Programs
APRIL 9, 2025 - Hybrid/In-Person PRESENTATION
HANDWOVEN TAPE: THE TIES THAT BIND
WITH SUSAN WEAVER
Members - please go to our Member Resources page for the Zoom Link and password. Members can also find the Zoom link in your April Newsletter.
10:00 AM - BUSINESS MEETING
10:45 AM - susan weaver in-person PRESENTATION
LOCATION: TRINITY BUCKINGHAM CHURCH
Before zippers, snaps and Velcro were available in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, early American colonists were dependent on narrow bands of woven tape as an inexpensive way to close everything from clothing to sacks. Many households had a tape loom for making the family tape. Because of their strength and versatility, these narrow bands of cloth were a family necessity and used for a variety of tying needs.
Since there has been little documentation on the making of this hand loomed cloth, Susan has spent several years researching the weaving of Early America tape, as well as the different styles of looms used in the weaving process. Along with an overview of the history of handwoven tape, Susan demonstrates weaving on the different styles of looms.
About Susan Weaver
Susan has been a hand weaver for many years, as well as a weaving instructor for over 25 years. She began her textile studies at The Mannings Hand Weaving School, in East Berlin, PA, as well as at an art school in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She worked as a Textile Educator at Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum, a PA German living history museum, in Lancaster, for a number of years, exploring many traditional textile structures. This led to the writing of her book, Handwoven Tape - Understanding and Weaving Early American and Contemporary Tape.
Susan is a member of the PA Guild of Craftsmen and Central Pennsylvania Guild of Handweavers. She sells a variety of her hand weavings, locally and nationally.
MAY 14, 2025 IN-PERSON MEETING
BEYOND BASIC WEAVE STRUCTURES - A DISCUSSION AND REVIEW
10:00 AM - BUSINESS MEETING
10:45 AM - WORKSHOP DISCUSSION & REVIEW
LOCATION: TRINITY BUCKINGHAM CHURCH
A round robin workshop called “Beyond Basic Weave Structures”, held this week, will be the focus of our discussion. After our business meeting, where we will vote in our new officers, we will move around the room and have a show and tell directly at the workshop participants looms. This workshop was a study of more advanced weaving structures that many may have not woven before. Insight into the complexities or ease of weaving each structure will be noted and any other information that might be useful to members. Hopefully, the wide variety of pattern, color and different fibers will excite the group. Please go to our Workshop Page to view all the information about this member workshop.
JUNE 11, 2025 - IN-PERSON YEAR-END PICNIC
Please join us at the church for our year-end get together. We decided to bring back a buffet lunch format and thanks to our treasurer, a few games with prizes will be new. Bring your latest fiber project to work on while chatting with your fellow members. Show and Tell, donation table, and installation of officers are all on the schedule.