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Building Pattern and Palette: The Use of WovenShibori with Natural Dyes

October 10 @ 10:00 a.m. — Zoom and in-person, Business meeting to follow

Brandywine Town Community Center
4050 Brandywine Parkway — Wilmington, DE 19803

Building Pattern and Palette: The Use of Woven Shibori with Natural Dyes
presented by Catherine Ellis


Catharine Ellis has been using woven shibori as a means of applying pattern to her textiles for many years. From simple 4 shaft monk’s belt to complex twills and Jacquard structures, she has used the loom as a vehicle for integrating resist threads into the woven cloth.
Dyeing is an integral part of woven shibori. It can be done with any dye that is suitable to the textile itself; but Catharine has brought a clear focus to the use of natural dyes for her own work. She will talk about why she made the choice to use natural colorants and the opportunities that those dyes present. Catharine is the author of Woven Shibori (Interweave Press, 2005, 2015) and The Art and Science of Natural
Dyes, with co-author Joy Boutrup (Schiffer Press 2019).

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“Effective Use of Materials and Color” presented by Kathrin Weber

September’s Program — Zoom and in-person
Thursday, September 12 @ 10:00 a.m.
Brandywine Town Center
4050 Brandywine Parkway — Wilmington, DE 19803
“Effective Use of Materials and Color” presented by Kathrin Weber

Kathrin Weber has been a full-time studio fiber artist since 1980. Her work revolves around dyeing, weaving and teaching. She has a fearless enjoyment in using hand-dyed color in her teaching, shop sales, and weaving. She enthusiastically encourages students to dive into color. No matter what her classes are officially entitled, they are ultimately about color, technique and weaving good fabric.

Do you have yarn in various colors, textures, weights, yarn types that you are not sure what to do with? Perhaps you have a lovely yarn that may not be strong enough for that warp you want to wind. Or your yarn is too fine or too big or the colors are too bright and they don’t go together. Or, to be honest, the yarn you have been hoarding is just too dang expensive to use! How do you make a little go a long way?

This Zoom lecture with images will help you think of creative ways to plan and execute woven projects of mixed yarn types and colors that you might have thought would never go together technically or visually. Spend a little time with Kathrin thinking, “What if…?” And then dig through your yarn closet for hidden treasures waiting to be woven. To learn more about Kathrin, visit her website https://www.blazingshuttles.com/.

The Zoom link will be sent to you through an i.o. group email

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Yea! It’s the June Picnic

June 13 @ 10:00 a.m.
Nancy Bentley’s Farm
Elkton, MD 21921

Telegraph Road, out of Newark is West Main Street/Rte. 273 North towards Fair Hill.

NANCY BENTLEY HAS INVITED GUILD MEMBERS TO TOUR HER FARM AND LEARN ABOUT GOTWALD SHEEP.

10 am for a tour of Nancy’s Gotwald sheep farm (back pasture behind house)
11:00 a.m. Picnic, end-of-Guild-year Business Meeting, Auction

In light of easing up on resources and the reality of the cost of gas, why not consider car-pooling?


Don’t forget to bring:

  1. A dish to share with a serving spoon!
  2. Show and Tell items
  3. Items for our auction — you may bring fiber related items for the
    auction & all proceeds go to the guild.
  4. Don’t forget your checkbook and a bag for all the unexpected
    treasures you buy!
  5. A comfy chair to sit in as you enjoy the festivities.