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| Whidbey Weavers Guild is a community of fiber artists. It is a dynamic organization dedicated to providing an environment instilling interest, stimulation and education in the fiber arts. Membership extends well beyond Whidbey Island to throughout the Puget Sound, Admiralty Inlet and the Straits of Juan de Fuca region.
Members come from seven counties and one province. The 150 current members range from beginner to production weavers and fiber artists, some of whom are nationally-recognized artists and teachers. The large spinning community has members who raise sheep, alpaca, llamas, and dogs for fiber. Meetings are on first Thursdays, 10 - 2:30, in the Quartermaster Building of Camp Casey Conference Center, Engle Road, Coupeville, Washington. The Center, overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a World War I Army fort owned and operated by Seattle Pacific University. In the months of January and July, a planning session at an announced site replaces the regular meeting. A picnic meeting is held in August at the Coupeville City Park. Committees of volunteers organize activities. Officers are elected in odd-numbered years for a term of two years. The Guild annual year is July to June. Our meetings begin with business. A program is given before a break for a bag lunch and furnished sweets. Whidbey Weavers Guild is famous for supportive and constructive interest in members work at show and tell. The extensive Guild library is open at Camp Casey on meeting days. Workshops throughout the year provide technical knowledge. Study funds and a grant are awarded annually for classes and for independent study. Unaffiliated study groups for weaving and spinning have mentoring. | Outreach efforts each year include the Island County Fair with a large display of juried weaving, dyeing, surface design, felting, basketry, spinning and handspun knitting. Looms are warped for people to weave and spinning is demonstrated. Also, we teach, demonstrate or hang displays in libraries, shops, theaters and festivals on Whidbey Island, Fidalgo Island, the Olympic Peninsula or wherever in the region we are asked to provide fiber art. The Guild helped organize and continues to support the Coupeville Art Center.
The fourth Uncommon Threads exhibition and sale of fiber art was successfully held at Greenbank Farm. An auction of member-donated yarn or equipment at the December potluck meeting is the only fundraiser of the year. The Guild hosts a two-day communal Spin-In on the first weekend of April with a lecture, teaching session and vendors for a large interstate audience. The Guild newsletter "The Webster" is published five times a year. "The Webster" is the members' source of information on activities, workshops, study groups, and equipment exchange. ![]() |
| Photo of Whidbey Island Bluffs, by J Dodge. Detail of Huck Dishtowel, | by S Ramsey. Updated November 21, 2007 | © 2007-2008 Whidbey Weavers Guild. All rights reserved. |