Recently in Fiber Guild Category

I learned how to wet-felt last week at Susan Myers' house. Susan is a great teacher, as you can see from my felted piece, above.

VIckie Hover, another fiber friend, who makes whimsical felted dolls with stories, was also there. The three of us had a good time making a mess in Susan's felting studio. I think I'll have to do this in my kitchen, as I don't have extra room for doing this, but it's okay. I gained a lot of confidence doing this, and I am going to make something out of it, just not sure what.

I attended a meeting on Wednesday night way down in Fairway, Kansas. It took almost an hour to get there, but boy, was it worth it!

The women who were at this meeting were extremely friendly and welcoming, and fun people. I had met two of the members, Vickie and Susan, last summer when I had a booth at the First Annual (at least I hope)Fiber Festival of Leavenworth, Kansas.

Susan makes beautiful glass jewelry and also spins and dyes and knits. And she has a great sense of humor.

Vickie Hoover needle felts gnomes, fairies, animals ... all kinds of wonderful creatures! She makes the faces with Sculpy clay and comes up with all kinds of props for her creations. I wish she would get her website going so I could link to her!

Everyone is happy to share their knowledge and even seem to think that I can teach them some things (specially my method of dyeing roving).

Anyway, I'm excited. I am inspired. I am energized.

All of these are good things for me.

http://kansascityfiberguild.org/

Organized in 1975, The Fiber Guild of Greater Kansas City promotes Creative Fiber arts and supports the local fiber arts community.  Our members include weavers, spinners, knitters, quilters, bead artists and others with a  diverse fiber interest. Members have a wide range of backgrounds as well as skill levels and are generally located in the Kansas City area.