Fiber Guild of the Savannahs

Membership:

* Open to all who are interested in the fiber arts: weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, etc.

* No skill level is necessary— beginners are encouraged to attend and learn.

Meetings:

* Day: 1st Saturday (September through June - see this year's schedule at left)

* Time: 10:15am to 1pm (the front gate WILL NOT open until 10am when Oatland opens)

* Place: Oatland Island Wildlife Center, Welcome Center - 2nd floor Studio - please sign in first at front desk (directions on their website - see link above)

* A program or demonstration is held at each meeting and a fiber-related workshop is held once a year.

• Newsletter distributed monthly.

• Dues: $25 per year

For more information:

email fiberguildofthesavannahs2@gmail.com

2011-2012

Meeting/Event Schedule

ALL MONTHLY MEETINGS WILL BE AT OATLAND ISLAND WILDLIFE CENTER in our new STUDIO in the WELCOME CENTER at 10:15am unless announced. The gate at Oatland does not open until 10am.

May 5

Coil Basketry by SCAD professor Sally Kroehnke

Bring scissors, tapestry needle with a dull point and some yarn or half inch fabric strips. Sally will have extra tapestry needles, 5/2 cotton yarn and the core material.

June 2

Picnic and Natural Dyeing at Oatland

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PAST PROGRAMS 2011-2012

Sept 10, 2011

Book-inspired fiber projects and sharing hosted by Phillippa Paddison - Phillippa's suggested book list

Oct 8, 2011

Field trip to SPACE quilt show and SCAD program with MFA Fibers graduate Abigail Kokai

Nov 5, 2011 - 12:30pm* special time

Wool Quilt Project by JoAnn Moss - contact her for kit

Sat - Nov 12, 2011 - 10am to 4pm Cane Grinding Festival - Homestead area Oatland

Dec 3, 2011

Holiday luncheon & ornaments and felt projects, etc. by Mary Mistak at Oatland - bring felted mats from JoAnn Moss' Nov. workshop, a dish to share and a gift to exchange, if you'd like to participate in the exchange.

Jan 7, 2012

Roc day and spinning and weaving/knitting demos

Nel Adams will have a beginning knitting project. Please bring 100-120 yards of wool, size #11 needles, and a tapestry needle.

January & February 2012

Taste of... the Fiber Arts workshops at Oatland

click here for the Flier with schedule

Feb 4, 2012

Mary Kelly will presenting her newest book, Goddess Women Cloth a Worldwide Tradition of Making and Using Ritual Textiles

March 3, 2012

Dorset Buttons by Mary Bass and plans for Sheep to Shawl and Fiber Show at Oatland

March 24 - 10am-4pm

Sheep to Shawl Festival at Oatland