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Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild

The Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild is dedicated to promoting the art of weaving and the craft of fiber work through education, member activities, and mutual support. The Guild promotes fellowship among members with meetings Sept. through May, educational workshops and community demonstrations.

Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and our mission is to educate the community about weaving, spinning and the fiber arts. Begun in 1972, DH&SG continues to bring programming and hands on experiences to the surrounding community. CONTACT US for possible demonstrations at your event.

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Guild members meet September through May on the first Saturday of each month at 9:30 am. We meet physically at The Point, Center for Arts and Education on the campus of the CC Young Memorial Home, located at 4829 West Lawther Drive, in East Dallas near White Rock Lake. We also meet virtually via Zoom for members who can’t attend in person. We enjoy friendships, old and new, and learn from speakers on a wide range of subjects and areas of interest to our members. 

Benefits of Membership to DH&SG

  • Make new fiber friends!
  • Participate in our Study Group and learn new weaving structures and techniques!
  • Have priority registration to workshops.
  • Improve your skills in one of our Meet Ups, like the Spinners gatherings or Fiber Play get togethers.
  • Get a mentor and have access to the expertise skills of our members.
  • Attend our holiday Off the Shelf party and swap for a wonderful handcrafted item.
  • Exhibit your work in one of our public exhibitions.

Another benefit of membership is having access to our wonderful library of books, magazines, periodicals, and equipment that you can rent! Click the Library tab in our menu that links to our digital library and scroll through our collection. You will find instructions to:

  • Hold a book from our library.
  • Search our library for the topic you're interested in.
  • Do an advanced search of the library.

With your guild membership ID, you can reserve and check books out. Connect to a community that keeps growing and learning! Join today!

General Membership Meeting
Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 10a.m.

Ready?... Sett?... SEW!!!

Hold on to your seats! This is a whirlwind tour of creating great garments from handwoven cloth! Starting with what to weave, sett choices, sampling and finishing the cloth, we will then cover basic sewing techniques for handwoven fabrics!

Daryl Lancaster, a hand-weaver and fiber artist known for her award-winning hand-woven fabric and garments, has been constructing garments for more than half a century! She give lectures and workshops to guilds, conferences, and craft centers all over the U.S. The former Features Editor for Handwoven Magazine, she has written more than 100 articles and digital content, frequently contributes to various weaving and sewing publications and including Threads Magazine. She now has a YouTube channel, The Weaver Sews where she shares her extensive experience sewing handwoven garments. Daryl also maintains a blog at www.weaversew.com/wordblog and you can find her at www.Daryllancaster.com

Meeting will be face-to-face & Zoom
Snacks will be provided by members with last names starting with P-S, but anyone who wants to bring a snack for the meeting can!
If you are attending in person, we meet at The Point (see the map on our Calendar page). Please remember that we meet in The Auditorium now.

If you have something to show for the clothesline, please remember to send a photo and brief description by February 29th at Noon!

Calendar Page for more details.

April 2024 President's Message

Hi everyone!
As I love this time of year when the leaves are budding out on the trees, and the flowers are starting to bloom! The colors just make me so happy!
I wish this was a picture of my yard, but its not!
I am looking forward to seeing many of you at the April meeting. It is our annual meeting so we will be electing our Board and Officers for the next term. The program also seems to be very useful! Please read more about it in the newsletter!
Our volunteer activities have really gotten going this month! First I want to thank everyone who volunteered this month! There was a lot going on and we could not have done it without you! I really enjoy meeting people, talking about the guild, and giving children a taste of what we know is a wonderful pastime! I also think it is good for everyone to see what goes into making cloth. We are so removed from it nowadays.
Happy weaving/spinning/dyeing/felting!
Linda Fleming
 

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