Prior Years Meetings & Programs
2016
Jan. 12 Shake UP Your Memory -- The Importance of Record Keeping. We will also learn to calculate cost of a project. How much yarn is left on the cone? How to calculate yarn amounts needed for Stripes. Presenter, Willie Offerman.
Feb. 9 Recognizing Weave Structures using Sample Books from our Library. Bring a magnifying glass if you have one. Presenter: Cindy Griese
March 8 Tour C&M Fiber Mill discussion on weaving. Note: Meet at 9 AM to carpool!
April 12 Salisbury House Fabrics Tour
Salisbury House staff will show and discuss tapestries and navajo rugs in their collection. Charge is $20 per person. Guild will pay $10 and member will be asked to pay $10. We can come back to the church for a short meeting and Spinning. Note: No Carpool! Salisberry House is at 4025 Tonawanda Dr, Des Moines, IA 50312
May 10th Rebecca Abarr will show her baskets and tell how they are made. She will show natural materials that she uses to weave the baskets.
June 14 Spring Luncheon
Hosted by Mary Paul Even.
We will meet at Noon. Bring a dish to pass. Mary Paul will have drinks, dishes and cutlery. Plans for summer events and Iowa State Fair will be announced. Bring your ideas for program topics for next year.
Special Event: Dye Day at the Dome
August 27, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Contact info@desmoinesweaversguild.org
if planning to come.
Sept. 13 Show & Tell of Summer Fiber Work
plus Iowa State Fair entries and samples from Dye Day. There will be reports on craft cruises, HGA Convergence, Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival, and any other workshops or fiber shops visited on our travels. Please remember to bring a project to display in th October exhibit at Pella Library.
Oct. 11 Show & Tell of Handwoven Garments
This can be a recently completed project or one of your 'historic' woven garments that you no longer wear. Accessories can be included, i.e., scarves, bags, hats etc.
Plans for a Towel Exchange will be discussed. Also we will plan an Inkle Weaving meeting coming in March.
Tuesday, Oct. 18 SPIN DAY at Douglas Ave. Presbyterian Church [DMPC]
Guild will have the room from 9:30 to 2:00 for a day of spinning. All skill levels are welcome. Bring a sack lunch/beverage.
Nov. 8 Road trip to Ames [Meet at the Church at 9 am to carpool.]
Textile and Clothing Museum at ISU. Visit to Rosetree Fiber Shop. Lunch out. Carpool from DMPC.
Dec.13 Weaving Errors - How to Fix Them and How to Avoid Them
Cindy Griese.
Garage Sale bring your treasures priced to sell.
2015
Jan. 13: Opportunities for Distance Learning
Susan Warner will show ways to learn weaving/spinning techniques without traveling to a workshop.
Feb. 10: Weave-it-Weaving
Anonymous
March 10: Color Blending using Drum Carder or Blending Board
Led by Cindy Griese. Bring hand carders, drum carders, or blending boards if you have them. Spinners bring wheels to spin the blended fibers into a variety of colored yarns.
April 14: Change:Navaho Weaving Workshop
Diane Hickman
Advanced prep required. See Attached
May 12: Weaving a Twill Gamp
Sharon Lewis: Weave a multitude of patterns on one warp to be used as a learning tool.
June 9: Spring Luncheon
Hosted by Mary Paul Even.
We will meet at Noon. Bring a dish to pass. Mary Paul will have drinks, dishes and cutlery. Plans for summer events and Iowa State Fair will be announced. Bring your ideas for program topics for next year.
July 18: Dye Day Saturday
Hosted by Jane Swanson
Bring dye stuffs & [lunch dish] to share.
Email: info@desmoinesweaversguild.org to share planning.
Sept. 8 Show & Tell of Your Summer Projects -- also show Iowa State Fair entries ad samples from Dye Day. There will be reports on Midwest Weavers Conference and Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival. We will collect projects for the October Guild Exibit to be held at the Norwalk Public Library.
Oct. 13 WORK DAYWarping Table Looms --We will warp looms for Sample Workshop to be held in Nov. Learn either warping back-to-front or front-to-back. This may be a a longer meeting. Bring sack lunch if you want. Spinners will have a spin day if they aren't warping a loom.
[Tuesday] Oct. 20 SPIN DAY at Douglas Ave. Presbyterian Church We will have the room from 9:30 to 2:30 for a day of spinning. All skill levels are welcome. Bring a sack lunch or pick up a lunch nearby.
Nov. 10 Sample Weaving Workshop -- Table looms will be warped and ready to weave samples. This is a round-robin so be prepared to stay into the afteroon. Bring a sack lunch. Spinners bring wheels to use if there is a wait to weave on the loom you want. Later woven warps will be cut appart and notebooks will be made up with the draft sheet and your woven sample. This is a great learning opportunity for new weavers and a good refresher for others. There will be helpers to aswer questions. Bring scissors and stick shuttles.
Dec. 8 Organizing and Utilizing Your Stash --facilitated by Willie Offerman. Once again we will have a Guild garage sale -- bring unwanted yarns, books, fibers, equipment marked for sale. Bring cash to buy and sell treasures.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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!
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
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.
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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