How Crafters Can Help the Ukranian People
by Margie Gale At a recent Portable Fibers Live! SIG, Myra Wood, a beloved member of our guild, told us how she was able to…
A Guild Adventure at Ormiston Mansion
By Margie Gale As members walked from their cars, they were greeted by Claire. Many of us thought she was a new guild member because…
Learning to Weave is Cathartic
By Carla Carpenter If learning something new and challenging on a regular basis makes you smarter, I should be a genius by now. Or, at…
The Little Loom that Could
by Margie Gale As my weaving teacher told me, even people with disabilities can weave on a rigid heddle loom. That is why she has…
We’re gonna have a good time tonight
Opening night of Celebration of Fibers transformed the guild house into a soiree where visitors dined on fabulous works of art displayed in a way…
Where to do Hand Crafts in and around Philadelphia
Guild’s of any kind are a great place to meet others who share similar interests. At our guild, The Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers, we have…
Portable fibers – there for us during Covid, there for us now
By Margie Gale This study group is designed to be a group without an agenda other than getting together and doing whatever fiber project the…
Natural Dyeing/Awbury Garden Update!
The Natural Dyeing SIG recently gathered on Zoom for our first meeting of 2022. Those who were present shared introductions, glimpses of projects they’d created…
Margie’s Corner
I spent Saturday with friends, guild members, acquaintances and new people exploring a bit of Irish history with a very personable guide. Folks were so…
Jumping into 2022
Many people are complaining that they can no longer do this or that so they are very disappointed in their current life. I understand how…