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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. |
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Thursday, March 26, 2020, 6:45 pm Finnish-Style Cotton Rugs with Wynne Mattila Seymour Center, Chapel Hill In her presentation for the Triangle Weavers Guild, Wynne Mattila will share her passion for rugs and cotton fabric. Wynne’s specialty is color blending using the alternating three-shuttle technique in plain weave. Color transitions can be smooth and flowing or abrupt and dramatic—the possibilities and combinations are endless. Wynne will walk you through the inspiration and design process she uses to weaver her colorful Finnish-Style cotton rugs. She will also share good rug weaving techniques. |
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Thursday, April 23, 2020, 6:45 pm
Lizzie Konstanzer and Garnette Coleman: Endless Possibilities Seymour Center, Chapel Hill 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. |
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Thursday, May 28, 2020, 6:00 pm note the time change
Auditorium at Triangle Fiber Arts Center (TFAC ), Durham, NC Our Community of Fiber Artists Our May guild meeting will be held in the auditorium at the Murphey School where TFAC is located. We’ll be in the big room at the Center in order to showcase the handwork of all our members. Study groups, class and workshop participants, and individuals will each have table space to show us what they have been working on. Think of this as an extended show and tell of our whole community of fiber artists. We will have light hors d’oeuvres and wine and time to socialize. |
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And more good things to come in 2020!
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Thursday, August 22, 2019, 6:45 pm
Welcome Back! Show and Tell Seymour Center, Chapel Hill Welcome Back to our Triangle Weaver's Monthly Meetings! Please show off your summer weaving/fiber projects, elaborate on your fiber excursions, and any other fiber centric information you would like to share with TWG members. |
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Thursday, September 26, 2019, 6:45 pm
Jan Friedman: Fiber Collage Seymour Center, Chapel Hill With over 25 years experience doing fiber collage, Jan Friedman will give an overview of how and why she got started and where she has gone from there. She uses a wide assortment of textile techniques; such as tapestry, dyed and woven bands, shibori, sun prints, and her most recent addition, embroidery. The textile elements are combined with natural treasures found on walks; which include such items as leaves, twigs, stones, shells, and feathers. These objects are stored until they are needed in a specific collage. In contrast to her highly planned tapestries, she work intuitively, bringing together and arranging those elements in order to make a piece whose soul and energy is greater than the sum of its parts. Collage work is playtime for Jan, with few rules and lots of creative possibilities. Jan Friedman’s web address is: http://janfriedmanfiber.com/index.html. |
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Thursday, October 24, 2019, 6:45 pm
Come a little early at 6:30 pm to collect your printed Yearbook if you requested one. Nadia Bevegni: Felt Seymour Center, Chapel Hill Born in Genoa Italy, Nadia Bevegni relocated to Cary, North Carolina in 2013. Her passion for building and improving new skills and her love for natural materials steered Nadia to explore the ancient process of felt making in 2010. She attributes the beginning of her craftsmanship to summer workshops on the Alps mainly with the traditional Italian felt-maker Romina Dogliani in Tuscany, and also with the Swiss felt-maker Ruth Bucci Baumer. Since working with her Master teachers in Europe, Nadia has mainly focused on using the techniques of wet felting and Nuno felting, making garments that are wearable art. During her Summers in Italy, she not only chooses her precious materials but keeps herself updated about fiber and textile innovations, fabric design, and style trends. Nadia finds continuous inspiration in the colors of the Italian landscapes, and in the beauty of luxury fibers and fabrics, always keeping a focus on a natural and sustainable environment. Her hand-felted work is shown a few times each year in local trunk-shows and events at Fearrington Village in Pittsboro, in Chapel Hill and in Apex. Custom-made work and teaching classes bring Nadia joy and pride in passing the ancient felting knowledge and craftsmanship to other people. Her presentation in the Auditorium will conclude with a demonstration by Nadia of wet felting practice. Visit her website at: https://itfelt.wordpress.com/about/ Results of your 2-Card Draw Weaving Challenge will be shared! |
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Thursday, December 5, 2019, 6:30 pm
Winter Holiday Gathering Enjoy a potluck supper while visiting with fellow weavers in a casual setting while you draw your cards for your 2019-2020 Weavers Challenge, exchange gifts in the traditional holiday gift exchange. This is the most relaxed and casual meeting of the year - truly a social event. Participate in all of the activities or just come to eat and talk and enjoy the company of your fellow weavers. Contributions for various charities will also be accepted at this meeting to share with members of our community:
So your To Do List for the meeting is:
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Thursday, January 23, 2020, 6:45 pmPersonal Inspirations and Interpretations in Contemporary Textiles presented by the Contemporary Textile Discussion Group (ContempT) Seymour Center, Chapel Hill ContempT is a vibrant Study Group, one of many within the Triangle Weavers Guild. The members challenge, inspire and support creative effort - valuing process and learning over product. Members of the group do their own reading and research on a chosen topic or artist and gather once a month to share their findings. Examples of past topics are: collage, African textiles, using recycled materials, mark making, beads, repurposing coffee filters, deconstructing and reinventing found materials, embroidery, pillows, textile boxes and vessels, textile journaling, contemporary quilts and incorporating nature in textiles. A few of the artists the group has studied are Dorothy Caldwell, Martha Clippinger, Anni Albers, Michelle Mischkulnig, Sheila Hicks, Sylvia Heyden and Peg Gignoux. Members of the Study Group will share some of their findings and exploratory pieces and describe how they interpret topics with the like-minded creatives in their group. |
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Kudzu Basketry with Nancy Basket
With almost forty years experience making baskets, and having started several basket guilds, Nancy Basket has explored interlacing and forming a variety of natural fiber materials. She got her start using traditional long-leaf pine needles, and has expanded to working with kudzu, a local material in great abundance near her home in South Carolina. She shares her basketry and storytelling skills at primitive skills gatherings, powwows, and through the National Indian Education Association. Read more about Nancy Basket at her website: http://nancybasket.com/about.htm. |
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Dyeing with Mushrooms with Jill Soha Presenting an overview of how to use mushrooms for fiber dye, Jill Soha will describe general methods, identification of a few local dye fungi, the range of colors attainable, ethical harvest, and the history of this uncommon approach. She will bring dyed samples to show, as well as handouts with basic info and additional resources. |
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High-Tech Weaving from The Ancients: Weaving with Cards with Patrice Walker In introduction to card weaving, Patrice Walker will explain how to "warp" the cards, read a pattern, and how to weave a project. All you will need are some cards, yarn, a shuttle, a belt and a doorknob. |
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