Present on this Zoom meeting were: Current Officers -Marilou Moschetti, President; Bruce Fihe, Vice-President; Susan Penney, Treasurer; Kris Nardello, Secretary; Last year’s officers – Maggie Clark, Jennifer Dyer; Librarian/webmaster – Marsha Hein; Program chair – LeAnn Bjelle; Susan Penney had earlier sent her treasurer’s report to all board members and copies of it are available […]

The June meeting was well-attended at Anna Jean Cummings Park, Soquel, and it was a day fit for a picnic and enjoying the company of like-minded textile makers and fiber people. All of the tables were covered with items from members’ stashes in this end of the year gathering, ready to be sold, swapped and […]

Co-president, Joan Vierra, called the in-person meeting to order at 9:35 in the Aptos Village Park clubhouse. Three guests were asked to stand and were welcomed. -By-laws There was no further discussion after that at the April meeting, however, there was a request to repeat the calendar change to reflect that of CNCH, since that […]

The first in-person meeting at Aptos Village Park clubhouse since November was called to order at 9:35 by Co-President Joan Vierra. She spoke of our guild being transformed by the creation of five interest groups, all of whom have now met in person at least once. LeAnn Bjelle represented the Basketry Group with 8 members. […]

Co-president, Joan Vierra, welcomed the 31 participants to our meeting expressing hopes that this would be the last meeting held with this Zoom format. The April 13th meeting is planned to be held in person at Aptos Village Park if the Covid numbers continue to drop, as predicted. CNCH to be held May 19-22 at […]

Co-chairman, Joan Vierra, briefly welcomed everyone to the February meeting at 9:35. Though planned as a Play Day, it seemed to be prime time to organize our interest groups for future play days. One new member, Mary Quinllin from Santa Cruz, was recognized. She was surrounded by lovely wheat weavings on the walls of her […]

Co-presidents Maggie Clark and Joan Vierra called the Zoom meeting to order at 9:30 and welcomed the 35 members present. Many new members continue to join our group and they were asked to say hello and say a few words about their fiber interest. We briefly met Susan Penney, Ellen Terry, Kathleen Carter and Bambi […]

Co-President, Joan Vierra, called the meeting to order at 9:45 and rejoiced that we were again able to meet in person at Aptos Village Park on a gorgeous sunny day. Everyone was masked unless speaking. There were 36 people attending and the mood was ebullient as we greeted each other after needing to virtually connect […]

The meeting was called to order by Co-President Joan Vierra who welcomed everyone as well as our speaker, Barbara Shapiro. Co-President Maggie Clark welcomed all the new members and asked those present to introduce themselves. Ann Hamburg, Ann Scobie and Jeri Monroe each told a little about their fiber related interests. All three mentioned spinning […]

Co-president Joan Vierra opened the meeting with a welcome to all members returning after our summer break. Covid-19 protocols have changed our plans for an in-person meeting, but it was decided to err on the side of caution until it was deemed safe. Zoom meetings do allow more members to join in where they may […]