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The SeatWeavers’ Guild in Basket Bits Magazine!

February 24th, 2010 · Comments Off · What's New

Feb10BasketBits69Hey 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.

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MONDAY MENTION–SeatWeavers' Guild in Basket Bits Mag!

February 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Weavin' Wicker Woman Blog

An article about The SeatWeavers’ Guild appears in the current February 2010 Issue#69 of Basket Bits Magazine!
For those  of you not familiar with this terrific basketmakers’ magazine, Basket Bits has been around since the early 1980s. It’s always been a great quarterly basket magazine, written especially for and by basketmakers!
Before the Internet became so popular, reading Basket Bits magazine was one of the few ways basketmakers could stay connected with their peers and learn about events going on in the industry.
Originally began by basketmaker and teacher, Jim Rutherford, Basket Bits is now being published and edited by Sandy Bulgrin and her family.
Jim passed away a few years ago and if memory serves me here, Sandy and her family were related to him and took over the magazine a few years before he passed.
I subscribed right away when I heard about the magazine and have maintained my subscription ever since, with only a few lapse in between. I just ran across all my old copies and spent hours going through them all. Once upon a time, I thought of selling them on eBay, and now I’m really, really glad I didn’t! What a treasurer!
Anyway, if and when you read this latest issue, you will also learn a bit more about our innovative and unique new chair caning guild called, The SeatWeavers’ Guild, of which I am the President, webmaster and publicist.
Our website is in the process of another redesign and not quite finished, but the membership application form is there along with a bit of our history and some YouTube videos.
Please take a look at our site and consider joining our SeatWeavers’ Guild so you can get in on all the fun, especially at our Gatherings (annual meetings and workshops) that take place in July. This year we have a change of location and will be at Tiller’s International in Scotts, Michigan.

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MONDAY MENTION–Basket Bits Magazine!

August 17th, 2009 · Comments Off · Weavin' Wicker Woman Blog

I just received my August 2009, Issue #67 of Basket Bits Magazine on Saturday and was pleased to see my basketmaker friend and fellow blogger, J. Anthony (Tony) Stubblefield as the feature on the cover!

Editor Sandy Bulgrin, also an accomplished basketmaker, chair caner and teacher in her own right. She’s been doing a really fine job on the magazine, since she took over the reigns from Jim Rutherford several years ago.

Jim started the magazine way back in the 1980s. I’m proud to say that I wrote several articles for him and submitted my original design Round Reed Onion Basket way back in 1988, I believe! It was the first basket pattern I ever published and is one of my long-time favorites. It’s still available from me and for sale as a finished product, and been copied many times!

Basket Bits is the only magazine devoted to basketmakers and written by basketmakers! It’s a three-generation family run operation with the help of cousins and aunts, too. Each issue is chock full of interesting articles about featured basketmakers, conventions, classes and new basketweaving studios. There’s also a very extensive listing of Basket Guilds and Cane & Basket advertisers galore!

Start your quarterly subscription today so you don’t miss a thing! And tell Sandy that you read all about Basket Bits through Weavin’ Wicker Woman’s Blog!

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