Guild News
May 10th Meeting
Rose Room, Loose Park 5200 Wornall Rd., KC MO
(816) 784-5300
10:00 AM – Regular Meeting
10:45 AM – Scholarship Program
Program News
May – Scholarship Program – You won’t want to miss this meeting when Mary Limpus transports us to another place and time. Through a PowerPoint presentation, she will share her journey and experiences in New Zealand.
June – Sandy Cahill will discuss Considerations for Commission Work
July – Abe Buddish will present a program about Fleece Samples, Different Fibers & Other Fiber Info.
August- Sarah Severns will present Results from a Napkin Exchange
September – FROM YOUR STASH – Member Participation & Drawing for Free Membership
October – Nametag contest: Mystery Prize for Nametag voted Best Overall
November – Tips & Tricks From Five of Our Members
December – Holiday Party & Gift Exchange/Potluck – “Miniatures” is the theme this year.
Treats
May – Linda Cole Howard, Paul W. Carlton, Ginnie Toone
June – Sharon Hutchinson, Krista Polaschek
New Members
Please welcome Kristen and Staci.
September “From Your Stash" Project
Don’t let time slip away from you! Start working on your “From Your STASH” project for September soon. Let your creative juices flow and create something from your stash — small, big, woven, felted, or sewn as long as it’s from your stash, share it with the guild in September. There will be a drawing and one lucky participant will receive a free membership for the upcoming year.
Missing Library Books
I am trying to locate a couple of books from the library, and need your help. Last year, I took some books for circulation to the Guild Meeting & they were on the back table for donations. If you adopted any books from the meeting last year, please take a look on your book shelves for the following books:
Warp and Weave by Robert Leclerc
A Handweaver's Pattern Book by Marquerite Davidson
Thank you for your help,
Jan Gallagher
Creative Hand
Meeting at 1pm, May 6th, at the Antioch Library, located at Antioch & Shawnee Mission Parkway in Kansas. This is an informational meeting for new and returning fiber artists. Anyone who is interested in participating in Creative Hand 2012 is required to attend this meeting. We will be assigning participants to committee positions and covering updates to the participant guidelines. Application forms will be available.
Looking forward to seeing all of you!
Laura Mayes
Creative Hand Chair
913-626-5898-Cell 913-831-2567-Home
Lmayes@waddell.com or laura.mayes06@gmail.com
Doubleweave Workshop with Jennifer Moore
Our workshop was a great success, full of insights and challenges for all who came. I'd like to thank everyone for helping things run smoothly, we really shine when we work together as a group. Hold onto your weaving samples and bring them in next month (May 10th). We'll share what we accomplished with Jennifer and who knows, by then we may have finished some Doubleweave of our own! Be sure to check the photo page for photos from the workshop. ~ Becky Stevens
Study Group
The study group is going to start meeting in the Rose Room after the regular Guild meeting is over. No meeting in April, but all are welcome to stick around in May. We are currently focusing on weaving and fiber trouble shooting. If you don't know the best way to do something or solve a problem, someone in the group probably does!
Community Outreach
We are adding the KC Rescue Mission to our Community Outreach this year. It is opening a brand new, 20-bed facility, for homeless, single women only. We will donate scarves, hats, mittens, purses, etc. at Christmas time.
We will continue to give yarn to Michael Knotts for his crocheted afghans for the Kansas City Hospice House. As of March this year, he has already made 18 afghans. It takes 8-10 skeins of worsted weight acrylic yarn to complete an afghan in any colors except black.
Photos, Photos, Photos!
Check here for photos from last month's meeting.
Fiber Instructors Wanted!
The Shepherd’s Mill is looking for teachers in a variety of fiber arts. We are interested in teachers for the months of September, October, and November on Saturdays. If you are interested in teaching on a Saturday during that time period please send us a proposal, including an outline of what will be taught, fees, and mileage. We have many materials for use in the classes.
Thanks,
Joyce
The Shepherd’s Mill
839 Third Street Phillipsburg, KS 67661
785-543-3128
joyce@kansasfiber.com
Mentoring
If you need a mentor or are willing to help a guild member, please contact Christy Berry @ bearandsprout@yahoo.com.
Library & Equipment Rental
Please return any past due items. The library & equipment rental are available for your use any time - just call first.
Carol Piepmeier, 913-645-8303 cpiep@kc.rr.com
Directory Update
2012 Guild Directory can be picked up from the Guild where you paid your dues.
If you find an error, please email Lolly at: itsewe@everestkc.net
Please contact Carolyn Budd with any questions about membership or mailing of directories.
KAWS 2012
Midwest Weavers Conference Prep, April 27-29, 2012, Emporia West Presbyterian Campus, 1702 W 15th Ave., Emporia, KS
The KAWS board has decided to use our annual conference this year to prepare for the MWC. There is a lot of work to be done and a lot of fun activities all weekend. We will be collecting brown buttons - 1/2"-3/4” and/or 1’’-1 1/2” at our March & April meetings, to be used for felting Sunflower broaches for KAWS members to wear at MWC. Registration: A $25 fee payable at registration in April to Kansas Alliance Weavers & Spinners. Please RSVP to Lolly Buxton by April 14, 2012 itsewe@everestkc.net
For hotels, click the link to Midwest Conf. 2013 and go to "lodging". This will be a "pay at the door" event for $25.00, but they need a head count by April 14th. Please let Lolly Buxton or Leslie McLaughlin know if you plan to attend, so we can put you on the list.
The Shepherd’s Mill was asked to create a special yarn for the 2013 Midwest Weavers “Prairie Winds” Conference. It is a blend of alpaca and dyed merino and now available. Check it out at kansasfiber.com.
All information for this year’s event is at www.kansasweavers.com
Midwest Weavers Association Conference
Prairie Winds Midwest Weavers is now excepting class proposals for the conference to be held June 20-22, 2013, in Emporia, Kansas. Please submit a description of the class, the class size limit and an estimate of class material fees. Our class lengths are 6 hour maxi sessions or 3 hour mini sessions. Some 3 day workshop spaces are available too. The submission deadline is March 1st, 2012. Providing a biography and photos of your work is helpful. Please submit your proposal to prairiewinds2013@gmail.com or send to Sherri Pickett, 103 Main St., Wellsville, KS 66092
Guild Window Stickers
We still have window stickers for sale. These stick right on the inside of your car window. At $5.00 a piece you can afford more than one! It's a great way to support and advertise the guild. Contact
Carolyn Budd
to arrange a purchase.
Meeting 2nd Thursday Each Month
Meetings are held at the *Rose Room, Loose Park 5200 Wornall Rd., KC MO
Go to the Map and directions
9:30 AM |
Coffee Time/Set Up |
10:00 AM |
Business Meeting |
10:30 AM |
Show & Tell |
11:00 AM |
Treat Break/Social Time |
11:30 AM |
Program (1 hour) |
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May Calendar
May 10th |
10 am - Weavers Guild Meeting
Rose Room, Loose Park
5200 Wornall Rd KC MO
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May 9th |
7 PM - Fiber Guild Meeting
Old Mission United Methodist Church
5519 State Park Road, Fairway, KS |
Other News
Donations Requested
Gina & Lolly need donations of 24 cardboard thread cones by the end of the summer, for their CLEAR class at JCCC. Please bring to Guild meetings.
Felting Guild
The Felting Guild is a study group comprised of members of the Weavers Guild and Fiber Guild. Members of both guilds can join, there are no fees. We pick a felting technique each month to explore, then meet at a member's house and share. We're a small but dedicated group.
Our next Felting meeting will meet on 3/31/12 at the Waldo branch of the KC Library at 10:30am. As always, feel free to bring items you've been working on to share.
For more info on the Felting Guild contact:
Judy Santner, Becky Stevens, or Carol Ann Parker.
Newcomers should always contact one of the above to confirm meeting place a week before the meeting.
Shawnee Indian Mission Fiber Fest
May 5, 2012. You can set up and sell at no cost for booth. More details to follow.
Missouri Fiber Artists Conference
May 18-20, 2012
Tan Tar A Resort, Osage Beach, State Road KK
Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
Registration Form MoFA 2012 Conference on website: www.missourifibertists.com
Registration Deadline: April 18, 2012
Textiles in a Tube 2
The second juried textile art competition at RIVERWORKS GALLERY at Art Crossing, Greenville, SC. June 1 – July 15. Entry deadline is May 4, 2012. Artists are invited to reinvent or expand the definitions of textile materials, processes and concepts and fit their work within a 3” by 36” mailing tube for delivery or shipment. Complete entry prospectus and submission instructions are available at http://gvltec.edu/textiles/.
Fleming Markel, Manager, Riverworks Gallery
864-271-0679
Fiber "U"
July 14-15, 2012 Cowan Civic Center Lebanon, MO Classes, Vendors & More! Pre-registration required for classes. Fee Admission & Parking Sat: 9-5, Sun 9-3
A fun and educational, fiber filled experience you don't want to miss, including classes, vendors, and demonstrations!
Offering a wide range of classes where YOU choose what you want to learn. We want to make finding fiber related resources easier by providing those of you who have registered with a fiber directory for the Midwest. We are always looking for volunteers and vendors so contact the Coordinator today at liz@whirlwindranch.com. Classes will range from 1-4 hours and many will be offered at least twice throughout the weekend.
www.mopaca.org 417-533-5280
Blue Ridge Fiber Show
The Blue Ridge Fiber Show runs from October 2, 2012 to January 2, 2013. It includes both amateurs and professionals and there are categories for weaving, felting and spinning. The show is sponsored by the Western North Carolina Fiber/Handweavers Guild. Registrations and fees are due on or before August 10, 2012. Entries are due on September 21, 2012. For details, please visit www.wncfhg.org and click on “Blue Ridge Fiber Show”. If you have questions, please email us at brfs2012@yahoo.com.
Hoping to hear from you,
Teena Tuenge- BRFS 2012 coordinator
Heartland Looms
Hand-woven rugs by Susan Richards, one of our new guild members, will be exhibited at Darling Yoga Gallery beginning April 9th through the month of May. Located at the crossroads of Quivira and College - 11711 College Blvd in Overland Park, KS - the gallery is open for viewing before and after yoga classes. A complete schedule of classes may be found at www.darlingyoga.com.
New Online Fiber Store
Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle is a small business in Stromsburg, Nebraska featuring fine yarns, spinning and felting fibers, Swedish Glimåkra looms, Nebraska-made spinning and weaving tools and knitting and crocheting accessories. We are a new business and we are always happy to search for that special tool or material for you. Special orders are always welcome.
Kelsey L. Quandt
http://spindleshuttleandneedle.com/
kelsey@spindleshuttleandneedle.com
(402)405-1971
New Craft Gallery
A new gallery for fine craft has opened in Weston, Missouri. Featuring a selection of art as well as work by a dozen craftspersons in ceramics, metalwork, cut paper, painted tinware, woodwork and textiles, the Collinson Gallery features traditional craft for the remainder of 2011. Textile artists included in the current exhibition are Jeff Reynolds of Marshall, Missouri (spectacular overshot weaving) and Susan Levi-Goerlich of Columbia Maryland who creates landscapes and views of flower gardens in embroidery on silk. Additional craftspeople will be added over the coming months. We are trying to create a place for seeing and buying high quality craft work in a number of media - something which the Kansas City region could use.
The Collinson Gallery
633 Main St
Weston, MO 64098
319-471-1533
thecollinsongallery.com
thecollinsongallery@gmail.com 11-5 Weds through Sunday
Newsletter Submissions
Newsletter items are due by the 20th of each month. Send an email to the Newsletter Editor. Copies of current newsletters are available at the meeting. If you do not receive your newsletter by Friday the week before, please contact the Editor and she will get a copy to you ASAP.
If you are the contact person for a fiber group and want to keep current with KCWG events, please e-mail the Newsletter Editor.
Buy Sell or Trade
Looking for weaving equipment items for sale or trade?
Go to the Classified Ads.
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