Prior Years Meetings & Programs
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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