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| HERITAGE BASKETRY GUILD MAY 2008 NEWSLETTER |
| Next meeting date: May 5, 2008 Project: Mini Ornament Baskets Refreshments provided by; Peggy West,Carleen Dobie, Sue O’Neal, and Ann Blake |
| Secretary Notes from the April 7, 2008 meeting Cindy Holland, treasurer, renewed our subscription to the basket magazine, “Just Patterns” for the guild. The next Mid-Summer Weave meeting for Chairpersons is April 26th 1:30pm at the Webster Street Market. The May meeting project is making mini ornaments for the Christmas tree that will be raffled at Mid-Summer Weave. Please bring basket scraps to share and mini basket patterns to the meeting if you have them. There will be patterns available to use during the meeting if you need one. Barb Schimming, Vice Prez, says that more people are needed to sign up for refreshments. Check the sign-up list at the May meeting. Thanks to those who have volunteered. Karen Douglass reports that we now have a total of 50 members in our basket guild. Thanks to Jennie Dranschak for volunteering to teach the month of November. Her project will be a trivet using chair canning technique. Carol White...acting secretary |
| Project Calendar for the rest of 2008 May 5 Mini Ornaments for Raffle tree May 24 " Weave in the Park" Victorian Basket – Barb Schimming June 2 Spiral Bowl – Carol White July 7 Basket by Julie Kleinrath Aug. 4 Mini Ornaments for Sugar Plum Tree Sept. 8 Snowman Basket- Glenna Howland Sept "Weave in the Park" Planning in progress Oct. 6 Sleigh Basket- Ginger Lindamood Nov. 3 Chair Canning Trivet- Jennie Dranschak Dec.1 Christmas Party |
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| April 7 meeting: Pottery Bowl Basket taught by Lorry Foucht Thanks, Lorry! |
| Lorry helps guest, Janet Stanley |
| Mikee wraps her bowl. |
| A closer look of how to wrap the rim of the bowl. Twistee ties were used to secure the material. |
| Another Close-up view. |
| Shelly Burden is the potter who made the bowls and vases. If you want to contact Shelly, she can be reached at www.greeneccc.com or 372-6941 |
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| MAY PROJECT...MINI ORNAMENT BASKETS FOR MSW CHRISTMAS TREE RAFFLE Several of the board members will be bringing patterns, scraps of reed and small embellishments to make ornaments. These ornaments can be made for our MSW Christmas Tree or our Sugar Plum Tree. Please come with small dishpans and your usual tools, something that might come in handy are mini clothepins. Lots of different patterns to choose from, please feel free to bring your own patterns and supplies to share. .........Julie K |
| Happy May Birthdays to: Glenna Howland May 6 Ginger Lindamood May 31 |
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| Wanted........ Used Basket Patterns for MSW raffle. I am making a notebook of basket patterns for a raffle item at MSW. If you have a pattern that you are not going to use again, consider donating your pattern to be a part of this raffle item. Contact Carol White 848-4505 if you can help. Thanks! Gently used 3 foot Christmas Tree. The Christmas tree raffle at MSW was such a success last year that we want to one again for MSW this year. The guild project for May is Mini Basket Ornaments, and we need a tree to hang these ornaments on. The guild is willing to pay a small fee for your tree. If you can help, contact Susan Keferl at 296-1996 Kitchen Volunteers during MSW. Lorry Foucht is charge of food this year for MSW and all she wants is a couple hours of your time. Call Lorry at 269-1778 if you will help! |
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| Who is it? Here's a cat lover as she has two cats, both of which have her trained well, she says! Married for 27 years and she has no children. If she could improve on something she'd have peace all over the world (she must have been a former Miss America too!) She'd love to meet with Ben Franklin, and would do eat the peas off the floor Pierce Brosnon walked on! Our mystery gal is a futurist as she'd chose to live in the future rather than the past! The funniest thing she recalls happening to her was her wedding day; her sister was the maid of honor and got lost getting to the church. The wedding was postponed for half an hour as this was before cell phones. She says she wouldn't have walked down the aisle until she got there, so they waited! Our naturist mystery woman tells me that two years ago, Canadian geese nested on their pond. When the time came for the small family to move, they left a little one behind. The small goose swam around for hours until it became exhausted and floated up on the bank. She scooped the poor thing out with a bucket and took it down to the pond where she felt Mom and Dad goose would find it. They did and lived happily ever after! She finished this sentence: Baskets are like people, they tend to............"become more beautiful as they grow older." Most of you are familiar with this special lady............now WHO do you think it is!? Guess the member’s name at the May meeting….Karen W. |
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| We missed you at the April Meeting! Georgann B., Carolyn B., Joan B., Melodee C., Pat C., Rhonda C., Theresa C., Carleen D., Karen D., Bonnie K., Pam F., Linda G., Libby G., Margie H., Pat I., Bernie J., Jenny J., Becky K., Susan K., Elsbeth K., Ginger L., Linda L., Kathy M., Jean M., Vicky N., Susan O., Cheryl P., Jeri P., Linda S., Kathy S., Karen W. Hope to see you at the May meeting! |
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| 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: Darlene Collins-President darlenecollins@hughes.net Barbara Schimming- Vice President Barbschimming@roadrunner.com Carol White-Acting Secretary carolwhite43@woh.rr.com Cindy Holland-Treasurer wahoorule@yahoo.com Karen Douglass-Membership dokami@ameritech.net Julie Kleinrath-Teacher Liaison julie@wovendesigns.com Julie Kleinrath and Susan Keferl - MSW Chair skeferl@woh.rr.com |
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| Weave in the Park Series returns………… We have had so much fun getting together on a Saturday in the spring and fall and weaving in the park, let’s do it again! Our first event will be Saturday May 24 from 9 AM until you’re ready to leave. Barb Schimming has designed a beautiful basket from one she spotted in an antique store. It’s now been kid tested and weaver approved and is called Aunt Lydia’s Flower Basket. As before, our event will be at Taylorsville Reserve off Brown School Road in Vandalia. We have the Red Fox Run Lodge again so there’s water close, restroom facilities within walking distance, plenty of space in which to weave, plenty of laughter and just pray for plenty of sunshine! Barb will offer kits to those of you who wish to buy one for $40.00 which includes all the reed and pattern. You may also buy the pattern for $4.00 and bring your own reed. I will send requirements for the necessary reed in April. This will also be pot luck, so bring your favorite picnic item as I’ll provide hot dogs and buns and we’ll grill those and dine on what everyone else brings. You don’t have to weave this basket! You can weave, sew, quilt, coil, bead, or just sit and kibitz. Do whatever you’d like but the fun is our gathering and enjoying spring, should it decide to eventually join us! I would like to know how many to plan on so I have plenty of dogs and buns! This is a beautiful location, last time, we even watched deer as they were watching us! So please plan to attend and enjoy a day of fun in the park! If you already know you want a kit and want to be there, email Barb at barbschimming@roadrunner.com . Let me know if you want to be there at dokamii@ameritech.net. We’ll have a fall adventure in the park as well, slated for Sept. 27th. We’ve not decided on a basket yet, so if you have any suggestions, please let me know! We’ll need time to contact the originator of the pattern, get her permission to weave this and buy the correct number of patterns, then I’ll get you the requirements needed for reed. Many thanks! THINK SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Karen D. |
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| Weaving Opportunities…….. June 27-29, 2008 – Willowe’s Basketry Weaving Seminar. Look for information about the seminar at www.willowes.com or call 317-462-2026. The Kentucky Basket Association Convention 2008 will be held July 9, 10, and 11 in Corbin, Kentucky. www.thekentuckybasketassociation.org May 30, 31, and June 1 2008 Cherokee Gourd Artists Gathering in Cherokee, North Carolina. Visit their website at www.gourdgathering.net 13th Annual Bluegrass Area Basketmakers Seminar – Jabez, Kentucky www.ca.uky.edu/fcs Mid-Summer Weave-July 26th and 27th we will “Weave ‘em Up and Lash ‘em Out” in Dayton, Ohio! The Heritage Basketry Guild will be hosting our Eighth Annual "Mid Summer Weave". Classes will offer a variety of techniques and materials. The weave is known for its great raffles and exceptional Teachers’ Marketplace. We take pride in our selection of experienced instructors and quality classes. See our online brochure on our website. Silver Dollar City 2008 Basket Seminar May 15-17 at the Raddison Hotel in Down Town Branson, MO. For more information on classes. email Karen Smith Ksmith@silverdollarcity.com |
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