Guild News
July 10th Meeting -- FRIDAY!!!
Waldo Library 201 East 75th St, KC MO
10:00 AM – Regular Meeting
10:30 AM – Show & Tell / Treats
11:30 AM – Program
Important Date Change!
Please note: the July meeting will be held at Waldo Library on the second Friday. That would be Friday July 10th. This is because of summer programs already scheduled at the library on Thursdays.
July Program and more
We were very lucky to have Susan Hoisington and her husband come to us on Friday, June 12th! Her program called “Magical Methods from My Weaving Heroes” in which she shared weaving techniques passed on by her own weaving mentors was very interesting and educational. These are weaving skills that everyone could use and we thank you very much, Susan!
On Friday July, 10th Mr. David Brackett from KU will join us in Waldo to share his journey into the world of jacquard weaving. He will be bringing samples to show us.
August 13th, we return to Thursdays with a program by our own Guild members who will share what they learned at KAWS in a very interesting, colorful and instructional program.
September 10th will be an interesting program with the textiles of Central America, brought to us by Jane Piper. She will have lots of samples, and they will be for sale!
On October 8th, Leesa Duby will teach us by example some interesting fiber skills that she has learned at the Midwest Fiber Festival in Iowa this year.
The November meeting will be on the 12th, and no one has been scheduled to visit with us yet. I'm hoping for a distinguished guest to re-visit our welcoming guild.
December is our long-awaited potluck Christmas party, this year hosted by Leesa Duby. Please bring a wrapped gift, the theme: anything in a rectangular shape. Long, short, soft, hard, flat, filled, you choose!
July Treats
Mary Lu Johnston and Lolly Buxton will provide treats.
Guild Dye Party
August 21, 2009, 10:00am - 3:00pm
Loose Park - Rose Room, Cost: $15.00 pay by August 1, 2009 (sign-up deadline)
Limit: 22 participants. Check your calendars you won't want to miss this fun filled day! Sign-up forms will be available at the June meeting.
Download the form here.
Equipment Info
If you want to rent Guild equipment in the next few weeks, please contact Carol Piepmeier's sister, Arlene Finney at (816) 769-3949.
Fiber Retreat
Fiber Guild’s Retreat is July 10-12; the cost is $50 and includes room and board. More information on the Fiber Guild website @ www.kansascityfiberguild.org.
Creative Hand
Creative Hand applications are available. Deadline is July 31st to avoid the higher entry fee. You can download applications from the fiber guild website: http://www.kansascityfiberguild.org/Pages/Creative_Hand_Sale.htm
Wooly Question
My name is Lori Wattenbarger, and I am currently a student in the education program at Graceland University. I have an assignment to plan a two week unit of study for my "kindergarten class", and I am doing it on farm animals. One day we are going to study sheep, and I was wondering if there is anyone in the club that can or would do a classroom demonstration on how wool is made into yarn? I know this is just a pretend issue now, but I'd like to be authentic; also, I would really like to do this unit with my future class, and it would be nice to know of someone who would be willing to come and share. Thank you for your help, Lori.
lorimockingbirdhill@yahoo.com
Mentoring Opportunities
I joined the guild and was only able to attend a couple meetings. I am new to the world of weaving and spinning, and would love to learn more about it. I have a floor loom and have made one project. It was a great experience. I noticed the mentoring opportunities on your home page and am interested to know if there is anyone who would be willing to teach me more about weaving or spinning.
Thank you, Margie Shay 816-547-8270 margie@shaysonline.com
I have a Harrisville loom. I believe it to be about 40 years old. I am looking for someone to come to my house to reassemble and prepare it for weaving. I am not a weaver but would like to learn. I inherited it in pieces and need help. I live in Prairie Village. Thank you for your help. Jean Liggett, jeaninelig@yahoo.com
I am a very new weaver and am interested in obtaining a loom but do not know enough to know what to get. I only want to do rag rugs. I am not able to come to your meetings as I work during the day. Would you, or one of your members who does rag rugs, be willing to talk to me and let me "pick your brain"? My phone number is 816-392-9080. Thanks so much--Harriet Lard
Demonstration Opportunities
Hello, I represent Kansas City Community Gardens (www.kccg.org). We have a fall festival each year and have had a spinner/weaver attend each year. This year our spinner can't come and we are looking for someone else to help us out. The Fall Family Festival is Sept 19 from 10 am to 3:30 pm. We are looking for someone who could bring a spinning wheel and maybe a table loom. This is an educational part of our festival that is very popular. Children look for it each year. We provide lunch and a reasonable mileage reimbursement if someone came from a distance. I would appreciate any help you could give me. Thank you, Mary Roduner
Children's Gardening Coordinator
Kansas City Community Gardens
816-931-3877, mroduner@sbcglobal.net
www.kccg.org
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.
Meeting 2nd Thursday Each Month
Meetings are held at the *Waldo Branch Kansas City, MO public library - 201 East 75th St, 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 |
11:15 AM |
Program (1 hour) |
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July Calendar
July 8th |
7 PM - Fiber Guild Meeting
(Shawnee Indian Mission; Fairway KS) |
July 10th |
10 am - Weavers Guild Meeting
(Waldo Library, 201 East 75th St, KC MO)
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Other News
Fiber Focus 2009
A nine-state juried biennial exhibit open to artists 21 years of age or older residing in: Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
Hosted by Art Saint Louis, co-presented by: Art Saint Louis, Weavers’ Guild of St. Louis, Missouri Fiber Artists, and Surface Design Association, with partial grants from Missouri Arts Council, and the Regional Arts Commission .
Media: Contemporary artwork in any fiber media or combinations of fiber media. Media other than fiber may be incorporated if the central or key element being explored is clearly fiber or fiber technique. All styles and subject matter.
Exhibition dates: September 14—October 15, 2009
Entry postmark deadline: July 7, 2009
For more info check out the website:
http://www.artstlouis.org/callforentries.html
Fair Reminders
It is Fair time again, and they are looking for some wonderful entries from the Kansas City Guilds. The Fair is open to all with no residence requirements. They have new Fiber Art classes this year for spinning and weaving. So let's get going and see what great things we can enter. All information is listed @ www.JoCoKansasFair.com, go to class 6600, Handwork- Fabric & Fiber.
The Fair also asked if we can provide a few demonstrators; your choice of days and times. If you have questions or want to demo., contact Vivian Bandel @ gvband@swbell.net or call 913-782-6457.
Both KC Guilds will be donating a one year membership as a prize again this year.
Weaving Workshop
Professional weaver, teacher, author, Laura Fry will be teaching a 2 day weaving workshop in Lamar, Missouri July 18 &19.
Mug Rugs and More
Participants will weave round robin on a variety of different weave structures using fibres suitable for table textiles. Wet finishing and finishing touches will be explored. Each person will go home with a variety of mug rugs woven in such weaves as Summer and Winter, lace weaves, stuffed double weave, twills, etc. Treatments such as four-sided fringes, hem stitching, and hemming will be demonstrated.
If more than two days are available, time will be spent on the theory of the weave structures.
Pre-requisite: Participants should be able to read a draft and dress their looms
Students limited. The cost is $ 150.00 plus a $25.00 materials fee. This will include lunch, coffee, tea and snacks both days.
Contact Darlene Megli for more information.
Megli, Darlene
E-mail Address(es):
ldmegli@tiadon.com
Address:
275 SW 30th Road
Lamar Missouri 64759
Phone: 417 682 5931
Exhibitions
“Off the Wheel,” an exhibition of work by Kansas City artist Debbie Barrett-Jones, known for her color handwoven panels, will be on view at the Blue Bouquet; 517 E. 18th Street Kansas City, MO from 6-10 p.m. Friday June 5th. Closing reception, Friday September 4th from 6-10, will feature her hand-dyed scarves and shawls inspired by her larger panels. The exhibition is a collection of interpretive studies of the color wheel. Using the process of color mixing and percentage gradation dyeing, each woven panel reveals the beautiful communication that passes between one color thread intersecting another. Debbie Barrett-Jones
8334 Kenwood Ave, Kansas City, MO 64131
816-718-6732, Debbiebarrettjones.com,
BillySueTextiles.Etsy.com
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