Welcome
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.
The President’s Column
Greetings Guild Members,
Folks, I hope everyone had a wonderful summer. I managed to make it to my 30th birthday, and
from there have turned into an accident magnet. Thank goodness my looms are unharmed! We
hosted our first Board Meeting of the year on Thursday, August 22, and let me tell you, the
board has gotten me excited about this upcoming year. I wanted to share some hopes with you all with this message. I hope that this year will be a fantastic jumping off point for new weavers, and I hope that those with years of experience get to learn something new from all of our exciting programs. I hope that our membership continues to grow, and that guild activity is more abuzz than ever. Lastly, I hope to be a good President and to serve you all well. For those that know me, (and those that don’t can probably figure this one out on their own) I have never served as a leading role in an organization like this. My ears
are open to any suggestions that we come across throughout the year, so please feel free to
speak up, call, or email me at any time.
I would also like to take this space to push for volunteers. Wool Gathering is fast approaching,
and if you have not already set up a time to volunteer, please consider it. Our guild thrives
when more people are around to help, and yes, this does include you. Get in touch with Carol Baugh to volunteer.
Looking beyond Wool Gathering, if anyone has any affiliate volunteer opportunities or events happening in the area that they would like to talk about, publish in the newsletter, or get the word out and about, please feel free to contact the Board to do so. The more times that we can say “Weaver’s Guild of Miami Valley” to people who have never heard of us before, the better. I’m excited to see you all come September 10, and very excited to see what we have woven over the summer.
Best Regards, Jarrett Eckhardt
WGMV, President 2024 – 2025