COSWG

Study Group: Sunday Tapestry Study Group
2025-02-16 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Frank Family Ranch, Bend, 97703, United States
…The Sunday Tapestry Study Group meets monthly at 1 PM on the 3rd Sunday of the month at Colleen Frank’s home.

Topic: Sunday Tapestry Zoom Meeting
Time: Feb 16, 2025 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Rigid Heddle Study Group
2025-01-28 13:00 - 15:00 | The Depot, 805 NE Wiest Way, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
4th Tuesday of each month
1-3 PM (you can bring your lunch and meet prior to the meeting, noon – 1 PM)

Study Group: Sunday Tapestry Study Group
2025-01-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom only
The Sunday Tapestry Study Group on Zoom only in January.
Topic: Tapestry meeting! January!!
Time: Jan 19, 2025 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Weave Structure Study Group
2025-01-17 10:00 - 13:00 | Deschutes Public Library East Side Conference Room, 62080 Dean Swift Rd, Bend, OR, 97701
This study group focuses on a weave structure for an agreed amount of time and meets about quarterly to share ideas and show progress.

Program - Colleen Franks: Outreach & Volunteering
2025-01-15 09:30 - 11:30 | Zoom only
Plus: Introduce 2025 Challenge, programs, workshops, etc.
Monthly meetings on 3rd Wednesday. There is a business meeting plus educational program each month.
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2024 Challenge Show & Share, Potluck and Volunteer Recognition
2024-11-20 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Monthly meetings on 3rd Wednesday. There is a business meeting plus educational program each month.
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Summer and Winter Weaving Workshop
2024-11-04 - 2024-11-06 | Highland Baptist Church in Redmond, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Instructor: Patty Huffer
November 4,5,6, 2024
Highland Baptist Church, Room 131, Redmond

Summer and Winter is a very versatile weave structure. From Classic to Taquete, there are many ways to weave this. You will use your own loom and learn 9 different ways of weaving summer and winter; all with a different look to the finished cloth. You will be using different weft threads, like wool and cotton, thick and thin, and lots of color. Please join Patty in discovering the many ways of summer and winter.

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The 3-day, 4-shaft workshop will be held from 9-4 each day.
Cost: $90 per person plus a $20 materials fee paid to Patty.
Maximum 15 participants, minimum 10
See Workshop Registration Policy at:
https://coswg.org/workshop-and-seminar-online-registration-policy/

Central Oregon Spinners & Weavers Guild - Fall Sale
2024-11-01 13:00 - 2024-11-03 16:00 | Environmental Center, 14 NW Kansas, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Guild members will sell their creations to the public at the Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, OR
Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 1 – 6 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 2, 2024 9 – 5 p.m.
Sunday Nov. 3, 2024 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Presentations by Tapestry Study Group & Spinning Study Group
2024-10-16 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States

Fall Farm Day
2024-10-12 09:00 - 16:00 | Frank Family Ranch, Bend, 97703, United States

Kiki Dembrow - Presentation: My Weaving Journey
2024-09-18 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Kiki’s tapestry journey began in 2005 and included the exploration of different weaving traditions: From traditional French practices in Aubusson, France to the Navajo use of raised outline. An eclectic group of tapestry artists has been a source of inspiration and problem solving: From Silvia Heyden to Sarah Swett. This slide presentation of her personal journey is in many ways a broad overview of tapestry past and present.
Bio
Since 2005, Kiki Dembrow’s passion has been tapestry. Weaving has become the means by which she explores how to translate the interplay of ideas, images, and colors that resonate for her into the language of tapestry. Kiki’s practice includes an on-going study of different techniques from different weaving traditions. Since 2006 her tapestries have been regularly exhibited in American Tapestry Alliance’s small unjuried format at Convergence. Her tapestry Landscape was awarded Jurors Choice by the American Tapestry Alliance and Second Place by the Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild at the Northern Colorado Weavers Guild Fiber Celebration in 2018. She is a founding member of Willamette Tapestry Artists (WTA) and currently the president of the Damascus Fiber Arts School Board.

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Weaving Tapestry: Beyond Basics - Kiki Dembrow instructor
2024-09-18 - 2024-09-20 | Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Registration details:
Workshop Dates and Times:
Wednesday, September 18 1-4 p.m.
Thursday, September 19 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. & 1-4 p.m.
Friday, September 20 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. & 1-4 p.m.
(Clean-up 4 – 4:30 p.m.)
Optional lunch available at the Senior Center for $5 cash purchase each day Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Registration in advance is required.

On-line registration only
COSWG member registration opens on Monday, July 1 @ noon and closes July 21 @ 11:30 p.m. for $125 (indicate whether you want to purchase lunch)
Late and non-guild member registration opens on Monday, July 22 for $155 (indicate whether you want to purchase lunch)
There must be at least 12 registered to go forward and space is limited to 12.
Additional materials fee: $5 to be paid directly to the instructor in cash.

Equipment & Supplies
Participants are expected to bring a loom that is already warped at 8 epi, 8 inches wide with the possibility of weaving at least 8-10 inches high as well as the weaving tools they usually use including a tapestry needle, some wool weft, a pencil, eraser, scissors, and a ruler. The instructor will provide a handout, different kinds of wool weft to sample, and materials for creating a cartoon. Two weeks before the workshop begins the instructor will email the participants.
Workshop Description
Successful tapestries are well-planned. There is a lot to consider before beginning to weave. In this workshop we will look at how to evaluate a design in terms of its weaveability. What is meant by a weaveable design? Next, how can this design be interpreted in “weaverly” ways? Which tapestry techniques would best serve this design? Finally, we’ll look at using a cartoon. Most weavers use some form of cartoon to guide their weaving.
To move beyond basics, participants will focus on adding to their toolbox of weaving techniques by weaving a sampler. We’ll explore different techniques for creating lines – vertical and horizontal, for weaving smooth curves, and for achieving gradations. The workshop will include a quick review of basic important practices, including how to avoid ridges and pulling in, as well as varied options for securing the weft. Tips for fixing shed problems will be shared. Once their samplers are completed, participants will apply what they’ve learned to a cartoon they have prepared, or one provided by the instructor. They should expect to finish their project at home.
Bio
Since 2005, Kiki Dembrow’s passion has been tapestry. Weaving has become the means by which she explores how to translate the interplay of ideas, images, and colors that resonate for her into the language of tapestry. Kiki’s practice includes an on-going study of different techniques from different weaving traditions. Since 2006 her tapestries have been regularly exhibited in American Tapestry Alliance’s small unjuried format at Convergence. Her tapestry Landscape was awarded Jurors Choice by the American Tapestry Alliance and Second Place by the Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild at the Northern Colorado Weavers Guild Fiber Celebration in 2018. She is a founding member of Willamette Tapestry Artists (WTA) and currently the president of the Damascus Fiber Arts School Board.

Egyptian Textiles Tour by Linda Gettman
2024-08-21 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States

Study Group: Weave Structures
2024-07-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Deschutes Public Library East Side Conference Room, 62080 Dean Swift Rd, Bend, OR, 97701
The group is studying Crackle Weaves.

Guild Meeting
2024-07-17 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States

Progressive Studio Tour combined with the Annual Picnic and Weft-over Sale
2024-06-19 09:30 - 11:30 | TBA
Monthly meetings on 3rd Wednesday. There is a business meeting plus educational program each month.

Rigid Heddle Group presentation - Patterns: Possibilities in Weave Structure
2024-05-15 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States

John Mullarkey - 2-day Tablet Weaving Workshop / Registration Open Now
2024-05-13 - 2024-05-14 | The Depot, 805 NE Wiest Way, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
When:
Monday, May 13 9:30-4:30 (Potluck dinner 4:45 -6:00 – details provided to registrants)
Tuesday, May 14 9:30-4:30
Lunch will be from 12:30 to 1:30 on both days. Bring your own lunch or plan to purchase at a nearby take-out.
Where: Wiestoria Depot, Bend, OR
REGISTER
Note: If the class is sold out, send an email to registration@coswg.org to be added first come, first served to the wait list.
Registration Details
Limit: 18 people
Member Registration: Opens 1 AM March 1, 2024 – April 14, 2024

Online registration only
A waiting list will be established on a first-come, first-served basis when the 18 places are filled.

Member Fee: $115

Scholarship assistance: available to guild members. See coswg.org under the Resources/Scholarship tab for application instructions.

Late/Non-member registration: If there are any remaining spaces, anyone may register online on April 15, 2024
Late/Non-member Fee: $145
Materials Fee: $2 each paid directly to instructor
Deck of 20 weaving cards available to those who need them: $5 each paid directly to instructor
All registration closes April 30, 2024.

Description
May 13 – Tablet Weaving: Threaded-in designs
Ever been curious about weaving? Why not start with weaving bands with cards? Using simple tools, we’ll start weaving a band that can be used as a lanyard, lace, or bracelet. We will begin with a discussion on how to read and design tablet weaving drafts. Then we will proceed to setting up the cards, weaving the band, and end with a discussion of finishing techniques. Along the way, we will focus on avoiding common pitfalls and sharing tips and tricks for weaving perfect bands. For those interested in learning how to tablet weave.
May 14 – Tablet Weaving: Double-card double-turn diagonals
Also called “Egyptian” Diagonals, this workshop will focus on weaving diagonal patterns with tablets. We will use the circular warp setup, and learn how to use two packs to create interesting diagonal designs. Patterns will be provided, but individual exploration will be encouraged. No previous tablet weaving experience required.
John Mullarkey Bio:
John is passionate about teaching tablet weaving and exploring new ways to make the art form more contemporary. Tablet weaving is a primitive technique that creates simple weave structures, but offers great variation in patterning. John loves to push tablet weaving beyond its customary limits to create original and surprising interpretations of traditional structures and designs. He is a nationally recognized teacher, valued for the patience, clarity and organization he brings to his classes. After beginning to teach in 2009, John left a software development career to focus on weaving and teaching full time.
John has won many awards, is a frequent contributor to national fiber arts publications, and has authored books (“A Tablet Weaver’s Pattern Book,” “Tablet Weaving: Egyptian Diagonals,” et al.) and videos (“Tablet Weaving Made Easy,” “Double-Faced Tablet Weaving”) about the craft. His work appears in international shows and has been displayed at museums. The popular Schacht Zoom Loom is based on John’s design.

26th Annual Fiber Market Day
2024-04-27 09:00 - 16:00 | Deschutes County Fairgrounds – High Desert Activity Center, 3800 SE Airport Way 97756, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center in the Coastal Pavilion (same building, formerly High Desert Activity Center) Redmond, OR
(Potential vendors please see under Vendor Info tab)
http:// Highdesertwoolgrowers.com.
Sponsored by the High Desert Wool Growers . Our 26th annual event, sharing the love of natural fibers and all of their artistic and practical uses! Demonstrations and sales from fiber animal producers, spinners, weavers, felters, rug makers, etc. Raffles, shearing demonstrations, Jill Pot (a spinner’s choice of best fiber on/with the animal judged contest), and more. Family friendly event!

Mary Anna Swinnerton - Preparing Fair Entries from a Judge’s Perspective / Scholarship presenter: Perry Drevo “Crimp Cloth”
2024-04-17 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States

Scholarship Presenters: Donna Wilson & Diana Purkey “Mushroom Dyes” / Raylene Keating "FEAST Yarns"
2024-03-20 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States

Laverne Waddington - The Backstrap Loom and Weaving in South America / Scholarship presenter - Teresa Shaffer "Dyeing Yarns”
2024-02-21 09:30 - 11:30 | Zoom only
Bio:
Laverne Waddington has been learning to weave on various kinds of simple looms with indigenous teachers in South America since 1996. In her home in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, she combines elements of ethnic design and her own original patterns to create unique pieces on a backstrap loom using the various techniques and structures she has studied in South and Central America as well as with backstrap weavers from Vietnam and Myanmar.
Since 2010, she has published eight instructional manuals on the various woven structures and finishing techniques that she has studied and produced a DVD on Operating a Backstrap Loom.
Her articles on backstrap weaving and indigenous textiles have appeared in Handwoven magazine, Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Piecework, Tiny Studio Creative Life and Spin Off as well as in the published proceedings of the 2012 and 2016 Braid Society conferences.
She has shared her skills and experiences with many visitors to Bolivia over the years and now reaches a global audience with her weaving tutorials and travel tales on her blog. She provides online advice and support to weavers through forums such as Ravelry and Facebook groups and teaches and speaks at guilds and textile conferences around the world.
Presentation: The Backstrap Loom and Weaving in South America
From her home in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Australian Laverne Waddington has been traveling since 1996 to meet and study with indigenous weavers from the tropical lowlands of Bolivia to the highlands of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, and from the central valleys of Chile to the coastal regions of Ecuador.
Fascinated by the variety of simple tools and looms that these weavers use to create astonishingly intricately patterned cloth, she has taken on the humble backstrap loom as her main weaving tool.
In this talk Laverne shares her experiences learning to weave in South America, describes the various kinds of looms she has encountered – especially the backstrap loom – as well as how she has used the acquired skills and know-how in her own work.
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Spinning Study Group
2024-02-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Deschutes Public Library East Side Conference Room, 62080 Dean Swift Rd, Bend, OR, 97701
Explorations include learning about our heritage breeds, exotic fibers, Bast fibers (cotton, hemp, linen, etc.) dyeing fiber, processing techniques, and incorporating spun yarn into knits, woven fabric and felted creations.
2024 Spinning study will focus on exotic fibers. Meetings will be in various locations, Check your newsletter

Color Horoscope Weaving by Bonnie Tarses
2024-01-17 09:30 - 11:30 | Zoom only
Bio:
Bonnie Tarses—a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design in Textile Design and Art Education, has been weaving since 1960. Inspired by ethnic textiles, color symbolism, and the non-verbal language of color woven as joyous prayer, Bonnie specializes in functional one-of-a-kind art cloth and private commissions.
She operated her studio in Seattle from 1980 to 2010 where she perfected her original techniques: Color Horoscope Weaving and Woven Words and developed a new slant to the ancient technique of Ikat which she calls “Turned Weft Ikat”. During her 30 years in Seattle, she became active in the Seattle Weavers Guild serving as president in 1993.
In 2010, Bonnie moved to Montana to continue her weaving journey. She served as president of the Seattle Weavers Guild in 2013 and was named a Living Treasure by the Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners in 2016.
In addition to sharing her love of weaving by presenting innovative workshops and lectures throughout the U.S. and Canada (now mostly through zoom), Bonnie’s work appears in homes and on bodies all over the world. Her current passion, though, is developing collaborative origami projects for the betterment of the greater community.
To find out more and see images of her work, check out her website bonnietarses.com and Bonnie Tarses on Facebook and Instagram plus an archival blog, Weaving Spirit on blogspot.

Color Horoscope Weaving
This program is an overview of my journey from color gamps to Color Horoscope Weaving
A span of 45 years
Although I have been weaving for 63 years, the first couple decades were all about exploration: of patterns and structures, of textures and colors. At last I discovered the interplay of color was my true passion. Over decades of teaching color focused workshops, I have noticed that a vast majority of weavers are challenged by color. My sincerest hope is that through my words and images your relationship to color will be transformed.
Join me on an amazing color journey! With over 100 delicious images, I will dazzle your senses and open a door to color possibilities beyond the capabilities of the human eye. The arcane language of astrology is translated into the non-verbal language of color that everyone relates to in a completely unique manner. I superimpose a color wheel over a horoscope (which is merely a map of the sky at a selected time and place. It can be a wedding day, graduation or this very moment. I use 12 colors which combine to create over 5 billion color possibilities. Most color gamps produce around 144. How I do this is a complicated process which I continue to refine. When I first began teaching, I taught students how to convert their horoscope into a winding draft, but I quickly discovered that students wanted to leave a workshop with a finished piece. The only way to achieve completion was the have the students receive their winding draft at month prior to the workshop. In that time they gather the yarn of their choice in the basic color code provided, wind their warp. And dress their loom and arrive at the workshop ready to weave.
In lieu of a workshop, I offer instruction packets that can be purchased for $50. They include: a horoscope, a winding draft, 5 pages of instruction, 5 pages of support materials and email support for a year.
Perhaps you will be inspired to create your own

Study Group: Rigid Heddle
2023-11-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Mary Anna Swinnerton Home
Topic: TBD
Facilitator: TBD
Show and Share: Remember to send your pictures to Barbara Kracher (b_kracher@hotmail.com) a week before our meeting AND also bring your items if you plan to come in person.
Meeting place: TBD.
Contact Randee Frommer (randeefrommer@gmail.com) if you would like to be added to the Rigid Heddle Study Group email list.

Guild Meeting
2023-11-15 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Challenge 2023

Study Group: Spinning
2023-11-08 10:00 - 12:00 | See Newsletter for Details
2nd Wednesday monthly (except December)
10:00 AM – noon
Study group location will be announced in the newsletter in the study group minutes.
Central Oregon Spinners study group meets once a month to explore the many facets of spinning wonderful yarn from the many incredible fibers available to spinners. Explorations include learning about our heritage breeds, dyeing fiber, processing techniques and incorporating spun yarn into knits, woven fabric and felted creations. 2022 Spinning Study Focus: Exploring Other Fibers (Bast – hemp, flax, cotton; silk), in addition to the ongoing exploration of Heritage Fiber Breeds. The Spinning Study group meets the second Wednesday of the month, 10 am to Noon. Information on the next meeting can be found in the COSW newsletter.

Central Oregon Spinners & Weavers Guild: Holiday Show & Sale
2023-11-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Environmental Center, 14 NW Kansas, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Handwoven for the Holidays
Show & Sale
Handcrafted work by local artists
Nov 3 – 3 PM to 7 PM
Nov 4 – 9 AM to 5 PM
At the Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Ave, Bend, OR 97703

Central Oregon Spinners & Weavers Guild Show & Sale
2023-11-03 15:00 - 19:00 | Environmental Center, 14 NW Kansas, Bend, OR, 97701, United States

Study Group: Rigid Heddle
2023-10-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Mary Anna Swinnerton Home
Topic: Doup Leno pgs. 195 – 200
Facilitator: Marsha Phelps
Show and Share: Remember to send your pictures to Barbara Kracher (b_kracher@hotmail.com) a week before our meeting AND also bring your items if you plan to come in person.
We will meet in person at Mary Anna’s as well as on Zoom (hybrid meeting).
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/97186174519?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 971 8617 4519
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Contact Randee Frommer (randeefrommer@gmail.com) if you would like to be added to the Rigid Heddle Study Group email list.
