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THE FIBER GUILD OF GREATER KANSAS CITY

August Fiber Guild News

Meeting Wednesday August 8th, 2007

Regular place and time
Shawnee Indian Mission at 7pm

August Program

Program is Swedish Weaving.  This is a great small carry around project.  It can be done a T-shirt or a small piece of your favorite fabric to be used as an insert on a quilt, garment or even make a pocket from it.  Each person will need to bring a sharp needle, tapestry or blunt needle and your coordinating fabric or shirt and threads you want to weave with, also an embroidery hoop.  I will supply the handout with directions and a plastic canvas that is used for marking your weaving area.  A friend of mine in Louisiana had done this on one of her T-shirts and it was really pretty.

thanks, Peggy Bass

Retreat
Retreat was great! If you were not there, we missed you!

Recipes from the retreat requested

            Blueberry Buckle 
3/4 c. sugar
1/4 c shortening
1 egg              combine these three...

1/2 c milk
2 c. sifted flour
2 t. baking power
1/2 t. salt        stir these into the first mixture...

2 cups of rinsed and drained fresh or frozen blueberries. Fold in.

Spoon into a 9 x 13 cake pan or 2 inch deep Jelly roll pan.
Sometimes I put an extra handful of blueberries on top 

Topping
1/2 c sugar
1/3 c. sifted flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 c soft butter, I have used marjarine sometimes.
Mix together with a fork into crumbles and sprinkle on top.
Bake at 375 degrees for 45 - 50 min.
Recipe can be doubled and put in a large jelly roll pan.
Serve warm or cold, with cream, butter or icecream...french vanilla
my favorite
DEB

Egg Casserole

Chris Hunsburger, to follow next month

Knitting Blog that Leslie was talking about

http://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/

Important!!! Today is the deadline!

TO: Creative Hand Possible Applicants

FROM: Sandy Cahill, Catherine Armbrust Show Co-Chairpersons

RE: Creative Hand Applications are due July 31

Creative Hand is November 16 and 17, 2007 at the Sylvester Powell Community Center in Mission, KS.  We are very excited about this being our 25th annual show!  We hope to have lots of artist participants showcasing their work to celebrate this milestone.

So that you have an electronic copy, I have attached the Creative Hand show announcement, the Creative Hand application, and the Returning Artist product information sheet.  If you want to enter this year's show, please contact sandy.  You can mail the form with your $50 entry fee to Elenor Chipman.  Or you can bring your application and money to the Fiber Guild or Weavers Guild July meetings.  Or you can bring your application and money to the Fiber Guild retreat July 27, 28, 29. 

Please contact me if you have any questions

Sandy Cahill
(816) 505-5507 home cahill5505@sbcglobal.net
(913) 897-7811 work scahill@dlrgroup.com
(913) 709-1923 cell

From the Editor....

I just read the magazine
Vogue Knitting the green issue. It is full of all kinds of projects and ideas to remind people that they can go green in many different ways and help to do your part to save the planet. My son is an environmental educator and he goes around the country teaching kids about how to recylcle and not waste and his biggest point is that there is only one animal that wastes ANYTHING and guess who that is..... Yep it is Man and yes you ladies too. so take a peek at that issue and maybe pick one thing at a time that you can do to help... maybe recycle all of those plastic water bottles, saves on oil too. Another thing is to not throw away your shoes, the bottoms can be recylcled and used to make playgrounds! Organic cotton is more readily available now too, maybe try some of that or soy silk or bamboo!

I found that issue very interesting!

Hope all is well with everyone. The retreat was a great success as usuall. It was hot and buggy outside but we were cool and bug free inside! We ate well as usuall and I saw a lot of people actually finishing things so I think it was a very productive weekend. If you missed it and are unsure maybe next time you can just wander out for the day and see what it is all about!

Have a great month and remember think green!

~Debbie