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The 2007 CREATIVE HAND Show and Sale was our 25th Anniversary!

Sponsored by Kansas City Fiber and Weavers Guilds

Friday, November 16 4:00-9:00 Fashion Show at 7:00
Saturday, November 17 10:00-5:00 Demonstrations all day
A great time was had by one and all!

Sylvester Powell Community Center: 6200 Martway, Mission, KS
North West corner of Lamar and Martway, 1 block south of Johnson Drive

A short history of the Creative Hand Sale:

(the sale has always been held the weekend before Thanksgiving)

bullet1982 – Guild Sale held at The Country Shop in Westport
bullet1983-84 – Guild Sale held at Missouri Valley Fibers on Westport Road
bullet1985-90 – Now referred to as “The Holiday Sale” the sale was held at the Alexander Majors House and Barn at 83rd and State Line Road. A percentage of the sales went to benefit the Majors Trust.
bullet1991-96 – Now referred to as “The Creative Hand Sale” the sale was held at the Old Shawnee Town Hall near downtown Shawnee
bullet1997-99 – held at The Shawnee Civic Center on Johnson Drive near Pflumm Rd. in Shawnee
bullet2000-2002 – held at Old Shawnee Town Hall near downtown Shawnee
bullet2003-2005 – held at the Holiday Inn at 435 and Nall in south Overland Park
bullet2006-2007 – held at the Sylvester Powell Community Center 6200 Martway near Lamar Rd. in Mission.

PHILANTHROPY: Throughout the years of the sales, a portion of sales profits have benefited the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the Dream Factory, the Ronald McDonald House, Katrina/Rita hurricane relief funds, and many other charitable institutions. In 2006 and again in 2007, a percentage of sales is donated to benefit artists in need nationally through CERF, the Craft Emergency Relief Fund at www.craftemergency.org, and to providing wool-producing animals for families in need through Heifer International at www.heifer.org.

PRODUCTS: All of the retail items offered for sale are hand made by members of the Fiber and Weavers Guilds of Kansas City. Products offered for sale are fiber-related and include (but are not limited to) hand woven, hand knitted, hand dyed, hand printed, hand spun, hand felted, hand stitched, hand beaded, etc. This is a cooperative show with all participants pitching in to accomplish the tasks to make the show possible. All participants also work two shifts at the show.

Further information can be obtained from the 2007 Creative Hand co-chairpersons:

Sandy Cahill (816) 505-5507 cahill5505@sbcglobal.net

Catherine Armbrust (816) 523-8876 cadencefiberarts@sbcglobal.net