Membership
Interested in the fiber arts?
Please join us!
We welcome everyone with an interest in the fiber arts: weavers, spinners, knitters, needle felters, dyers and basket weavers. You may join at any time. Just click the red MEMBERSHIP FORM link below, fill out the form and send it together with your check to the address listed on the form.
The many benefits of being a member include enjoying the camaraderie of like minded fiber enthusiasts and attending our exciting programs every second Wednesday each month. Please see our calendar page for upcoming events and the additional benefits of being a HWBC member below.
membership form
Member Benefits
education
The guild will have a mixture of Zoom and in-person meetings/programs during the year 2023/2024. Our Program Committee has scheduled many exciting experts in the fields of weaving, with presentations on wet finishing, Theo Moorman inlay, weaving with unusual materials and more. Please take a look at our Programs Page for presentation descriptions, presenter bios and dates/times.
Phyllis Morway Scholarship Fund
In 2015, HWBC established a scholarship to help interested members attend the bi-annual MidAtlantic Fiber Association (MAFA) Conference. In 2016, the scholarship was named in memory of our past president, Phyllis Morway.
The Phyllis Morway Scholarship Fund amount is the cost of one registration fee divided equally among those members participating and requesting the scholarship.
In return, recipients are asked to give a brief presentation to the membership during a subsequent meeting to share what they have learned at the conference, or write an article for our guild newsletter about your MAFA experience.
Honorary Membership
A Honorary Lifetime Membership is free to any member at least 80 years of age who has been a member in good standing for the previous 10 years.
Marketing opportunities
Annual Show and sale
Members have the opportunity to sell their fiber creations at our annual November guild sale. Our Show and Sale Page has many photos from this years sale showcasing the incredible talent of our members.
Artist Gallery page
Also available to every member is the opportunity to submit a short bio about themselves, a photo of their work and a website, blog or Esty link. To see our current members and their links visit Our Artist Gallery Page.
HWBC Library
HWBC has an extensive lending library containing materials related to weaving, spinning, dyeing and other fiber-related arts. It includes books, magazines, periodicals, exchange bulletins and various historical data. The guild provides an annual fund dedicated to new book purchases to keep members up-to-date. This library provides a very valuable resource for its members.
Equipment Rental
HWBC members may rent the following pieces of equipment on a monthly basis for a nominal fee: a four harness Dorset floor loom, a drum carder, a spinning wheel, or a fabric strip cutter.
community outreach
We currently attend the NJ Sheep and Fiber Festival every summer. If you are interested in fiber arts, especially weaving and would like to expand our reach into the community through education, we would like to hear from you.
Guild Rewards - The Woolery & Halcyon Yarns
Shopping for fiber and equipment? When you buy your items using the Woolery link (click icon), the HWBC guild receives a small percentage back. Thank you in advance for supporting the guild!
Click photo for Woolery purchases.
Prefer to shop at Halcyon Yarns? Visit their website and when you get there, click on the link that says "Guild Rewards" for instructions on how to participate in their program. You will find our name (Handweavers of Bucks County) in the list of participating guilds. When you associate your purchase with the guild name, we get up to 5% back on your purchase.