Project of the Year 09

Wow! I’m back and judging ‘project of the year’. The theme was ‘Containers’. The work was amazing and I was blown away with the use of materials (all natural fibers) and the conciept of the container taken above & beyond my expectations.
The winners were:

OFF LOOM WEAVING & POPULAR CHOICE:Brenda Roy

SPINNING: Margaret PC

LOOM WEAVING & PRESIDENTS CHOICE: Sylvia

PATRON AWARD: Mrs. Ruth Reid chose Judith’s Felt hat and is wearing it in the photo.

Our beautiful & wonderful Patron of the Guild Mrs. Ruth Reid.

Sue Greig’s wonderful glasses case.

Group entry containers for heads… Hand spun with Husky dog, syomoyd dog, possum hair, alpaca, angora rabbit & more…..

The Scarf Exchange 2008

Sadly I was unable to attend this years Scarf Exchange Exhibition due to a broken ankle.

Jo-Ann tooks some shots of the beautiful works on show and they are best viewed as a slideshow. Thanks Jo-Ann.

Sharing table page has been updated

For all the latest and amazing work by the WA guild please visit the “Sharing Table” page.

Many thanks to Giuliana Bond for her wonderful updates.

Project of the Year

On Saturday September 13th at Craft House, Spinners, knitters, weavers & felters all have the opportunity to enter their work with the theme of ‘The Kitchen’. You may enter work not related to the theme but it will not be judged but it will be displayed on the Show & Tell table.

A summary of the categories are as follows:

Spinning: Any article made from handspun yarn.    5ply & under.   Over 5ply.

Weaving: Off loom weaving.   Loom weaving.

Felting. 

Group Entry.

Knitting. Article to be knitted with commercially spun animal or plant fibre yarn (not man made)

President’s award: A entry chosen by the President receives a certificate and trophy.

Popular vote: Members are to cast a vote for their selection.

Tragedy, Treasure & Trade

 

Scarf Exchange 2008 Entry Form & PayPal Payment

Hi all,

Please click on the following pdf. file to view the entry form for the 2008 scarf exchange hosted by ‘The Hand Weavers’, Spinners’ and Dyers’ Guild of Western Australia’

sewa.pdf

Also, for international entries PayPal is now available. Please pay the correct Australian Dollar amount to Paypal account sbtreasure[at]bigpond[dot]com

Cheers

Shirley Treasure  Vice President of HWSDG of WA

The AGM

Beautiful work all created from Alpaca fleece and yarn by Elizabeth Atahan.

Florinda & Guiliana at the display table.

An Emu feathered fringe shawl and a stole woven by Shirley Treasure.

Some more work on the sharing table.

2008 Scarf Exchange

The Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers’Guild of Western Australia Inc. are hosting the 2008 Scarf Exchange with the theme ‘OUTBACK’

Please join us in the 2008 Scarf Exchange – well actually scarf, bag, or anything that really jumps out at you to be made of your fibre. The theme is ‘Outback’.

Send us 150grams of fibre by 1st of May 2008, and you will receive a different package of fibre upon which to work your magic by the end of June. When you have crafted this, return it to us with the crafters’ information sheet by 1st October. After an exhibition to give justice to your lovely articles, your fibre, now in it’s different form, will be returned to you.

This fibre may be spun, woven, felted, knitted, crocheted, or any other textile craft. The fibres must be clean and prepared for working. Unsuitable fibres will not be accepted. Australia, and particularly Western Australia has strict quarantine laws. Raw fibres must be washed or scoured, free from vegetable matter and seeds. If the authotities reject the fibre it is destroyed, so please pack your fibre individually.

Entry fee: Australian Participants   $AUD 15.00,   New Zealand Participants   $AUD 15.00,   Other Overseas Participants   $AUD 20.00

Overseas entries attract the higher fees due to the overseas airmail postage rates. This fee must be paid by bank draft/ cheque in Australian dollars. Cheques to be made to Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild of WA Inc.

Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild of WA Inc, PO Box 446, Inglewood, Western Australia 6932

Queries Contact: Jean Leary learyj@bigpond.net.au or Shirley Treasure sbtreasure@bigpond.com

Fibres West 2008

Fibres West 2008 is the 6th regional forum to be held in Western Australia under the auspices of the Australian Forum for Textile Arts Ltd (TAFTA). It is taking place from the 5th -11th of October in Bunbury. A fully residential program is offered over the 5 days providing participants with opportunities for learning and the exchange of ideas with other textile craftspeople.

The list of classes available and the standard of the tutors is incredible, tutors come from all over including India, USA and each state in Australia is represented. Yes, yours truly will be tutoring a class on the delights of weaving with texture. I am looking forward to it emmencely. For more information check out the Fibres West web site and have a look at the Shirley Treasure link.   http://www.fibreswest.com.au

2007 Scarf Exchange, South Australia

For all of you who are searching for the photos of the 2007 scarf exchange hosted by Gumeracha Handspinners & Weavers Inc. of SA this is the link you are looking for:

http://www.coloniallakebooks.com.au/scarfexchange/ 

I have had a large number of hits on my site with people searching for the scarf exchange information. Please stop by again to view my weaving. Cheers Shirley