About Us

The Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild started in Holland, Michigan, in March of 1979 by a group of women who had taken a community class together on hand spinning wool.  We met every Wednesday evening at each woman's house to continue to spin wool yarn and share life's adventures.  One evening, our member Judy Anthrop came into my front door waving a paper and declaring that we were now an official guild with the Handweavers Guild of America.  The others already sitting down looked dumb struck.  Judy announced that she was the president and then said looking at each of us, "What do you want to do?"  We ended up with positions like Vice President of Spinning (Sharon Meeuwsen, she was the best among us).  We also started out as the Fiber Arts Guild of Holland.  In 1990, we changed the name to Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild to be more inclusive of all the guild members from along the lakeshore communities beyond Holland.  Our group has always been diverse with every medium from weaving to spinning, dyeing, basketmaking, papermaking, surface design, garment construction, knitting, quilting and more.  Our first meeting had somewhere around 75 people attend (and even my husband joined).  Our dues were $10 and allowed us to have programs from artists and craftspeople in our community and gradually from well outside of Holland.  The meetings had always been on Wednesday evening, just like our original hand spinning group, but evolved into an hour-long presentation from someone with a special talent (sometimes hands-on but also often purely inspirational), a business meeting and then show 'n tell.  We've also belonged to the Michigan League of Handweavers for most of our years as a guild.

Jennifer Gould

Please check out the meetings page for an updated schedule and place of our meetings.




 

 

 

 






 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 






 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 






 

 

 

 































































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