January Meeting
Oxford Fiber Festival
Road Trip!
Saturday,
January 25, 2025
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Head down to Oxford, MS, January 23-25 for the Oxford Fiber Arts Festival for shopping fun and demonstrating weaving! There will be fiber art, classes, vendors, and fellow fiber lovers! Full details at oxfordfiberfestival.com. Festival admission is free; some classes still have space available for a registration fee.
Our January meeting falls on the same weekend, so our program this month is a road trip on Saturday, January 25. The festival will have a table and seating area set up for us to gather, weave, and share weaving with other festival visitors. We will bring looms for visitors to try. There is no set time - the festival is open 9-5 on Saturday. Oxford is a 1-1/2 to 2 hour drive from Memphis.
Interested? Please sign up via the link to coordinate rides and indicate if you can bring a demo loom (small rigid heddle, inkle, pin, etc.) - you are also welcome to bring your own project. Please sign up by no later than January 20 so we can let the Fiber Festival people know how many might be demonstrating. Bring a lunch or plan to get something at one of the nearby restaurants.




Need more fiber festival fun?
Check out the new
Scenic Stitches Fiber Fest
Feb 1-2, 2025
Chattanooga Convention Center
Chattanooga, TN
www.scenicstitches.com
Midwestern Weavers Conference 2025
The regional weavers' conferences are always held in the odd years and this year the midwestern conference is being held in St. Louis (at Washington University). Preconference workshops begin on June 9 - June 11 with Conference Workshops and Seminars on Friday and Saturday (June 13 - 14). Registration is scheduled to open around mid-January. Information is here. That's an easy road trip from Memphis so think about attending.
Meeting Location: Crosstown Concourse, 1350 Concourse Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Free parking in the garage in the back rows and upper levels; the first rows have a fee after 2 hours. Once in the building, take the Central Atrium elevator to the 7th floor, turn right, and enter through the Parcels office.
Membership
Enjoy the benefits of guild membership for $20 annual dues (Yes, this is a reduction in annual dues so be sure to take advantage of it this year!).
- Monthly meetings with educational programs or social gatherings, or extended workshops
- Participate in the guild booth at the Pink Palace Crafts Fair demonstrating craftsmen's tent
- Library of books, media, and equipment available for check-out
- Information on looms for sale (local area)
- Weavers who are always ready to help answer questions or lend a hand!
Monthly Meetings
Monthly meetings include a short business meeting, educational program, and viewing of members' work.
Meetings are typically at Crosstown Concourse (7th floor in the Patio area of the Parcels office) from 9:30 - 12:00 on the 4th Saturday of the month - however dates do change around the holidays (November and December meetings).
Guild History
The Memphis Guild of Handloom weavers was founded in 1947 but Viola Joyce Quigley and fellow students from the Memphis Academy of Art. Since then, the guild has held art shows, workshops with internationally reknowned instructors, classes for the public, and sales of handwoven goods.
We continue to promote the time-honored craft of handweaving into the 21st century.
Guild Library
The guild keeps an extensive library of over 300 books and videos on a wide variety of weaving topics. Members may check out media from the library.
The guild also owns 10 looms and a colections of smaller equipment and tools.