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A place to meet and share your creative mind.

10/12/2026

Recently a few of us did some yarn and fabric dying in John's garage. We had marigold, madder root, and indigo to play with. Marigolds make a pretty yellow color and madder can make various colors in the red family. Indigo makes various blues. The pictures show some of what we did.

Thank you John for the fun day!!

10/09/2026

It's Deb's ply-split bowl!

Art Bites is Today at 12:15 PM! Our Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Julia Jessen will be discussing our new temporary exhibition "Threading the Needle: Fiber Art in Iowa." Bring your sack lunch and eat in the Carnegie Library after the program. Browse in the Museum Store and have a creative lunch hour today!

10/03/2026

Congratulations to Monica, one of our members, for being awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to research seamless weaving methodologies at the University of Lille in France!

Quoting the press release: Her work will develop functional and sustainable textile design, reduce waste in manufacturing processes, and shape the weaving and upholstery courses she teaches at the University of Iowa School of Art, Art History, and Design.

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10/03/2026

There's a wonderful exhibit at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art right now and four of our members have pieces in it! A museum exhibit all about fiber art! https://www.crma.org/exhibitions/current/Threading-the-Needle-Fiber-Art-in-Iowa

In addition, another local fiber artist, Astrid Hilger Bennett, has her own exhibition upstairs in the museum. https://www.crma.org/exhibitions/current/Astrid-Hilger-Bennett-Making-Her-Mark

08/23/2026

It's almost time for our annual Open House. Come see what we are all about!

05/31/2026

Tuesday was the weavers monthly meeting where we had our towel exchange. Last fall, those who wanted to participate brought in yarn (of any amount) which was numbered. We then drew numbers and took home the yarn. The only 'rule' was that the yarn we had drawn be included in some way in the towel. We could add in other yarns as we wanted.

In the photo of all the towels, the names pinned to the towels are the recipients, not the weavers. Some of the multiples were there for the yarn donor to choose from.

So much variety, and fun!

05/07/2026

Quilters Pop-up exhibit now on display in the meeting room, through Monday, May 11. Members are encouraged to stop in to view the wonderful array of small quilts.

04/20/2026

Cathy (green blocks around edges) and Pat recently finished their crocheted afghans, only a year after Vicki did! Beautiful work. Pat dyed a lot of her yarn. [note that the picture of Pat's was taken before she assembled it and crocheted a border around the whole thing]

04/18/2026

One week away! Have you made your plans to come and spend the day with us?

03/14/2026

Lamb on the Loom Handwovens: Pattie Lamb lovingly produces beautiful one-of-a kind scarves, shawls, blankets, and table linens on traditional hand looms using beautiful, high quality fibers like silk, tencel, cotton and light weight wools.

Address

815 Oakland Avenue
Iowa City, IA
52240

Website

http://www.craftguildic.org/

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