2021 Virtual FTWG Conference
March 19-21, 2021
Join us for our first ever Virtual Conference, via Zoom!
COVID keeps us physically distanced, but that doesn’t mean we can’t see each other! Our Virtual Conference includes programs on a wide variety of weaving topics as well as virtual versions of the other events our in-person attendees love: Vendors, Guild Tables, a Fashion Show and a Fiber Exhibit. We have opportunities to socialize with breakout rooms, a pajama party, and Sunday morning brunch. We hope you’re able to join us!
Speakers
Vendors
This year, we have two categories of vendors. All vendors will have a web page here on the FTWG website, visible only to those who are registered. This page will include a link to the vendor’s website and five photos representing a sample of their products. Some vendors are also including a discount code on this page, just for FTWG attendees.
Featured vendors will also have a presentation at some point during the live event and you’ll be able to visit with them in a break out room immediately after that presentation, in order to ask questions about their products.
All purchases of products will take place through the vendor’s website.
Featured Vendors
Web-only vendors
Schedule
Friday, March 19
1pm – 1:50pm
Welcome by Conference Coordinator and President
Ice breaker
2pm – 3:30pm
DARYL LANCASTER – Doup Leno
3:45pm – 5:15pm
Vendor Introductions and break out rooms
All four featured vendors will present live
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Plenary Speaker
JENNIFER WILLIAMS – Journey to Japan: An FTWG Scholarship Adventure
Saturday, March 20
10am – 10:20am
Welcome
10:30am – 12pm
BARB CABRAL – Understanding Khmer Hol (Ikat)
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Lunch Break
12:30pm – 12:50pm
What’s New in ’22
1:00pm – 2:30pm
MOLLY ELKIND – Into the Third Dimension: Texture and Relief in Contemporary Tapestry
2:40pm – 3:20pm
Vendors
Lunatic Fringe Yarns with Michele Belson
Yarn Travel with Helen McLaughlin
3:30pm – 5:00pm
MELISSA WEAVER DUNNING – Shaker Weaving with an emphasis on Rugs
5:00pm – 5:50pm
Dinner Break
6:00pm – 7:30pm
DEB ESSEN – Intro to Supplemental Warps
7:40pm – 8:20pm
Fashion Show
8:30pm – 10:00pm
Pajama Party
Sunday, March 21
9:30am – 9:50am
Virtual Brunch – BYO Mimosa
10:00am – 11:30 am
CONNIE LIPPERT – Wedge Weave Survey
11:30am – 12:00pm
Lunch
12:00pm – 12:50pm
Vendors
EarthBound with Laurie Wilkins
MM Waite
1:00pm – 2:30pm
ROBIN SPADY – Great Weave Structures for Color and Texture using Novelty Yarns
2:45 pm
Fiber Exhibit Winners Announced
Farewell
