SBFAG Meeting on SaturdayApril 6, 2019

***Please note location for this meeting and workshop***

Church of Christ: 677 N. Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara. 

9:30, business meeting at 10:00, presentation follows

Presentation by Valerie McClean: (at the morning meeting)

Ever wonder how you felt something that is 3 dimensional and it doesn’t felt together, or how to make a pocket, a coat or hat.  What do you use and why that and not something else?  Once you understand this and the technique you can felt just about any shape.  Come on the first Saturday in April and see several things that have been made using a resist, sample of resists and the size the finished product started out as before the shrinkage.  See you then, and bring your questions. 

Workshop with Valerie McLean: (in the afternoon)

April 6, 2019, 1:00-5:00 pm. Cost: $45; Non-member enrollment fee is $80

This half day workshop will be held at the Church of Christ, 677 N. Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara, following the Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild meeting. Please bring a sack lunch or you can go out for lunch and return by 1:00 pm to begin the workshop.

Please sign up at the Wake Center WOW classroom or email SBFAG1@gmail.com in order to sign up for the workshop. Deadline is March 16th.

Checks should be made payable to Valerie McLean and given to her on the day of the workshop.

Felting a three-dimensional vessel

This will be a basic felting workshop for a three-dimensional vessel using wool roving and a flat resist. Students will gain an understanding of and the techniques involved with the construction of a vessel such as bowls, hats, bags and totes.

Initially, students will be making the same vessel using a resist in the shape of a circle but each participant will decide where the opening will be and how the vessel will be embellished. All wool and embellishments will be provided.

Two weeks before class, Valerie will send out a list of supplies for each participant is to bring. These are items you have at home: olive oil bar of soap, or liquid or bar of Ivory soap, or liquid Palmolive soap, a small bucket or tub to hold your water in and a couple of towels for water spills.

No Materials Fee. All felting materials are included with the workshop fee. In order to reserve placement in the workshop, please sign up by March 16, 2019[

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Jannie Taylor from Central Coast Weavers
Presentation and Workshop
(note: we will have the regular meeting Saturday morning at Maravilla, the workshop will be 2 days, on Sunday and Monday at San Antonio Village).

Presentation: Totally Tied-Weaves
Meeting on Saturday, March 2, at Maravilla, 5486 Calle Real, Santa Barbara

You may have tried Summer & Winter or dabbled with a little Tied Overshot; you may have heard of something called “Bergman” or wondered what on earth “Quigley” might look like. If so, you are off to a good start, but you’ve hardly scratched the surface of the amazing world of Tied-Weaves. Learn the basics of what makes a weave “Tied”; how these structures work and how weaving software can make the design process fun and easy.

Workshop with Jannie Taylor on March 3 and 4 needs a few more participants!
The two-day workshop will be held at the San Antonio Village clubhouse, 39 N. San Marcos Road, Santa Barbara. Please email sbfag1@gmail.com or use the CONTACT page to sign up!
March 3 and 4, 2019, 9:00-4:00 each day. Cost: $200 member, $235 non-members

Weaving and Designing in Summer & Winter (2 days)
Students will gain an understanding of the tied weave commonly known as Summer & Winter through drafting exercises and by weaving samples of a variety of Summer & Winter designs on 4, 6, 8 and more shafts. Influence of color, value and scale in Summer & Winter designs will be discussed and covered through software demonstrations and a variety of samples. Using Summer & Winter for clothing, accessories and household textiles will be discussed.
Students will each bring a loom, pre-threaded to a design provided by the instructor. Each workshop participant will leave the class with their own annotated Summer & Winter workbook and a set of samples. This will be a Round-Robin Weaving Workshop.
Skill Level: Beginner to advanced. Participants should be able to read a weaving draft and thread a loom.
Materials Fee: $35.00 for a comprehensive workbook. Optional $15.00 fee for a collection of all workshop drafts, plus bonus drafts.

The February 2, 2019, Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild Program is a presentation by Shari McKelvy of Morro Fleece Works, in Morro Bay, on the “Sheep to Shawl” Process. This program will be of interest to weavers, spinners and knitters in the guild. “Sheep to Shawl” includes the processing of wool from the shearing of a sheep to the weaving of a shawl. This includes, the shearing of a sheep, cleaning and processing of the wool, the spinning of the fiber and to the weaving of the garment. Shari will also include a discussion on some of the details involved in the running of the mill and what products and services that they provide to other companies or the individual consumer.

We will be meeting at the Clubhouse at Maravilla Senior Living in Goleta.

Judee Hauer, Creative Wall Puppets

We will have a presentation by Judee Hauer, at Maravilla Senior Living in Goleta. Please park near the Clubhouse where we meet. This is our first regular first Saturday meeting for 2019!

Gather at 9:30 for social time, 10:00 short business meeting, then our presentation.

Judee will show her process in designing and developing her Creative Wall Puppets, which are
made of cloth and wood. They were shown at Santa Barbara Arts in La Arcada.

Robin Lynde from Meridian Jacobs Farm https://www.meridianjacobs.com will give a presentation on the World of Wool: Breeds of sheep and influences on fiber characteristics.

If you are a yarn lover and want to know about wool this will be fun and informative. The Saturday morning presentation at our regular Guild meeting is free and open to the public. November’s Meeting will be at Maravilla.

If you wish to learn more Robin will have a two day workshop beginning on Saturday afternoon from 1-4 and concluding on Sunday from 9-4, and this will be at San Antonio Village.  Workshop attendees will card, comb and spin a variety of color combinations.  Please see the newsletter for details on signing up.

We are hanging a show!

We will NOT be having our regular Saturday meeting in October.  Instead, we are having a Fiber Arts Show at the Goleta Library and the Reception, on Sunday, October 7th, 2-4 in the afternoon, will serve as our October gathering.  Members please get your entry form in and friends and family join us at the Reception or see the show during the month of October. 

Deborah Jarchow will demonstrate warping and weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom.

The meeting will be held at the San Antonio Village Clubhouse at our regular time of 9:30 (social time) followed by a short business meeting and then the featured speaker.

The beginning Rigid Heddle workshop in the afternoon is full but there is room in the workshops on Sunday and Monday for more advanced techniques.

Saturday, April 7th
Member-led workshops: Several of our members will be leading mini-workshops in
a variety of techniques. Come and learn something new!

– Phyllis Haecker will, by popular demand, show how to fold boxes out of paper. All
materials provided.
– Kenna Hickman will bring many different fibers, carders, combs, blending board,
spinning wheels, and drop spindle to show you how to be a spinner. All materials
provided.
– Debbie Carlen will show how to crochet a nylon kitchen scrubby. These were very
popular at the WoW Sale. Yarn will be available but please bring your own crochet
hook #G, H or I.     BEGINNERS WELCOME!
– Jeanette Mustacich will guide you how to make a Granny Square. Knowledge of
basic stitches needed. There will be yarn and hooks for you who want to try. If you
wish to make a project of your own, please bring worsted yarn in at least two colors
and appropriate size hook. Please bring your own scissors.
– Amy Rossi For those who always have been curious about knitting, Amy will
demonstrate how to cast on, knit and purl. Yarn is provided. Please bring knitting
needles size 8.
– Annie Guillemette is looking forward to demonstrate basic embroidery stitches. A
kit will be available. Please bring your own small scissors.
– Bev Ryan answers the question, what is the best way to spin those fine downy
fibers? An Indian takli, originally used to spin cotton. I have used it to spin
cashmere, camel down, qiviut (musk ox), buffalo, yak, and cotton. I will have some
spun examples, and some yak down to demo.

Location: San Antonio Village Clubhouse, 39 San Marcos Rd, Santa Barbara