In 1999, the Guild celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a gala dinner at the Harbor Court Hotel in Baltimore. For that event, Guild members created a booklet that summarized the history of the Guild for the first 50 years. 50th Anniversary Booklet – A History...
Leading up to the Guild’s 40th anniversary (back then it was called the Baltimore Weavers Guild), guild members got together to weave transparencies of Baltimore landmarks. A couple of guild members wrote about it in Handwoven magazine. March/April 1990 –...
In 1963, The Baltimore Flag House Association decided to remake the original 1812 U.S. flag, to be hung at the Maryland Building of the 1964 World’s Fair. The yarn was sourced from the Dickeyville Woolen Mill, which dates from the 18th century, and repeated exactly...
In 1989, Hilda Snoops, the State of Maryland’s official Hostess, contacted the Baltimore Weavers Guild (soon to become the Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore) about weaving placemats and napkins for the Maryland Governor’s Mansion. The initial order of 24 napkins and...
For 30 years, The Weaver’s Place provided weaving instruction at all levels to the greater Baltimore area. Two guild members, Lee Smith and Joanne Orwall, founded the studio in 1970. After 18 months, Lee bought Joanne’s share and Lee and her husband Keith ran...
