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| HERITAGE BASKETRY GUILD NEWSLETTER APRIL 2011 |
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| MEETING DATE: Monday, April 4, 2011 6:30pm - 9:00pm PROGRAM Weaving 2 Christmas Ornaments, taught by Lorry Foucht REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED BY: Elaine Puckett, Sally Meyer and Cindy Holland |
| TWININGS FROM SHELLEY At the March meeting Shelley Moore passed around a list of potential field trips to sign-up for in 2011 (Royalwood, Ltd., Longaberger, Sauder Village and Willowe’s). Overwhelmingly the members chose to go to Willowe’s in Greenfield, Ind. (13) and Royalwood in Mansfield, Ohio (8). The date for Willowe’s is tentatively Saturday, May 14th. The date to go to Royalwood is tentatively, Saturday, September 14th, 2011. A list of baskets available to make at Willowe’s was passed around and each member was asked to choose their preference from six different choices. The basket with the most sign-ups was the Cathead Blanket Basket with 8 members indicating that was their preference. Next with two each were, the Toy Basket, Blanket Basket and Shaker Cathead. Shelley will be following up with Margaret at Willowe’s to confirm arrangements for May 14th. She will also check to see if it is possible to run two classes at once to try and do one of the other baskets. Prices subject to change |
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| Cathead Blanket $55.00 6 -8 hours |
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| Shelley Moore....president |
| HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MARCH 7, 2011 MEETING. Twining on a gourd taught by Shelley Moore. Thanks, Shelley! |
| March Basket |
| Cheri Mullins twines on her gourd. |
| Dottie and Candy look over the large variety of supplies available for use on their gourds. |
| Lorry won the raffle which was a basket kit provided by Ginger. |
| Welcome to two new guild members, Tammy Barnett (left) and Krina Penewit (right). |
| Shelley and Tammy. |
| Welcome to new guild member, Esther Bechler (left) with Carol and Jennie in the background. |
| Mary R. and Darlene C. |
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| Dottie and Linda |
| Sally and Cindy |
| Libby and Esther |
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| MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 7, 2001 MEETING -The church is having VBS June 20-24, and will be having a marketplace 7- pm each evening. Does anybody want to do a basket-weaving demonstration for their program? -Field trips: May 14 we will go to Willowes.Weaving choices for this date were passed around and people could choose which basket they wanted to weave Longaberber trip is being considered; Schedule is open for Souder Village. June 24-25, Anne Coleman is teaching classes, but we may need to schedule a different date due to the Cincinnati show that some are participating in . -No MSW news -Lucky Lorry Foucht won the raffle prize-a wonderful kit donated by Ginger Lindamood. Elaine P....secretary |
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| APRIL 4, 2011 WEAVING PROJECT ----- CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS The April weaving project with be Christmas ornaments. Lorry Foucht and friends will be providing 5 or 6 different ornament kits to choose from. Each kit will include two ornaments to weave. Weave one for the Guild Christmas Tree to be raffled at Mid-Summer Weave and the other is for you. The Guild will be placing these ornaments on a Christmas tree at the Mid-Summer Weave to be used for the raffle. Proceeds will benefit the Susan B. Komen Cancer Center. There will be NO cost to members for this project. If you would like to participate in this weave please contact me at cjenkins4@woh.rr.com or 937-306-1988. Cookie Jenkins . May project is Potpourri Plus Pot by Ginger Lindamood June project is not booked. July project will be a Small Wood-Beaded Basket provided by Cheri Mullins and Linda Seever As the Teacher Liaison, I continue to search for members willing to share their creations and knowledge; I still need projects for June and August thru November. If you’d be willing to sign up for a project, please contact me at cjenkins4@woh.rr.com or 937-306-1988. Cookie Jenkins.....teacher liaison |
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| Blanket Basket with wooden base $47.00 6 hours |
| Shaker Cathead $40.00 4-6 hours |
| QUOTE for April.
"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." ~Albert Schweitzer submitted by Shelley Moore |
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| FOR YOUR INFORMATION MID-SUMMER WEAVE BROCHURE IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.HERITAGEBASKETRYGUILD.COM MOVING SALE I am planning on having my moving sale on Sat. May 7th and Sun. May 8th in the front yard of my home. Email Julie for times and information. Julie KIeinrath Julie@wovendesigns.com Seminar/workshop presented by International known speaker, Bruce Baker May 7, 2011 from 9-12 in the Hamilton-Fairfield area ( location TBD) DYNAMIC CRAFT SELLING WITH EMPHASIZES ON BOOTH DESIGN Effective use of space, merchandise your creations and use of effective techniques to inspire customers to buy . Bruce will talk about inexpensive, creative options for a functional, lightweight, modular booth. And also be available to critique display systems and lighting. Over the past 25 years, Bruce has taught more than 550 workshops in the US and Canada on the subjects of Booth Construction, Marketing, Sales, Customer Services Visual Merchandising and trends that effect displays. Well worth your time at only $25. Please pass this information to others who might benefit. Check can be made payable to Art On Symmes Sherry Armstead Art on Symmes 1000 Symmes Rd. Fairfield, Oh 45014 513-844-2787 www.artonsymmes.com |
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| HAPPY APRIL BIRTHDAY TO: Deborah Martin April 1 Carleen Dobie April 5 Candy Godfrey April 17 |
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| WEAVING OPPORTUNITIES
April 14, 15, & 16, 2011 4th ANNUAL STATELINE FRIENDS WEAVING RETREAT http://www.whitewaterbasketguild.com The 6th Annual Stateline Friends Weaving Retreat will be held April 14, 15, & 16 at the Kuhlman Center on the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Richmond, Indiana. While registration is full, we do allow Visitors to come in and shop the vendors. We have 19 vendors who will be there. One of our vendors also is going to be doing Scissors Sharpening. Visitors are welcome for a fee of $3 and the hours they are able to come shop are: Thursday the 14th from 1pm-10pm, Friday the 15th from 8am-5pm and then again from 5:30-6:30 for the Teacher's Marketplace. Again on Saturday the 16th from 8am-3pm. If you have never been to the retreat, this would be a great opportunity to do some shopping as well as seeing what our retreat is all about. We hope to see you there. Pam Feix; Co-coordinator May 14th Heritage Basketry Guild members invited to Weave at "Willowes" 226 West Main Street Greenfield, In June 6-12, 2011 – Stowe, Vermont http://www.roundhearth.com/Stowe-Basketry-Festival June 7-11, 2011 Bluegrass Area Basketmakers Jabez, KY babasketmakers.org July 22 & 23, 2011 Mid-Summer Weave in Dayton, Ohio www.heritagebasketryguild.com The teachers for our 2011 Mid Summer Weave are: Sandy Atkinson Steve Atkinson Sandy Bulgren Charles Crenshaw Bonnie Gale Gail Hutchinson Julie Kleinrath July 20-23, 2011 Tennessee http://www.tennesseebasketryassociation.com/ August 2 - 5, 2011 NBO Conference (National Basketry Organization) Easton, Mass. http://www.nationalbasketry.org/events.html September 17, 2011 Ohio Guild Day at Royalwood Ltd. October 13 - 16, 2011 Association of Michigan Basketmakers Convention Lansing, Michigan http://www.michiganbasketmakers.com/ 2012 Basket weaving Cruise The next Basket weaving Cruise is February 11, 2012 leaving from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Check out www.basketweavingcruise.com for more detailed information. |
| 2011 Calendar of Events
Jan 10, Hapiness is…… Taught by Julie Kleinrath Feb 7, Melon Basket taught by Darlene Collins March 7, Twining on a gourd taught by Shelley Moore. April 4, Christmas Ornaments taught by Lorry Foucht May 2, Potpourri Plus taught by Ginger Lindamood May 14 Weave at Willowes June 6, July 11 Small wood bead bskt. taught by Cheri M & Linda S. July 22-23 Mid-Summer Weave Aug 1, Sept 12, Sept. 17 Guild Day at Royalwood Oct 3, Nov 7, Dec 5 Christmas Party |
| The Heritage Basketry Guild meets the first Monday of every month unless otherwise stated. We meet at the Community United Methodist Church 339 Meyer Ave. Riverside, Ohio. Meeting begins at 6:30pm with a brief business meeting at 7:00pm. Visitors welcome, members expected.
Board Members: Shelley Moore - President smoore2@embarqmail.com Barbara Schimming- Vice President Barbschimming@roadrunner.com Sally Meyer-Membership sow3sam@aol.com Elaine Puckett-Secretary thewind9703@sbcglobal.net Cindy Holland-Treasurer wahoorule@sbcglobal.net Cookie Jenkins -Teacher Liaison cjenkins4@woh.rr.com Linda Seever- MSW Chair lseever1@woh.rr.com |
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