Guilds/Clubs, Etc.

"Simpson" was not only a BasCat to Pat Turner for 10 years  he was a "pet wear" model as well. His picture was submitted by Bonnie Lampert ----->  (Simpson is posing in a Melissa Flower Basket - design by Eileen LaPorte.)

Arizona
 
Basket Artisans of Arizona
Meet the second Saturday of every month, Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 85008.  More information may be obtained by contacting Nancy Jacobs,  phone (623) 322-2880 or Margaret Kleinschmidt, phone (623) 932-2734.
California
 
• Misti Washington Gourd and Basketry Guild

Meet first Sunday of every month, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., Quail Botanical Gardens, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Ecke Building, Encinitas, CA. Even numbered months are business meetings and special events. Odd numbered months are informal. Meet and work on projects. Address for membership information: MWGBG, 7040 Avenida Encinas 104-266, Carlsbad, CA 92009. Membership runs January - December. For more information contact Judi Shaw.
 
• Bay Area Basket Makers

Mail c/o Diane Besida, P.O. Box 403, Kenwood, CA 95452-0403
Northern California guild meets on the first Saturday of each month (excluding July and August), in either Castro Valley, Berkeley, or Richmond, CA meeting site. Monthly newsletter. Meetings consist of a business meeting and potluck luncheon, followed by an activity or speaker. Dues due in January. E-mail contact Lorraine Oller
 

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  Delaware

• The Delaware Basketmakers Association

has been organized. Please e-mail President Joni-Dee Ross for information on membership.

 

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Florida
 
• Anyone interested in starting a guild in the Orlando, FL area, contact Sandy Marsh  in Winter Springs, FL (407) 977-6611.
 
• Tampa Bay Basketmakers Guild

Meets third Saturday of each month September through May.
Meetings rotate between St. John's Episcopal Church in Clearwater and Bayshore Presbyterian Apartments in Tampa
This guild, now with 60 members, was organized in 1991 by a group of basketmakers from Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties.   The newsletter, The Woven Word, is distributed quarterly. Annual dues are payable on January 1. Current president is Judy LeGath, phone (727) 669-0135 or  e-mail Judy.
 
• Nature Coast Basketmakers Guild

Spring Hill, Florida
The NCBG meets the second Thursday of the month at the Hernando County Blood Bank on S.R. 50 in Spring Hill. Meetings are held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. from September to May. Membership includes a newsletter. We are a newly formed guild and invite new members to join us. Please contact Guild President Adie Moore at 352-596-9483 or e-mail Jill Kelliher for more information.
 
• Venetian Society of Basketweavers

P.O. Box 1411, Venice, FL 34284-1411
Contact Susan K. Cooper, 7362 Periwinkle Dr., Sarasota, FL 34131
Meeting third Thursday of every month (excluding June, July, and Aug.) at Woodmere Park, 3951 Woodmere Park Blvd., Venice, FL. Publish a monthly newsletter, have workshops with well-known basketmakers. Monthly meetings include hands-on workshops, lectures and slide shows.
 
• Emerald Coast Basket Guild

E-mail or write Mary Rooney Snell, 4508 South Bristol Court, Niceville, FL 32578-3924
Monthly meetings held each 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1407 E. John Sims Parkway Niceville, FL. Joan Keogh's Spring Hill, FL BasCat

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Georgia
 

•  Georgia Basketry Association
 
• Greater Atlanta Basket Guild

c/o Nancy Skinner, 914 Arbor Forest Landing, Marietta, Georgia 30064, Phone: (770) 426-5594 or e-mail Nancy Skinner
Meet the third Wednesday 6-9 p.m. each month August through June at the Marietta Main Library. Purpose is to encourage, exchange and share ideas in the Art of Basketry. Monthly newsletter. Special events: Show and Tell, Basket Swap, Fall Harvest Workshop, February Festival , Garage Sale, Field Trips, Pot Luck Dinner, etc.
 
• Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.

Two Executive Concourse, Suite 201, 3327 Duluth Highway, Duluth, GA 30136-3373
Phone: HGA Office (770) 495-7702
The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., is dedicated to promoting textile arts and preserving textile heritage. It provides a forum for handweavers, handspinners, basketweavers and related fiber artists. HGA publishes Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot. Dues are due in September.
 
• Basketweavers Guild of Georgia

Bulloch Hall, P.O. Box 1309, Roswell, GA 30077
Meet second Thursday (10am-1pm) and last Sunday (2pm-5pm) of each month except July, Aug. and Dec. Membership includes monthly newsletter containing news, tips, techniques, and book reviews. Associate memberships available. Dues due in May. Contact Patsy Jabaley, 14520 Wood Road, Alpharetta, GA 30004,
Phone (770) 475-4323.

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Hawaii
 

• Aloha Basketweaver's Guild

c/o Pres. Lois Keener, 1454 Uila Street, Honolulu Hawaii 96818
Meet last Monday of the month usually at a military installation building. Have a monthly newsletter.

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Illinois
 

• Land of Lincoln Basketweavers Association

State organization, quarterly meetings and quarterly newsletter, Weaving Times.
"Tuck A Basket" winter weave each March features nationally known instructors.
Dues run March - February. Membership: Marcia Hammerstrand, 16 Fountain Lake Court, Bloomington, IL 61704; e-mail newsletter editor Julie Williams or Patti Hawkins.
 
• Quad Cities Basketry Guild  (formerly Basketry Arts Guild of Iowa & Illinois)

C/O Kathy Renkes, 3410 Fairhaven Rd., Davenport IA 52807, Phone: 319-355-6511.
Meeting times, dates and places are flexible as the guild is re-organizing.

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Indiana
 

• Elkhart County Basketweavers Guild

c/o Shawn Ozier, Newsletter editor, 23207 Spring Creek Trail, Elkhart, IN 46516 Phone: (219) 875-1888; e-mail Shawn Ozier
Meet the third Tuesday of each month at Pleasant Oaks Mennonite Church, Middlebury IN. Meetings are 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Anyone interested in attending should e-mail or call me to request a supply list for that month's basket.
 
• Buck Creek Basket Guild

Meet 6:00 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at the United Methodist Church, Yorktown, IN. We enjoy having guest teachers to show us new methods or types of baskets. For more information, contact Clare Hobbs, 351 W 37th St., Anderson, IN 46013.
 
• Towne Twiners Basketmakers Guild

Meets 6:00 PM on 3rd Monday of the month at Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, IN. Contact Carol Antrim, 12701 W. River Valley Rd, Yorktown, IN 47396 for more information.
 
• Whiteriver Basketmakers Guild

401 E. 95th St., Indianapolis, IN 46240
Meets the second Tuesday at of each month. Interested in trading newsletters with other guilds. E-mail Janet Freebairn for more information.
 
• Indiana Basketmakers Association

Visit our website for more information.
 

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Iowa
 

• Quad Cities Basketry Guild (formerly Basketry Arts Guild of Iowa & Illinois)

C/O Kathy Renkes, 3410 Fairhaven Rd., Davenport IA 52807, Phone: 319-355-6511.
Meeting times, dates and places are flexible as the guild is re-organizing.
 
• Iowa Basket Weavers Guild

There are two meetings a year, hosted by members in various locations. For more information, e-mail Karen Mitchell. For anyone wishing to join, dues are due in Jan. to Maribeth Woolsey, Treasurer, 621 Olive Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613. With membership, you receive the IBWG newsletter published four times a year by editor Sue Little, 2251 Palmer, Iowa City, IA 52240.
 

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• Woven Circle Chapter, Kansas City area

11320 E 57th Terrace, Raytown, MO  64133
Meet first Sunday of each month, 1 to 5 p.m., Raytown Historical Society Museum, 63rd & Raytown Twfy.
Dues are due January 1st.  Membership includes monthly newsletter, directory, Saturday Spring Weave-in and Heartland Weekend Basket Retreat in November.  Woven Circle is the oldest (12 years) and largest guild in Kansas City with 73 members.  For more info phone (816) 313-0727 or (816) 507-3603; e-mail Debby Ross .
 

• Basket Weavers on the Prairie

We meet on even months at City Arts in Wichita, KS. Our dues are due in June. For more information, contact Karen D'Angelo

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Kentucky
 

• Woven Together in Western Kentucky

Meets the second Saturday of each month at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Owensboro KY.
Activities include Annual Weaver's Retreat in Western Kentucky and a dye party. Various instructors and workshops are planned during the year. Visitors are welcome. Dues due June 30. For further information e-mail Vickie Poteat or call her at (270) 729-4347.

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Maryland
 
• Deer Creek Basketry Guild

P.O. Box 514, Bel Air, MD 21014
Meets 1st Sunday of the month, 1 p.m., at the Izaak Walton League Lodge, Woodsdale Rd., Bel Air, MD.

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Massachusetts
 
• Lexington Arts & Crafts Society Basketmakers Guild 130 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA 02421

Chairman: Marjorie Weerts C0-Chairman: Crystal Ribich
E-Mail contact: Nicki Shaban, Secretary.
General meeting 2nd Saturday of month @ 9:30am in LACS Building. Scheduled workshops for all levels of weaving, gallery exhibits & marketplace. To become a member of the Basketmakers Guild, one must become a member of The Lexington Arts & Crafts Society. (Do not have to be a resident of Lexington, MA.) Dues for the Society and Guild are due by July 1st.

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Michigan
 

• Woven Hearts Basketry Guild

(bent, lashed and dyed in Manistee County)
156 Jackson Street, Manistee, MI 49660; Phone (616) 723-7948
Meet last Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in members homes. Work on a weaving project each meeting. Dues run Jan. - Dec. For info contact Loraine Zielinski.
 
• Crossroads Basketweaving Guild

5726 West Curtice Road, Mason, MI 48854 Phone (517) 628-2515 or e-mail Judy Clark, newsletter editor
Meet every third Thursday all year long and the first Wednesday and third Thursday October through May at Aurelius Twp. Hall, 1939 Aurelius Rd, Mason, MI. Guest teachers each month and occasional weekends. Sponsor Get-Away retreat every Valentine's Day weekend.
 
• Thumbweavers Guild

12601 Rathbun Rd., Birch Run, MI 48415
Pam Woodbury, Chairperson. Meet the second Thursday of each month in Frankenmuth, MI.
 
 
• Dream Weavers' Guild of Western Michigan

c/o Lonnie Pilar, 6831 Hermosa Court, Rockford, MI 49341
Meet third Tuesday of every month at Boy Scouts of America, 3213 Walker NW, Walker, MI (Grand Rapids area) to exchange basket information and weave together. For membership information, write above address, call (616)874-9665, or e-mail Jana Tafelski.
 
• Southwest Michigan Basketmakers Guild

c/o Lorraine Otto, 7686 West State Road, Middleville, MI 49333 or e-mail Jana Tafelski.
Guild meets the third Tuesday of each month 9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at Wealthy Park Baptist Church, 2233 Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI. Current membership is 49 members and 10 associate members. The purpose is to study basketry, share ideas, weave baskets and promote an understanding and appreciation of basketry in the western Michigan area.
 
• Association of Michigan Basketmakers

Membership Chair:Nancy Carlson, 1258 South Drive, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Publishes quarterly newsletter--The REEDER, editor Anita Kaminski tries to include a pattern in each issue. Holds annual October convention for members. Dues due by Jan. 31.
 
 

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Minnesota
 

• Minnesota Basket Weavers Guild

(Formerly known as Basket Weavers Guild-Midwest)
The guild meets on the fourth Saturday of each month at Textile Center of Minnesota, 3000 University Ave. SE #100, Minneapolis, MN
55414, phone (612) 436-0464. Also hold a Fall Basketry Workshop, usually in November. Every month after the business meeting, a couple of classes are taught by other guild members. Dues run Jan. - Dec. and include a quarterly newsletter. For more information contact President Janet Prow.
 
 
• Headwaters Basketmakers Guild

Membership information : Peg Solberg, RR 1 Box 450, Lengby, MN 56651 or email Eve Sumsky
The guild meets the third Saturday of the month in Bemidji, MN. Some type of class is usually taught. Guild members receive a newsletter 4 times a year and also have borrowing privileges from the extensive guild library. Dues run from Jan. to Jan.

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 Missouri
 
• Woven Circle Chapter, Kansas City area

11320 E 57th Terrace, Raytown, MO  64133
Meet first Sunday of each month, 1 to 5 p.m., Raytown Historical Society Museum, 63rd & Raytown Twfy.
Dues are due January 1st.  Membership includes monthly newsletter, directory, Saturday Spring Weave-in and Heartland Weekend Basket Retreat in November.  Woven Circle is the oldest (12 years) and largest guild in Kansas City with 73 members.  For more info phone (816) 313-0727 or (816) 507-3603; e-mail Debby Ross .
 
• Missouri Basketweavers Guild, Inc.

We host an annual 3 day convention in August and publish a quarterly newsletter.
Contact Mona Hartzler, 14203 S. Haven Rd., Grandview, MO 64030.  Phone (816) 761-9215.
Membership year runs Aug. 1 - July 31.
 
 

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Montana
 

• The Helena Basketmakers Guild

328 N. Rodney Street, Helena, MT. 59601
The Helena Basketmakers Guild would like to exchange newsletters with other Guilds--- Dues are due in October. Anyone interested please contact us at the above address.

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Nevada
 

• Great Basin Basketmakers of Reno, NV

Contact: Molly Gardner, 550 E. First Ave., Sun Valley, NV 89433
Meet at 11 a.m. on the first Thursday of every month at Park Lane Mall in Reno. Membership includes monthly newsletters full of ideas and tips and reduced rates on monthly workshops. Visitors welcome when you are in town.

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New Jersey
 

• Mary Carty at Pinelands Folk Music and Basketry Center

208 Creek Road, 2nd Floor, Mt. Laurel New Jersey is interested in starting a basketry guild in that area. Anyone interested may contact her through her e-mail or by phone at (609) 231-8588.

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New York
 

• Long Island Basketmakers Guild

P.O. Box 372, Northport, NY 11768-0372
Meet fourth Thursday of the month, Sept. - June, 7:30 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church, 189 Burr Road, East Northport, NY. Dues due Sept. We have 2-3 weave-ins each year in addition to our regular meetings and a basket sale every November. Contact newsltter editor Terry Dweir.
 
• Finger Lakes Basket Weavers Guild

Rochester, NY
Meet  from 7 to 9 p.m on the third Tuesday of the month. Dues and a basket required for membership. Contact Ellen Flowers , phone (585) 442-3703.
 
• Westchester Area Basketmakers Guild (southern NY and CT)

Contact Judy Flanders, Membership/Treasurer, 310 Horsepound Road, Carmel. NY, 10512
Three newsletters a year, workshops, annual basket sale.

 
 

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North Carolina
 

• Natural Fibers Group

Meets  second Monday of each month at  5:30 Arts Council, 2nd and Gladden Sts, Washington, NC (and as otherwise scheduled.)
Membership: everyone welcome including beginners!
Exploring wild fiber art from the ground up inlcuding field excursions. Each gathering session will include processing the natural materials as necessary to allow them to be worked. Each member will create one of a kind works with the collected materials, utilizing weaving techniques and surface treatments.
Quarterly newsletter with how-tos. Contact President Lynn Hoyt, 549 Bluebird Trail, Blounts Creek, NC 27814.
 
• Catawba Valley Basketmakers, Assn.

Meets 4th Sunday of each month - 2 to 4 p.m. at Allen Frye Community Center (behind Children's Academy #2), Highland Ave. (Rt 70A) , Hickory, NC. Contact: Joyce Hambacher, 3924 Ram St., Claremont, NC 28610-9463.
 
• North Carolina Basketmakers Association

Membership chairperson, Jimmie Kent. Dues run Jan - Dec.

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Ohio
 

• Dreamweavers Basket Guild of N.E. Ohio

Meet the second Tuesday of each month at Farmpark, Rt. 6, Kirtland, Ohio.  Dues, payable Jan each year, include $ plus a basket.  Recent activities include basket workshops with invited instructors, "show and tell", techniques, natural dye study group. For more info, contact Venie Hinson, President.
 
 
• Heritage Basketry Guild of Dayton, Ohio

Meetings are the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m.at the Community Methodist Church, 339 Meyer Avenue, Riverside, OH. It is at the corner of Burkhardt and Smithville, just off Route 35.  There is a planned weaving product each month and a monthly newsletter.  For more information please contact either President Ginger Lindamood or Membership chair Theresa Cornett.
 
 
• Heart of Ohio Basketweavers

Columbus, OH
Meetings are third Wednesday of the month (except July) 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Maize Manor United Methodist Church, 3901 Maize Road, Columbus. Each meeting has a planned project. There is a monthly newsletter and an annual Reed Dying Day in July.
 
• Ohio Valley Basketweavers Guild

Terri Brenner, President
5329 Laurel Ridge Lane, Cincinnati., OH 45247
Greater Cincinnati area - meets the third Wednesday of each month at Cincinnati Friends Meeting Place, 8075 Keller Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 at 7:00 p.m. Our guild started in 1990 and ended 1995 with 69 members. Dues are due Jan. 1.
 
• Westside Basket Weavers

1608 Lauderdale Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107
Contact: Becky Wing-Cubberley, (216) 226-6391
Meetings of this relatively new guild are held the first Wednesday of the month, except January and July at 12400 Madison Ave. in Lakewood, OH.
 

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Oklahoma
 

Oklahoma Indian Weavers Circle
PO Box 5404, Edmond, OK 73083-5404, E-mail Peggy Brennan
Group meets monthly in the Oklahoma City area or in an Oklahoma tribal territory. Both Native Americans and non Native Americans meet monthly to learn weaving techniques and about harvesting and preparing materials for baskets of Indians removed to Oklahoma from the southeast. Newsletter available.
 
• Basket Weavers Guild of Oklahoma

Meets every other month (Jan., March, May, July, Sept., Nov.) on the second Saturday of the month. Meetings are held at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City and start at 10:00 am. We have a short business meeting followed by a class or demonstration. Newsletter is published 6 times a year. Contact Marcia Balleweg for more information.

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 Pennsylvania

• Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild, Inc.

(Formerly The Basketmakers of New Jersey, this guild has expanded to include members in Eastern PA)
Meetings are held at least quarterly, but classes are held whenever they can be arranged. The meetings are held throughout NJ and Eastern PA. Dues include quarterly newsletter. For membership information contact Penn-Jersey Basketry Guild, Inc., PO Box 237, Forked River NJ 08731-0237.
 
• Central PA Basketweavers Guild

Meetings at 1:30 p.m. the second Sunday of each month in the meeting room of the East Shore Library, Harrisburg, PA.  Visitors and new members welcome.  Please contact Suzette Humer, 104 Milltown Road, Landisburg, PA 17040.
 

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Texas
 

• Central Texas Basket Guild

Meet even months, second Sunday, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Austin, TX
(09 June, 11 August, 13 October and 08 December)
We will be weaving baskets at the above listed guild meetings.
In addition, we will be announcing special programs (other than regularly scheduled CTBG meeting dates) throughout the year.
This is a newly formed basket guild.  We already have 32 members and are very excited about promoting the art of basketry in the Austin area.
For meeting location information, contact:  President Rhonda Reinesch -(512) 828 4451 or Vice President Jeanne Powell - (512) 292 6146
 
• Clear Lake Basketmakers Guild

c/o Mary Ann Tucker, 1411 Beachcomber Ln., Houston, TX 77062
Monthly meeting and newsletter. Basket class at almost every meeting. Small but very active group.

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Virginia

 
• High Country Basketry Guild

PO Box 167, Annandale, VA 22003-0167
Serves Metropolitan Washington, DC and suburban Maryland and Virginia. Regular meetings, programs and classes. Schedules for all activities are published in the bi-monthly newsletter. Dues are due in January. For information contact President Susan Darabond.
 
• Tidewater Basketry Guild

c/o Billie Dorris, 2209 South Pastures Lane, Virginia Beach, VA. 23456
Phone: 804-430-1254; E-Mail: Billie Dorris
We are a new chapter of the guild that is based in Northern Va. We meet the first Sunday of each month at 2pm at the Larchmont Methodist Church in Norfolk, Va.

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 Washington
 

• Centralia College Basketry Guild

Centralia College, 600 W. Locust St., Centralia, WA 98531
Meets 4th Wed every other month, Jan-Mar-May, etc. 6:30 p.m., Kemp Hall. For info contact Bev Gestrine.
 
 

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West Virginia
 

• West Virginia Basketmakers Association

Yearly conventions in October or November.  Membership dues run July through June.
Contact Sharon Sutton, 160 Scenic Hills, Parkersburg,  WV  26102; Phone (304) 422-0068.

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Wisconsin
 

• Lake Country Basket Guild

Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month (except May and August) from 6:30-9:30 pm in the lobby of the Service building (S) at the Waukesha County Technical Center (WCTC) in Pewaukee, WI - with special projects conducted at each meeting.  Annual membership dues run Jan. - Dec.  For more information, please contact Dianne Gleixner, 4155 N. 137th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005, phone (262) 790-9790.
 
• Wolf River Basketry Guild

Meetings are held fourth Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. at St. James Lutheran School Cafeteria, 324 South Andrews Street, Shawano, WI 54166. We have a quarterly newsletter and a fall workshop that is open to the public. Dues run Jan.-Dec. Come and join us; we have great fun! E-mail Judi Raddant or phone (715) 526-6578.

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Virtual Guilds
 

• Virtual Basketmakers Guild

Meet Monday and Wednesday evenings at 9:00 p.m. to "chat" from DW Baskets Chat Room

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• National Association of Wheat Weavers

For info on membership, contact Judy Laird, 3777 Sweetwater Drive, Rocklin, CA 95677.

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