2012 MeetingTopics

January 14 - Pot Luck Brunch and Resolution Weave

February 4 - Mixed Media Felting

Please bring: Needle, thread, embroidery floss, scissors, yarn, roving, fabric scraps, sharpie markers,
“kid” watercolor palette/brush, crayons, oil pastels, pencil, ruler and something you might wanted to back your project with... If you are thinking about framing it, maybe you need cardboard or foam core cut to size;
want to create a valentine’s card? You might need card stock paper; if thinking about incorporating
this into a quilt, bring a piece of fabric to serve as your base.

(if you think of something else you want to work into your project, bring it!!) Recycled wool sweaters make EXCELLENT bases for this project...you may want to felt it beforehand to be ready to work on Saturday.

If you have any needle-felting tools, please bring them!

March 3 - Kool-Aid Dyeing

March 24 (4th Saturday, too, this month!) - Kid-friendly Crafting

April 14 - Knotting, Macrame'

May 5 - Kick-off Summer Fiber Challenge and Elections

No regular meetings during summer months.

2011 MeetingTopics

January 8 - New Year's Show & Share

February 5 - FIBER CHALLEGE REVEAL! Bring your beautiful work to share and discuss with the Guild: pages will be collected for an archiving & documenting project (don’t worry they will be returned!) Your sample should measure 5x7".

March 5 - Field Trip to Plainview! Soy Silk Fusion workshop! A collaboration between the Heritage Fiber Guild and the Amarillo Weaver's Guild. Click here for details.

April 2 - Weaving Part 1: How to Calulate a Warp (and Springtime Show & Tell)

May 7 - Weaving Part 2: Hands-on weaving project. No loom needed.

No meetings during summer months.

September 10 - Welcome to the new program year.

October 1 - Pin Weaving

November 5 - Embroidery

December 3 - First Ever Fiber-related Ornament Exchange (hand-crafted or purchased) and Pot Luck Holiday Brunch.

2010 MeetingTopics

January 9 - Paper Bowls - Learn about the process of creating something unique from paper pulp and fibers.

February 6 - Field trip to the Southwest Collection to see the Artist Books Collection. (Hostess: Carla)

March 6 - Recycled Projects - projects made from repurposed fibers. (Hostess: Pat & Mary). Meet at the Groves Library!

April 3 - Field trip to Plainview for Basket Workshop. Spend a day creating and weaving your own basket! (Hostesses: Annette & Cinde) We'll meet at 10:30 at the First Baptist Church in Plainview (basement). Bring a Rubbermaid tub, pliers, a narrow flat-head screwdriver, and a box cutter if you have one. Stay tuned for information about carpooling.

May 1 - Stash Swap. Clean out your closets and swap to renew your stash, or we might even pull together our own wild and crazy mix to make a Summer Fiber Challenge. (Hostesses: Carol & Lynn B.)

No meetings during summer months.

September 2 - Regroup after the summer. Share projects.

October 2 - Tissue-Bleed Silk Scarf make-it-&-take-it mini workshop (super gift making opportunity that promises beautiful results and is quick and easy!) There will be supplies for everyone to make at one, and we’ll have extras for $5 each, plus we’ll have the info on how-to do this project and where-to find supplies available.

November 6 - Pot luck luncheon and The Art of Collage. A relaxing way to start the craziness that is the Fall & Holiday Season… The Art of Collage—Lynn Whitfield will share her latest collage piece using all types of fiber;
bring scraps of paper, materials and yarn and create a piece for your own theme! Announcement of Fiber Challenge!

December 4 - No meeting.

2009 MeetingTopics

January 3 - Favorite Fiber Arts Books

February 7 - Machine Embroidery, presented by Billie Conley @ the Bernina Sewing Center.
Billie has helped us create an exciting field trip to the Bernina Sewing Center to have the experts share the world of Machine Embroidery and show us just how just about anything you can think of can come out of your machine.

March 7 - Spinning from the Beginning, presented by Becky & Annette.
Road Trip to Plainview! It will be an exciting morning learning the spinning process from the very beginning and you know we’ll have to do lunch too! Details to come...carpools to be organized.

April 4 - Spring & Green! presented by Carol & Lisa Sperry @ the Ranching Heritage Center. Great ideas for recycled fibers of all kinds!

May 9 - Share your favorite "Take-Along" projects.

September 12 - Welcome Back meeting. Share news and projects as the Heritage Fiber Guild begins a new year.

October 3 - Christmas Ornament Show-n-Tell. Collect ideas in time to create some yourself!

November 7 - Silk scarves mini-workshop. Create tissue paper bleed scarves that make easy and beautiful gifts for the holiday season.

December 5 - Celebrate the Season Lunch. Bring your in-progress projects for show & tell or for encouragement to finish them before the holidays!

Topics Suggested for Future Meetings

• Edges and finishes
• Straw weaving
• Spinning wheel demonstration
• Cardboard weaving
• Paper weaving
• Weaving design software for computers
• Warping demonstration
• Calculating warp and weft yardages (Planning a weaving project)
• Fancy edges for knitted projects
• Christmas cards & ornaments
• Felting
• Needle felting
• Fibers - Different kinds and how to prepare them for spinning
• Weaving baskets
• Inkle loom weaving
• Card weaving (different from cardboard weaving)
• How to knit socks
• Beading
• Tatting
• Fiber preservation
• Sewing workshop - bring your sewing machine to make a small project
• Handmade books for a Book Circle Exchange
• Papermaking
• Knitting basics (such as increasing and decreasing, reading knitting instructions)
• Play day (Bring your current project and work on it in good company!)
• Service projects (hats for the homeless, preemies, shawl ministry, etc.)
• Weaving placemats from denim or bamboo