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Membership Forms
To be included in the HGB yearbook and the Annual Sale you must send in your membership form and pay your dues by September 12. Use this link to download the membership form.Boulder County Fair
Information about the Boulder County Fair is now available. Premium books are available on the website only. Look for departments 123 and 124 for the Handspun and Weaving Shows.2008 Annual Sale
Start planning for the fabulous 2008 HGB Sale!2008-2009 Meetings and Workshops
MEETINGSSeptember: Margaret Wahlin -- “Swedish Travels"
October: Carol Shinn -- Color and Design for Textile Artists
November: Margaret Roach Wheeler --
“Life with Summer/Winter, a Weaver’s Biography” (day guild)
“Adena Woman, The Mound Builders Culture” (evening guild)
December: Fashion Show and luncheon at the Fairgrounds
January: Jennifer Falck Linssen -- Contemporary Katagami Vessels
February: Amy Mundinger and Mercedes Lindanoak -- Computer Applications
March: Diane Fabeck -- Stephensgraphs/Samit
April: Sharon Cotello -- Contemporary Felt
May: Nancy Finn, Chasing Rainbows Dyeworks: Working Your Way Around the Color Wheel
WORKSHOPS
Nov 7, 8, 9: Designing the Mahotan Way This seminar will present ideas to help the participants develop their own unique style using 4 or 8-shaft looms. The workshop will present slides and demonstrations explaining the process of the adaptation of Native American costumes for contemporary wear. The participants, using summer/winter threading and nontraditional treadlings, will simulate Native American quill work, beadwork, ribbon work, and feather designs.
April 10, 11, 12: Vessels and Masks
May 9, 10: Color for Fiber
The Handweavers Guild of Boulder began in the early 1960s with 10 founding members. HGB now has a membership of over 300 textile artists.
HGB meets monthly from September through May, arranges workshops on a variety of textile-related topics, sponsors public exhibits, demonstrations and educational displays, and holds an annual sale. Visitors are always welcome at the Day and Night Guild meetings.Membership dues for the Guild year (June 1 to May 31) are:
- $30 for a single membership
- $15 for a single membership after January 1
- $40 for a family membership
- $20 for a family membership after January 1
Make checks payable to HGB.
Membership applications are available at our meetings, at Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins in Boulder,
and here.
Handweavers Guild of Boulder
P.O. Box 18568
Boulder, Colorado 80308-1568
www.handweaversofboulder.org
For more information, contact:
Gail Matthews (Website) or Margaret Wahlin (Guild President)