April showers bring May flowers, and May flowers bring the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival! It’s that time when Guild members make their annual pilgrimage to the mecca of fiber, supplies and inspiration. Here’s to a fruitful trip to all. We will not be having a regular May meeting due to the festival, but for those […]
Written by We are well underway to pulling our first official guild cookbook together. Everyone has been working hard entering recipes, proofreading, and organizing. Thanks to all that have already submitted recipes and to those that haven’t – there is still time! We have a goal of 250-300 recipes so we really need your support. Pre-orders have […]
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As winter winds down, the Guild has been gearing up on some new projects. Special thanks go to Lesley Reynolds for setting up our new website, found at fswguild.org . If you haven’t checked it out yet, give it a try. It looks great, is easy to access, and is the place to go for […]
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The Fredericksburg Spinners and Weavers Guild would like to introduce an outstanding learning opportunity. The Guild is hosting a multi-day/part dying workshop that will cover many facets of fiber dying, from beginner to more advance topics specifically geared toward certain artist groups. The signup sheets are on the Guild bulletin board. Please pay when you sign up […]
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In an effort to garner the greatest participation by guild members in our monthly meetings the board is examining the possibility of meeting on the 2nd Saturday of the month. Members have remarked that shifting the meeting to the second Saturday of the month would free the guild of conflicts with events and holidays such as the […]
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As promised, the guild now has an online marketplace for selling handcrafted creations as well as used equipment. If you are interested in posting to the marketplace, please follow this link.
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SKEIN, GARMENT and FIBER ARTS COMPETITIONS AND DISPLAY It’s time to start planning to enter the 2013 Skein, Garment and Fiber Arts Competition! This year’s competition has 23 Adult categories, and 4 Youth divisions with 2 age groups. Over 60 ribbons will be awarded and we’ll present over 25 prizes from vendors at the Festival! […]
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Being a member of the FSWG has many rewards, and hanging out with fellow fiber enthusiasts is one of them. We share a love of fiber, food and fun at our monthly meetings. But also enjoyable are the smaller groups that gather and concentrate on a particular interest or skill, such as the sock group, knitting […]
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For the holiday season I do enjoy the festive atmosphere created when decorating the house. Setting up the tree with family ornaments, and using colorful holiday tablecloths and linens from friends abroad. This year however, once the new year began and the holiday decorations were packed away I found my “back to normal” house looking […]
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President—Keren Pritchett Vice-President—Lesley Reynolds and Mary Snellings Special Events Coordinator —Lynette Reed Secretary—Peg Waters Treasurer—Anne Nourse Newsletter Editor— Mary Hardy Education & Outreach—Vacant Librarian—Margaret Hermann Workshops Coordinator—Anna Branner Membership Coordinator—Judy Klehm Publicity—Mary Snellings Website – Lesley Reynolds
