[2] As of 2016, the Guild included 85 members, ranging in skill from hobbyist to professional weavers, from Eugene, Springfield, and rural communities of surrounding Lane County, Oregon, USA.
[3][4] The Guild sponsors workshops, a lending library, skill demonstrations in a variety fiber arts, equipment sharing, and events to raise funds for local charities.
Guild founder Mary Elizabeth Starr Sullivan had studied weaving at the Cranbrook Art School and taught at the University of Washington.
During the same period, the Guild also entered competitions at the annual Lane County Fair, and provided an exhibit with a working loom at the fairgrounds.
[3] The Guild also fosters interest groups at the Eugene Textile Center on various fiber arts topics, with conversations about past, present, and future projects; Fiber Challenge, with a focus on annual themes including weave structures and other research topics; Shibori and Indigo, to explore dyeing methods and applications; and Ply Split Braiding Study Group for those interested in ply split braiding.