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  • 03
    03.October.Tuesday

    10:00 -15:00
    2017/10/03
    St. John's United Church, Campbellford
    50 Bridge St W, Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0

    Celebrating 28 Years!

    10:00 – 3:00, Tuesday October 3, 2017

    All Welcome!  ADMISSION $5.00

    SWEETS TABLE; BBQ LAMB BURGERS

    Bring a MUG

    SUPPLIERS & DRAWS

    CONTACT: Joan McCulloch 705-653-1509 or joanmcculloch40@gmail.com

  • 05
    05.October.Thursday

    13:00 -15:00
    2017/10/05
    The Meeting House, Riverdale Farm
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    Come to an informal afternoon of spinning or other portable fibre activities every Thursday afternoon in The Meeting House

  • 06
    06.October.Friday

    17:00 -16:00
    2017/10/06-2017/10/09
    Chautauqua Institute
    Chautauqua Institution, 1 Ames Ave, Chautauqua, NY 14722

    The joint effort of five American guilds, the Eastern Great Lakes Fibre Conference (EGLFC) is a biennial conference held in western New York State. It is a small conference of around 85 participants with three days full of weaving, basketry, felting, spinning, fabric embellishment and woven jewellery. The main activities are the specialist workshops run every day, but there is plenty of opportunity to shop from local vendors, browse fibre exhibits, meet other fibre fans and showcase your work to others.

    Registration opens on April 1st and closes on June 1st 2017. Registration includes nine meals and three days of classes (excluding material fees). You must find your own accommodation in the area.

    Cost: $355 (USD)

    For more information: eglfc.org

  • 07
    07.October.Saturday

    14:00 -16:00
    2017/10/07
    David Kaye Gallery
    Cannot determine address at this location.

    Please join Guild member Nieves Carrasco from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 7th to meet textile artist JUDY MARTIN and view her amazingly stitched thread wall drawings/objects. Never one to sit idle without needle and thread, Judy has created an incredible body of work. She says, “The exhibition it is about the process of making and the stitched objects are just the evidence of time and labour. Making things by hand is a very positive and nurturing thing for anyone to do. Creating the pieces for this exhibition has been healing for both my body and spirit.” Judy is featured in the book Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art.

  • 11
    11.October.Wednesday

    19:30 -21:30
    2017/10/11
    TGSW
    The Meeting House, Riverdale Farm
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    This month we welcome local fashion designer and fibreshed hero Peggy Sue Deaven Smiltnieks, creative director of The Peggy Sue Collection. After winning the Toronto Fashion Incubator in 2016, Peggy Sue has been growing her brand while still remaining true to her core values: that fashion should be connected, conscious and regenerative. The collection is fully traceable, designed to accentuate the best of the North American Fiber Industry and built to sustain lifetimes of wear.

    For more information: www.peggysuecollection.com

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REGULAR MEETINGS

MONTHLY GUILD MEETINGS Beginning April 2023 we will resume holding  in-person meetings at Riverdale Farm. We will continue to hold some meetings virtually. Our Member’s Meetings are held from September-June, with a break for the summer. Check out the Calendar for up-to-date information.
If you are interested in spinning or weaving, you are welcome to join us as a guest at one of our monthly meetings.
When: 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7:30 – 9:00 pm for in-person meetings; 7:00 – 8:30 pm for virtual meetings
Where: In-person meetings are held in the Meeting House at Riverdale Farm- come in the gate and keep going past the sheep.

IN THE COMMUNITY

The Guild generally participates in the following Riverdale Farm events , demonstrating fibre processing, spinning, weaving, and other textile skills to the public. After a hiatus during the pandemic, we look forward to resuming these events this Spring.

FAMILY DAY
Riverdale Farm is a great place to spend Family Day, with lots of fun activities taking place, including weaving and spinning demonstrations and activities that the whole family can enjoy.

SHEEP CELEBRATION
Riverdale Farm opens its doors with the farm’s popular Spring Festival at which Guild members use the fleece shorn from the farm sheep to demonstrate the skills needed to wash the wool, prepare it for spinning, make yarn, dye it, and weave it into cloth. Come and watch the process, from sheep shearing on!

FALL FESTIVALS
See the Guild in action on the second weekend in September at the Riverdale Farm Fall Festival, and at the Cabbagetown Festival too!

More information on Riverdale Farm.