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Generating camaraderie & information sharing in all various fiber arts media.


Our local & regional goals are to create a network of 
resources & inspiration 
for all artists & craftspeople working in fiber. 

Areas of focus include but are not limited to the entire
 sheep to shawl MO & everything in between. 
Whether about wool, hair, plant or blends, the guild profile is this:

To foster expertise through forums such as discussion of work, sponsored workshops, 
collection of sites,  art book reviews,  &  demonstrations in fiber related fields: 

                 Carding     Felting    Spinning    Quilting    Mecate Catch Rope    Knitting     Weaving     Crochet    Finishing     Scrap Work     Warp Effects     Collecting                                
Crewel     Lace Net Darning      Hand Dyes     Knotting     Loop Knots    Why Knots    Tatting      Embroidery     Fabric Art      Ribbon Work     Bobbin Lace       Gourd Stitch     Pattern Drafting     Hardanger Embroidery     Candlewicking     Pattern Design     Cross Stitch        Computerized Hand Weaving
     Bookmaking       Basketmaking      Papermaking       Silk Painting       Shadow Work     Lace Knitting    

c  You name it!   c
c   If it involves fiber, its in!    c 

         U l t r a   l a t e s t   d e v e l o p m en t s :          

We have a new meeting place, and permanent mini changing gallery underway!
RGC!
The Raspberry Garden Cafe 
will be our new meeting home come September. 
We'll be switching back to 3rd Thursdays from 7 -  9 PM 
Come join us  May 19 as we try it out before summer break.
For $2 you too may partake of their delightful finger sandwiches, pastries & superb coffee 
at our group discount. They are right behind Market Street.

3501 50th   7914832

Don't forget to bring your works in progress 
regardless of whether there is a scheduled presenter. 
Chat over works in progress is what we're all about. 
Think all new work for the opening in June.

So far we've enjoyed wonderful fiber workshops:
Cherokee Double-walled Basketry  23 with Ray Olachia 
 

   

 Bobbin Lace with Marianna Markham 

Natural Dyes with Kate LeVering



Hardanger Embroidery most recently with Marianna Markham.

And oodles of mini "how-to" sessions at our monthly meetings.

Sign up to generate interest in your favorite topic on the  Sites & Resources page .
Please include your name and some form of contact information.


 On the "Quick Poll" page, you will find listings for mini "how-to" presentations desired for future meetings.
Please be sure to include contact information there, too.

Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced
come on out,  kick back & have some fun!

This information & learning exchange would not be possible without you!
So, by all means consider yourself  invited to:

Share some knowledge tidbits or jot them down for edited posting on the Fab Fiber Facts page. 
click to see examples
Or even write an article . . . . & add illustrations if you like . . . on Articles & Archives page.
Yes, this is so wonderful!
Send in digitals of you & your work for the learning gallery! 

      

  Ideas for the guild are certainly always welcome.






There's a steady stream of "How to" information around here. e.g.: 

  pin cushions  

Jo Flynn's Hand Dyes are quite inspiring!
click here for more & her notes  transcribed.     
Pictured here are Yellow Wildflower with various mordants.

Expressions was a wonderful June event!
click here:

Please sign on to the Texas Commission on the Arts Crafts Initiative & be in the loop!

Just fill out the Craftsmen's survey at the
Texas Commission on the Arts
Official Web Site
512-936-6561 

 
Yarn links to "sites & resources"

"The hands are like a tap to turn on the creative stream that connects the heart and the head."
Mary Crovatt Hambridge  
1885 - 1973

Quote of the year:

". . . what constitutes the dignity of a craft is that it creates a fellowship,
that it binds men together & fashions for them a common language.
For  there  is  but  one  veritable  problem --
the  problem  of  human  relations."

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand & Stars

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