Fiber Enthusiasts in the High Country of North Carolina
The Guild will be enjoying a picnic, fiber swap, and show and share after its July meeting at Brookshire Park, 250 Brookshire Road, in Boone on July 20, at 10:30 a.m. Members and potential members are invited to come and bring a dish to share.
The photo below shows a picture of the picnic shelter we will be using.
Here are some pictures from our booth at Boonerang:
Janeene Ross marketing her knitted crafts. Kelsey Wagner excited her “trash” Art.
Mary Valante demonstrated card weaving and assisted young weavers.
Jeanne Lawrence knits fairies
Our June meeting has been changed to the 22nd because of the Boonerang Festival. The meeting will be held at the Western Watauga Community Center at 10:30.
On Saturday May 18th we will have a free Batik Workshop during our BRFGmeeting located at the Western Watauga Community Center
Our plan is to draw and/or stamp patterns with hot melted wax onto a precut white fabric the size of a scarf. Participants will use up to 2 prepared dye baths to dye the waxed fabric creating an awesome resist of your design.
We are limited to two colors for the entire group.
*If you plan to attend the batik workshop, please RSVP to Susan Payne @ [email protected]. Include your 2 dye color preferences from the list below. * We will tally the responses and prepare the top 2 choices of dye baths in advance.
Be prepared to stay until 1:30 pm, but we should be ddone earlier.
*What to bring*:
Your lunch & drink.
Plastic bag or something leakproof to take home your wet dyed batik.
Plastic gloves, apron, and wear old clothes to protect you from the dye.
*Dye Colors* – Include your vote for 2 color choices with your RSVP
Peach
Violet
Indigo
Vermillion (red)
Our next guild meeting will be this Saturday at the Western Watauga Community Center. Come early at 10 to socialize and the meeting will begin promptly at 10:30. Deborah Carroll will be giving a talk on Tapestry Weaving which I can’t wait to hear and view her beautiful samples.
Here is the link to the presentation that was given at the February Meeting:
Reminder: The Blue Ridge Fiber Guild will meet this Saturday January 20 at 10:30 a.m. via Zoom. Please join between 10:15 and 10:30 to ensure that you have your video on and know how to mute your audio.
After the general meeting, we will split up into the four Standing Committees to finish planning programs, exhibits, shows, and special events; tackle membership, hospitality, and communications issues; and plan budgets. We will then return to report back to the full Guild. A committee list with responsibilities is attached.
Here are some pictures of our show at the Wilkesboro Visitor Center. The show will be on display until February 28th so if you are going by there on HWY 421 stop by and check it out.
Our January and February Guild Meetings will both be online meetings using Zoom. The link to the meeting will be emailed about a week before the meeting so check your email for more details.
Here are some pictures from the weaving class of projects that were recently completed. We have
Sherrie Pitts Table Runner :
and Mary Valante’s Scarf
