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The Weavers Guild of Miami Valley, Inc. was organized in 1949 to promote interest in handweaving.  Today the Guild is a non-profit, educational organization promoting handweaving, handspinning and the textile arts.  The Guild offers educational programs in fiber techniques and processes and encourages artistic awareness and excellence in the textile crafts through lectures, discussions, exhibits, workshops and demonstrations.

Queen Anns Lace Coverlet on the loom – Penny Marsh

The President’s Column

Greetings Guild Members,

Welcome back folks! I hope you all have had a much more productive summer than myself this year. My attic-specific AC went out, and I was unable to do much weaving. I did manage to get myself a warp wound and since the temperature has finally dropped I’ve been able to start threading my next project. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s towels that participated in the Towel Exchange.

I do want to give a quick shout out for my wonderful Board Members. I had an oopsie on our Board Meeting Day and had to run the meeting from Costco. Thank you all for your patience, understanding, and humor given the situation. I try to not take myself too seriously, but that was a step too much even for me. I’ll try to refrain from any further business meetings while shopping at Costco.

In case anyone missed the bit of news, we will be having a small window to showcase our weaving
at the Yellow Springs Library. We have a small group going out there to set up our window on
September 2, and the window will be up for the month of September. I want to thank Diana for
opening this opportunity up and for collecting everyone’s handwovens/equipment that they’d
like to display; I’d also like to challenge others as well to be involved within their local community
to find other spaces that would also like to be filled by a wonderful display of handwovens.
Beautification and exhibition of our talents are always worthwhile, and it simultaneously advertises the Guild out to people in the area who may not know we exist.

I’m excited for this upcoming year! We have a team lined up with a lot of enthusiasm and we’re happy to be weaving with you all.

Best Regards, Jarrett Eckhardt
WGMV, President 2025 – 2026