2013 ANWG NW Weavers Conference Instructors

The 2013 ANWG NW Weavers Conference planning committee is proud to announce the instructor line-up for the 2013 conference.  These instructors will continue the ANWG tradition of providing top-notch fiber related workshops and seminars for our attendees.  They will be teaching workshops and seminars on weaving techniques, dyeing, felting, surface design, and more.   The conference will be June 17-23, 2013 on the campus of Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. The conference theme is "Crossing Borders, Crossing Threads."

To read the instructor biographies, please visit the instructor page our website.  In the near future we will be adding in-depth information to our website about the workshops and seminars.  Registration will open in January, 2013.

Our 2013 ANWG NW Weavers Conference Instructors are:

 John Beard

 Kay Faulkner

 Laura Fry

 Bonnie Inouye

 Bobbie Irwin

 Daryl Lancaster

 John Marshall

 Anita Luvera Mayer

 Marilyn Moore

 Rosalie Neilson

 Terry Olson

 Seiko A. Purdue

 Marilyn Romatka

 Pat Spark

 Makiko Tada

 Jannie Taylor

 Madelyn van der Hoogt

 Diane W. Villano

 Laverne Waddington

 Liz Walker

 Heather Winslow

 Rebecca Winter

 Michele Wipplinger

 Bhakti Ziek

Workshop/Seminar Topics

In addition to many weaving workshops and seminars, there will also be workshops and seminars in the following areas: design, dyeing, ethnic  textiles, historic textiles, felting, garments, jewelry, Kumihimo/braiding, mixed media, polymer clay, software use, spinning, surface design and tapestry.  Future newsletters will provide more details about all our workshops and seminars.  The registration booklet, in a PDF, will be available in the fall of 2012.  Registration opens in January, 2013.

ANWG Rep Corner...

It is time each ANWG member guild and marketplace vendors to begin thinking about what they would like to include in the 2013 ANWG NW Weavers Conference Goodie Bags. We have a form and time schedule for each guild to follow. We would like each participating guild to provide 400 items. Label each item with the guild name or vendor. Items must be received by April 20, 2013.  If your organization cannot provide 400 items, please provide what you can and we will try to distribute them fairly.

You may download a copy of the submission form here: Goodie Bag Item Submission Form and read more about Goodie Bag Item Submission on our webpage.

Spreading the Word...
We are trying to reach as many interested people as possible to let them know about the conference. If you blog, could you include a mention of our website  and invite your followers to visit the site to signup for the newsletter? If you are on Facebook, "like" our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter at NW Weavers Conference.  There also is a Ravelry forum for ANWG -- check it out.  And be sure to tell all your friends who are interested in fiber related techniques about the conference!