting and zoom instructions, click here Non-Members: If you would like to request to join the meeting, please complete a Request Form Please note that we currently have a limit of 100 attendees for our Zoom meetings. So first come, first-served! |
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April Meeting
Thursday, April 22, 2021 7-8:30 pm on Zoom April Andean Textile Arts presents “Textile Traditions of the Peruvian Highlands” During this program, you will meet weavers, dyers, knitters, and spinners of the Peruvian Highlands who are cooperative members of the Center for the Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC). You’ll hear the story about the vision of Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez, the founder and director of CTTC, whose mission has been to preserve and perpetuate the traditional textile arts of the Highland communities. And we’ll even virtually travel with Andean Textile Arts to some of CTTC special events and communities. More specifically, the program highlights the Andean way of spinning, dyeing, and knitting along with the tools used to create belts, bands, textiles, woven edges, and skirt borders. Through video clips and images, you’ll see the weaving of doubleweave, ikat, tapestry, and discontinuous and supplementary warps. Plus, there will be time for Q&A at the end. The program is narrated and presented by Andean Textile Arts board member and well-known author and teacher of doubleweave, Jennifer Moore. This meeting will be presented on Zoom Guild Members: To get the link to join the meeting and zoom instructions, click here Non-Members: If you would like to request to join the meeting, please complete a Request Form Please note that we currently have a limit of 100 attendees for our Zoom meetings. So first come, first-served! |
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Did you miss the August Guild Meeting on Zoom? Video of the August Guild Meeting is now on our YouTube Channel
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The Triangle Weavers Guild will hold its August membership meeting online using Zoom on August 27, between 7 and 8:30 pm on Thursday, August 27, 2020. Please see the notes below about how to participate in Show & Tell and how to join and participate in this Zoom meeting. Please be patient with us, and with yourself, and with Zoom. This is the first time we have done this, and we are excited to see how it goes!
Proposed Agenda
Notes on participation in Show & Tell at the August Membership Meeting
To make the best use of our flow of presentations in the new online format, we ask that members wishing to participate in Show & Tell during the August meeting take the following steps, in advance:
Proposed Agenda
- 7:00 to 7:10 pm Gathering & Greeting
- 7:10 to 7:40 pm Business Meeting – Committee Reports & Announcements
- Welcome Visitors and New Members
- Fall Show & Sale and Events
- Education – Upcoming Workshops, Classes, & Illoominations
- TFAC News – Library, Equipment Rental
- Other business
- 7:40 to 7:50 pm Break – Discussion, Q&A
- 7:50 to 8:30 pm Show & Tell (See notes below about Show & Tell)
- 8:30 pm Adjourn
Notes on participation in Show & Tell at the August Membership Meeting
To make the best use of our flow of presentations in the new online format, we ask that members wishing to participate in Show & Tell during the August meeting take the following steps, in advance:
- Select up to 3 items and take good pictures of them (in focus, well lit, close up enough to see details, etc.)
- Give each picture a filename such as “LASTNAME.S&T#1.jpeg” to help with identification
- Email these pictures as attachments to triangleweavers@gmail.com before 5 pm Sunday, August 23, 2020 with subject: “August Show and Tell”
- Include in your email text a brief description of each item, such as colors, fiber, weave structure, and sett, keyed to the filenames you have assigned each picture
- Pictures with their descriptions will be placed into a PowerPoint presentation before the membership meeting and shown in the order in which they are received
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Ondule Presenter: Amy Putansu Thursday, September 24 7-8:30 pm on Zoom Amy Putansu has been weaving in the ondulé technique for many years. In this program, she will explain the use of the "fan reed", and how it incorporates into her handwoven artwork. She is the fiber instructor at Haywood Community College's Professional Crafts program. This meeting will be presented on Zoom. Members: For tips on using Zoom for the meeting and the link to join the meeting click here (This page is password protected) Non-members: If you would like to come to our Virtual Meeting, please complete our Request-to-Join-Zoom Form so that we can send you the link to the meeting. Please note that we currently have a limit of 100 attendees for our Zoom meetings. So first come, first-served! |
"Distance" synthetic fiber, metallic, cotton 19.5" x 19.5"
"Emergence" synthetic fiber, kibiso silk, metal thread 31.25" x 31.25"
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Potato Paste Resist Dyeing – Deb Bartz Session will include a demonstration of both process and end product, beginning with sources for necessary supplies. Deb will share her "secret" recipe, and explain why it varies from other published methods of potato resist dyeing. Demonstration will show how to prep cloth, pin it down, and spread and mark the paste. Pointers on what to look for as the paste dries will be included. Finished projects will be shown and other uses for potato paste dyeing will be discussed. |
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Adding Strip Lighting to Your Loom – Daniel Galligan Session will discuss gathering the necessary tools and lighting to add LED lights to a beater bar. Dan will demonstrate the process of installing strip lighting directly to the front of a beater bar, adding light where you need it to sley your reed and weave. |
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Upcycling Sweaters – Pam James Session will include tips on what to look for when browsing thrift shops (or your closet!) for sweaters to upcycle in your weaving. Methods of deconstruction will be discussed, with instruction focused on how to remove seams safely. Unravelling is the final step before giving the reclaimed fiber new life in your weaving. Pam will showcase completed projects that were created from recycled sweaters. |
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This meeting was presented on Zoom.
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Zoom Party: "Old Challenges, New Challenges"
Thursday, December 3, 2020 7-8:30 pm on Zoom Oh, that we could meet in person to celebrate the holidays, the end of this year and the blessing that TWG is! We'll do our best with a Zoom party! Join us for the Nov/Dec annual holiday gathering on Zoom! Show and Tell will showcase projects from last year's challenge. Weavers Challenge 2021: f you're up for the weaving challenge for 2021, you will receive your new parameters at the meeting. Hands on Origami Project: Fellow member Jan French has some creative and festive origami ideas to share with us - a great way to dress up packages that may or may not contain a woven gift. ;-) Have some regular letter size paper and some scissors on hand when you join the Zoom meeting! This meeting will be presented on Zoom Guild Members: To get the link to join the meeting and zoom instructions, click here Non-Members: If you would like to request to join the meeting, please complete a Request Form |
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Nico Tejidos Weaving Cooperative
presented by Carol Blackmore Thursday, January 28, 2021 7-8:30 pm on Zoom Local weaver and artist Carol Blackmore will be joining us to provide an overview and update of the Nico Tejidos Weaving Cooperative in El Ocotal, Nicaraugua, founded in 2009 by her daughter and Peace Corp volunteer, Ivy. Participation in the weaving cooperative has enabled the coop members to meet their basic needs, provide medical-care and a clean living environment for their families, and keep their children in school. They have been able to reduce their dependence on traditional and limited agricultural production, promote gender equality, and gain new means of social interaction with each other, their families, and their community. Weaving has empowered the women to build a sustainable business and save for their futures. This meeting will be presented on Zoom Guild Members: To get the link to join the meeting and zoom instructions, click here Non-Members: If you would like to request to join the meeting, please complete a Request Form Please note that we currently have a limit of 100 attendees for our Zoom meetings. So first come, first-served! |
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Endless Possibilities
Presented by Lizzie Konstanzer and Garnette Coleman Thursday, February 25, 2021 7-8:30 pm on Zoom The Outer Banks of North Carolina are unique, and so is Endless Possibilities, which was originally connected to a shelter and designed as a therapeutic program for victims of domestic violence. Currently placed inside one of the Hotline Thrift Stores, in Nags Head, the program has a dozen looms and a vast supply of colorful fabric strips prepared from donated items. Staff members, along with volunteers and some disabled persons, weave original table runners, rugs, scarves, tote bags, and pillow cases using fabric, socks, plastic bags, ties, and ribbons. All sales benefit women, children and men served by the Outer Banks Hotline. New or experienced weavers can walk in, finish a woven project in a day, and either keep it for a small fee, or donate it for sale to support the Hotline programs. In their presentation, Lizzie Konstanzer and Garnette Coleman will describe the history of Endless Possibilities, and the many ways in which the program continues to be strongly connected to the Outer Banks community, today. This meeting will be presented on Zoom Guild Members: To get the link to join the meeting and zoom instructions, click here Non-Members: If you would like to request to join the meeting, please complete a Request Form Please note that we currently have a limit of 100 attendees for our Zoom meetings. So first come, first-served! |
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