Cotton yarn question

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Hello everyone,

I’m reaching out because I are contemplating doing some cotton cloth to make a summer jacket for the NEWS garment competition. If I wanted to weave something like a basket weave in a cotton or something with a window pane using higher epi as the base yarn and a thicker yarn to create the window pane pattern, what would you suggest as a good cotton yarn for garments.  I may also like to use some funky thick or ribbon type yarns as the weft (a whole different look – kind of like a weft faced cloth.

I have some 3/2 mercerized Valley Cotton from Webs and some 8/2 Valley cotton. I’d like the fabric to have a slightly stiff hand so that the jacket wouldn’t be too drapey since I won’t be lining it.  I could also pick up some funky ribbon or even making some cotton cloth strips to create the effect. hmmmmm.

So here’s the funny part, I need to do this asap to get the sewing done and then break the news to Randy that I won’t be around for a month. LOL.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Marie

Tuesday 2/28/17 Meeting

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For our regular meeting this Tuesday, please bring along a tip to share with others. It may be a tool or a book or an idea. If you can’t think of anything, come anyway and take an idea home! Questions are encouraged. We’ll also have a Show & Tell time.

Gathering time is 7 pm at the Fiber Loft for snacks and library browsing. The meeting will start promptly at 7:30.

NEWS Registration has been suspended

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This from our good friend Susan:

Because of the credit card problem I am ending registration for the time being. All course selections will be cleared before we begin again. A new day and time will be announced through your guild reps and on the website and this Facebook page with at least 24 hours notice. Any payments that did go through will be refunded. I apologize for the difficulties and the frustration. Testing did not show this problem and we are not sure why it is occurring. – Susan Targove, NEWS Seminar Registrar

WWM Echo Weave study group presentation

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At Weavers of Western Mass on Feb 15, 2017, please join us!

Using Marian Stubenitsky’s Weaving With Echo and Iris book as a springboard, the Echo Weave Study Group has been busy exploring this diverse weaving system. At the February meeting, the members will show their samples and finished pieces, and share what they learned. Echo weave can be intimidating, but with a computer weaving program the study group found that it’s not difficult to create beautiful work. Come and see the diverse shapes, including diamonds, circles, waves, and flowers that can be formed when treadlings have been networked and colors applied to design lines that have been “echoed” in the threading. Although echo can be woven with 4 shafts, the group achieved spectacular results using 8 or 16 shafts.

Several current and former EiAW class members participated in this study.

Meeting at the Hill Institute, Florence, MA

12:30PM-1:00PM Refreshments / Socializing
1:00 PM-1:40PM Guild Business Meeting concludes with Show & Tell
1:45PM-3:15PM Program

Tonight’s meeting is still on for 7pm!

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With the questionable weather today, we want to confirm that our meeting is still on for this evening.

This month’s program will be a very social one.  We ask everyone to bring a sample of your “other art” projects.  Most weavers dabble in other forms of art, be it knitting, spinning, crochet, quilting…or even some non-fiber artistic expressions.  This is the time to share these crafts!  It’ll be a great way to get to know your fellow guild members.  Don’t have an “other art”?  Come anyway!  We hope that this meeting will be very inspirational.

Happy New Year! Meeting reminder

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Tues, 24 Jan 2017 is our first meeting of the new year!  We will meet at The Fiber Loft.  Social/Library time will begin at 7pm, and our meeting and program will start promptly at 7:30.

This month’s program will be a very social one.  We ask everyone to bring a sample of your “other art” projects.  Most weavers dabble in other forms of art, be it knitting, spinning, crochet, quilting…or even some non-fiber artistic expressions.  This is the time to share these crafts!  It’ll be a great way to get to know your fellow guild members.  Don’t have an “other art”?  Come anyway!  We hope that this meeting will be very inspirational.

HGA’s Small Expressions Exhibit

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CALL FOR ENTRY
The Handweavers Guild of America is Accepting Entries for the Small Expressions Exhibit
Deadline: February 10, 2017

 

Small Expressions is an annual, international, juried exhibit sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA) to showcase contemporary small scale works created using fiber techniques in any media, not to exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction including mounting, framing, or display devices. Juried byMary Ruth Smith, a Professor at Art at Baylor University, the exhibit will be held May 26 – July 29, 2017 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft in Houston, Texas, USA.

Entry fees are $32 for HGA Members (Join Now) and $47 for Non-Members. Students attending an accredited educational institution may enter with no fee.
For more information visit our website or email Linda Campbell, HGA Exhibit and Editorial Assistant.
The Handweavers Guild of America’s mission is to educate, support and inspire the fiber art community.