The Wicker Woman

Hey all you basketmakers and chair seat weavers — Did you see the  article about The SeatWeavers’ Guild which appeared in the current February 2010 Issue#69 of Basket Bits Magazine ?

Our innovative and unique new chair caning guild called, The SeatWeavers’ Guild is in this issue with a two-page article including lots of pictures, on page 15!

Read all about our new guild in the magazine  and then jump on over to our website.

On the site, which has just undergone a redesign, you will find pictures of our members and their projects, see what we are planning for the coming months, and learn more about our next Gathering in July at Tiller’s International.

Join our innovative group by filling out the PDF membership application form and then, “Weave On!”

If you don’t already have a subscription to this great magazine, be sure to visit Basket Bits website where you will learn all about the magazine and be able to become a subscriber, too.

FYI: The logo on WickerWoman.com is clickable! So if you want to go back to the Homepage quickly, just go up to the logo at the top of each age and CLICK! Presto, you’ve been taken back to the Homepage!

Here on the homepage (as well as most pages on the site) is where you can select from all the navigation tabs on the left side to find all the interesting topics, articles, resource links, etc.

Only four pages on the site have the navigation at the top instead of the left side. But take heart, there’s also a Site Map tab there at the top, too. And as you all know, the Site Map lists each page of my website! Enjoy!

I just added another page here on WickerWoman.com called, “Chair Caning.”

And as the name implies, the page deals with a little bit of history, the material itself and the application of and use of cane in chair seat weaving.

Check out the “Chair Caning” hotlink over there in the left side navigation under the “Helpful Resources” heading when you are surfing through the site pages.

FYI, the left side navigation bar is not on the pages listed below:

• Cane & Basket Supplies Directory ™
• National Furniture Repair Directory™
• Antler Baskets
  
• Links-Publications
  

All those pages have a menu at the top of the page for your convince.

If you ever get lost, you can always go to the Site Map tab where all pages are listed and click on the one you want. Or you can always click on the logo at the top of every page to be taken back to the Homepage.

I’ve been really, really busy here on WickerWoman.com these last few weeks in particular.

Trying to make it more accessible and easier to navigate for you the viewer/customer and for myself, of course!

Biggest change was to the Furniture Repair Directory in the Seatweaving section where we’ve gone to a 3-column ad listing page from the previous 2-column.

This change allows for more chair caning/seatweaving experts listed per page and cuts down on the overall length of the two pages, substantially.

Go ahead, jump on over there and take a look for yourself. I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s quite an improvement! While you’re there, contact some of those good folks if you have some chair caning that needs to get done.

Hurry up there now! The slow winter season is almost gone, then in the spring things pick up and you might have to put your name on a waiting list to get your family heirloom repaired or restored! Jump quickly, don’t lose out!

We have a new addition to the National Furniture Repair Directory ™ here on WickerWoman.com!

Tricia Vandewater, owner of Wicker, Cane & Rush Work located in Eustis, Florida has been in the business for many years doing museum quality work.

Those of you in Florida that need chair caning done, be sure to contact Tricia today!

See her ad in the Directory and give her a call or shoot her an email at Chair Caning in Florida

Ever wonder what has to be done to repair a reed wicker rocker?

Take a look at this How-to Repair a Child’s Wicker Rocker article to see how I repaired this darling Victorian child’s wicker rocker made out of rattan reed.