What is the Mid-Ohio Valley Fiber Arts Festival?The goal of the Mid-Ohio Valley Fiber Arts Festival is to celebrate textile-based arts and traditional arts of Appalachia. We want to bring awareness of fiber products to the public. The clothing we wear today is made from natural fibers (such as cotton, wool, and linen) or synthetic fibers (such as nylon, rayon and polyester). The Fiber Arts Festival will showcase the natural fibers and how they are used in everyday activities. An introduction to the fiber arts with interactive demonstrations in spinning, weaving, natural dyeing processes, felting, knitting and crocheting will be available at this year’s festival. In addition, visitors can explore a new world of animals with showings from alpacas, rabbits, and llamas! There are handmade goods including painted yarn, alpaca toys, original lace, shawls, sweaters, hats, mittens, soaps, rugs, knitting accessories, felted figurines, and more! The event hours are Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Admission is $3 per person and children under 12 years get in free at the Junior Fair Building, Washington County Fairgrounds. Other locations participating in this year's Festival include: The Castle, The Toy and Doll Museum, The Anchorage, The Woolen Willow and Campus Martius Museum. Free shuttle service will be provided to all locations for program holders. Vendors of fibers, fiber-related equipment, fiber-processing supplies and instruction books, or finished fiber or fiber-related products are invited to participate in this event. Exhibitors of fiber animals who wish to sell products must reserve vendor space. We need to make arrangements for animals, please provide that information at time of registering.
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2008 Vendors (as of April) - Dulcimer Valley Voices, (Chuck and Judithe Craig), Wooster, OH
cpcraig@sssnet.com
Bringing sounds from Appalachia mountains while dressed in costume.
Expertise By Nosha, (Nosha Namaboyta), Dayton, OH
noshamdesigns@yahoo.com
Quilts, wall hangings, shea butter, clothing and jewelry.
Kocher Farms, (B.J. Kocher), Sistersville, WV kfarms@wildblue.netAlpaca throws, rovings, yarn and felts. Millers Dry Goods, (Katie Barkman), Millersburg, OH www.millersdrygoodsandfabric.com
quilts@millersdrygoods.com Fabric bundles, patterns, kits, charm squares, jelly rolls, pincushions, needle holders, homemade items, etc. - Pioneer Fiber Crafters Guild, (Barbara Birkland), Waterford, OH
bjbirk@clover.net
Spinners & Weavers & Felt makers Demonstrations
- Renaissance Farms, (Bill and Louise Goebel), McArthur, OH
www.alpacanation/renaissancefarms.asp
renfarms@starband.net
Alpaca fleece (natural and dyed), handmade felted items, felted handmade goat's milk soap.
Schul Icelandics, (Nancy Schul), Guysville, OH
Icelandic sheep fleece used for roving, handspun yearn, hand woven or hand knitted items, such as shawls, scarves, hats, etc.
Sew Happy Quilting, (Karen Burroughs), Little Hocking, OH
www.sewhappyquiltinglh.com
sewhappyquilting@windstream.net
Quilting fabric, quilt kits, finished quilts, wall hangings, table toppers and patterns.
Straight Fork Alpacas, (Cathy Moore), Graysville, OH
straigtfork@yahoo.com
www.ouralpacas.com
Bringing a supply of raw fiber, roving, alpaca wool, handspun yarns, hand knit and hand woven products (scarves, mittens, rugs, socks, etc.) Demonstrating spinning.
The Quilted Work, (Marla Work), Whipple, OH
workml@earthlink.net
Service longarm quilting (fat quarters) finished quilted projects. Free estimates on cost of quilts.
Workshop: How to prepare a quilt top for a longarm quilter. Cost is Free.
Timbre Ridge Farm, (Marlene Gruetter), Scottown, OH
trfohio@toast.net
Animal fiber for felting or spinning. Roving and batts, supplies and books.
Workshop: Wet Felted Flowers. Introductory course in the ancient art of wet felt making. Students will use beautiful colors of merino wool to make one-of-a-kind flowers. Cost is $20 class fee, $10 material fee, take home finished product.
Walsh Alpacas, (Lisa Walsh), Marietta, OH
walshalpacas@yahoo.com
Hypoallergenic, lanolin and oil free, natural and ready to craft Alpaca fiber. Dye able shades of white, cream and brown.
Waters Edge Jewelry, (Rebecca Thomas), Brecksville, OH
www.watersedgejewelry.com
watersedgejewelry@yahoo.com
Providing stitch markers and jewelry for knitters.
Windswept Farm Alpacas, (Margot Justice), Little Hocking, OH
www.windsweptfarmalpacas.com
windsweptfarmalpacas@yahoo.com
Alpaca fiber (roving), hats knit of alpaca, homemade soap shaped like alpacas, teddy bears made of alpaca plus throws and blankets plus books of alpaca farm stories. Bringing Alpacas to show.
Mary Ann Yarborough, Pennsboro, WV
maygoats@verizon.net
Spinning and weaving items.
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