March 2012
March 2012
Diablo Weavers Guild meets once a month, September through June, usually on the third Friday of the month.
New members and guests are always welcome.
In September, December and June we usually meet at a member's home.
March 16, 2012, 10:00 am
Meeting at the library on Oak Grove in Walnut Creek.
Snack for the March Meeting: Mary-Helen
Lillian will be presenting our March Program, which is related to "Rep Weave".
If you have rep weave pieces to share, please bring them. There will be a place int he program where they can be shared and discussed.
If you would like, also bring graph paper, colored pencils, and erasers. We'll do some drafting!
Although no handout is planned, Lillian has some articles members might like to make copies of in the library.
Kathy Dowell is selling her Gilmore warping board for $75.00. It is a 14 yard board.
For more information, please contact her at:
Local Events:
Aiko announced that they will have fund raising again for Japan on March 31 at the Japanese Christian Church. Please stop by and enjoy food (10 am until sold out), collectables, and handcrafted items for sale.
Japanese Christian church of Walnut Creek
1955 Geary Road, Walnut Creek
March 31, 9AM - 2 PM
The Tamalpais Textile Arts Guild will have Sheila O'Hara present a program on Jacquard Weaving.
March 19, 2012 at 7 PM.
New World Technology Meets Old World Weaving in Cairo, Florence and Lake County!
Francis Young Art Gallery
Marin Art and Garden Center
30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross
($5 donation suggested)
Art show at Community Art Gallery, Berkeley
Aiko Kobayashi Gray is one of the featured artists. Part of one of her latest tapestries is shown below.
February 4 - March 30, 2012
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
2450 Ashby Ave., Berkeley CA
The Art of the Anatolian Kilim is the current exhibition at the Textile Arts Council. Highlights from the McCoy Jones Collection will be shown until June 10, 2012, at the de Young Memorial Museum, Wais and Knowles Galleries of Textile Arts.