Tacoma Weavers Guild

A Weaver's Journey: TBA
2025-05-09 09:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
We will feature the journey of a local weaver, as well as approve the slate of new board members for the 25/26 year.

Jenifer Simonic, Program: Loose Ends.
2025-04-11 08:00 - 17:00 | WA
You can read more about Jenifer at
https://looseends.org/

Workshop with Nadine Sanders -- "Woven Inlay; Paint with Fabric"
2025-03-15 09:00 - 2025-03-16 16:30 | Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th St, Tacoma, WA, 98465, United States
Join Nadine Sanders as you discover the techniques of Theo Moorman. This creative technique allows weavers to lay weft fibers in amongst nearly invisible warp fibers, so that the extra fibers seem to float in the weaving. The workshop is a two day workshop on both the 15 and 16th of March at St. Andrews

Nadine weaves clothing, rugs and wall hangings with a focus on pictorial design. She makes art quilts that combine weaving and quilting. Writings, songs, photography, people and wilderness outings inspire her designs. She has presented over 150 workshops, program and retreats in the US, Canada and The UK. Nadine teaches because she loves to help students realize their creative potential. She also leads Threads Ruins and Tunes tours in Scotland.

Nadine and Co-author Joyce Harter have written two books about the Theo Moorman weaving technique: Weaving that Sings, and Theme and Variation; More Weaving That Sings.

Examples of the technique can be found on the Gallery page

Who: Those with the ability to warp their loom and weave plain weave. 4-Shaft
What: Multi-layered inlay technique, a variation of the Theo Moorman technique.
When: Saturday, March 15 and Sunday March 16, 9:00 – 4:30 each day
Where: St. Andrew’s Church in our usual meeting area.
Why: To learn inlay, and learn to “paint with fabric” to create bags, placements, runners, pillow tops, wall hangings, and panels for clothing.
How: Materials fee of $30 covers pre-made warp, priority mail shipping, fabric stabilizer and materials for cartoons for use in class, and workshop booklet 40+ pages.
Cost: Minimum of 8 = $100, Class of 16 = $50 Supply fee $30

Student supplies to bring to class:

-4-H Table or floor loom warped and ready to weave.
-Personal weaving tools
-A willingness to try something new!
-Set of rotary cutter, extra blade, gridded rule and mat only if you already own them (1 set needed per 5 students.
-Ground weft yarn to match the diameter of the warp sent by instructor
-Interesting quilt fabric. An email will be sent to each student before the workshop with instructions and examples of what kind and amounts of quilt fabric to bring.
-Cones, balls or thrums of pattern inlay weaving or knitting yarns from home.

Sign ups, $50 deposit, and $30 supply fee are welcome at the December meeting, or contact Linda Stryker to get on the list and mail her the funds.

Nadine Sanders "Weaving on the Creative Edge"
2025-03-14 09:00 - 12:00 | Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th St, Tacoma, WA, 98465, United States
Nadine weaves clothing, rugs and wall hangings with a focus on pictorial design. She makes art quilts that combine weaving and quilting. Writings, songs, photography, people and wilderness outings inspire her designs. She has presented over 150 workshops, program and retreats in the US, Canada and The UK. Nadine teaches because she loves to help students realize their creative potential. She also leads Threads Ruins and Tunes tours in Scotland.

Nadine and Co-author Joyce Harter have written two books about the Theo Moorman weaving technique: Weaving that Sings, and Theme and Variation; More Weaving That Sings.

Workshop with Rosalie Nielson -- "It's In the Warp -- Color and Design in Warp-Faced Rep"
2025-02-15 09:00 - 2025-02-16 16:30 | Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th St, Tacoma, WA, 98465, United States
Go deep into the Rep weave structure in this workshop with Rosalie Nielson. To be held at our St. Andrews location on both Feb 15, and 16, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Maximum class number: 16
Approximate cost: $100-$160, depending on class size.

Supply fee includes 3 spiral bound notebooks, netting shuttle, supplies for color wraps, and mailing to a central location for distribution.

Rosalie lives in Milwaukee, Oregon. She teaches classes in Kumihimo, Huck Lace, and Rep weave. She has authored the book An Exaltation of Blocks, KongoGumi: a Cacophony of Spots – Coils-Zags-Lines. The Twenty-Four Interlacements of Edo Yatsu Gumi, and the Thirty-Seven Interlacements of Hira Kara Gumi.

Her Rep hangings have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including three exhibitions in Kyoto, Japan. Her weavings hang in corporate offices and private residences. She has written articles for Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot, Handwoven, and Weavers’ magazines and the journal Strands.

Sign up at the November meeting. Deposit is $50 plus $25 supply fee, due by the December 13 meeting. Balance of class fee due at January meeting. If any remaining openings, the class will be opened up to non-Guild weavers.

Members can mail their deposit and supply fee to Linda Stryker.

Rosalie Nielson
2025-02-14 09:30 - 13:00 | WA
Celebrate Valentines Day with delightful weaving teacher Rosalie Nielson who will focus on the ins and outs of Rep weave — the weave structure that hides the weft in tightlly grouped warp threads. Oh the possibilities!

Red Alder
2025-02-13 08:00 - 17:00 | WA
Join your fellow fiber enthusiasts at the Red Alder show and class event. Taking place Feb 13 though the 16, at the Hotel Murano, Tacoma WA

Robyn Spady "Color and Texture"
2025-01-10 09:30 - 13:00 | WA
Treasured Northwest teacher and weaver Robyn Spady will join us virtually to share insights about choosing the best weave structures for color and texture.

Holiday Party
2024-12-13 09:30 - 13:00 | WA
Our December meeting will be an opportunity to celebrate together, relax a bit, share holiday cards, show and tell our latest projects, and eat good food.
Please bring a potluck food to share. Kitchen use will be very limited.
Please bring the holiday card sent to you, if you elected to participate in the card exchange.
Holiday Recycling Craft: Please bring –
A rectangular Christmas or holiday card, used from last year is fine. (extras to share?)
Scissors
Ruler or straight edge
Pencil or pen
Scotch tape
If you crafted hats, scarves, or mittens to donate to the needy, these will be accepted at the holiday gathering.

Arts in the Armory, Tacoma
2024-12-07 11:00 - 2024-12-08 17:00 | Tacoma Armory
Tacoma Weavers Guild is participating in this upcoming Arts In The Armory event
With over 100 local artists all under the historic roof of Tacoma’s Armory, buying local has never been easier! Discover the incredible creativity and artistry of Tacoma on Saturday and Sunday, December 7 & 8, from 11 AM – 5 PM.
At Arts at the Armory, you’ll have the opportunity to meet the artists, learn about their creative processes, and maybe even find the perfect one-of-a-kind gift for the season. Be a part of this special event, celebrating Tacoma’s rich artistic community while supporting our local economy. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to experience a range of art forms and take home something special!
Click here to explore the participating artists.
This event is proudly sponsored by the City of Tacoma’s Arts and Cultural Vitality Division.

Chaiki O Brien, Via Zoom
2024-11-08 09:30 - 13:00 | WA
Chaiki is a SAORI Weaving artist/teaching artist, Bengala Dye artist/teaching artist and Taiko Performer, instructor. After moving from Japan to Minnesota, eleven years ago, she has begun sharing her culture wherever she can. Saori is about “no rules” weaving. She believes that saoiri is like life: It’s all about problem solving.

Tapestry
2024-10-11 09:30 - 13:00 | WA
Mary Lane, an Olympia tapestry artist, will be sharing her work with us at our October meeting. Mary began weaving tapestry in 1976 and in 1982 became a founding member of the Scheuer Tapestry Studio in New York City. Her tapestries have been published and exhibited internationally and have been collected by both private and corporate art collections, including the IBM Corporation, the State of Maine, the City of Seattle, the Regional Arts and Culture Council, the Northland Investment Corporation and Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital. She has taught at the Parsons School of Design, the University of Maine and The Evergreen State College

5X5 Demonstrations at the Puyallup Fair
2024-09-20 10:00 - 20:30 | WA
Members will be working all day on various fiber crafts on the upper floor of the crafts building just inside the gold gate. Come visit members as they demonstrate a wide variety of crafts, weaving, spinning, knitting, etc. We’ll be spreading the love all day!

Workshop: Rigid Heddle with Two Heddles
2024-09-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Antique Sandwich Co., 5102 N Pearl St, Tacoma, WA, 98407
Yvonne will teach us how to use two heddles on our rigid heddle looms. The class will be held at the Antique Sandwich Shop in Tacoma. Since most of us do not yet own two rigid heddles of the same dent, we will attempt to swap around and loan heddles to each other to conduct this class. If time allows, she will demonstrate two heddle Krokbragd as well. $50.00 deposit due.

Program: Yvonne Ellsworth - the Magic of Color
2024-09-13 09:00 - 14:00 | WA
This in-person program welcomes Yvonne Ellsworth, a semi-local weaver who is a frequent contributor to the magazine Little Looms, and is a dyer, weaver, and knitter. You can find her instagram photos at Lavendersheepyarn. Her website is lavendersheep.com.

Sheep To Shawl
2024-09-09 | WA
Members spin weft and weave a shawl in a day. A great event at the Puyallup Fair. Come visit us on the upper floor of the craft hall just inside the gold gate at the Fair!

Melding Weaving and Quilting, Program, Nadine Sanders
2024-03-14 09:30 - 13:00 | WA
