About Our Guild
The Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild is located in the basement of the historic Bisbee Community Y building at 26 Howell Avenue in Bisbee, Arizona. Our town, one of the most unique in the Southwest, is home to an eclectic blend of fiber artists with many and varied interests.
Studio space is devoted mainly to loom weaving, but also contains a kitchen for dyeing fiber, work tables and sewing machines for finishing techniques on rugs - and in 2008 the Bisbee Fiber Shop opened. Members of the guild sell their fiber art through the shop and it serves as a showcase of local talent for the many visitors who tour Bisbee. Click here to go directly to the Bisbee Fiber Shop page.
Guild meetings:
First Monday of each month
September through May
Program 6:00 p.m
Business Meeting
7:15 p.m.
Visitors are always welcome! If you are visiting Bisbee and would like to connect with local fiber enthusiasts and share ideas, please plan to visit us.
Members are encouraged to come earlier to work, socialize or spend a few minutes looking for new ideas in our guild library.
Guild Membership:
- $20.00 a year -single membership
- $30.00 - family membership
- $10.00 - youth
- Current membership year ends September 30, 2010
If you would like to join our guild, please click here to print a copy of the membership form.
Classes:
The guild hosts a variety of classes that are open to the public as well as guild members in hands-on weaving, spinning, knitting, felting and dyeing.
Click here to go to the upcoming Class Schedule page to see what fun stuff is available!
Study Sessions:
- Weaving Open Studio - Mondays 6 -9 p.m.
Weavers and other fiber artists gather to share ideas and to help each other with problems or just come and work on their current project. For more information call Joan Ruane at 642-3603.
- Spinning Study Group - 2nd Thursday 10 a.m. - 12 noon or later
Bring a sack lunch if you would like to stay the day. Contact Kathy Dalrymple for more information: 720-4543 or e-mail to dal40@powerc.net.
- Knitting Study Group - Every Sunday 1 - 3 p.m.
The Knitting Study Group is now open to the public as well as members of the guild. Knitters are welcome to come and enjoy like company and share knitting ideas. The group meets in the studio, so bring a project and come exchange information and ideas with others. For more information call Joy Hall at 432-5287.
- Felting Study Group - 4th Thursday 10 a.m. - 12 noon or later
This is a really fun! Bring a sack lunch and your needle felting supplies or just stop by to see what you can do using needle felting techniques. We meet in the studio - for more information contact Holly Kemp at (520) 432-8053.
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Weaving Study Group - 4th Sunday 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
This study group begins their formal study of working through Madelyn Van der Hoogt's The Complete Book of Drafting for Handweavers at the November 22nd meeting. Contact Kathy Dalrymple for more information: 720-4543 or e-mail to dal40@powerc.net.
Collective Rug Warp:
The Collective Rug Warp project has several looms at the Guild studio, already warped and available for guild members to make rugs using their own weft materials. A fee is charged per inch of warp used and goes into a fund to provide warp for more looms. A discount per inch is given for members who will be selling their rugs through the Bisbee Fiber Shop. The warps are in a variety of colors and are a great way to quickly create your own handwoven rug!
Rug weavers also have the opportunity to learn sectional warping techniques and how to tie onto an existing warp by working on the looms used for the Collective Warp.