Blue Ridge Fiber Guild

The Overmountain Weaver’s Guild is having a weaving show at the Reese gallery on the ETSU campus. The show will run from the 2nd week in June to the end of July. We will be having our June and July meetings at the Reese. In June Cassie Dixon a linen and coverlet weaver and teacher at JC Campbell school will be presenting. We also have a person who is knowledgeable about Rocker looms, who will be at our July meeting at the Reese as well. If your guild is interested, I hope you might come down for a guild meeting or some other time to see the show.

The Overmountain Weaver’s Guild meet the third Wednesday of the month, 10:00?

Don’t forget that we are meeting this Saturday at 10:30 at the Western Watauga Community Center for our Fiber Guild Meeting. This is a week earlier than usual due to Easter.

This will be a Show and Tell meeting so bring all your lovely projects and we will make sure and photograph them for the website this time.

Also we have a LOT of business to discuss with so many activities coming up for us in June:

June 1st: Anything Fiber Sale at Warren Wilson College
We will have a table for the guild and we will discuss at the meeting how you can sell your items plus contribute to the guild

June 7th and 8th: Blue Ridge Fiber Fest in Sparta
We will have a booth there and will have raffle prizes and kits to sell to benefit the guild among other things plus demos.

June 7th is the reception at the Jones House for our show there and we will be displaying and selling there for the month of June.

Bring a snack to share if you would like. Hope to see you on Saturday.

We are changing the date of our April Guild Meeting to April 13th because April 20th is the day before Easter and we couldn’t find a place to meet on that day. So, we will meet at the Western Watauga Community Center on April 13th from 10:30 – 12:30 for another fabulous show and tell. I hope this works for most of you. I for one was not going to be able to attend on the 20th because I would be out of town. Our meeting in May will be at the library downtown.

We have lots of things coming up for our guild. June is a very full month with the Blue Ridge Fiber Fest on the 7th and 8th and the show at the Jones house starting the same week. The Anything Fiber Sale is on June 1st and registration for that opens Monday. We are planning on having a table for our guild. We will discuss this at the meeting if we get a spot.

We have some wonderful news to share about our Weaving Class that meets on Friday mornings. We were awarded a Grassroots Grant on the recommendation of the Watauga County Arts Council Board of Directors. We are so excited to be able to purchase much needed equipment and supplies for this program from the proceeds!

Hope to see you at the meeting on the 13th. Bring your show and tell items and we will remember to photograph them for the website this time.

Our next guild meeting is this Saturday at 10:30 at the Western 
Watauga Community Center starting at 10:30. This is a show and tell 
meeting so bring all the wonderful projects you have been working on 
hopefully to show at the Jones House and the Blue Ridge Fiber Fest in 
June.

Our Agenda is as follows:

Discuss and vote on going to the Spring Fiber Fare at Sycamore Shoals 
in lieu of our March meeting like we did last year since they are held 
at the same time: This event is hosted by the Overmountain Weavers and 
is held March 16th from 10 – 4. Here is their website:
http://www.omwg.net

Discuss show at Jones House and the Blue Ridge Fiber Fest

Discuss and vote on having all our guild meetings on the 3rd Sat. of 
each month rather than moving to Thursday evenings in the summer months

Susan Sharpe may do a demo on a simple way to remove rust from weaving 
harnesses using vinegar

Show and tell

Bring snacks to share if you would like. We do enjoy them.

See you Sat.

WET FELTED VESSELS “FROM VALENTINES to VASES”

Indulge your creativity through fibers!  In the workshop, you will create one or more 3-dimensional wool vessels.  Embellishments can be added such as silk hankies, silk roving, wool fibers and yarns ….to  decorate your one of a kind vessel. 

Wool fibers will be layered around a foam resist, wet with slightly soapy water, then rubbed and rolled to tangle and bind the fibers together to form a non-woven fabric, which is felt.  To shrink and full your forms, you will squeeze and possibly throw them, making them more dense and thick. 

Felt making is a very physical activity.  Most of the work will be done while standing.  Wear comfortable shoes and clothing that you don’t mind getting wet.   Each person should bring 2 or 3 old bath towels. 

For beginners & all levels.

Instructor: Jane Campbell
Enrollment: 16
Date:  Saturday, February 2 (1 day)
Time:  10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Cost:  $80  (Materials included in course fee.)
Location:  Edwin Duncan Hall,  TBA