Chemung Valley Fiber Arts Guild – 1st Winter Games

On January 3rd,  2009, the guild will be holding its 2nd Roc Day Celebration.   Just like many guilds who hold a Roc Day event, we will have vendors, a dish-to-pass-luncheon for members and guests, kids corner, raffles and more..    Instead of  inviting a speaker.. we’ve chosen to have our first winter games.. 
From our poster:
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September Meeting Reminder – Demo at the Inn….

On Saturday, September 6th, guildmembers will be participating in the Whinblinger event at the Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum in Corning NY.  The event takes place from 10-4 and guild members will be demonstrating the art of spinning and weaving.  At 3pm, the guild will hold a short business meeting. 
The Whingblinger is a great family oriented event…. come [...]

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July 2008 meeting reminder…

Due to the holiday weekend, our next meeting will be held on July 12th, the second Saturday of the month instead of the first Saturday. 
Fairs and festivals are fast approaching and quite a few members are interested in attending some of the fairs or entering fleeces, skeins or finished objects in competition. With that in [...]

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Notes on January Meeting …. Rock Day

Good weather and a blurb in the local paper brought quite a few visitors to our January meeting and some new members.   With all the visitors we felt like we were quickly out growing our current location. 
We didn’t have as many vendors as we’d hoped, but we did really well for a guild that  is [...]

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December Meeting Notes…

Members braved one of the coldest days so far to come to the guild meeting on Saturday, carrying projects to work on, goodies to share and packages for the gift exchange.    We snacked as we welcomed 3 new members and discussed guild business.   This guild really has a sweet tooth but one of the guild members makes cheese, delicious!  
We [...]

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Fingerlakes Fiber Festival…

On Sept 15th & 16th, several guild members went to the FingerLakes Fiber Arts Festival, held in Hemlock NY.   
A couple of guild members had entered items in the skein and garment competitions.  We were delighted to see that our 11 year old spinner, Rosie, had earned 3 special ribbons for her first skeins along with some cash.  Needless [...]

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Endless Mountains Fiber Festival

No photos to share of the Endless Mountain Fiber Festival on Sept 8th & 9th.  It was a nice festival, not too large, but large enough to find a variety of yarns, fibers and other items.  Info and photos about the festival can be seen at http://www.pafiberfestival.com/

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