HWBC Past Programs and Workshops
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03/2025 - Sandy cahill
seaming techniques for handwoven fabric & elegant edge finishing techniques for handwoven fabric
04/2022 - karen wychock
Gathering Basket workshop
03/2022 - RITA ROMANOVA GEKHT
DESIGN, TECHNIQUE AND FUNCTION IN TAPESTRY WEAVING
10/2021 - anastasia azure
handweaving as expressive art - online presentation
Doubleweave Marvels
Using her metalsmithing skills and her loom, Anastasia creates fabulous three dimensional art. Elegant geometry, complex science and spirituality inspire her.
4/2021 - DEBORAH HOLCOMB
BOBBIN LACE - online presentation
Deborah’s bobbin lace
Bobbin Lace is complex and challenging!
11/2020 - NORMA SMAYDA
THREE SHAFT WEAVES - MORE FOR LESS — ONLINE PRESENTATION
Norma Smayda and her Ondulé fabric
10/2019 - CATHARINE ELLIS
DYING STRIPES, CHECKS AND PLAIDS WITH NATURAL DYES
This class included designing and weaving cloth that combined three different undyed fibers (wool, silk and cotton) in both warp and weft. It also used an organic indigo vat, and other natural dyes to complete a series of fabric/dye studies.
Catharine Ellis 2019 Workshop Participants. A great time was had by all!
Catharine Ellis 2019 Worshop: handwoven wool & cotton cloth, indigo dyed with resist, then over-dyed with madder.
A few of our Catharine Ellis indigo dyed samples, hanging to dry.
HWBC Past Programs and Workshops
2025 — designing garments & sewing techniques for handwoven fabric with sandy cahill
2025 — seaming techniques for handwoven fabric & elegant edge finishing techniques for handwoven fabric with sandy cahill, 2 workshops
2025 — COLOR AND WEAVE STRUCTURES IN WEAVING DESIGN WITH JANET PHILLIPS
2025 — The Theory and Application of Weft Pooing with sidney sogol
2024 — FROM PLANT TO CLOTH WITH GIGI MATTHEWS & GIGI’S SPINNING CIRCLE workshop
2024 — FIELD TRIP TO SFA GALLERY, 10 BRIDGE ST, FRENCHTOWN, NJ
2024 — DRAWLOOMS AND DAMASK DESIGN WITH member AMY BLAIR
2024 — in search of beauty: my journey at the loom with member marilynn cowgill
2024 — THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT WHEEL AND HOW TO USE IT WITH SUSAN CONOVER
2024 — Weaving with Unusual Materials with giovanna imperia
2024 — Theo Moorman Inlay Technique with Heather Winslow plus 2 1/2 day virtual workshop
2023 — sharing mafa workshops and other fiber experiences
2023 — WET FINISHING - “MAGIC IN THE WATER” WITH LAURA FRY
2023 — Pattern vs. Structure with member Debbie Cummings
2023 — INCORPORATING THE TC2 DIGITAL LOOM INTO A WEAVING PRACTICE WITH AMANDA THATCH
2023 — woven optical illusions with stacey harvey-brown
2023 — “the fabric of civilization” with virginia postrel
2023 — an exploration of “double huck” virtual workshop with Cally Booker
2023 — My weaving journey and the creative process with cally booker
2022 — VARIETIES OF SILk WITH MEMBER LAURA WOMACK
2022 — FUN WITH THE FAN REEd with MEMBER liz heine
2022 — warped and ready — the handspinning weaver with patsy sue zawistoski
2022 — Gathering Basket Workshop with member karen Wychock
2022 — The Backstrap Loom and Weaving in South America with laverne waddington
2022 — DESIGN, TECHNIQUE AND FUNCTION IN TAPESTRY WEAVING with RITA ROMANOVA GEKHT
2022 — PUTTING THE PIZZAZZ INTO YOUR STRIPES! with sally orgren
2022 — an exercise in network drafting and echo with member Liz Heine
2021 — handweaving as expressive art with anastasia azure
2021 — Blending & spinning unusual & upcycled fibers with gigi matthews
2021 — “COCHINEAL - THE BUG THAT CHANGED THE WORLD” WITH MEMBER CHRIS APPLEGATE
2021 — WHAT TO DO WITH LEFTOVER HANDWOVEN FABRIc WITH DARYL LANCASTER
2021 — BOBBIN LACE WITH MEMBER DEBORAH Holcomb
2021 — PAINTED WARPS WITH TIEN CHIU
2021 — INTRO TO SUPPLEMENTAL WARPS WITH DEB ESSEN
2021 — TAMING OF THE HUE - COLOR TECHNIQUES FOR EVERY WEAVER WITH ROBYN SPADY
2020 — WHAT IS HGA AND WHAT DOES it DO FOR THE FIBER COMMUNITY? WITH SALLy ORGREN
2020 — 3 SHAFT WEAVES, MORE FOR LESS with NORMA SMAYDA
2020 — HOROSCOPE WORKSHOP & OPEN STUDIO
2020 — FIELD TRIP TO THE PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW SHEEP TO SHAWL COMPETITION
2019 — STRIPES, CHECKS AND PLAIDS WITH NATURAL DYES with CATHARINE ELLIS
2019 — SPINNING with member JUDI LEHRHAUPT
2019 — PAPER MAKING with WINNIE RADOLAN
2019 — OFF LOOM WEAVING with member FLO SCHADLER
2018 — SEEING COLOR IN EVERYTHING with KATHRIN WEBER
2018 — NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S DYEPOT with KATHRIN WEBER
2018 — RED STONE GLEN WORKSHOP, LESSER KNOWN WEAVE STRUCTURES - TOM KNISELY
2018 — FLEECE WORKSHOP with member JUDI LEHRHAUPT
2018 — SHAKER BASKETS with member KAREN WYCHOCK
2018 — ONE WARP, MANY STRUCTURES & PAINT 2, BEAM 1 with DENISE KOVNAT
2018 — FIBER SIT-IN
2018 — WOVEN REINDEER with member CHRIS APPLEGATE
2017 — RED STONE GLEN WORKSHOP, THEO MOORMAN - TOM KNISELY
2017 — NEW VARIATIONS IN BASKETRY EXHIBIT, SNYDERMAN-WORKS GALLERIES
2017 — SCANDINAVIAN WORKSHOP with NORMA SMAYDA
2016 — ERIC & CHRISTOPHER SCREEN-PRINTING FIELD TRIP, PERKASIE, PA
2016 — KAFFE FASSET EXHIBIT, MICHENER ART MUSEUM, DOYLESTOWN, PA
2016 — SHAKER BASKET with member CHRIS APPLEGATE
2016 — OVERSHOT WORKSHOP, BASED ON WORK OF BERTHA GRAY HAYES with NORMA SMAYDA
2016 — WET FELTING with NELLY KOUZMINA
2016 — LINEN SPINNING with NELDA DAVIS
2015 — SUPPLEMENTAL WARPS with BARBARA HERBSTER
2015 — TABLET WEAVING with member ELLEN TURNER
2015 — COLOR THEORY with member JOANNE GRETZ
2014 — DORSET BUTTONS with member ELLEN TURNER
2014 — FIBER DETECTIVE with SALLY ORGREN
2014 — BACKSTRAP WEAVING with LAVERNE WADDINGTON
2014 — BASKET WEAVING with TINA BARROWS
2014 — RUG HOOKING with GISELE MEADER
2014 — VINTAGE DRAFTS with member DEBORAH HOLCOMB
2014 — ADA SZAYNA’S WORK
2013 — ARMANDO SOSA STUDIO TOUR, HOPEWELL, NJ
2013 — DRAGON BOATS with member ELLEN TURNER
2013 — INKLE WEAVING with DARYL LANCASTER
2013 — ABENAKI ACRES ALPACA FARM
2013 — DOUBLEWEAVE with JENNIFER MOORE
2013 — BANDS AND BRAIDS with member ELLEN TURNER
2012 — KUMIHIMO with member ELLEN TURNER
2011 — SPLIT PLY BRAIDING & BASKETRY with DAVID FRAZIER
2011 — LANGHORNE CARPET FACTORY TOUR
2009 — BOOK BINDING with member DEBORAH HOLCOMB
2008 — COLOR USING THE COMPUTER with member DEBORAH HOLCOMB
2008 — REP WEAVE with KAREN DONDE
2007 — “THE PATH” with PAM PAWL, PHILADELPHIA GUILD
2006 — YEARLONG STUDY OF COLOR
2006 — RODERICK OWEN
2005 — LAOTIAN TEXTILES with ISABELLA DELA HOUSSAYE
2005 — BOBBIN LACE with LAURA FRIESEL
2005 — EDGES/FINISHES with members JOANNE GRETZ, JOANNE GOBRAN & DEBORAH HOLCOMB
2005 — COLOR AND WEAVE EFFECTS with SHARON ALDERMAN
2004 — HISTORY OF SPINNING - ROC DAY
2004 — TWILLS ROUND ROBIN
2004 — COLOR WORKSHOP with BETTY VERA
ANNUALLY 2002-2008 - 2-DAY “DO YOUR OWN THING” WORKSHOP
