January Book Club Meeting

Please join us for our January Book Club Meeting! We’ll discuss Marking Time with Fabric and Thread: Calendars, Diaries, and Journals within Your Fiber Craft by Tommye McClure Scanlin

“Capturing Time Through Fiber Arts” by Tommye McClure Scanlin is a transformative guide for fiber crafters seeking to weave, stitch, or quilt their way through time. Focusing on the power of a daily creative practice, this book offers practical advice for artists at any skill level, showing how to incorporate fiber art into your routine in a meaningful way. Whether you’re creating a journal, calendar, or diary through weaving, quilting, or stitching, Scanlin’s guide offers dozens of prompts to inspire you and keep creative blocks at bay. The book is packed with real-life stories from over 25 makers who share their personal “time capsule” projects, illustrating how capturing time through art has transformed their lives. In addition, it explores the history of why humans feel the need to mark time visually, giving context to this ancient impulse. A foreword by weaver Sarah C. Swett reflects on the empowering realization that each fiber art piece is an attempt to capture fleeting moments. With beautiful images and insightful advice, this book invites you to embrace your craft as a powerful way to reflect, create, and document the passage of time, making your art not only a creative practice but a lasting record of your journey.

Register to receive the Zoom link and join us via computer, tablet, or phone. See you there!