Monthly Meetings

Salley Mavor
Enchanting Threads

October 10, 2026
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
(Zoom only)

Artist Salley Mavor has spent over 4 decades developing her signature style and working methods, carving out her own niche within the children’s book world and the fiber art community. Her intricate three-dimensional embroidered scenes and dolls have been reproduced as children’s book illustrations, social commentary, and stop-motion animation. 

As an illustration student at the Rhode Island School of Design in the 1970’s, Salley left traditional mediums behind, preferring to communicate her ideas with sculptural needlework. She has illustrated 11 picture books using her distinctive blend of materials and hand-stitching techniques, including Pocketful of Posies, her award-winning anthology of nursery rhymes. Her popular how-to book, Felt Wee Folk continues to inspire creativity in all ages. Salley’s most recent picture book is My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep around the World. She lives and works in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Salley will talk about her career creating imaginative miniature worlds with 3-dimensional embroidery. The presentation will cover a wide range of artistic endeavors, from children’s book illustration to stand alone artwork to stop-motion animation, demonstrating that there are no limits to what can be expressed with a needle and thread. This is an opportunity to take a behind the scenes peek at her unique way of working and learn where it came from, how it’s evolved, and why she does it.

Website: https://weefolkstudio.com

Email: smavor@comcast.net

Instagram: salleymavor

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 At this point in time, most meetings are virtual via Zoom. March, June and September meetings are in person at Seattle Pacific University. 

Visitors are always welcome at our meetings, and there is no admission fee. Meetings run from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month. Meetings are via Zoom or on the Seattle Pacific University campus. (See directions, maps, and room information, below.) For in person meetings, bring yourself a sack lunch if you wish.

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Month	Speaker
October 10, 2026	Salley Mavor, Fabric Relief Artist (Zoom + Recording)
November 14, 2026	Monika Auch, The Intelligence of the Hand and How to Stitch Your Brain (Zoom + Recording)
December 12, 2026	Alison Schwabe (Zoom)
January 9, 2026	Irene Roderick, Improvisational Quilter, "Dancing with the Wall" (Zoom + Recording)

 Would you like to attend our next meeting via Zoom? Contact programs for the link.

 Directions to Bertona Hall on the Seattle Pacific University campus:

GPS entry: 107 West Bertona, Seattle 98119

From I-5, take the NE 50th Street exit and drive west. Turn left (south) on Fremont Avenue N�about two miles. Get into the right lane as you cross the Fremont bridge and take the first turn-off to the right and then immediately right again onto Nickerson Street. Follow Nickerson for about half a mile, and turn left (south) at the stoplight for 3rd Avenue West. You are now on the SPU campus.Turn left onto 3rd.

Enter the parking lot on your left by turning into the driveway beside the Subway. Our building is on the east side of the parking lot, a one-story red brick building. Parking in the lot is free for us on weekends; ignore the restricted parking and "No Parking" signs.

Click here to see a map of the entire SPU campus.