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  • May Meeting (VIRTUAL)

    19:30 -21:30
    2020/05/13
    TGSW
    The Meeting House, Riverdale Farm

    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    Time: 7 pm, Wednesday, May 13, 2020
    Location: Zoom (Online)

    We are planning to hold our May meeting virtually. Ruth Wickremesooriya, our 2019 Bursary winner, explored indigo dyeing and weaving to produce some beautiful fabrics. Ruth will ‘broadcast” from her basement studio where you can see some of the cloth she designs and creates hanging on the wall behind her. Ruth’s 30-minute virtual presentation will start with a slide show of images and artists’ work that inspired her, using Screen Share, and share fascinating anecdotes about indigo blues and denim. Then she’ll talk about how those images and ideas led to the indigo-dyed fabric she has been weaving. Ruth’s weaving has subtle changes in shade and texture. Future more graphic woven projects are in the planning stages. We are planning to end with a question and answer session.

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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.