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The Handweavers Guild of Nashville was founded in 1974. With a membership of about 70, the Guild attracts members not only from Tennessee but also from Alabama, Kentucky, and Ohio. Most meetings feature a fiber arts focussed program. In addition, the Guild sponsors several workshops each year, taught by nationally recognized teachers and the Guild's own talented members.
Patti Link is the President, Debi Orndorff is the Vice-President, Bonnie Pappin is the Treasurer, Ann Evers is the Secretary, and Sarah Webster handles membership and the newsletter.
Cassie Dickson presented Tennessee Tradition: A Guild's Legacy at the Handweavers Guild of Nashville's 50th Anniversary celebration in November, 2024. She discussed the important role our guild played in preserving the history of Tennessee coverlets when it researched and published Of Coverlets, the book that has become the bible for American coverlets.
Celebrating 50 years of the Handweavers Guild of Nashville. Seated left to right are 3 founding guild members, Harriet Jones, Judy Anderson, the book's co-author Doris Kennedy, keynote speaker Cassie Dickson, and former guild president Elaine Aldous.
Using Sadye Wilson and Doris Kennedy's Of Coverlets book as the focus of her presentation, Cassie discussed her experiences as a professional coverlet weaver, as well as the role and importance of Southern women in keeping the tradition of overshot coverlet weaving alive today.
We welcome invitations to demonstrate spinning, weaving, and other fiber arts locally and regionally in schools, for scout groups, and at historic sites and craft fairs. Information about the spinning and weaving program that we presented in 2009 at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville is at Fiber to Fabric.
Upcoming Business Meetings
Holiday Party with Towel Exchange, December 7, 2024
Business Meeting, Guild Sale, and Good Weaving Practices Talk, January 18, 2025
Business Meeting and Beaded Bag Workshop with Carol Ventura, May 3, 2025
The Handweavers Guild of Nashville is affiliated with the Handweavers Guild of America at www.weavespindye.org. Everyone is welcome to join - newbies and professionals! Please email our President at patti.l.link@gmail.com for more information about membership. You may also visit us on Facebook.