September Fiber Guild News
Meeting
Wednesday September 12, 2007
Regular place
and time
Shawnee Indian Mission at 7pm
Gadget Website
month
Each person
coming to guild that night to show and tell a handy gadget or
helpful hint they use in their fiber arts. Or some special tricks they use
to get the job done more efficiently. Or if they have a special website
they visit often that they find useful info on they could share that also.
Thanks, Peggy Bass
Creative
Hand
CREATIVE
HAND:
This year's
25th annual Creative Hand show will be Friday, November 16, 4-9 and Saturday,
November 17, 10-5 at the Sylvester Powell Community Center NE corner of Lamar
and Martway in Mission, KS. We have 36 artists participating this year and the
excitement is building as we prepare for a wonderful show. We have lots of "new
looks" in the works: Color postcard invitation, runway Fashion Show on Friday at
7:00, Demonstrations all day Saturday, Front Room Features of the show, and a
new look to the display of our beautiful textile treats. At the Guild meetings,
we will have sign-up lists if you want to help at the show. We can always use
extra hands for working the floor and demonstrations. Please call if you have
any questions.
Sandy Cahill
(816) 505-5507
Catherine Armbrust (816) 523-8876
Wool Festival
at Taos
October
6th & 7th
At Kit Carson Park, Taos, New Mexico
for more information about workshops, vendors, etc
questions@taoswoolfestival.org
North
Country Fiber Fair
Date:
September 28 - September 30
Location: Codington County Ag Extension Center, Watertown, SD
Details: A great end of season llama show for folks in the
northern plains. A fun, relaxed event geared for the whole family. In addition
to the llama show take part in fiber workshops, banquet and free fiber handling
demonstrations.
For
more information:
Ken Forster 701-724-3059 or email to
FairfieldFleece@aol.com
Website:
http://www.angelfire.com/sd/fairfieldfleece/page3.html
Needle Painting Workshop
At The Knit
Wit in Olathe:There is going to be a conference on Needlepainting to be taught
on October 20 and 21st at the Hampton Inn Conference Center. Teacher will be
showing how to do shading and painting techniques with fiber. Mixing colors and
gradiations and more!
Saturday the 20th from 9 -4 and Sunday the 21st from 9-noon. Cost including
materials is $175.00 for both days. Jan has sample on display at the Knit Wit.
Call Knit Wit for more information: 913-780-5648
Westport Art Fair
Attended the
Westport Art Fair this weekend and we had four artists from our
guild participating in this years show: Jean Hartley, Sandy Cahill Lauri
Mellenbach and Marci Blank were there with their colorful and creative Fiber
work and Jewelry. Congrats ladies on participating in this local art fair
featuring some cool stuff this year! If you are reading this on Sunday you still
have today to check out this art fair!
From
the Editor....
Not fiber
related but could be of good source material for your future fiber works...
attend the Nelson Gallery and see the new Bloch Building. It is an incredible
place to take a few hours or a few minutes to walk around and see what you want
to see, old and new.... Check it out!
Hard to
believe that fall is around the corner. This month take some time to think about
what you would like to learn about and who we can use as a resource of someone
who could come to the guild and do a program on some fiber related topic. I
believe that you get free dues for the next year if you give a program. Peggy
has done an excellent job being our planner (and presenter) this year and we
have to help her out and think of some new ideas, maybe something that has been
done in the last couple of years.... think, use those creative thinking caps and
help us make YOUR guild a great place to get resources, make new fiber friends
and learn new techniques!
Along the same
lines, we have lots and lots of space to fill up in YOUR newsletter for ads of
things to buy and sell, it is FREE!
Events listing coming up,,,,FREE!!!!
Just click on
spindeb@aol.com and send me your news, ads, event coming up, etc...
I would rather have them in email form. It is just easier for me.
Plant some bulbs now for a colorful surprise in the spring & have a great
September!
Debbie Dubinsky