Events from January-June 2014

January 18  Trunk Show at The National Men's Shop, 385 Broadway, Saratoga Springs NY   10-2pm

Feb 19-20 American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Ctr, Pratt St, Baltimore MD, Booth 227
to the Trade Only  www.craftcouncil.org/baltimore

Feb 21-23 American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Ctr, Pratt St, Baltimore MD, Booth 227
for the General Public   www.craftcouncil.org/baltimore

Feb 28-March 2  Germantown Friends School Craft Show, 31 West Coulter St, Philadelphia PA
http://www.germantownfriends.org/parents/parents-association/craft-show/index.aspx

April 10-13 dcTrunk Show, Harman Hall, 610 F St NW, Washington DC  www.dctrunk.com

April 25-26  Arts and Crafts Festival, Arts Center, 265 River St, Troy NY   www.artscenteronline.org/events-performances/

June 15  Beekman St Art Fair, part of Saratoga ArtsFest, Saratoga Springs NY www.saratogaartsfest.org

Summer 2013

For the first time since we opened our shop in Saratoga, we offered weaving lessons. Students were able to choose their own projects and materials, based on previous experience. They produced scarves, table runners and mats, a small throw, and fabric yardage- impressive! We taught students each process from warping to dressing a loom, weaving and finishing. As one of our students exclaimed at the end of her session, " I will never look at fabric the same way again!"

Fall production for our retail shows and our wholesale accounts is in full swing. Here is a listing of the shows we will be exhibiting at this fall. We will keep our shop open normal hours as well. Hope to see you this fall in our booth at a show near you or at the shop wrapping up in our handwoven clothing!

Show Schedule Fall 2013

August 9-11 Berkshire Craft Fair

 Monument Mt H’School,  Route 7

Great Barrington MA

www.berkshirecraftsfair.org

August 17-20 New York Now

(To the Trade Only- NY Gift Fair)

Jacob Javits Center,  NYC NY

www.nynow.com

October 4-6  Hudson Valley  Arts Festival

Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Route 9

Rhinebeck NY

www.artrider.com

October 25-27 Smithsonian Craft 2 Wear

National Building Museum

401 F St NW, Washington DC

www.craft2wear.smithsonian.org

November 1-3  Fine Craft Show

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 Univ.  Ave

Univ of Rochester  Rochester NY

mag.rochester.edu/events/fine-craft-show

November 21-24 Hudson Mohawk Weavers Guild

Pruyn House, 207 Old Niskayuna Road 

Newtonville NY

www.hudsonmohawkweaversguild.com/showandsale

December 6-8 Craft Boston

Hynes Convention Center

900 Boylston St,  Boston MA
www.societyofcrafts.org/cbholiday/holidayinfo.asp

December 13-15 Crafts at Morristown

Western Ave Armory

Morristown NJ

http://www.artrider.com

Fall 2012 Show Schedule

It's going to be a very busy fall and we are getting ready for it!  Hope to see you at one of these shows where you will find the very best artisans from all over the country.

Aug 10-12  Berkshire Craft Fair

Monument HS,  Route 7, Great Barrington MA

www.berkshirecraftsfair.org

Aug 18-21  New York Gift Show

Booth 9549 Javits Center, New York NY

(Wholesale only) www.nyigf.com

Sept 29-30 Armonk Craft Fair

Westchester Community Park,  Armonk NY

 www.armonkoutdoorartshow.org

Oct 12-14 Westchester Craft Show

Westchester County Center, White Plains NY

www.craftsamericashows.com/westchester

Oct 20-21 Northeast Fine Craft Show

Proctors Theatre, Schenectady NY

www.proctors.org

Nov 2-4  Rochester Fine Craft Show

Memorial Art Gallery, Univ of Rochester, NY

http://mag.rochester.edu

Nov 16-18 Washington Craft Show

Convention Center, Washington DC

www.craftsamericashows.com/washington

Nov 30-Dec 2 Crafts at Morristown (confirmed)

Western Ave Armory, Morristown NJ

www.artrider.com/morristown

Dec 7-9 CraftBoston (confirmed)

Cyclorama, Tremont St,  Boston MA

www.craftboston.org

Laundry Day

July is the month we usually get serious about fall scarf production. We've collected orders from shops and galleries since February, entered the data in our computer system, and printed out inventory reports specifying how many of each style is needed by each account and by when. In the "old" days (80's and very early 90's) I would chart the orders on huge pieces of graph paper.... I'm so glad the computer compiles all this data for us effortlessly now...so we can concentrate on designing and weaving!

After the warps come off the loom, we launder them to give them a lived-in softness. Here they're drying on our railing on a breezy July day. When dry, the long warps will be cut into individual scarves, steam-pressed, sewn, unfringed, labeled, then boxed up and sent to specialty shops around the country.

Smithsonian Craft Show April 2012

Our week in Washington was wonderful!  We spent the week of April 17th in the glorious National Building Museum at the one and only Smithsonian Craft Show.  Exhilarated and exhausted, we came home with a pile of orders and a whole lot less inventory... thank you to the Smithsonian Women's Committee and our patrons for another incredible show!

Late Fall at the Studio

Pile of cut scarves ready for hemming. We use a vintage straight stitcher made by Singer in the 60's, not a fancy machine but a real workhorse!

Laundered warps hanging out to dry. We've had a mild winter and the ramp railings provide a good clothesline.

Here is one of our latest scarves- vibrant colors for fall and winter.
This one would look gorgeous on camel, grey, black, or navy coat. Magenta and topaz checks woven with a little bit of citron green.
In soft drapey rayon chenille.