The Big Season 1 Finale

June 29, 2009

July is the end of our first guild season year and we have two exciting events in two days.It’s been an amazing year and July is action packed
Dyed In The Wool
Friday July 10, 7-9pm, MIT Stata Center, Cambridge
Barbara Parry is coming to talk to us at our July Meeting about her amazing color work. She [...]

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Site Underconstruction

June 19, 2009

Had to make a site update and now the imagery is off a little… this will be dealt with over the weekend.. sorry for the akwardness

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May Meeting Beats On

June 4, 2009

Andrian Paquette and Ruth Sunn of Slater Mill shared history AND the future with us at our last meeting. For me, this talk resonated throughout the month for many reasons:
1) Slater Mill is such a great resource for craft lovers! Catch a class or exhibit, plan a party or tour the Museum. [...]

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Time and a sense of Place

May 4, 2009

We’ve got the sense that time flies by, because Whoosh, here we are getting ready for Friday night’s guild meeting.  
May 8, 2009 7 pm MIT Room 54-100 (we’ll have a greeter downstairs by the elevator).
Lewis Hines traveled the US, documenting the status of child workers in textile mills during the early 20th Century.  Nearly [...]

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Communication

April 21, 2009

In case you were wondering, the Felt Tripping talk went really well. Many thanks to Theresa and Mehmet for sharing their story. So many amazing projects and wonderful pieces that they brought in for us to touch.
So… we here at guild HQ are working hard to make sure that everyone in our community knows what [...]

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UPDATE: MARCH MEETING

March 9, 2009

We have had a change of plans:
Felt Tripping
Friday
March 13, 7pm
Building 54 Room 100
You can get to the building using the following directions:
To get to Building 54 from the Kendall T stop:
* Walk towards the Coop Bookstore, away from the Bank of America
* Make a left onto Ames St. (building under construction)
* Turn right after the [...]

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3/17 Felt Art Workshop: Register now!

February 20, 2009

Get your felt on, up close and personal, with the March meeting special guest artists Mehmet Girgiç and Theresa May-O’Brien in this hands-on felt art workshops sponsored by the Common Cod Fiber Guild.
Date: March 17, 2009
Time:  9am – 6pm
Place:  Papermaking Room, Collins Building Room 310, MassArt, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
Cost:  $100
Class size: 14
Registration deadline: [...]

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Felt Tripping

February 4, 2009

We are very excited to welcome Theresa May-O’Brien and Mehmet Girgiç at our March meeting.  Natives of upstate New York and Turkey, they will present their felt work and experiences. I have to admit, I have only recently learned about them, but I became an instant fan of their work once I started to check [...]

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A sample of what’s to come…

January 16, 2009

Check the events page for more info about our March and July events:

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The power of Fiber

December 20, 2008

I am really excited about our next meeting. Clara Parkes is coming to talk to us about her love affair with yarn and is bringing copies of her book “The Knitter’s Book of Yarn” for signing.
I have posted this event to Boston.com because they have a great option to save the event to your calendar. [...]

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