Chapter Meeting with Ann Williamson – 2025
Everyone is invited to the morning presentation…
My Journey to Now: Fabric, Scissors, a Needle and Thread with Ann Williamson
The morning presentation is a slide show of Ann’s work for the last 40 [!] years showing how it has evolved and changed. Some themes have been there since the beginning, others have been added in, some are tucked away waiting to reemerge. She will be bringing samples of her clothing for up-close examination.
Greater Portland Bible Church
2374 SW Vermont St.
Portland, OR 97219
Saturday, April 5, 2025
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
9:30 AM Doors open — FreeCycle and social time
10:00 AM Welcome and introduction of guest speaker
Mid-Day
Pop-Up Shop from Ann’s collection of Kimono Silks
Between the morning lecture and the afternoon class, you will have the opportunity to purchase from Ann’s collection of kimono silks.
If you are attending the afternoon workshop, you may bring a brown bag lunch.
And in the afternoon, a hands-on workshop…
Piecing Techniques: Stripes, Random and Crazy with Ann Williamson
1:00 PM–3 to 4 hours
Registration: $45
Class Size Limit: 20
The afternoon class will cover the various piecing techniques that she uses in her work. Students will be making samples either for use in a future project or as reference examples.
- Stripes: Different kinds and sizes of straight stripes including super skinny.
- Grids: Squares and rectangles.
- Random piecing: Expanding the sizes so that the squares and rectangles are different sizes. A more open and spontaneous technique.
- Crazy Piecing: Diagonal shapes, triangles and trapezoids. Even more random. Shapes and forms moving every which way.
You must be a member to register for the afternoon class.
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About Ann
Ann was a painting and drawing major in college but focused on textiles, making pieced and appliqued textile art for the wall. For fun she made art to wear. After school, Julie’s, the premier wearable art gallery in the US, offered to show her work. For years, every 6 months, she would exhibit her clothing in this gallery.
Later, weaver Randall Darwall suggested she try craft shows. She applied and got into the Smithsonian, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft show and American Craft Council’s Baltimore show. Besides exhibiting and selling her work at these fine craft shows, she also has an online webshop.
Find her at https://www.annwilliamson.com and Instagram instagram.com/annwilliamsondesigns
