Looking and feeling like fall now, must be just 8 months until conference week!

We’d like to highlight our outstanding presenters for the 4 virtual seminars offered on Friday and Saturday, June 16, 17, 2023.  These intriguing seminar topics will be presented in a large classroom in the Riverhouse convention center for in-person attendance.  You can choose these as part of your 3 seminars in the conference package.  They will also be available to purchase as a Zoom only option for those not attending the conference.  This option will be available during the a la carte registration period opening mid-April.  Any available in-person seats will also be sold during this period.  We are very excited to offer you access to these widely acclaimed instructors and hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to learn from them.

Stacey Harvey-Brown from France will present her seminar:  Optical Effects with Log Cabin, Shadow Weave, and Deflected Doubleweave. Learn how to create complex woven optical effects using these weave structures. 3 hours.

Denise Kovnat will provide a hands-on seminar making Dorset Buttons.  This seminar is limited to 30 attendees in person, as you will be making a button along with Denise and our in-room assistant.  Supplies needed are listed online.  3 hours. Check it out!

Cally Booker from Scotland is presenting Exploring Double Huck. What can two layers of huck lace do?  Come to her fascinating seminar and find out for yourself.  2 hours.

Jane Stafford from Canada will present a lecture-slide presentation on the Weavers of Sabahar. This amazing World Fair Trade organization employs more than 700 artisans in the preservation and sustainability of woven textiles in Africa.

Jane will also be hosting a School of Weaving Meet-Up for members world-wide.  Come in person at the Riverhouse convention center or join us on Zoom to say hi to Jane, meet other members, and see what all the fuss is about!  Saturday afternoon, June 17, 2:30 – 4:00 PM FREE

This month we’d also like to highlight a couple of in-person seminars being presented at the conference by Jannie Taylor Echoes & Iridescence: Designing Rainbows – and Judilee Fitzhugh Mythbusting Indigo and Natural Dyes.

For weavers looking to up their game, sign up for Jannie’s Designing Rainbows seminar on Saturday.  It’s an in-depth look at how to achieve iridescence and designing with weaving software.

Judilee’s seminar on natural dyes will open your dye pot to exciting possibilities and give you the information you need to try natural dyeing at home.

Just a taste of what’s to come next June at the Fiber Connections ANWG Conference in Bend, Oregon.  We hope you’ll check out all the special workshops and seminars we have scheduled.  They are listed by day and time here:  Workshop Schedule – ANWG 2023 Conference (anwgconference2023.com); Seminar Schedule – ANWG 2023 Conference (anwgconference2023.com)

Online registration opens mid-January 2023.  Be ready with your first and second choices for all classes.  We expect them to fill up quickly!

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The Weaving Guilds of Oregon conference steering committee is very busy planning for the upcoming Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds Conference at the Riverhouse Hotel and Convention Center in Bend, Oregon, June 11-18, 2023. Please continue to visit our website for information and conference updates. If you would like to receive information delivered to your inbox, please subscribe to the conference blog.