We’re coming together this Saturday, February 14 at the Golden Palms Community Center ( 8181 Folsum Blvd) for our annual Open House.  We’ll be enjoying tea & visiting from 11-1.  Please bring yourselves, a snack to share & a guest if you like.  Wear a hat & white gloves!!! Maybe dig out a dress!  Funny: I don’t know if I even have one that fits anymore. Remember to bring your weavings to show off to the group. It is always such a pleasure to see what our members are accomplis

Social Logins When you log in to the Guild website do you notice you are being routed to our website through your Google, Facebook or Apple account?  If this is happening to you it’s because you authorized a social login .  If this annoys you, it’s easy to fix. To disable social logins for the Guild website all you need to do is sign into the Guild website and go to your account setting for the website. Scroll down about halfway and you will see Social Logins . If any of the

We started the year 2026 with a great program and workshop full of color and ideas. Kathleen Waln was our presenter and taught us all a lot about the woven shibori process and about her learning journey. Kathleen began her career in theater and costume design which then led to some time with films. Her travels took her to Japan where she learned as well as taught shibori techniques. She is an extremely interesting choose your color She was an extremely interesting speaker

The Placer County Fiber Group met this month and we all had a wonderful, dare I say, colorful time as their speaker, Elizabeth Standeven took us through the process of dying with mushrooms, mistletoe and onion skins. Elizabeth gave us such a great day with demonstrations and stories of her "mushrooming" trip to Mexico. We all learned so much. One of the many fun things to learn is that we can gather mushrooms in this area, bag them up and use them to dye our yarn. She als

A new year is coming and it's always fun to try something different. I thought I'd share a couple of projects some of us have tried using alternate materials. The first ones are the fantastic paper weavings Langdon wove using high quality wrapping paper. paper used for weft Langdon cut the paper into 3/4 " strips using a ruler and rotary cutter. She threaded linen at 6 epi and wove the highlight colors in between. She made 2 wall hangings 24" x 46". They are hanging and

Bobbi welcomes us all Do you all remember SWSG has a "sister" Saturday group that meets the first Saturday of each month in Loomis? Their official name is PLACER COUNTY FIBER ARTS GROUP and they are a sub group of SWSG. If you find the Saturday time frame and/or the Loomis location are right for you, check them out. They are an enthusiastic, fun group. The contact info is always in the Newsletter. I would recommend you get on Bobbi Long's email list so you get reminders o