Mary Meigs Atwater Weaving Guild
Annie McHale Inkle Weaving Workshop
The Annie MacHale Inkle Weaving Workshop will be held from September 4–6, 2025, and will include three different techniques: Horizontal Bar Background Pickup, Baltic or Speckled Background Pickup, and 3-Color Pickup. See the workshop flyer and registration information for additional details.
This workshop is for experienced inkle weavers. Students must know how to warp their loom on their own and be familiar and comfortable doing plain weave on the inkle loom. The workshop will be held at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center so participants can browse the Guild Exhibit that will open on September 5.
This workshop is for experienced inkle weavers. Students must know how to warp their loom on their own and be familiar and comfortable doing plain weave on the inkle loom. The workshop will be held at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center so participants can browse the Guild Exhibit that will open on September 5.
Sale
Every year before Thanksgiving, the Guild has a sale. Details will be placed here for the 2025 sale when they are available.
Guild Show, "Slow Cloth: A Celebration of One Thread at a Time"
Mary Meigs Atwater Weavers Guild presents. The 28th Biennial Fiber Arts Exhibit September 5 through October 22, 2025
Utah Cultural Celebration Center
1355 West 3100 South, West Valley City, UT
Theme: Slow Cloth: A Celebration of One Thread at a Time.
Artwork for this show can be made in any fiber art form—weaving, knitting, spinning, embroidery, basketry, felting, etc.
It should express the artist’s love of fiber arts and the connections that fiber arts provide in our lives. This show represents all aspects of traditional and contemporary fiber art. Any fiber artist may enter.
In this world of instant gratification, we choose to slow down and enjoy creating. It is a luxury spending hours in the studio, lost in our art as time slips by unnoticed. These hours, days and weeks are not wasted. Please join us and share your creativity, your joy and your talents and your beautiful works of art.
Entry Information. Pieces should be dropped off on Saturday, August 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center (UCCC). An entry fee of $15 (for Guild members) and $20 (for non-Guild members) will allow you to enter two pieces. Items must have been completed within the past two years to be eligible for awards. You have the option of listing the selling price or marking the item not for sale. UCCC will deduct a 30 percent commission for all sold items.
Show Opening. The opening reception will be held on Friday, September 5 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Awards will be presented, refreshments will be served, and attendees can see the show.
Awards. A number of awards will be presented, including awards from the Handweaver’s Guild of America, Complex Weavers, the national Surface Design Association, and the American Tapestry Alliance. The Mary Atwater Weaver’s Guild will offer awards in the categories of functional and non-functional textiles, as well as Best of Show and People’s Choice.
Utah Cultural Celebration Center
1355 West 3100 South, West Valley City, UT
Theme: Slow Cloth: A Celebration of One Thread at a Time.
Artwork for this show can be made in any fiber art form—weaving, knitting, spinning, embroidery, basketry, felting, etc.
It should express the artist’s love of fiber arts and the connections that fiber arts provide in our lives. This show represents all aspects of traditional and contemporary fiber art. Any fiber artist may enter.
In this world of instant gratification, we choose to slow down and enjoy creating. It is a luxury spending hours in the studio, lost in our art as time slips by unnoticed. These hours, days and weeks are not wasted. Please join us and share your creativity, your joy and your talents and your beautiful works of art.
Entry Information. Pieces should be dropped off on Saturday, August 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center (UCCC). An entry fee of $15 (for Guild members) and $20 (for non-Guild members) will allow you to enter two pieces. Items must have been completed within the past two years to be eligible for awards. You have the option of listing the selling price or marking the item not for sale. UCCC will deduct a 30 percent commission for all sold items.
Show Opening. The opening reception will be held on Friday, September 5 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Awards will be presented, refreshments will be served, and attendees can see the show.
Awards. A number of awards will be presented, including awards from the Handweaver’s Guild of America, Complex Weavers, the national Surface Design Association, and the American Tapestry Alliance. The Mary Atwater Weaver’s Guild will offer awards in the categories of functional and non-functional textiles, as well as Best of Show and People’s Choice.
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