12-day Textile Tour of Peru Lima, Paracas and the Sacred Valley Anticipated Travel Dates: September 19-30, 2024; Register by April 10, 2024 Join guild member Nancy Ebner on the trip of a lifetime: an exploration of the rich textile practices [...]
New and Occasional Weavers (NOW) Group Meeting Sunday, February 13: 1:00 to 2:30 pm, via Zoom Meeting link: The link will be posted on the WGM NOW group.io page several days before the meeting. If you are not on Groups.io, please email Arlene (mtkamonk@comcast.net) [...]
Save the Date: WGM Community Read: Thursday March 18, 6:30pm via Zoom "Indigo: In search of the color that seduced the world" by Catherine McKinley Join us March 18 for the second meeting of our members' book club. Led by [...]
Shop and Support WGM Order from Schacht Spindle In need of a new loom, warping supplies or spinning wheel? As a dealer for Schacht Spindle, WGM can special order equipment we might not have room for in the shop--like floor looms [...]
The votes are in! Introducing the first Community Read, as nominated and voted on by you. The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St. Clair "All textiles begin with a twist. From colourful 30,000-year old threads found on the [...]
Have you always wanted to read Women’s Work: The First 20,000 years? Or remember being engrossed in A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire and wanting someone else to read it so you could [...]
Members of the Whorling Spinsters interest group are participating in a 3rd year of volunteering on behalf of the International Wolf Center, (Ely, MN). Using the hand groomed undercoat fur from the IWC’s Ambassador wolves, these spinners create yarn for [...]
Call for Entry: WGM Exhibition summer 2020 at the John H Stevens House in Minnehaha Park "Celebrating 80 Years of Weaving, Spinning & Dyeing" The Weavers Guild of Minnesota seeks artwork for a group exhibition in honor of the 80th [...]
Cloth Paper Scissors: Helena Hernmarck Weaves the Everyday February 15, 2020 - October 18, 2020 Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 Third Ave S, Minneapolis Robert and Marlyss White Gallery (Gallery 281) Free Exhibition From Mia's website: "What sparks the artist’s [...]
We Love our Members! During Valentine's Day week, February 10-15, Members receive 10% off their purchase of $20 or more in Fiber Source. We are fully stocked in 8/2 unmercerized cotton, 8/4 cotton, bamboo and tencel, plus a great collection of books [...]
