SteamboatPilot.com stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
In seven hours Saturday, nine members of the Delectable Mountain Quilters Guild hoped to design, sew, cut and finish at least 40 holiday-themed pillowcases for needy senior citizens across Routt County.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Web Exclusive: Guild seeks assessment of climate in Industry -- With annual earnings for writers having plunged 18%, the Writers Guild of America West has launched an online member survey seeking a "candid" assessment of the current climate for scribes.
WOW Insider (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
This is certainly an issue (if not a full-blown problem) in my guild, so I wouldn't be surprised if most guilds have a rough time getting guild members to use some of the outside resources they've put together. Nowadays, there are so many ways to make a guild website and so many different things you can do with one that most every guild has at least one place...
Willington Weaver (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Last week end I was invited, by Kent Guild of Spinners, Dyers and Weavers, to tutor a Creative Spinning workshop. This annual members event runs from 11.15am to 3.30pm so there wasn't a lot of time for them to get their heads round Creative Spinning using an image as a source of inspiration. Here are a few photographs of what can be achieved in so short a length of time! Inspiration...
Warwick's Wool Work (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I just love felting fibres and we had an excellent felting workshop at the Derbyshire guild back in April run by Penny Marsden. It was called 3D Felting - 'Lets make a Mitten or Two' and that's just what we all did. I made a lovely pair of mittens for myself that have come in very useful now the weather is getting colder. In the photograph you can see some of the guild members...
Warwick's Wool Work (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Way back in March this year we had a Vegetarian Platter of Dyeing workshop run by Mary Hawkins, one of the Derbyshire Guild members. We used red and brown onion skins, Beetroot and Red Cabbage to make these lovely colours. I am sad to say, to date, my lovely coloured yarns you see here have now faded some what. This is because the yarn I used was not mordanted. At the time I thought I...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
We hear Time Inc. Guild members are meeting now regarding pending layoffs. Email us details.
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
We hear Time Inc. Guild members are meeting now regarding pending layoffs. UPDATE: A tipster tells us "Time Inc.'s news division has started their layoffs." Email us details.
AyurBuy.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... journey, meet and befriend a cast of elite winemakers who, along with your grandfather, were once members of the Guild of Extraordinary Winemakers. Carry out the guild members’ tasks, make a name for yourself an eventually unlock the guild’s most prized recipe–the secret blend of the Vino Ultimae!
Lancs + Lakes Golden Jubilee (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Woven Jubilee Blanket Information Sheet - October 2009 The Grand Plan - to weave a blanket approx 60" square The planning committee have met and decided to weave our jubilee blanket in three pieces. There will be two narrow (15") strips woven on handlooms and a wider (central – 36") strip woven on a floor loom. This will provide different weaving opportunities for guild...
