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Fiber Guild June Program:  FIBER PAINTING
The meeting will be at the Shawnee Indian Mission at 7 pm on Wednesday June 11th, 2008
 
Deb Youngdahl and Lolly Buxton will present a program on Fiber Painting from a class they took last fall with Tracy Clark.    By using felting needles, you can "paint"  with fiber on pre-made  felt, garments or household items.
 
 

Missouri Wool and Sheep Festival in Sedalia!

 

Announcing the Wool and Sheep Festival at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia Friday May 30, Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1st. There will be vendors, sheep, other fiber bearing animals like alpaca, llama, angora goats and angora rabbits. There are many class offerings including classes on knitting, spinning, taking care and breeding fiber bearing animals and much more. There is a fleece auction, fiber arts competition and kids will be showing their prized animals in this annual event which is open air but totally covered. On the premises camping is available as well. This event is free and open to anyone with convenient free parking. Plan now to attend, the class list on the website is still be updated. For more information www.moncwga.com or if you forget that name type in Missouri wool festival and it will get you there on the web.

Interested in forming a carpool to save on gas, email me back and I will connect you with others who want to carpool to this festival!


 

 TEXTILE SHOW 
 
Textile show at the Nerman Museum, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas.  Historic and contemporary Rio Grande textiles created by weavers in New Mexico and southern Colorado.   The gallery will hold a festive public opening with food and drink from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on June 20.  The evening will include live music and a lecture by a textile expert at 7 p.m.  All events free to the public.
 
 
CREATIVE HAND
 
The Creative Hand show and sale is a co-op show for members of the Fiber Guild and Weaver's Guild of Kansas City.  The 2008 show will be at the Sylvester Powell Community Center in Merriam, KS November 21 and 22.  We had a banner year in 2007 with an increase in participating artists, increase in customer attendance, and a healthy increase in sales.  We are looking forward to another successful sale in 2008.
 
Application Forms are being revised for 2008 and are not quite ready for distribution.  When the final details have been worked out, the application form will be distributed to past Creative Hand artists and will be available on the web site.  The application forms will be available by the May meetings of Fiber Guild and Weaver's Guild.  Here is what we know so far:
bulletAll artists in Creative Hand must be current members of Fiber Guild or Weaver's Guild and live in Kansas or Missouri.
bulletApplication/Entry fees are in two tiers: New category this year: "Limited Production" artists pay a $10 entry fee and can have up to 5 items in the show.  As in previous years: "Full Production" artists pay a $50 entry fee and can have unlimited number of items in the show.  Duplicate items from any one artist may be held in back stock and replenished as items are sold.  Application forms and fees are due July 31, 2008.
bulletNew artists will need to have their body of work juried by the jury committee.
bulletReturning artists will need to have new work juried by the jury committee.
bulletEach artist is required to work on a committee to help run the show.  This is a co-op show, we need help from all artists to make the show happen.
bullet"Limited Production" artists are required to work one shift and "Full Production" artists are required to work two shifts during the show.
bulletTo pay our rent, publicity and other expenses, each sold item will have 18% of the retail price retained by Creative Hand.  The remaining 82% will be paid to the artist.
bulletEach artist is required to help break down the show when it is over and attend the wrap-up meeting held immediately after break down.
So, look for the application form and further information about Creative Hand sometime around the May meetings.  Call me if you have any questions.
 
Sandy Cahill
Home: (816) 505-5507 cahill5505@sbcglobal.net
Mobile: (913) 709-1923
Web: www.beweaveme.net sandycahill@beweaveme.net
 
 
 Oriental Rugs Going out of business
 
Our friends at Mundy and Yazdi Oriental Rugs have retired  and
closed the shop in Merriam KS.  Along with a few rugs, they have shop
fixtures that may be of interest to some artists who sell their work.
 From Carol Mundy: 
We are having our sale June 11-14  9am-5pm- at Mundy and Yazdi-5905
Slater.  We have a few kelims, a few pile rugs, and a couple or cargo
bags and a horse cover.  Antiques that include a desk, chairs,
tables,trunks, armoires, and lots of kitchen utensils. Then we have
an assortment of pans, MUGS, an Apple computer or 2, with printer,
credit card machines, calculators, and tons of paper clips along with
our 25 year collection of interesting things.
 
Estes Park Wool Market

The 18th annual Estes Park Wool Market will be held June 12th  through June 15th, 2008. This fiber festival in the Rockies begins with two days of workshops and seminars on Thursday the 12th and Friday the13th .  You must pre-register for these workshops.  Wool Market booklets will be available in mid-February. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please call the Events Department at 970-586-6104 or e-mail your mailing address to events@estes.org. 

The Wool Market continues with two exciting days of exhibits, demonstrations, competitions and vendor booths. The event is free and open to the public on Saturday, June 14th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, June 15th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

4th Annual Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival
June 14-15, 2008
Dallas County Fairgrounds, Adel, Iowa

 
CONVERGENCE 2008 TAMPA BAY  June 25 - 28, 2008 at the Tampa Bay Convention
Center.  www.weavespindye.org
 

Hoosier Arts Festival Fair Friday, June 6, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, June 7, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Johnson County Fairgrounds, Franklin, IN.

Convergence June 22-28, 2008. This event, held every two years, is sponsored by the Handweavers’ Guild of America and draws spinners and weavers from all over the country. The event is being held in Tampa City, Florida this year, in the Convention Center. There are three days of workshops preceding the actual Convergence, which features exhibits, seminars, mini-workshops, a fashion show, and (of course) many vendors. For more information, check out www.weavespindye.org
Michigan Fiber Festival Saturday, August 16 and Sunday, August 17. Allegan County Fairgrounds, Allegan, MI. Another long-standing festival, this one features a variety of fiber animals as well as many vendors and workshops that begin on August 13. Postings are not complete; check www.michiganfiberfestival.info
Midwest Weavers Conference June 22-27, 2009. Note that 2009 date! The format is similar to the larger convergence, but this is a regional conference and will be held in Grinnell, Iowa. Check out the web site, www.midwestweavers.org The Midwest Weavers Association works extensively through Guilds, but spinners/weavers can join individually and receive a catalog and registration form as soon as conference arrangements are finalized.

2008 WORLD SHEEP & FIBER ARTS FESTIVAL    August 30,31 and September 1, 2008
in Bethel MO.   www.worldsheepfest.com

 
For Sale or Wanted
Nothing submitted this month but this is free and if you want to sell something or are looking to buy something fiber related, this is the spot! Just send via email to me!!!
 
  From the editor...
I am hoping that all of you are going to have a great summer. Hoping it will be full of good times in the outdoors with family and friends and there is always the time to get to work on our fiber projects. Bring them to the meetings so we can all see what you are working on. It is fun to see what others come up with! I am also hoping that you will have time to attend at least one of the many fiber festivals throughout the area. This coming weekend we have the Sedalia show. Carpool with people if you don't want to spend the gas money all by yourself. If anyone is interested in carpooling to go to Sedalia for the day on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday of this weekend, email me and I will coordinate the others who have expressed an interest in going to the festival. If just two people share the ride together it will cost less than going by yourself last year. There are classes and many vendors and of course the animals that are so fun to visit. We really need the support of our surrounding cities to come to this wonderful show. "Coordinate to visit another fiber buddy in another city!"
Can you tell I am pushing these festivals! I also try to push the yarn shops as well so that we will have wonderful places to take classes, touch fibers and meet with other people in the fiber arts! We do not want to have our area only accessible to us via internet, no touching or personal contact that way. Support your local yarn shops, classes, and festivals!!! Enough said (Fot this month!)
Hope to see you at at festival. I am already planning on going to two of them this year! I am going to Sedalia Wool and Sheep Festival and Estes Park wool market! Last year I planned my 50th birthday celebration around the Taos Wool Festival!!!
Have a great month!
--Debbie