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Monthly Lecture Series via Zoom Second Wednesday of the Month 7:00 PM EST This exciting new series is being offered to all members of MLH as a FREE benefit of membership. This series does require that you must be a member of MLH. This series will offer you 11 FREE lectures/speakers throughout the year on the second Wednesday…
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“Using Color to Create Pattern with Turned Taqueté” with Suzi Ballenger Turned Taqueté is a perfect opportunity to step into the fun of color as the basis for exploring pattern and geometry in weaving. You will be amazed at how easy it is to use color to create designs with this simple and diverse structure.…
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“Coextending: Art & Agriculture” with Rachel Meyers Hefferan Rachel will share how her practice as an artist has moved away from the study of microbiology as a representation of larger networks and systems and has morphed into metaphors, meanings, & interspecies mentorship. This change in focus ultimately resulting in new artworks that hold many similar…
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“LMRM: Failure as a Bridge” with Hope Wang Hope Wang is an artist and creative entrepreneur based in Chicago, IL. Her practice explores memory, loss, and longing in the ever-shifting architectural landscape. Through handweaving, photography, poetry, and printmaking, she develops what she calls (American) Midwest Melancholy as a visual language. She often jokes that she…
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Michigan League of Handweavers 22nd Biennial Fiber Art Exhibition Winners Handweavers Guild of America Award: Kathy Zasuwa with “Field of Dreams”Complex Weavers Award: Martha Town with “Eclipse Scarf” Fiber Art Awards1st Place: Marla Smith with “Sedona Sunrise”2nd Place: Lisa Hermesmeyer with “Clio”3rd Place: Nadine Cloutier with “Redwood Tree”
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In this zoom workshop we will weave many variations of Deflected Double Weave (DDW) on 8-shaft jack-style floor or table looms. You will first learn how to weave DDW using a skeleton tie-up or comparable lift plan. Next, we will add traditional double layers to the DDW. Then we will weave a sampler of different…
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Dates: February 14, 21, 28, 2026 noon to 4 p.m. Fee: $180 per student – workshop fee includes workshop monograph Registration: opens November 1 and closes December 1, 2025 Preparation and Supply List:
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All MLH members are invited hear the Keynote Speaker Carol Irving present “Window into Weaving: My Life as a Weaver” Friday, June 5, 7pm The talk will be followed by the 2026 Annual Meeting and a Dessert reception. All MLH members are invited to attend all Thursday events, the Friday evening Keynote, Annual meeting, Dessert…
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My Year with Rust Belt Fibershed & One Year One Outfit One year, one outfit (OYOO) is a cohort-based project that responds to consumerism and the damaging effects of fast fashion. Participants in the OYOO project reside in the Rust Belt Fibershed region (within 250 miles of Cleveland) and create an outfit through a soil-to-soil…
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“Frida Hansen as Inspiration” with Robbie LaFleur Robbie LaFleur, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been following a thread of Scandinavian textiles since she attended a traditional handcraft school in Norway in 1977. She was awarded the Gold Medal in Weaving from the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in 2006. Robbie coordinates the Weavers Guild of Minnesota Scandinavian Weavers…