A two-day celebration of fiber art! Vendors of fine fiber art and supplies. Classes and workshops will include pine needle basket making, embroidered paper-greeting cards, Japanese folding book, colcha embroidery, Native American talking sticks, and much more.
Demonstrations include bed turnings, basket making, beading on textiles and more. Lectures include sewing with handwoven fabric, textile care and preservation and more. Special exhibits of dolls, quilts, wearable art garments, baskets, handmade books and many more. Make and take projects make this a whole family event.
The 2011 festival will be November 11 and 12 in the Grant County Convention Center, 3031 Highway 180 East in Silver City. Doors are open from 10 am to 5 pm each day. Admission is free, although donations to support this annual event are welcome and appreciated.
The show will include vendors of fiber art supplies and fine handmade fiber art, plus fun demos and workshops of fiber and fiber arts:
Classes and Workshops:
- Pine Needle Basket Making
- Embroidery on Paper-Greeting Cards
- Japanese Folding Book
- Silk Painting
- Quilting, Playful Posies
- Colcha Embroidery
- Knitting Snowflakes
- Native American Talking Sticks
- To Spindle or Not to Spindle Basket
- Hyberbolic Crochet
Demos:
- Bed Turnings
- Basketmaking
- Cotton Spinning
- Beading on Textiles
- Accucut Fabric Cutting Machine
- Yucca Fiber Spinning
Lectures:
- Sewing with Handwoven Fabric
- Japanese Embroidery
- Textile Care and Preservation
Special Exhibits:
- “Frugal to Fancy” – 30′s Reproduction Quilts
- Wearable Art Garments
- Invitational Miniature Challenge Quilts
- Needlework
- Handmade Dolls
- Silk Painting
- Japanese Embroidery
- From Wool to Wearables
- Tatting
- Contemporary Fiber Art Quilts Wool Hooked Rugs
- Crocheted Car Cozy
- Woven and Pine Needle Baskets
- Beaded Jewelry
- Antique Quilts
- Handmade Books and more!
The Silver City Fiber Festival is sponsored by the SW Women’s Fiber Arts Collective and Freeport McMoRan, Grant County Extension Service, Yada Yada Yarn, Eat Your Heart Out Caterers, Holiday Inn Express, Las Colcheras Quilt Guild, Uncommon Threads Quilting Group, SW New Mexico Quilters Guild, AmBank, Prudential Realty, Frank Lopez, Inn on Broadway, First New Mexico Bank, Cassie Health Center for Women.