November Guild Meeting Sat., Nov. 17th at the Library Downtown at 10:30 AM
We have scheduled this Sat.’s meeting at the Watauga Library downtown to see how it appeals to members having a more centralized location especially during the winter months. It would be great if this would increase our attendance and membership. Please let your fellow fiber enthusiasts know about this and ask them to join us as a guest if they would like to. We would love to have new people join our Fiber Swap in Dec.!
Also note that this is a Football Game Day but shouldn’t be too much of an issue for us since we are meeting in the morning. We will probably need to get parking passes from the library because of this though. There is a kitchen so we can have refreshments so bring whatever you would like to share.
Also, if you live in the Cove Creek area and would like to carpool to the library, contact Susan Sharpe!
Guild meeting:
Sat. Nov. 17th
10:30 am-12:30 pm
Watauga County Library
140 Queen St, Boone, NC
Agenda:
Show and Tell
Discuss changing our meetings to Sat. year-round
Plan show at the Jones house for June 2019
Discuss future meetings at the library. For example we could meet at the library during the winter months or we could alternate show and tell meetings at the library with having program meetings at the Community Center.
October Guild Meeting Thursday the 18th at 6PM
Weaving Class Visits Art Exhibit
View some photos we took of the weaving class visiting the Watauga County Arts Council Fiber Exhibit last Friday. I will post other pictures of the exhibit as well as I receive them.
Beginning Spinning on the Wheel – Fall 2018
September Guild Meeting
This is just a reminder of our guild meeting tomorrow night. Susan and Rhonda will do a demo on clasped weft weaving plus we will be discussing membership renewals, elections and the yART sale. Also we will be discussing program planning for 2019.
Fiber Show Reception is Tonight!
Hey, don’t forget that our Fiber Guild is exhibiting at the Watauga Council Art Space for the month of Sept. Our opening reception is tonight from 5:30 – 7:30. If you are out and about in Boone tonight, drop by, view our show and enjoy refreshments and music!
Spinning Get Together is next week Sept. 9th
Hi, the spinning group will meet next Sunday instead of this week because of the holiday weekend.
August Guild Meeting, Thursday August 16th at 6:30
The Blue Ridge Fiber Guild will meet on Thursday, Aug 16, 6:30-8:00 at the Western Watauga Community Center. Members are invited to bring fiber art projects (finished or not) for the September exhibition at ArtSpace. Also on display will be many of the projects from the natural dye workshop last week. View pictures of the workshop here.
We are planning to have the Macomber loom there for members to demonstrate, and need volunteer weavers and spinners with wheels. Rhonda Gladden has warped the loom in an 8-harness point twill pattern, and members who want to weave tea towels can come in throughout the next few weeks.
A second “Indigo and More” Workshop is being offered at Redwing Studio by Susan Sharpe and Ellie Hjemmet on Saturday, August 25. Dye vats will be available again in indigo, osage orange, myrobalan, walnut, natural indigo, and umbilicaria lichen. Cost of the workshop is $75 for non-members, and $65 for members. Contact Susan Sharpe at redwing@skybest.com for more information and to register.
It’s that time – to show off. If you want feedback on your potential projects for the show – please bring and let the group know if you are having any problems, or think it’s too bit, or too small….etc.
Here are the forms from the Arts council about the show
September Fiber Guild Show Forms
- Artwork delivery dates: Tues, Sept 4 from 5 -8 pm or Wed, Sept 5 between 12 and 1 pm
- Exhibition Saturday, Sept 8th through October 6th
- 2nd Saturday event – Saturday, Sept 8 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm.. Please be there by 5:15 pm
- Pickup artwork October 9 between 10 am and 6 pm
Here are the folks who have signed up so far –
Marketing – Susan Sharpe and Rita Collie
Hanging – Jane, Pat Moritz, Susan Payne
Refreshments: Sali Gill, Janeen, Rhonda G.
Dye Workshop Pictures
Check out our pictures from the Dye Workshop held at Susan Sharp’s house on July 27th! It was a fun day and the weather was beautiful. The link for this can also be found under the Gallery navigation link at the top of the website.