Natural dyes from Mexico

Movie Nights at the Fibre Room

Join our Guild on this Fibre

 MOVIE NIGHT!

Wednesday April 17 @ 7:00 pm

Fibre Room at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre

2302 Bridge Road

Oakville

Free for our Members

FASS Network Members    $ 5.00  CAN

General Public                  $ 7.00  CAN

Members sharing their work and findings from around the World

Chris shared her latest spinning works created with her dyed fleece, as well as her runner. she is playing around with her floor loom she has at home. Great job Chris! keep it up!

Judith Hay sharing her collection of Peruvian sashes and bags from Peru.

Wonderful designs and colorful natural dyes  

Wonderful Donation!

On behalf of the Oakville Handweavers and Spinners Guild, I would like to thank Pamela Hinton Langdon for donating her wonderful stash of assorted yarns and magazines.

Pamela has been a member of the Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild and was taught to weave by Ankaret Dean at Sheridan College.

Culture Days in the Fibre Room

Tapestry,Spinning and Weaving Demo, Queen Elizabeth Park CCC

Tapestry and Spinning and Weaving Demonstrations. Show and and tryouts for weaving and spinning in the Fibre Arts Room.This activity is part of Culture Days at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre presented by the Town of Oakville in partnership with The Oakville Arts Council and the facility cultural members. The event will provide interactive activities for every one of all ages. Activities featured: fibre arts, pottery, dance, musical performances, exhibits, and much more.

ORGANIZER

Town of Oakville, Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre

DATE(S) & TIME(S):

Saturday, September 29, 2012 — 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

LOCATION

2302 Bridge Road- Fibre Arts Room
Oakville, Ontario
View Map of this Activity

DIRECTIONS

South of QEW, between 3rd Line, and Bronte Rd.

LANGUAGE

English

ACCESSIBILITY

This activity is wheelchair accessible.

Last Saturday 29 the Oakville Handweavers and Spinners Guild demonstrated handspinning and weaving in our new location at the Queen Elizabeth Park.

Pat Hood, one of our Members took her spinning wheel and shared her skills with the Oakville community. Kids where amazed on how this traditional technique still moves us to realise about what the fibres are made of.

Stella Tang and Ixchel Suarez demonstrated weaving both on looms and in tapestry weaving techniques. 

Come join us in our new location at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre in Oakville.

2302 Bridge Road
            905-815-5979      

Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC) is a unique multi-purpose recreation, arts and culture facility.

Our Guild meets every Monday from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. All levels are welcome. Spinning, floor loom weaving or tapestry weaving, together with interesting workshops, lectures and different projects.
Contact us:
ixchelsuarez@gmail.com  or
eakukurs@cogeco.ca

Join us in our new location

Come join us in our new location at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre in Oakville.

2302 Bridge Road
            905-815-5979      

Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC) is a unique multi-purpose recreation, arts and culture facility.

Our Guild meets every Monday from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. All levels are welcome. Spinning, floor loom weaving or tapestry weaving, together with interesting workshops, lectures and different projects.

As part of Culture Days across Canada, (http://www.culturedays.ca/en/2012-activities/view/506202da-74c0-439e-b3a1-310c4c4a89be)

our Guild will be displaying some of our works and demonstrations in spinning and weaving.

Residents invited to take part in Oakville’s first Culture Days celebration on September 29

Oakville, September 24, 2012 

On Saturday, September 29 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. residents of all ages are invited to take part in hands-on and behind-the-scenes activities, performances and art exhibitions at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC) where artists will share their creative process, inspirations and techniques.

“The town is excited to officially be a part of Culture Days — joining millions of Canadians who are participating in activities that celebrate the impact of culture in their communities,” Mayor Rob Burton said. "I encourage our residents to come out and enjoy the variety of activities we're offering and engage with the art and culture that enriches our town.”

Planned in partnership with the Oakville Arts Council and other local arts groups, staff at QEPCCC has been busy organizing an amazing line-up of local cultural activities, including:

              Handweaving and Spinning 

•             The Academy of Music – Oakville Celtic Fiddlers Club

•             Learn a stitch, Oakville Fibre Artists

•             Clay Critters

•             Real Recording Studio in Action

“The Oakville Arts Council is pleased to be working with the town,” said Megan Whittington, Executive Director. “We know that amazing things can be accomplished when the creative spirit is nurtured. Culture Days offers an opportunity for our artists and arts groups to share and inspire the community.”

A full schedule of events is now available on the town's website at www.oakville.ca

A national cultural initiative launched in 2010, Culture Days is a collaborative volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities and has featured free, hands-on interactive activities from coast to coast. For more information visit the Culture Days website www.culturedays.ca.

Triaxial Workshop PART II

Triaxial Weaving

Or

Mad Weave

The Oakville Handweavers and Spinners invite you to join them

Wednesday SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 from 7 to 9 pm in the Fibre Studio at the New 

QueenElizabeth Community Centre 

in learning how to do Tiaxial Weaving. (PART II)

Leading this workshop will be once again Carole Neely who will help you to create a

one of a kind greeting card with the triaxial woven piece in the window of

the card, and expand what you have already learned in the PART I back in April!

Carole has done some experimenting with this technique, which adds an

extra dimension beyond just the warp and weft of traditional weaving.

Carole is a member of the Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners guild

and is their current president. She also served for 6 years as treasurer on the

board of the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners. Carole learned to weave

from her Grandmother and still uses that loom today.

7:00 pm (7:15 starts)  Refreshments
Members of the Oakville Handweavers and Spinners Guild          free of charge
Members of FASS (Fibre Arts Shared Space Network)                 $ 5.00
Other guests                                                                                     $ 7.00

                                Material fee for all participants:                         $ 2.00
RSVP for a spot in this wonderful workshop/hands-on/September 10, 2012.

            905 845 3357       , 289 242 8685 or reply to this e-mail at your convenience. Feel free to pass along this invite.

QEP CCC2302 Bridge Rd
 Oakville, ON