{"id":1975,"date":"2012-03-26T21:48:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T01:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nobo.kk1x.net\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2012-03-26T21:48:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T01:48:22","slug":"march-22-2012-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/26\/march-22-2012-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"March 22, 2012 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><strong>NOBO Proceedings - March 22, 2012<\/strong>\n\nMargaret is celebrating Spring at home and Fran is running the\nmeeting. Sorry Margaret - it's allergy season with a vengeance!\n<strong> Guest<\/strong>\n\n  Sharon Baker is a weaver who sew her hand woven fabric into garments.\n \u00a0She's here to share her expertise.\n\n<strong>1. Textile Tales<\/strong>\n\n  Women's Work\n\n    Homer's work, everyone was doing weaving. Was weaving a funeral\n    cloth not a shroud, it would have been a story cloth. Pictorial\n    cloth every year for Athena. 2 weavers from the temple and 2 young\n    girls and they took 9 months. These pictorial weavings took 3\n    years is not unreasonable.\n\n<strong>2. Old Business<\/strong>\n\n Court Positions\n\n    The court positions are all filled!\n\n Guild Programmes\n\n    How much of the budget should go to programs?\n    Tied to the number of presenters. Would like show and\n    share. Ladies of the Draft will present the year ahead. To date\n    six months are not booked. For every third meeting should have a\n    show and share - 4 per year.\n\n    Internal presentations: having more has been requested.\n\n    Is there a way of contacting other guilds? There are already\n    members who are members of the Boston and New Hampshire guilds.\n\n    7 months need to be filled.\n\n    Need to explore a workshop...\n\n Increase in Dues\n\n    Rationale is because of the numbers of speakers. Suggestion to go\n    to $25. CARRIED\n\n    Need to decide on pro-rating, up to January will be full and after\n    that pro-rated. CARRIED\n\n    Counter suggestion to have a guest fee, $5. NO - not welcoming.\n\n    Limit pure guest attendance to 3 visits.\n\n Tax Exemption\n\n    In order to do that, would need to be incorporated with by\n    laws. Incorporation fee is $275 but further research is\n    needed. There are advantages such as tax deductable\n    donations. Gross receipts up to $50,000 are a simple mail in.\n\n Barn Loom at Whittier\n\n    - Inventory of what's there and getting it fixed\n    - Would need to be warped and run demonstrations\n\n Dues\n\n    Needed next month\n    Please fill out the form\n\n Library\n\n    Reminder the library is open when the shop is open.\n    Duplicate magazines available at $2\n<strong> 3. New Business<\/strong>\n\n Location of April Meeting\n\n    Spencer Pearce\n    or\n    Church\n\n    Preference is Spencer Pierce Little Farm depending on fees.\n\n Establish ByLaws\n\n    Boston Weavers Guild have theirs posted.\n\n&gt;&gt;&gt; Add to the survey.\n\n    \"The purpose of ....\"\n\n&gt;&gt;&gt; Please bring samples of By-Laws\n\n Up Coming Meetings\n\n4. Presentation - Sharon Baker\n\n   \"Sewing with Hand Loom material\"\n\n  Introduced by Eileen. \n\n   Convergence is having Project Convergence (see Project Runway)\n   Long Beach California\n\n   Plan:\n        At the beginning fabric of some sort is created.\n        Design the garment\n        Acquire accoutrements\n\n   Sharon has taught one and two day workshops. One of the more\n   recent was on closures \"buttons\".\n\n   Sharon is a seamstress first. \"Why weave if you are not going to\n   sew it?\"\n\n   Sharon loves hand woven fabric because mistakes can be hidden and\n   there is no worries about selvedges.\n\n  Unique about handwoven fabric\n\n    - Unique\n    - Creative freedom\n    - Matched to garment\n    - Wide range of yarns\n\n  Not so special\n\n    - Cutting - one wrong cut\n    - Quantity of fabric, takes a lot of planning\n    - Unravelling challenges\n    - Construction in terms of fraying\n    - Bulky\n    - Tends to grow\n    - Hard to visualise the design\n\n  Handout\n\n   Sewing machine ownership. Need to know the sewing machine\n   intimately. Manuals are available for almost every machine on\n   line. Even early machine from the 1960's have specialized\n   stitches. Machine needs to be cleaned.\n\n    Suggested repair locations\n     - Victorian Closet Salem\n     - Auger in Rochester\n     - Portsmouth Fabric (Bernina)\n\n   Essential Equipment\n\n    Sharps sewing machine needles\n     (ball point needles snag and create pulls)\n     Don't need a strong needle, need a sharp needle\n\n    Quilters pins - get glass, if you accidentally press plastic you\n    have damaged your work.\n\n    Marking Notches - don't snip into seam allowance. For marking use\n    tailor tacks or a cross with two pins. Don't use water markers or\n    chalk. \n\n    Snipping into seam allowance, after sewing?\n    Not desirable with hand wovens.\n\n    See through ruler - matching stripes and plaid\n    Scissors - 6\" Zinger knife edge. Able to clip closely to the\n    edge. Not suitable for long cutting.\n\n    Rotary Cutters - not lifting the fabric so it does not stretch\n\n    Don't bother with pinking shears\n\n    Pressing Tools - silk organza as a press cloth\n\n    Larger Pressing surface\n\n    Making patterns?\n    Can modify commercial patterns\n\n    For a beginner?\n    Best thing would be to take some placemats and make a purse,\n    journal cover etc. Weave something beautiful. Always weave far\n    more yardage then needed.\n\n    Walking Foot\n    Heavy fabrics are kept together.\n\n    Hard to see what is being sewn?\n    Hand baste along the seam line and go slowly.\n    Avoid stretching the fabric.\n\n    Croque - body shape. Made body shape from you.\n\n    Draw garment \"on you\". Suggestions on flattering design.\n\n    Look in pattern books for the material such as \"ethnic\" and\n    \"bouquet\". Polar Fleece has nothing to do with hand woven fabric -\n    it's a knit.\n\n    Fuse-n-nit - fuseable material, 60\" wide. Use to stabilize\n    material. \n\n    Never cut fabric on the fold.\n\n    Pattern tracer, can be pinned. Does not tear the way that paper\n    does.\n\n    Do not pin on the cut line.\n\n    Never sew over a pin!\n\n    Matching plaid - Widest pattern piece is the sleeve. Buy a pattern\n    ahead of time, measure the widest piece and use that as the woven\n    width. For plaid weave at least another yard.\n\n    Get rid of the centre back seam if possible.\n\n    Can use knit stabiliser on the whole piece before cutting out. The\n    next best way is to sew along the grain with a triple zig zag\n    stitch along the edges. Usually done within 1\/8\" of the edge. \n\n    Hems and seam finishes -Hong Kong finish, narrow strip of silk\n    bias. Covers the raw edges without bulk.\n\n    Buttons, button holes and closures. \n\n    Double weave jacket with \"moleskin\" lining showing how it \"grows\".\n\n    Waffle weave\n\n    Huck purse from left overs.\n\n    ? any issues on combining?\n    You know what you are weaving with...\n\n    Illustration of stencils to determine how the pattern matches with\n    the fabric.\n\n    Would you fuse everything before?\n    Maybe not may want to use the back side. For scraps just zig zag\n    the edges.\n\n    \"Use what you have\"\n\n    Sharon is a \"Weaver of Distinction\" in fashion.\n\nShow and Share for Hand Woven<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOBO Proceedings &#8211; March 22, 2012 Margaret is celebrating Spring at home and Fran is running the meeting. Sorry Margaret &#8211; it&#8217;s allergy season with a vengeance! 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