Mary Meigs Atwater Weaver's Guild of Utah
We have meetings, exhibits, and workshops in the Salt Lake City and St. George areas and via Zoom. We welcome fiber artists of all levels and interests.
Mary Meigs Atwater Weaving Guild
The Mary Meigs Atwater Weaver’s Guild of Utah (MMAWG) was established in 1956 to promote the art of handweaving and provide weaving resources to the community. The Guild provides fiber-arts education and inspiration in our meetings, study groups, workshops, exhibits, and sales. We also have a wonderful library.
If you have an interest in the fiber arts, the Guild has many resources to help you learn and have fun while learning!
If you have an interest in the fiber arts, the Guild has many resources to help you learn and have fun while learning!
Join us! There are many benefits to membership. Visitors are welcome at any of our meetings.
Next Meeting
The January meeting of the MMAWG will be a Zoom meeting on January 15 at 7:00 p.m. “Japanese Folk Textiles and Intro to Sashiko Ori Workshop,” by Beth Ross Johnson
Sashiko-ori Weaving Workshop with Beth Johnson
April 9-11, 2026
South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 6876 S Highland Dr, Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121
Sashiko-ori or Woven Sashiko challenges weavers to think about design in a different way as they learn to control the intersections of pattern threads in the warp and weft. This workshop will explore weaving variations based on the hitomezashi style of sashiko, a Japanese folk stitching method in which the stitching threads intersect at right angles to produce beautiful geometric patterns. These lines can be woven into a cloth in the warp or weft. With warps and weft yarns supplied by the instructor, students will set up their looms with the peculiarities of threading and sleying this structure, work with color, learn to design their own patterns and to add stitching afterwards.
For more information and to sign up for the workshop, use the following document:
202604bessjohnsonregistration.pdf
South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 6876 S Highland Dr, Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121
Sashiko-ori or Woven Sashiko challenges weavers to think about design in a different way as they learn to control the intersections of pattern threads in the warp and weft. This workshop will explore weaving variations based on the hitomezashi style of sashiko, a Japanese folk stitching method in which the stitching threads intersect at right angles to produce beautiful geometric patterns. These lines can be woven into a cloth in the warp or weft. With warps and weft yarns supplied by the instructor, students will set up their looms with the peculiarities of threading and sleying this structure, work with color, learn to design their own patterns and to add stitching afterwards.
For more information and to sign up for the workshop, use the following document:
202604bessjohnsonregistration.pdf
Mary Meigs Atwater Publications
The MMAWG offers comprehensive information about the life of Mary Meigs Atwater, and access to many of her publications. You can order the Recipe Book and the complete set Shuttle-Craft Bulletins. See the Atwater page for more information,
