Liz Moncrief, ANWG Education Director, is now scheduling a monthly movie night to be staged on the Zoom platform. The ‘movies’ are not full features of course but snippets (some long some short) which highlight our shared interests in weaving, spinning, fiber plants/animals/tools and as many other categories as we can come up with. She currently has 30+ links in her list for our lineup and will try to mix it up each month so that all members will find something of interest.
Movie Bites will run from 6:30 pm – 8:00 Pacific Time Zone, which accommodates most ANWG members. Grab your popcorn, weaving, knitting, spinning and join us. We’re hoping it’ll be a fun new venture.
Coming Up. . .
I’m trying something different this time and skipping right thru November as we don’t want to interrupt family gatherings…so here’s to December.
And we’re doing a live presentation instead of a movie. We’re happy to invite Paula Rees, of Seattle, to tell us about a local legend, Sara Little and her design influence on many industries including fabric and weaving.
Paula Rees is an experiential designer whose firm Foreseer is based in Seattle and works internationally. With a Fine Arts degree in weaving, printmaking & textile design, Rees will give a visual presentation of the fascinating story of her inspirational business mentor, Sara Little (Turnbull).
Sara Little (1917-2015) was one of the country’s earliest industrial designers and has been recognized as corporate America’s “secret weapon” in the creation of new products after World War II. She served for six decades as a multidisciplinary design consultant to Fortune 100 companies and various countries. Her product developments ranged from woven foodstuffs like Bugle Chips and soy-based Baco-Bits to NASA spacesuits and Corningware, as well as the inspiration for the non-woven N95 medical mask and other healthcare textiles.
Traveling around the world an average of four times a year, Sara collected domestic artifacts from various cultures and assembled the Center for Design Institute. Formerly housed in the Tacoma Art Museum, the Center has been re-established in Seattle for public viewing by appointment. Sara’s influence was significant, so guests arrive from around the world to see this valuable study lab. The collections feature the best examples of textiles from around the world, as well as those from her famous, dear friends in mid-century fashion and textiles. Join us in learning about the legacy of Sara Little, one of the most influential women of the 20th century.
I hope you’ll join us for this special live showing.
ANWG is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: December Movie Bite LIVE presentation
Time: Dec 9, 2025 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/99997050083?pwd=1jLhc3EJofbQoQSMwAV3rOQtj1VUc4.1
Past Screenings
October 28, 2025: Pendleton Woolen Mills Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGN4_FDx1YE; Barry Friedman on the Pendleton Blanket and the Stories and History Woven Within, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJGH3R-aN78; Custom Woolen Mills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx9ilbBpiUI.
September, 24, 2025: Schmidt House History Talks – Coast Salish Wool Weaving at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2A2H5yMBkA. Weaving the Path | Explore Canada at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuGIgFyYhfw. Not shown, but mentioned: Coast Salish Weaving – The Fabric of Canada, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD7dohIz8Lw.
May 21, 2025: Dyer Trudi Pollard was featured in 2 videos. The first is an interview with Trudi from The Calista Show, and the second is a program called “Captured by Colour: Introduction to Natural Dyes” featuring Trudi talking about natural dyeing.
https://youtu.be/otytf1fm0r4
https://youtu.be/467J41gx2Tk
April 16, 2025: Presentation by Nicholas Fox Weber from the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation for the Case Memorial Library in Orange, CT about the artists Josef and Anni Albers. Available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ODyKp-6RKY.
March 19, 2025: Patrice George presentation titled “From the PC to the TC: A VERY Short History of Digital Design for Woven Textiles”, tracing the history of digital weaving technology. https://youtu.be/6go9aR7pvDE?si=ceRHAcHP__6fLZWF
February 19, 2025: Textile Magicians. Available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0bd0txXzB8
January 22, 2025: Mastercrafts, a BBC series on crafts in the modern age. Video is in 4 parts on Youtube:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHjvzOEbWd8
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It0ZU4MG9Jg
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHg1WdG4ClU
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LulSgwzuTuc