Prior Years Meetings & Programs

2014

Jan. 14: Sewing with Handwoven Fabrics:
Marianne Sobiech. Bring items you have woven and share sewing tips.

Feb. 11:Show-n-Tell of Weaving Projects from Bag Exchange

March 11: Weaving Tromp as Writ
Bring overshot items for show and tell.

April 8: Kathy Barth will be guest speaker. She will share group project ideas from the Little Sioux Weavers and Spinners Guild and tell how their Guild grew from 6 to 25 members.

May 13: Embellishment - It's a Stitch
Jane Adams will teach us 3 stiches that can be used to embellish our woven projects

July 26: Dye Day Saturday
Hosted by Karen Seuferer
Bring dye stuffs & [lunch dish] to share.
Email: info@desmoinesweaversguild.org to share planning.

June 10: Spring Lunchion
Hosted by MaryPaul Even, at 12 Noon.
Bring a dish to pass. Planns for summer events & IA State Fair will be announced. Bring ideas for program topics for next year.

SPECIAL FOR SUMMER WEAVING ASSIGNMENT FOR SUMMER [For November delivery]
Weave a wool strip, 6-12 inches wide, 80 inches long, finished, in any pattern chosen by the weaver. Your piece should be hemstitched and washed.

Sept. 9: Convergence -
Mary Early will report on her adventures at HGA Convergence, held in Providence, Rhode Island..
Bring show-n-tell and summer Iowa State Fair entries. Also, Bring items for our October exhibit.

Oct. 14: Weaving Overshot in Whig Rose Pattern .
We will learn how to setup & weave circles. Willie Offerman will warp a table loom for members to take home to weave their own sample.

Nov. 11: Navajo Weaving: Speaker, Diane Hickman
After Lunch, Assembly of Blanket[s]
Bring your Blanket Strips! Also**Bring your Navajo Weavings to show**

Dec. 9: Embellishment -- It's a Stitch!
Jane Adams will teach us 3 stitches that can be used to embellish our woven projects.
Guild Garage Sale
Members to bring extra yarns, books, and equipment, all priced to sell.

2013

Jan.8: Weaving Questions Answered
Group discussion, Sue Lustig moderator.
Also: Garage Sale, bring yarns, equipment etc., priced to sell. Bring cash for purchases.

Feb. 12: Bring your woven item/s to be donated to WARP for their auction
Include pattern source, yarns used and other details of your project. Also covering questions about supplemental warp [Karen Seuferer]

March 12: Report on Sharon Aldeman workshop on woven dots
Garlyn Saupe.
Also, Laura Bryant's DVD, "A Fiber Artist's Guide to Color" [DVD post-poned]

April 9: Viking Knitting [aka Trichinopoly Chainwork]
Bob Sobiech will demonstrate a technique to create knitted wire chain-work (lacy or dense) typically used for jewelry. Bob will describe the process, provide some samples, and provide hands-on experience. All supplies will be provided.

May 14: No Meeting: Road Trip Note, Change from Book
to tour Fairbault Woolen Mill in Fairbault, MN

June 11: Noon Potluck
Hosted by Mary Paul Even.
Bring a dish to share. We will plan summer events and programs for next year.

July 13: Dye Day Saturday
Hosted by Jane Swanson.
Bring dye stuffs & [lunch dish] to share.
Email: info@desmoinesweaversguild.org to share planning.

Sept. 10: Getting to Know You -
Introduce yourself and state your passion (other than fiber)
Bring show-n-tell and summer Iowa State Fair entries. We'll continue planning for Iowa Federation Meeting. Instructions for Feb. Weaving project to be announced.

Oct. 8: Warping the Loom.
Group discussion, bring your unique warping tools. Topics include: Transfer of the cross, handling multiple warp yarns in one dent, benefits of front-to-back vs. back-to-front warping. Last minute plans for Iowa Federation Meeting.

Nov. 12: Block Weaves
An overview of Robyn Spady's class at Sievers Fiber School. Cindy Griese and Sue Lustig.

Dec. 10:Guild Garage Sale
Members to bring extra yarns, books, and equipment, all priced to sell.
Time to bring hats & mittens for the homeless. Handmade or purchased. Any size will be appreciated.
Weaving Project Bag Yarn Exchange: Sealed brown bag containing yarns to exchange with another weaver who will design & produce something wonderful. Weaver may add one yarn from their shelf plus one neutral. No limit on amounts.

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2012

Jan 10: Share your Favorite Book:
Spinning/Knitting/Weaving

Feb 14: Bread Cloths
Bring your cloths and patterns to exchange and discuss
22x22 on the loom

March 13: Natural Dyed Easter Eggs
Bring hard-boiled eggs and dye stuff: onion skins, beet juice, walnuts, coffee grounds, etc. Bring gloves and pans.

April 10: Tam woven with a paper pattern
Bring sport or worsted weight yarn. Pattern and directions will be there. Bring darning needle.

May 8: Slentre Braid for trim. Karen
Bring a clamp for the table

June 12: Picnic at Noon
Mary Paul Evens.

Sept. 11: Convergence 2012 Report
Mary Earley
Also, Show & Tell: bring your summer projects, a woven item, special yarn, or "find" from your collection & discuss briefly.
Discuss Feb. weaving project for WARP.

Oct. 9: Silk scarf dyeing.
Jan Friedman, Iowa City fiber artist
Hands-on program with materials fee. Bring rubber gloves, apron, plastic garbage bag, cardboard. Wear old clothes.

Nov. 13: Dyed scarf show & tell
Bring your scarf from Oct. meeting. Garlyn, Pegi, & Joyce will show ways to knot or drape for a great fashion look. Possible Midwest Weavers Conference Guild Display of Dyed Scarves will be discussed.

.Dec. 11: Adventures in Norway
Cindy Griese
Plus: Bring Questions to be answered at January meeting. We'll trade questions & research answers for January.

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2011

January 11: CANCELLED [Snow]
Bring gadgets and tools used in weaving -- Next Time
We will all share our tricks

February 8: Swatch Swap --
Bring samples and work sheets. Please sew samples and cut. We will make notebooksto take home.
Bring gadgets and tools used in weaving
We will all share our tricks

March 8: Dish Towels
Cindy and Sue Lustig sharing a class they took at Seivers.

April 12: Rita Hagenberg will speak on Swedish Linens

May 10: Mary Early will share "Santa Fe Tour"
and talk about Convergence

June 14: Picnic at Mary Paul Evens
12:00 Bring a dish to share
5706 Walnut Hill
Des Moines

Dye Day at Mary Pauls!!! July 23rd. Bring pans. Heat source if you have it, Natural dyes.    And a dish to pass for lunch.

Sept 13: Bring what you entered in the Fair
Talk about the Bread Cloths in Feb. Hand out 10/2 cotton if you ordered it.

Oct 11: Overshot Variations
Vicky Tardy.

Nov 8: Midwest Convention Reports

Dec 13: Tatting with Ester Miller
Also: Garage Sale. Please price & put your initials on your items.

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2010

Jan 12: Garage Sale [note change from book!]
Clean your basement. Bring with a price in mind.

Feb Mtg Change: Meeting postponed to Feb 16: Bring what you made from the Shoe Box Challenge.
Could bring treadelings.

March 9: Felted Slippers
Woven cloth that has been felted
Jane Adams

April 10: We host Iowa Weavers Federation Meeting at Plymouth Congregational Church
Carol Rhoads is our speaker.

April 13: Meeting Change:
Slides from WARP
"Weave a Real Peace"

May 11: Tartan Plaids
Sue Crawford

June 8: Pot Luck Picnic at Mary Paul Even's
Noon: Bring a dish to share
5706 Walnut Hill
Des Moines

September 14: Other weaves on the "Weave It"
Mary Earley
Talk about the Swatch Swap in February

October 12: Intro to our newly organized Library

November 9: Desinging Swival Boarders on 8 shaft pointed twill
Jane Swanson

December 14: InHouse Garage Sale, plus DVD on Double Weave

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2009

Jan 13:  Hands On – make a plaited
    twill necklace for name tag for
   Midwest Weavers Conference
   where DM Weavers will host
    hospitality room. NOTE: Bring a clipboard if you can.

Feb 10:  Share your Guild project &
Member’s Garage sale
    a great opportunity to clean out
    your closets.   Price items you
   wish to sale.
Share Project for Phase II.

March 10:  how corn yarn is made and its  properties.
  Diane Fleshin will present.  Lots of fiber to feel
   and even to buy!

April 14:  TOPIC CHANGE! Children's Books
   Bring spinning/weaving/fiber related books for children, fiction or not

May 12:  How to make “green”
   environmentally-friendly bags
   Described by Jane Adams

June 9:  Picnic at Noon
NOTE THE TIME CHANGE!
    at MaryPaul Even’s home at
    5706 WalnutHill in DM.
   Bring a dish to share

Sept 8 : Midwest Federation Conference report--

• What classes did you take? Samples/Pictures/Stories
• Bring Shoe Box with things from your house for someone else to weave into something wonderful for the Feb meeting - a challenge

Oct 13: How color behaves!

• Susan Warner -- speaking
  (will be handing out threadings for Nov.)

Nov 10-14 Weaving Workshop
Threaded looms will be brought and we all take turns weaving samples.

• 9:30 -- 4:00 on the 10th (Tuesday) Bring a bag lunch.
• 9:00 -- noon on Saturday

Dec 8: Knitting or weaving unspun roving

• Taught by Sue Lustig and Mary Early
• Bring Hats & Mittens for Service Project

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2008

Jan 8 – Lacy  scarf
With Vicky Konrady from the Quilt Block. Bring your novelty yarn & scissors. Use your left overs in your favorite colors. You will bring it home & finish it on your sewing machine.

Feb 12-Share your Guild Project.
What ideas & inspiration did you get from the picture you received in Sept?
PLUS Twine rug [Cancelled again. Snow]
by Karen Seuferer.

March 11- woven Shiboi.
Lecture & Discussion, Mary Early presenting.
Do Not Bring Dressed Loom.. We will be weaving 10 x 12 10/2 cotton at home for the April Meeting.

April 8 – Finalize the Shibori.
We will be pulling our weaving off and dyeing.
PLUS Twine rug [3rd Try]
by Karen Seuferer.

May 13 – 8 harness  Plaited Twill
Presented by Jane Swanson

June 10-Picnic 6:00pm
at Mary Paul’s home

July 12-Dye Event 9:30 am - 3:00pm
at Mary Paul’s home
5706 Walnut Hill.
Bring yarn or fiber to dye
Please bring a dish to share for lunch.

Sept. 9:  Show & Tell – bring your
summer projects, state fair entries.
We will discuss guild project
(Phase II) for Midwest Weavers
Conference Guild Booth

Oct. 11:  IA State Federation Meeting

Oct. 14:  Discussion on direction of
   our guild: direction, projects, charity
    events, shows. Etc.

Oct. 18:  Road trip to C&M Acres
    in Maxwell to learn & observe
   alpaca farm. CANCELLED
Call Cindy: 223-5408

Nov. 11:  Rep Weave by Karen
    by Karen Seuferer & Vikki Morain     

Dec. 9:  Meeting Cancelled. Member’s Garage sale-Postponed,
    a great opportunity to clean out
    your closets.   Price items you
   wish to sale. Remember your hats/etc. for give-away!

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2007

Jan 9-Rope Basket
- Ginny Stewart
Please bring 2 balls of Sugar & Cream, tapestry needle (blunt end). Ginny will bring rope for us to purchase to make our bowls.

Feb 13-Project=Napkins 12”x12”
Any color one warp, as many patterns as you want . cotton  Multiple  projects one warp.

March 13-color, shading and depth in her tapestry.
- Dana Schaffer

April 10- Read a pattern
by Mary Foulkes

May 8- Rug hooking, designing, color.
-Sharon Townsend

June 12-Picnic 6:00pm
at Mary Paul’s home

Dye Day
August 4 from 9:30 am to 3 pm
at Mary Paul’s home

Sept 11-Major Show & Tell-
Bring what you have entered in the fair or what you have been working on.

Oct 9-  Watkins Mill Road Trip
Leave the church at 8:00 a.m. to car pool. We will see a wool spinning mill just the way it was in 1900.

Nov 12-Rug Hooking
Taught by Karen Guffy. Bring bag lunch and stay till 1:30 p.m. Bring sharp pointed scissors, we will be hooking a sheep & background. Kit will be $40.00.

Dec 11-Twine rug
by Karen Seuferer.
CANCELLED: ICE

Dec 13-Spinning
At Mary Paul's
9:30am - 2 pm

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2006

Jan. 10: Satin Weave Structure
Speaker: Mary Earley

Feb. 14: Project due
Bring what you have made from the dyed yarn from Sept. meeting

March 14: Rep Weave
Speaker: Mary Foulkes

April 11: Road Trip to Cedar Falls: See their guild shop and museum in town. Leave at 8:30 am from closed KMart East 14 St, North of I80.

May 9: One warp -- multiple projects
Speaker: Vicky Tardy

June 13: Guild Picnic 6:00 pm
[Bring a dish to share]
Mary Paul's house

Sept 12-Show & Share.
Bring what you have been working on or what you entered in the Fair.

Oct 10- Make flowers
On Weave-it looms or card board. Bring your own yarn.

Oct 27-29,30 Weaving Workshop

Oct 28-State Federation Meeting

Nov 14-Huck Weaving
 by Karen Seuferer

Dec 12-Garage Sale
Check your basement and sell us your leftovers.

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2005

Sept. 13: A project to Dye for
Bring gloves, apron. There will be a fee collected for yarn and dyes.

Oct. 11: Off-loom weaving with Beads
Speaker: Carol Wise
Fee will be collected

Oct. 15: Federation meeting
Cedar Rapids

Nov. 8: Austrian Knitting
Speaker: Cindy Griese
Bring 4 double-pointed needles, size 7 or 8, Worsted-weight yarn, light color

Dec. 13: Mini Garage Sale
Clean your closet and bring yarn, books, etc.

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