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The monthly meetings start with a social time from 7pm to 7:30pm. Meeting business and the program for the month follow at 7:30pm. The meeting location is the Hessel Park Christian Reform Church at 700 West Kirby in Champaign, Illinois unless otherwise noted. Exceptions are noted below or announced in the newsletter.
| September 13,2011 | CUSWG 101: Rediscovering the Champaign Urbana Spinners & Weavers Guild. Review the activities of the guild including the various study groups, rental equipment, library contents, what's available on the web site. |
| October 11, 2011 | Esther's Place. Esther's Place and Natasha Lehrer present an engaging, heartfelt journey of agriculture, entrepreneurism and art! Enjoy lots of beautiful visuals of fiber from the sheep to the finished art; hear about their story of moving out to the farm from suburbia and see demonstrations first hand. Woven bits of historical facts, barn stories and agricultural activism are all a part of the perspective brought to you by this fascination presentation. Esther's Place is a fiber arts studio west of Chicago, IL who specializes in inspiring creativity! Their classes, retreats, parties and more focus on all kinds of fiber arts, and enjoying connecting people back to the source of the sheep. They have worked with the USDA, Illinois Green Pastures Fiber Co-Op, Illinois Art Educator's Association and others to get fibers recognized in the community. |
| November 8, 2011 | Navajo Experience. Pat Thalhauser spent a week in Window Rock, AZ. She'll share some of the stories about her adventure in the Navajo Nation. |
| December 13, 2011 | Holiday Potluck. Our annual festive holiday potluck, held at a guild member’s home. |
| January 10, 2012 | Heirloom Textiles: Show and Tell of members' heirloom textiles. Bring your grandmother's quilt, christening gown, hooked rugs, lace doily, etc. and share a bit of your heritage with the group. It should be interesting to see the variety we come up with! |
| February 14, 2012 | Promoting The John Campbell Folk Art School. Presented by Myrna Madigan. The John C. Campbell Folk School provides experiences in non-competitive learning and community life that are joyful and enlivening. Located in scenic Brasstown, North Carolina, the Folk School offers year-round weeklong and weekend classes for adults in craft, art, music, dance, cooking, gardening, nature studies, photography and writing. |
| March 13, 2012 | Judging Quality. Have you ever gone to a fiber show and been overwhelmed by the selection? Not sure how to tell if the yarn or fleece is worth the price? Learn what to look for in handspun yarn and fleeces from John Salamone. John has been spinning and weaving for over 25 years. He started with a few angora rabbits, a spinning wheel and a rigid heddle loom. All these years later, he still has a few angora rabbits, a few more spinning wheels and many more looms. He is a judge for the Indiana State Fair and the FiberEvent in Greencastle, IN. |
| April 10, 2012 | Rapidly Aging Textiles for Assessing Museum Displays. Jennifer Beamer of "Expertly Dyed: Art by Science!" will discuss the research she did for her M.S. in Museum Studies which included bombarding dyed alpaca fibers with lasers. |
| May 8, 2012 | Spurlock Museum Project. Pot Luck and Installation of Officers. Potluck supper at the Spurlock Museum. Spurlock project participant interviews. |
See the 2006/2007, the 2007/2008, the 2008/2009, the 2009/2010, or the 2010/2011, Programs.