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WW&S Newsletter, March, 2015 —
March 2015 Newsletter Season 2014-2015, No. 7
Next Meeting
Monday, March 2
7:00 PM
Weaving in Central
America Jamie Trierweiler
Treaters & Greeters
Paula DeYoung
Kelly Brandt
Bob Meyering
Roxanne Pett
Judy Pulver
Meetings are held at
Trinity Congregational Church,
2725 4 Mile Rd NW
Off the Walker Exit of I-96
www.wwas.
Spring Sale Only
Two Months Away! It is cold and snowy as I write this, but in
two months the grass will be green, the cro-
cuses blooming, and the trees budding. And it
will be time for our Spring Sale on Saturday,
April 25, at St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox
Church. Now it's time to create items for the
sale!
Again this year we will be guests of the
Potters' Guild. Many of the products we offer
for sale fit well with their work. As you plan,
consider the items we traditionally purchase in
the spring: cottage decor, wedding or shower
gifts, spring and summer accessories, gradua-
tion or Mother's Day gifts. After the winter we
are currently experiencing, we anticipate few
people wanting to add wool mittens to their
collection in April!
Sales tags, inventory sheets, and contracts
will be available at the March meeting. We've
had to print additional sales tags. Because that
is fussy printing, the cost is greater--figure
about ten cents each. Advertising bookmarks
and posters will also be available. Take a few
to distribute to those who might be interested
in coming. At this point, we do not know ex-
actly when set-up will happen on the Friday
afternoon or evening before the sale, but sign-
up sheets for work at the sale will be ready for
you to add your name.
All members of the Woodland Weavers and
Spinners are welcome to sell their work
through this sale. It doesn't matter if you pro-
duce many items or just a few. What makes
our sales tables look inviting is the wide varie-
ty of items available for purchase. We have
two months left to produce items!
Library News It has been a long time since we've had a
guild meeting. Before coming to the March
meeting, will you check to see if you have
DVD's or library books checked out which can
be returned. Several other members would like
to check them out, particularly the DVD's.
We are currently looking at purchasing new
materials for the library. If you've seen items,
either advertised or in person, that you think
would be good additions to our guild collec-
tion please let Margaret Jager know.
Overshot Study Group The overshot group is still active I will
send out an email soon to get feedback on
where everyone is with their sample or study,
and to schedule our next dinner meeting.
Please don’t get overwhelmed in attempting
to complete a sample. Feel free to contact me
anytime with questions.
—Jeanne Hoin
Inkle/Card Study Group Inkle/Card Weaving Study group with meet
on Thursday, March 13, 7 pm at Judi Pulver's
House.
We will learn Baltic Style pickup, Inkle
Pattern Directory, page 61.
I will send out instructions on how to warp
your loom.
Jeanne will also take a few minutes to dis-
cuss card weaving. She will be at the March
28 retreat to show us how to warp our loom
for card weaving.
Let me know if you have any questions
—Judi Pulver
MLH Guild Exhibit
Needs Contributions At our December meeting we decided to
create an entry for the guild exhibits at the
MLH Conference next June. We decided to
work along the same lines as two years ago.
This theme: Expanding our Textile Horizons,
works well with this type of display.
I have lots of raw wool, bags of unpro-
cessed silk cocoons, pounds of cotton both in
the boll and still seeded, and flax ready to be
pounded free of the stems to make linen. If we
group some of these raw items in the center
and then add many examples of textile art--
samples or finished pieces, we could have
something really nice.
Here's my question: Are there a couple
guild members who would be willing to gath-
er textile art samples, take them to Hope Col-
lege, and set them up for our display on Fri-
day, June 5? Give it some thought.
Meanwhile, let's all start collecting some of
our finished samples and smaller items in a
wide variety of textile techniques. We'll talk
more about our display at the March meeting.
—Margaret Jager
March Forward We often think that things do not change
much; yet change is all around us. Who would
have thought we would enter 2015 without our
friend, Linda Blue? Who could have imag-
ined weather would have forced us to cancel
two winter meetings? After twenty years of
weaving classes at the Franciscan Life Process
Center, there will be no more. Hundreds of
West Michigan weavers have been taught
skills, received inspiration and found a safe
haven for learning, thanks to 20 years of vol-
unteer teaching by master weaver Jochen Dit-
terich. Who knew are young fiber artists
would burst on the scene with so much crea-
tivity and talent?
This month's speaker, Jamie Trierweiler,
will share with us her remarkable story of
bringing weaving back to a rural Costa Rican
community. Here I thought weaving and fiber
arts was part of the tradition of South and
Central American native communities. Not
everything is as it seems. Learn how one de-
termined person can make a difference.
The March retreat will have a new location
at the Salvation Army camp on Pine Island
(Continued on page 2)
2 —WW&S Newsletter, March, 2015
Woodland Weavers and Spinners Guild
President: Paula Stark
Vice-President: Heidi Bukoski
Secretary: Cynthia Root
Treasurer: Jane Yelvington
Newsletter Editor: Bob Meyering
Web-master: Jane Fabiano-Turner
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The Guild encourages creativity, originality
and excellence in handweaving and fiber arts
through fellowship and education, and
stimulates broader appreciation of the
fiber arts by the public.
Newsletter copy due on the
15th of the month
MEMBER
2014-2015 Schedule Programs
September 8—Show and Tell from Summer
Projects
October 6—Finnish Weaving
November 3—The History of Underwear,
Dr. Susan Eberle
December 1—Holiday Celebration
January 5—Japanese Kimonos, Cathy
McCarthy
February 2—Dyeing for Warps, Rita Petteys
March 2—Weaving in Central America,
Jamie Trierweiler
April 6—Weaving Rugs, Nancy Crampton
May 4—To Be Determined
June 1—End of the Year Celebration
Textile Arts Market December 12, 13—Prince Conference Cen-
ter.
April 25—St. Nicholas Antiochian Ortho-
dox Church with Potters Guild.
Workshops September 22-23 (Monday & Tuesday)—
Diane Totten Crimp Weaving. Cost $90.
Franciscan Life Process Center .
February 7 (Saturday)—Rita Petteys Dye-
ing Warps. Yarn Hollow Studio .
April 18-19 (Saturday & Sunday)—Nancy
Crampton Rug Weaving. Julie Daniels’ Stu-
dio.
Retreats November 15 (Saturday)—CRC Confer-
ence Grounds.
March 28 (Saturday)—Franciscan Life
Process Center, Lowell
Welcome
New Members (Update Your Membership Books)
Reid Johnson
13820 Thompson Dr.
Lowell MI 49331
574-309-6086
Reid1007@yahoo.com
Esther M. Carlson
2391 Carrington Rd. NE
Grand Rapids MI 49525
810-240-8303
esthermcarlson@gmail.com
Wendy VanWoerkom
6490 Boulder Drive
Muskegon, MI 49444-8783
703-517-8510
wvwoerkom@gmail.com
MLH Conference &
Workshop Registration
Is Open If you haven't checked the MLH website
(mlhguild.org) lately, this would be a good
time to do so. The entire conference and work-
shop program is online. It looks really good,
There are a larger number of choices this year,
and they cover a wide variety of the textile
arts. Many of them are appropriate for anyone
interested in learning a new technique or skill.
New this year: some in-depth spinning
classes, Saori weaving, lots of opportunities to
explore surface design, as well as more tradi-
tional offerings. Check it out!
Perhaps the best part of the MLH Summer
Conference and Workshops is the opportunity
to spend time with other textile enthusiasts.
Sharing ideas and information with others is a
wonderful way to encourage your own work.
Because Holland is so close to us, attending
this conference is a good value. Even if attend-
ing a workshop or seminar is impossible for
you this year, it is worth your time to peruse
the vendors' booths and check out the exhibits.
And you won't want to miss the fashion show
and dessert buffet on Friday evening, June 5,
either!
drive—a room with a great view and space for
all your projects, trails to take a walk and a
lake just outside the widows. Join us. Fun
guaranteed.
How many of us face personal challenges
which can change our perspective? Think of
what has changed in your life the last month,
year, two years or five years. I find weaving
like a giant thread that can continue winding
through your life in many ways. As a child I
might have been weaving potholders or weav-
ing dandelions into simple creations. In school
years perhaps you had a weaving class, or
made placemats from weaving strips of paper.
Did you weave early in adulthood only to have
to set it aside as your family or career grow?
Maybe retirement has brought you a new
surge of fiber interest, time and energy. Or for
some, aging issues make us alter our fiber and
creative choices. Always the thread of fiber
weaves through our lives from simple to so-
phisticated.
This month I had reverse shoulder replace-
ment on my right arm and shoulder. I cannot
spin, weave, felt, knit or do much of anything
functional with my right side. But I gaze at
my many skeins of hand spun Karakul waiting
to be woven into blankets. I sit on my loom
benches and dream of future projects. I check
my stash looking at beautiful yarns waiting for
the magic of weaving. I lightly brush my
hands along my handcrafted spinning wheels.
Yes, I have pain. I also still have my dreams. I
am surrounded by “fibery” things. I have gone
back to thinking how to weave the simplest
things together. And I found a class at MLH to
fit into my more limited skills for the time
being. FIBER IS FOREVER.
—Paula Stark
Workshops &
Retreats The final workshop of the program year
(Nancy Crampton, Rug Workshop) is full. If
you want to be placed on a waiting list, please
let me know.
We have one more retreat coming up
March 28. It will be held at Little Pine Island
Camp and Retreat center right off of US 131.
Should be easy access whether you are coming
from the north, south, east or west. If you are
new to the guild this is a great time to get to
know other guild members, work on unfin-
ished projects or learn a new skill. Since we
have had a couple of meetings cancelled this
year it will also be a great time to catch up
with each other. As I will not be at the March
guild meeting please give your $20 & com-
pleted registration form to Jane Yelvington.
—Sue Vegter, svegter@ameritech.net
(Continued from page 1)
WW&S Newsletter, March, 2015 — 3
New TAM Sales Tags We have printed new tags, new colors.
Due to increased printing costs:
1 tag 10¢
50 tags $4.25
100 tags $8.50
Remember, if you print your own tags; they
must have all the same information, our logo,
fiber content, washing instructions, and a per-
forated/tear-off section with the same infor-
mation– in the same order, as our tags, to
streamline the treasurer’s work.
Get your tags at this month’s meeting.
Local Resources Thanks to all of you who shared the infor-
mation below to benefit all our guild members.
You can find out more information about each
of them by simply Googling them by name.
GRAND RAPIDS STORES
Threadbender Yarn Shop
2767 44th St. SW
Wyoming, MI 49519
(616) 531-6641
The Clever Ewe
596 Ada Dr. SE
Ada, MI 49301
(616) 682-1545
The Outlet
1534 College SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49507
(616) 452-3611
Learning from Scratch
1454 28th St. SE (in the back of
CompreNew)
Grand Rapids, MI
(616) 901-7486
MICHIGAN STORES
Great Northern Weaving
451 E. D Ave.
Kalamazoo Township, MI
(269) 341-9752 or (800) 466-5877
Davidson's Old Mill
109 E. Elizabeth St.
Eaton Rapids, MI
(517) 663-2711
Baker Allegan Studios
148 Mill District Road
Allegan MI
(269) 903-6883
Woven Art
325 Grove St.
East Lansing, MI
(517) 203-4467
Sticks and Strings
1107 N. Washington Ave.
Lansing, MI
(517) 372-1000
FORMA
111 E. Northfield Church Road
Whitmore Lake, MI
(734) 761-1102
—Mary Ippel
Sunday, March 8
4 —WW&S Newsletter, March, 2015
WOODLAND WEAVERS & SPINNERS INVENTORY SHEET FOR SALE ITEMS
Sale Date: April 25, St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church
Name: __________________________________ Address: _______________________________________ Phone: ____________
Checked in by: _____________________________ Checked Out by: __________________________
Seller’s signature: _________________________________ date: _____________
P. S. Please remember to attach a self addressed stamped envelope for your payment check.
Continue your listing on additional pages as needed
Item
#
Description PRICE Check
In
Sold Chec
k Out
WW&S Newsletter, March, 2015 — 5
Textile Arts Market Contract
Name _________________________________________________________ Tag Initials_______________
Address ______________________________________________________________________________
Phone where I may be reached during sale hours ____________________________________________
I authorize the Textile Arts Market to sell the items I provide on April 25, 2015 under the terms outlined below: Sale
runs 9 am to 4 pm. I understand the following:
1. This sale is for members of the Woodland Weavers & Spinners Guild. There will be a 20% commission withheld from
the sale of each item
2. The guild will collect and pay the sales tax on my items that sell along with all other members as a pass-through. The
guild will be responsible for any and all credit card fees on all sales.
3. I am responsible for reporting the income earned from this sale and paying any income tax incurred. No 1099 will be
issued by the guild to me or any other member for this sale.
4. I understand that a check for 80% of my total sales will be sent to me in a self address envelope I will provide with
this contract. If I am no longer receiving mail at that address, it is my responsibility to make sure the Treasurer is
given my new address.
5. The Textile Arts Market will furnish me with a statement detailing the disbursement of the monies collected on my
items that sell, which will minimally include the total dollar amount of my items that sold, the dollar amount of my
earnings (80%) and dollar amount of the (20%) commission the guild will retain.
6. I am responsible for delivery of my sale items to St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church on Friday, April 24. Each
item must have an approved tag that is accurately and clearly filled out. I will provide an inventory sheet listing each
item I offer for sale. Check in may consist of verifying my items are within the sale guidelines, tags are attached &
complete and my inventory sheet lists each item. There will be no check out after the sale. I am responsible for the
pick-up of my unsold items at the close of the sale on Saturday at 4 pm.
7. Each member that participates in selling their wares is responsible to donate a minimum or 4 hours in some work for
the Sale. I agree to comply or find someone willing to do so for me.
8. The Textile Arts Market committee or Woodland Weavers & Spinners guild is not responsible for items lost, stolen or
damaged during the sale. (Please check your insurance for coverage. ) The guild will not be held responsible for any
errors made in the sales transaction of my items .
9. The Sale Committee reserves the right to refuse or remove items which do not conform to the sales guidelines. I un-
derstand the display of my items will depend on the availability of space, thus the Sales Committee reserves the right
to display or withhold merchandise based on available space.
10. The guild encourages each member to create items for sale. All products for sale need to be Produced or Created by
the guild member who is selling the item. The Sales committee is available to discuss any items that do not fall with-
in the guidelines published in the annual Membership Book
I accept the terms outlined above.
Name ______________________________________________ Date ________________________
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