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2025 OVWSG Guild EXHIBITION  PART 2

2025 OVWSG Guild EXHIBITION  PART 2

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Let’s return to the Glebe Community Centre, in South Central Ottawa, Eastern Ontario, (Canada). We have checked out the vendors, the demo team and the make and take table; let’s go see the 2025 Exhibition.

The 2025 exhibition theme is “Gathered Threads: Made in Canada”. We were showing work by guild members, with Canadian-supplied materials, most were also on Canadian themes.

blured figure rushes by grids being set up in forgroundpart of display is set up on tables and on grids 8.0-8.1) Setting up the Exhibition on Friday night, again a blur of activity

Last year, we had shoppers unsure if the exhibition was a booth or an exhibit (there were signs, but they were small). This year, Ann and her team decided to get a stand-up banner for the Exhibition. It was to be as neutral as possible, so we could use it for many exhibitions to come.

New Exhibition pop up banner8.2) The new banner for the exhibition that can be reused for future years

2 weavers admiering woven scarf from exhibition 2 people admiering the exhibit suprized look as admiering quilted jacket with woven sleaves8.3-8.5) Let’s join the people who are already looking at the exhibition

larger group looking at exhibition8.6) The crowd of people looking at the exhibition is getting bigger.

There is a lot of interest in the Exhibition, let us see if we can sneak past and get a better view?

the exhibition before oppening 8.7) A quick shot of the Exhibition before we opened

As you can see, the display was divided into 3 sections: Left Grids, front and back, Centre Table and wall, and Right Grids; Front and Back. The pieces represent a cross-section of the guild. Showing the scope of expertise, from those who have just started their fibre arts fun, to those who have been enjoying fibre and yarn for many years. The Exhibition also shows part of the breadth of interests in the guild, Spinning, Knitting or Crocheted with Handspun, Felting, and various types of weaving from tapestry, colour gamps, to complex weave structures. We have examples of individual projects as well as Guild projects.

While there is a break in the viewers, let’s take a closer look, starting on the Left. Since it’s hard to read the tags in the photos, I have typed out all I could read.  The yellow tags indicated the guild has workshops on that technique.

Left Front Grids:

Left grid panels with fiber arts pieces9.0) Left front grids.

9.1) Wild Weaving By Liane.  “maple stems, thistles anemone, False indigo, pearly everlasting and eving primrose are all native to Ontario. Only the dandelion and Curly Havel are not.”9.1) Wild Weaving By Liane.  “maple stems, thistles, anemone, False indigo, pearly everlasting and evening primrose are all native to Ontario. Only the dandelion and Curly Havel are not.”

9.2) Fall Foliage by Marie-France. “Rusted materials collected while hiking in Kanata. Rusted Techniques were learned from Maiwa in Vancover.”9.2) Fall Foliage by Marie-France. “Rusted materials collected while hiking in Kanata. Rusted Techniques were learned from Maiwa in Vancouver.”

9.3) Woven Basket by Molly.  100% Canadian Dorset Wool, Embroidery Floss Sourced locally, a weathered Branch from the woods.9.3) Woven Basket by Molly.  100% Canadian Dorset Wool, Embroidery Floss sourced locally, a weathered Branch from the woods.

9.4) Blue Handwoven tapestry (Sorry, cannot read tag)9.4) Blue Handwoven tapestry (Sorry, cannot read tag)

9.6) Foraged Fairy Baskets, by Liane “All materials were grown and or Gathered locally “  There will be a workshop on making these through the guild.9.6) Foraged Fairy Baskets, by Liane “All materials were grown and or Gathered locally “  There will be a workshop on making these through the guild.

9.7) From Above, by Nicole  “A view from above looking down at the Canadian Landscape using materials sourced from multiple Canadian provinces flown over by the artist.”9.7) From Above, by Nicole  “A view from above looking down at the Canadian Landscape using materials sourced from multiple Canadian provinces flown over by the artist.”

9.8) Reflections: Morning sky on water by Moira. “This piece stems from my love of dying and weaving with silk and the beautiful colours reflected in Lac Tenpenny in Val-des-Monts, Quebec. This Calm little lake reflects the sky, Sun and Surrounding Forest as the day Progresses: it is ever changing”.9.8) Reflections: Morning sky on water by Moira. “This piece stems from my love of dying and weaving with silk and the beautiful colours reflected in Lac Tenpenny in Val-des-Monts, Quebec. This Calm little lake reflects the sky, Sun and Surrounding Forest as the day progresses: it is ever changing”.

9.9) Scarf in Fall Colours, by Bernadette. “Canadian breed Fleece”.9.9) Scarf in Fall Colours, by Bernadette. “Canadian breed Fleece”.

9.10) Summer at King Mountain, by Barbara (description out of focus) this tapestry will be taught as a workshop.9.10) Summer at King Mountain, by Barbara (description out of focus). This tapestry will be taught as a workshop.

9.11) Maureen’s Vacation 2024, by Jan “guild Member spinning on Canadian guild wheel at Gros More Historic Park”9.11) Maureen’s Vacation 2024, by Jan “guild Member spinning on Canadian guild wheel at Gros Morne Historic Park”

9.12) Crab, By Nicole “this piece is intended to convey the beauty and decay of our Oceans. Using all Canadian Sourced fibres combined with two mass produced dollerama Halloween decorations, the crab shows the interplay between our supply lines and sea life.”9.12) Crab, By Nicole. This piece is intended to convey the beauty and decay of our Oceans. Using all Canadian-sourced fibres combined with two mass-produced Dollerama Halloween decorations, the crab shows the interplay between our supply lines and sea life.”

9.13)  Jellyfish, by Nicole.  “Jellyfish Found off the costs of Canada created with Canadian sourced fibers”.9.13)  Jellyfish, by Nicole.  “Jellyfish Found off the coasts of Canada created with Canadian sourced fibres”.

9.14) Mr. Mer by Jan. “Mr. Mer is a Mer-man or Fish-Person, I started with a Youtube Felt-along (Saraphina Fiber Arts) for inspiration but went way off n another direction. I have made a family of Mer-People with family pets. Each is a unique fish. Mr. Mer is based on a Norther Pike, which I saw frequently at my parents’ cottage just outside of Perth, Ontario.” (Mrs. Mer was canoodleing with her husband in the project bag, and seems to have snuck into the exhibition. She has Canadian wool, and hair from Olive Sparrow and other Canadian suppliers, like her husband)9.14) Mr. Mer by Jan. “Mr. Mer is a Mer-man or Fish-Person. I started with a YouTube Felt-along (Saraphina Fibrr Arts) for inspiration, but went way off in another direction. I have made a family of Mer-People with family pets. Each is a unique fish. Mr. Mer is based on a Northern Pike, which I saw frequently at my parents’ cottage just outside of Perth, Ontario.” (Mrs. Mer was canoodling with her husband in the project bag, and seems to have snuck into the exhibition. She has Canadian wool and hair from Olive Sparrow and other Canadian suppliers, like her husband. You can see her in the photo at the top of this section.)

Left Back Grids:

10.0) The back of the left grid panels:10.0) The back of the left grid panels:

10.1) Triangular Shawl, by (Francesca and Jean) owned by Ann S. “Front panel woven separately, and the back was created by weaving the warp of one panel as the weft of the second strand by strand. The piece was designed by Francesca Overend, and woven by Jean Down, both of Ottawa. The materials were provided by an Ottawa shop and it is owned by a Canadian.”10.1) Triangular Shawl, by Francesca and Jean, owned by Ann S. “Front panel woven separately, and the back was created by weaving the warp of one panel as the weft of the second strand by strand. The piece was designed by Francesca Overend, and woven by Jean Down, both of Ottawa. The materials were provided by an Ottawa shop, and is owned by a Canadian.”

10.2) Garden and Field Shawl, by Amanda. “Shawl made with yarn spun from fleeces of various sheep belonging to people I know, and dyed with a variety of plants from the garden or gathered locally. Crochet pattern from 1970’s  McCall’s Magazine.”10.2) Garden and Field Shawl, by Amanda. “Shawl made with yarn spun from fleeces of various sheep belonging to people I know, and dyed with a variety of plants from the garden or gathered locally. Crochet pattern from a 1970s McCall’s Magazine.”

10.3) Snoweflake Scarf, by Kanika. “Quebec Yarn, woven on a Quebec loom 8 Shaft loom, Canadian Weaver, Glass beads from Canada Bead Supply. The scarf is meant to represent snowflakes which is very Canadian”10.3) Snowflake Scarf, by Kanika. “Quebec Yarn, woven on a Quebec 8 Shaft loom, Canadian Weaver, Glass beads from Canada Bead Supply. The scarf is meant to represent snowflakes, which is very Canadian”

10.4) (upper Right) Shawl, by Ann S. “One of two shawls woven for the wedding of a Canadian by her Canadian aunt,. She had a choice of blue or burgundy and chose the blue. Hence I kept the burgundy.” (on Lower Right) Winter Landscape fence with owl, by Jan. “From a Picture of a winter scene found on the internet of a field south of Ottawa. I added the owl.” I teach for the guild, a needle felted landscape workshop. (On Left) Handspun Eva Shawl, by Carlene. “Local fiber made into a shawl.”10.4) (upper Right) Shawl, by Ann S. “One of two shawls woven for the wedding of a Canadian by her Canadian Aunt. She had a choice of blue or burgundy and chose the blue. Hence, I kept the burgundy.”

(on Lower Right) Winter Landscape fence with owl, by Jan. “From a Picture of a winter scene found on the internet of a field south of Ottawa. I added the owl.” I teach for the guild, a needle felted landscape workshop.

(On Left) Handspun Eva Shawl, by Carlene. “Local fibre made into a shawl.”

10.5) (On Left) 75th Anniversary Moose Bag (Glenn’s), by Jan.  “This is a Canadian Moose, it was made with fiber from a Canadian Supplier.” (On Right) 75th Anniversary Moose Bag (Jan’s), by Jan. “This is a Canadian Moose, it was made with fiber from a Canadian Supplier.”10.5) (On Left) 75th Anniversary Moose Bag (Glenn’s), by Jan.  “This is a Canadian Moose, it was made with fibre from a Canadian Supplier.”

(On Right) 75th Anniversary Moose Bag (Jan’s), by Jan. “This is a Canadian Moose, it was made with fibre from a Canadian Supplier.”

10.6) Quilted Jacket, by Maureen. “ Quilted Jacket with Homespun Canadian wool arms and edging.”10.6) Quilted Jacket, by Maureen. “ Quilted Jacket with Homespun Canadian wool arms and edging.”

10.7) 75th Anniversary Moose Bag Landscape, by Jan. “The theme (of the bag) is a Canadian skein winder (Moose), fiber purchased from Canadian vendor.”10.7) 75th Anniversary Moose Bag Landscape, by Jan. “The theme (of the bag) is a Canadian skein winder (Moose), fibre purchased from a Canadian vendor.”

Centre table and wall:

11.0) Center Display11.0) Centre Display

11.1) Fireside Blanket, by Karin. “Blanket was woven Double Width from Canadian Company Briggs and Little 2ply 100% wool. The Red and Orange wool for the warp were hand dyed by Karin Hendriksen. The black for the warp and weft were factory dyed. The colours remind me of sitting wrapped in the blanket by the fireside, reading a book and sipping hot chocolate.”11.1) Fireside Blanket, by Karin. “Blanket was woven Double Width, from Canadian wool from a Company, Briggs and Little, 2ply 100% wool. The Red and Orange wool for the warp were hand dyed by Karin Hendriksen. The black for the warp and weft were factory dyed. The colours remind me of sitting wrapped in the blanket by the fireside, reading a book and sipping hot chocolate.”

11.2) Poppies Remember, by Barbara. “Made at one of the guilds Workshops with Wendo van Esen”11.2) Poppies Remember, by Barbara. “Made at one of the guild’s Workshops with Wendo van Esen”

11.3) Lighthouse with Flowers, by Ann.  “A lighthouse is iconic from coat to coast, appearing not only on both coast but so many lakes between them.”11.3) Lighthouse with Flowers, by Ann.  “A lighthouse is iconic from coast to coast, appearing not only on both coasts but on so many lakes between them.”

 11.4) Northern Lights, by Ann M. “Northern Lights are an iconic symbol of Canada.”11.4) Northern Lights, by Ann M. “Northern Lights are an iconic symbol of Canada.”

 11.5) Heavy Heart, by Nicole.  “Combining fibres from artisans across Canada. The Sculputre brings together the pople and places of Canada. And when displayed on a scale as intended, suggests the surprising weight of our collective awareness—the lightest fibres gaingin weight and trenght when combined.” 11.5) Heavy Heart, by Nicole.  “Combining fibres from artisans across Canada. The Sculpture brings together the people and places of Canada. And when displayed on a scale as intended, suggests the surprising weight of our collective awareness—the lightest fibres gaining weight and strength when combined.”

11.6) the guild group project, the parliament building in various fiber arts techniques.11.6) The guild group project, the Parliament Buildings, in various fibre arts techniques.

 11.7) Polar Pixies, by Paula. “This piece was made in Canada from Canadian wool processed to roving at a Canadian mill. The yarn was hand spun and knitted by a Canadian too!”  (under the polar Pixies) Nova Scotian Shawl by Jean. “the yarn was dyed with plants collected in the Nova Scotian countryside using yarn from  New Brunswick and hand spun sheeps fleece from the Annapolis Valley. The Shawl was woven in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 11.7) Polar Pixies, by Paula. “This piece was made in Canada from Canadian wool processed to roving at a Canadian mill. The yarn was handspun and knitted by a Canadian, too!”

 (under the polar Pixies) Nova Scotian Shawl by Jean. “The yarn was dyed with plants collected in the Nova Scotian countryside using yarn from  New Brunswick and handspun sheep’s fleece from the Annapolis Valley. The Shawl was woven in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

11.8) Summer Table Runner, by Karin. “The summer colours of theis table runner, woven with Canadian made Orlec from Leclerc, was influenced bythe colours of my perennial garden.”11.8) Summer Table Runner, by Karin. “The summer colours of this table runner, woven with Canadian made Orlec from Leclerc, was influenced by the colours of my perennial garden.”

Right Front Grids:

12.0) The Right Front grids,12.0) The Right Front grids,

12.1) Remembrance, by Carlene.  “The red and black design reminds me of both poppies (remembrance Day) and the Red Dress Project which seeks to remember the Indigenous Women who have gone missing.”12.1) Remembrance, by Carlene.  “The red and black design reminds me of both poppies (remembrance Day) and the Red Dress Project, which seeks to remember the Indigenous Women who have gone missing.”

12.2) (On Right) Canadian Muskox, by Jan. “The Canadian Muskox is a source of one of the most expensive fibers on the planet. We have Canadian Muskox in both the East and western Arctic. I made this for the Canadian 150th anniversary art show. Using Canadian alpaca for the top coat.” (On Left) Canadian Linen Cloth, by Lisa. “Since taking up weaving I’ve learned a lot more about textile supply chains, and about how little we still produce  in Canada. The rustic weft of this piece is from Taproot Fibre, who are trying to revive Canadian Linen production and produce a small quantity of Nova Scotia grown and spun linen and are to my knowledge the only producers of machine spun Canadian grown linen. This piece turned out looser than I want it, but, it make a great wrap for fresh bread!”12.2) (On Right) Canadian Muskox, by Jan. “The Canadian Muskox is a source of one of the most expensive fibres on the planet. We have Canadian Muskox in both the eastern and western Arctic. I made this for the Canadian 150th anniversary art show. Using Canadian alpaca for the top coat.”

(On Left) Canadian Linen Cloth, by Lisa. “Since taking up weaving, I’ve learned a lot more about textile supply chains, and about how little we still produce in Canada. The rustic weft of this piece is from Taproot Fibre, who are trying to revive Canadian Linen production and produce a small quantity of Nova Scotia grown and spun linen and are, to my knowledge, the only producers of machine spun Canadian grown linen. This piece turned out looser than I wanted it, but it makes a great wrap for fresh bread!”

12.3) OVWSG Sheep to Shawl 2025, by the sheep to shawl team 2025. “Vibrant, glow-in-the-dark shawl produced for the Almonte Fibre Fest Sheep to Shawl Competition by October (Toby)ASnderson, Jay Perry, Heather Farrar, and Olivia” (I think this was the first sheep to shawl for all participents, this shawl won Second place!)12.3) OVWSG Sheep to Shawl 2025, by the sheep to shawl team 2025. “Vibrant, glow-in-the-dark shawl produced for the Almonte Fibre Fest Sheep to Shawl Competition by October (Toby) Anderson, Jay Perry, Heather Farrar, and Olivia” (I think this was the first sheep to shawl for all participants; this shawl won Second place!)

12.4) Diamond Jubilee by Ann S. “This piece a diamond made of 22 columns and 22 rows of twill weaves creating 284 diamonds to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the OVWSG.”12.4) Diamond Jubilee by Ann S. “This piece is a diamond made of 22 columns and 22 rows of twill weaves, creating 284 diamonds to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the OVWSG.”

 12.5) Aurora Borealis Skeins, by Bernadette. “Fiber Sourced from Canadian hand dyer.” 12.5) Aurora Borealis Skeins, by Bernadette. “Fibre sourced from a Canadian hand dyer.”

 12.6) (Left) Zita’s Yarn, by Wendy.  Made from a blend of our dog’s fur, locally rased border lester sheeps wool and Cotswold hand-dyed by Bernadette Quaide, this skein of yarn was inspired by the Guild’s Summer Fiber Poker Challenge. (Right) Home Spun Skeins by Maureen. “Hand-spun from Canadian Sourced wool.”12.6) (Left) Zita’s Yarn, by Wendy.  Made from a blend of our dog’s fur, locally raised border lester sheep’s wool and Cotswold hand-dyed by Bernadette Quaide, this skein of yarn was inspired by the Guild’s Summer Fibre Poker Challenge.

(Right) Home Spun Skeins by Maureen. “Hand-spun from Canadian Sourced wool.”

12.7) Scarf by Marianne Heggtveit, owned by Ann.S. “the Weaver, Marianne Heggtveit, is a proud Canadian of Austrian ancestry. She is also proud that Tencel-which is drived from wood pulp- was developed in Austria.”12.7) Scarf by Marianne Heggtveit, owned by Ann.S. “The Weaver, Marianne Heggtveit, is a proud Canadian of Austrian ancestry. She is also proud that Tencel-which is derived from wood pulp, was developed in Austria.”

12.8) Aubergine, by Carlene. “I wove this piece between June 30 and July 7th 2024 and it was part of my Celebration of Canada Day Holiday time. this piece is a study of the colour purple with may shades and textures incorporated into the work.”12.8) Aubergine, by Carlene. “I wove this piece between June 30 and July 7th 2024, and it was part of my Celebration of Canada Day Holiday time. This piece is a study of the colour purple with many shades and textures incorporated into the work.”

12.9) (Framed on Right) On the Prowl, by Marie-France. “I live in the Countryside and foxes are regular daily visitors all year round. this art work is based on a photograph I took on my property in Val-due-Monte Qc. I love the 4 seasons in Canada but Autumn is the one that inspires me the most.” (Top Left Yarn) Handspun Yarn - 4 skeins, by MJ. “1 skein of Bluefaced leicester 2 ply gradient from grey to purple to blue. Peach Suffolk yarn  1 skein 3 ply 1 skein 2 ply.  1 skein of fractal spun dorset in various shades of Grey.” (Center basket with yarn) tag not visiable but looks like natural dies on wool.12.9) (Framed on Right) On the Prowl, by Marie-France. “I live in the Countryside, and foxes are regular daily visitors all year round. This artwork is based on a photograph I took on my property in Val-due-Monte, QC. I love the 4 seasons in Canada, but Autumn is the one that inspires me the most.”

(Top Left Yarn) Handspun Yarn – 4 skeins, by MJ. “1 skein of Bluefaced Leicester 2 ply gradient from grey to purple to blue. Peach Suffolk yarn  1 skein 3 ply, 1 skein 2 ply.  1 skein of fractal spun Dorset in various shades of Grey.”

(Centre basket with yarn) tag not visible, but looks like a natural dye on wool, but could be the natural colour.

12.10) Magical Moose Mittens, by Judy. “These Mittens are made from local Shetland wool that I bought raw and then washed and carded. The white is from a sheep called Amber from Karberry Farm. The brown started out as off white fleece from Steve Welch. I died it with black walnut hulls that I collected in my neighborhood. Then spun the wool into yarn and knit the mittens using my own pattern.”12.10) Magical Moose Mittens, by Judy. “These Mittens are made from local Shetland wool that I bought raw and then washed and carded. The white is from a sheep called Amber from Karberry Farm. The brown started out as off white fleece from Steve Welch. I dyed it with black walnut hulls that I collected in my neighbourhood. Then spun the wool into yarn and knit the mittens using my own pattern.”

Right Back Grids: We have reached the final part of the exhibit, the back of the right side grids.

13.0) Back of Right Grids.13.0) Back of Right Grids.

13.1) We Stand on Guard for Thee, by Carlene. “This piece celiebrates the Ceremonial Guard and their bear Skin hats. I created this Piece in 2017 for our Guild art show.”13.1) We Stand on Guard for Thee, by Carlene. “This piece celebrates the Ceremonial Guard and their bear Skin hats. I created this Piece in 2017 for our Guild art show.”

 13.2) Reflections: Evening sky on water by Moira. “This piece stems from my love of dying and weaving with silk and the beautiful colours reflected in Lac Tenpenny in Val-des-Monts, Quebec. This Calm little lake reflects the coulours of the sky, Sun and Surrounding Forest in an ever changing tableau. This scarf highlights the colours as the water ripples in the lake and the sun begins to sink below the “ 13.2) Reflections: Evening sky on water by Moira. “This piece stems from my love of dying and weaving with silk and the beautiful colours reflected in Lac Tenpenny in Val-des-Monts, Quebec. This Calm little lake reflects the colours of the sky, Sun and Surrounding Forest in an ever changing tableau. This scarf highlights the colours as the water ripples in the lake and the sun begins to sink below the horizon“

13.3) Walnut Smudge Sweater, by Carlene. “Handspun and naturally dyed”13.3) Walnut Smudge Sweater, by Carlene. “Handspun and naturally dyed”

 13.4) Tied On, by Joan. “Made from Silk ribbon bought at a (quintessentially) Canadian yard sale” 13.4) Tied On, by Joan. “Made from Silk ribbon bought at a (quintessentially) Canadian yard sale”

13.5) Basket of tea towels (in front)  Rosebud Trellis towel, by Kanika.  “Maurice Brassard a Quebec company supplied the cotton. the weaver is from Ontario, the Leclerc Fanny Loom is by a Quebec company.” (In the back) Canada Day Tea Towels, by Wendy “..Memories of Canada Day picnics with friends and family.”13.5) Basket of tea towels

(in front)  Rosebud Trellis towel, by Kanika.  “Maurice Brassard, a Quebec company, supplied the cotton. The weaver is from Ontario, the Leclerc Fanny Loom is by a Quebec company.”

(In the back) Canada Day Tea Towels, by Wendy “..Memories of Canada Day picnics with friends and family.”

13.6) Scarf with beads, by Kanika.  (I did  not see a description)13.6) Scarf with beads, by Kanika.  (I did  not see a description.)

13.7) Socks, by Maureen. “ Hand-Spun and knitted from Canadian sourced wool.”13.7) Socks, by Maureen. “ Hand-Spun and knitted from Canadian sourced wool.”

13.8)  2 vests and shirts and tapestry of foxes with fluffy tails. (Lower Left Vest) Chiengora Wool Vest 2, by Doreen. Canadain grown, supn, woven and sewn.” (Upper Right Vest) Chiengora Wool Vest 1, by Doreen. Canadain grown, supn, woven and sewn.”13.8)  2 vests and shirts, and a tapestry of foxes with fluffy tails.

(Lower Left Vest) Chiengora Wool Vest 2, by Doreen. Canadian grown, spun, woven and sewn.”

(Upper Right Vest) Chiengora Wool Vest 1, by Doreen. Canadian grown, spun, woven and sewn.”

13.9) Summer and Winter, by Deborah. “Designed and woven by submitter, handspun yarn spun by daughter. Inspired by the guild’s Summer Fiber Poker Challenge.”13.9) Summer and Winter, by Deborah. “Designed and woven by the submitter, handspun yarn spun by my daughter. Inspired by the guild’s Summer Fibre Poker Challenge.”

The Exhibition Team:

It was not an easy job (there is a rumour that getting guild members to fill out a form and drop off their pieces is similar to herding cats.) Wendy and her team got us all organised and put together a very diverse exhibition. Well Done Wendy!!

14.0) Wendy was the head of the Exhibition team, and did a fabulous job.14.0) Wendy was the head of the Exhibition team and did a fabulous job.

I hope you have enjoyed looking through the exhibition and the OVWSG guild sale from the last post. If you would like to make comments, and you haven’t clicked on the post already, please check the top of the post for the comment button (it is hiding up there).

 

 

 

 

2025 OVWSG Sale

2025 OVWSG Sale

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You have probably heard both myself and Ann, chat about the 2025 OVWSG Sale and Exhibition. We continue to have the Guild sale at the Glebe community centre, which started life as a church, changed congregations then became a community centre. It has had some renovations over the years, and this year, there is scaffolding surrounding part of the outside of the building. Other than the challenge of parking, it is a beautiful site.

 

As with every year, it was a busy time leading up to the sale. You may have noticed I posted for myself and covered for Ann to give her a bit of a break.  Ann is not only baking for a local Farmers Market, a Fabulous felter and felting teacher, Guild Librarian, but also the coordinator for the sale, so she is very busy leading up to the sale and then really tired afterwards, but all her hard work was both worth it and appreciated.

You have seen lots of shopping opportunities lately, so this time I would like to show you a bit of the “behind the scenes”, some of the photos from the sale, then in the next post, finish by showing you the Exhibition.

Although Ann and the Guild sales team have been working since shortly after the last sale ended, the largest part of the volunteer teams get to work the week before the sale. On the Monday before the sale, we had gathered all the boxes and display grids in the studio ready to head to the sale on Friday. At 6 pm, we have the set up team at the Glebe, busy marking booth spaces and placing tables in booth spaces.   The Team with Pickup trucks, loaded everything and met us at the sale around 6:30 pm.

a pile of boxes and equipment to go to the sale wating at one end of the studio.1.1) The pile of stuff is ready to go, with the black grids just visible behind the folding tables.

the main hall at the glebe comunity center showing the moving of tables and the large dome ceeling1.2) Busy setting up the team, the room and dome is beautiful, but possibly had a leak

As soon as the tables were up, the vendors started bringing in their wares, with the help of the “assist-the-vendors-bring-stuff-in” team.  The Guild Co-Op booth, Guild info booth, Make and Take table, the Exhibition and the demo teams were also setting up. We didn’t get to start as early on Friday as previous years (since the room was used as an after school daycare until 6 pm), so it was extra busy!

various guild members working to set up event1.3) the various guild teams bringing in the guilds and vendor stuff (the blur of activity is Ann)

booths are being set up in the hall1.4) The booths popping up look like magic! (but it’s actually a lot of work)

I took a few (126) photos Friday night, to both document the guild activity and to create images we could post Friday night to entice shoppers on Saturday morning. (The postings seem to have worked, since Saturday morning was very busy with shoppers!) If you were curious, I took 873 photos in total over the weekend.

one of the images used to entice shoppers saterday. shows felted landscape of birches trees dislayed on birchbark 2.1) Molly Underhill’s Birch Trees

By this point, it had already been a busy week, and I was extremely tired. As I stood looking at Molly’s lovely trees, I wondered what needle she had used to attach the felt to the birch bark….. (Yes, I needed more sleep!)

another image used to intice shopping, wet fekted bag with canada goose2.2) Molly’s Canada goose bag and Glasses cases

another image used to intice shoppers showing handwoven scarves and cowles. the weaving uses complex weave structures and ikat like colour changes2.3) Inge Dam’s Weaving

Besides felt, there were also booths of weaving, handspun yarn and commercially spun and hand died yarns.

The guild booth had the door prizes. When you filled out a questionnaire (it was short), you got a sticker and were entered for the door prize. For those of us whose phones are luddites and don’t recognise QR codes, they had a tablet to fill out the questions.

2 photos both showing 2 wimon working at the guild table the top offering tablet to fill out servay. 3.1) info table with survey and QR Code (QR removed since the draw is over!)

Door prizes for filling out the servay, a green hand spun hand kit shall, hand woven through, red, Felted bird ornaments, a hand spun and knit hat3.2) The Door prizes

anyone who filled out the questionair got a sticker this shows some of the stickers they could pick from.3.3) Even if you don’t win a door prize, you still get to pick a sticker!

Once you have filled out the survey (this gives us info on where our shoppers are coming from, and a bit of what they were looking for) and picked your sticker, we can take a quick peek at the Guild Demo area.

a wide shot of the demo areia. Ann helping a new spinner with her drop spindle. also visiable in the back ground is a large tapestry /meral that is in the rental space.4.1) Ann helping a new spinner in the demo area

2 photos, one demoing on a table loom, one demoing spinning with the batt makeing station in the background 4.2) Weaving and spinning Demos

2 photos. felting into a canves bag, close up of felting into a canvis bag.4.3) Felting Demo (I am looking forward to seeing how this progresses)

The guild also had a “Make and Take” table, which had various small weaving, felting, and sometimes spinning projects to do and take home. This has been fun to see, with lots of younger new people, but also quite a few adults trying their hands too.

2 photos, Make and take table both show people around the table making small projects 3 photos, Make and take table 2 show people of various ages, around the table making small projects the last picure has the signeage from the end of the table explaining the table.4.4-4.5) Make and take table, the team was busy most of the weekend!

Let’s look at the booth, time for some virtual shopping!!

this was posted in the hall showing a map of the booths and a list of the vendors in the booths. the information will be listed in the blog further on5.1) The Vendors list and Map, in case you get lost, we will meet at the end near the exhibition

Booths: 

Booth 1 is the Guild Co-Op booth, which gives members the opportunity to sell their work when they don’t have enough to have a whole booth.

a blanket stand, 2 hand woven blankets, and signs on the end explaining that these are hand woven on the 100" loom by 2 weavers at a time. on is a Queen and the other a large single blanket. unfortunatly there was no price listed 5.2) These are blankets woven on the Guild’s 100-inch loom. The proceeds will help fund the guild.

a groop of photos showing some of the itums for sale in the co op booth, mostly hand weaving i displaced. but yarn fiber felting needles and other tools were also for sale.5.3) A few of the items in the co-op booth

Booth 2 is Wendo Van Essen. She is a Needle Felter and has needle felted brooches, vegan taxidermy, needle felting kits, and pin cushions.

2 photos showing the felting and kits by Wendo5.4) Booth 2, Wendo’s Booth

2 photos showing Hand died fibr in combed top braids and colourful batts as well as died yarn. also of shoppers looking at the displayed fiber5.5) Booth 3, This is October Knits,  a NEW vendor, with hand dyed yarn and fibre.

You may have spotted His colourful braided fibre at a few other events.

3 photos, Mitten patterns, Fiber for sale and weaving tools5.6)  Booth 4, Judy Kavanagh and Don Haines

Spindles, heddles, shuttles, tapestry looms, fibre

3 photos, Handweaving from 3 excelent weavers, close up of some of the shalls 5.7) Booth 5, Studio Three Fibre Arts and Unwoven

Booth 5 is a group of weavers, Studio Three Fibre Arts and Unwoven (Jean Down, Roberta Murrant and Deb Templeton), handwoven clothing, accessories, table linens, and fibre art.

Photos showing spindles, support spindles, and chirstmas ornaments, 5.8) Booth 6, Top of the Whorl

Spindles, spindle bowls, spindle totes and fibre in a variety of formats.

3 photos, 2 of yarn one of kits5.9) Booth 7, Wööl, emporium de laine

Hand dyed yarns, books, and notions.

2 photos of wood working, there was also weaving but i didnt have a good shot of that.6.1) Booth 8, Luna

Wood yarn bowls, crochet sets and art yarn.

3 photos, Hand spun and died yarn woven and knit, hand spun yarn. shot of part of the booth with people shopping6.2) Booth 9, Fab Fibre Two (Jean Sharp and Bernadette Quade)

Handspun yarn, fibre, hand knitted and handwoven items

2 photos, CLose ups of hand weaving and sewn top.6.3) Booth 10, Handweaving by Janet Whittam

Handwoven garments and accessories, baskets, household linens, rugs

Inkle woven straps, key fobs, felted acorns, woven and sewn bags6.4) Booth 11, Strapped for Cash

Handwoven straps and bands, including guitar straps, bag straps, hat bands, key fobs, lanyards, and bracelets.

3 photos, Mohair blends and locks. one photo shows hand feeling a mohair and coriadale blended batt (it was extreemly soft)6.5) Booth 12, WindWeft (NEW this year)

Mohair locks and yarns in natural and hand-dyed colours, mohair/wool blends, handspun and mill-spun yarns, rovings, batts, and handmade wool dolls.

Complex weave patterns, in scarves and couls as well as 3 photos of handwoven jakets.6.6) Booth 13, Inge Dam’s Handwoven Textiles

Handwoven scarves and shawls

3 photos, Hand died useing natural dies Yarn and mitten knit ewith natural died yarn6.7) Booth 14, Wayside Weeds and Wool (Amanda Carrigan)          Handspun yarn, natural-dyed yarn, handknits, kits and patterns

3 photos, wet felted and needle felted play mats and vesels with little figures and fleted camp fire6.8) Booth 15, Farmer Brown’s

Felted and wool based children’s play materials. Adventure Playmats, Woodland Gnomes and Fairy Houses.

6.9) Booth 16, Weave Me Be

Woven landscape tapestries.

7.1) Booth 17 & 20, Mapi Creations

Hand dyed fibre, Natural Fibre, Felted DIY kit, Felted Fabric, Art Yarn, Interactive Art Batt station

7.2) Booth 18, Maple Weaves

Handwoven wall tapestries and finished handwoven scarves

7.3) Booth 19, Felt by Molly

Felted goods

7.4) Booth 21, Carmen Deschênes, Lise Susin-Horth, Elisabeth Davy

Roving, locks, felted objects, handwovens

7.5) Booth 22, Makeloo Studio

Yarn certified 100% Canadian wool and hand dyed, also certified fibres

Oh my, that was a lot of show in not that big a hall! Maybe we should wander up to Bank Street and pop into a restaurant for lunch? We can meet back here afterwards and look at the Exhibition. If you are not parked in the city lot a block away, don’t forget to move your car when you drop off your purchases; it’s 3-hour street parking in most of the Glebe!

PS Sorry!!! i must not have saved properly, some of the photos were missing they loaded but did not attach, i must not have pushed save correctly!!! i hope this works now!!

Working on my Tapestry Piece

Working on my Tapestry Piece

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The guild I belong to is 75 years old this year. One thing we are doing to celebrate is a group tapestry. We have a picture of our Parlement Buildings in the autumn, divided it into 24 pieces and 24 members are doing one square each, in whatever technique they would like. The picture is heavily pixelated to blur it and make it easy for people to use different techniques.

They are due March 4 2024. I thought I better get started. I am the one organising it so I shouldn’t be late with my piece. I should credit Jan Scott here, it was her idea. I also have to credit her with great cunning as I am not sure how I ended up being the organiser.

Anyway, this is the square I have. It is off to the side of the picture. Because I have put off doing it, I was wondering why I didn’t pick just sky or trees for myself.

pixelated picture of sky and leaves

I had to go look to figure out what the dark piece sticking up was. I thought it might be a statue but seemed too tall.  It is a pointed crenelation on the west block of the parliament. The building is hidden by trees and the angle of the shot. The pixelation and then enlarging added a white pixel where there shouldn’t be one.

I wanted to wet felt and nuno felt a piece so I started with some prefelt. A thicker piece of white with orange-yellow for the sky and green for the trees to start, then added some fibres

felt background with some loose fibres on top.

I realised this was going to end up too big so I moved everything in, then added the silk for foliage. I want them to have texture. I had to root through 3 large bins and a small bin to get all the colours I wanted. I do not know why no matter how much fabric you have it’s never the colour you need. I wet the background first and I wet the silk before putting it down. Wet silk stays where and how you put it.

 

wet felt background and wet silk scrunched up on top

This is what it looked like when I quit for dinner and the next morning dry. Everything looks so much darker when it’s wet.

wet and nuno felt progress.   wet and nuno felt progression, dry

 

The next morning I rinsed the soap out with hot water and started some hard fulling to get it shrunk to the right size.

felt rolled up in plastic, ready to full

ready for cutting

finished felt ready to cut

And finally the cutting. You can sort of see how much it shrank. The whole piece started out the same size as the red mat. the cut pic is 6.6 inches (16.75 cm) long and 6  inches (15.24 cm) high.

felt tapestry piece cut to size

and the picture and the piece side by side. You can see one section of double layer silk didn’t stick down so I will fix that with a needle. I need to add in the crenellation as well with a needle.

With any luck by my next post, I should have it done.

And to lift everyone’s spirits and as proof spring will come here are early (sneaky ram) lambs born just a few days ago on a lovely warm and sunny day. they are not great pictures but the moms were sure I was a secret axe murderer or perhaps a wolf in people clothing and the lambs pick up on that and no one will give you a decent pose. and then add a very scary phone camera and there really is no hope. Good thing they are cute anyway.

2 black lambs with their mom 1 black lamb and 1 white lamb with their mom

 

OVWSG 2023 Sale and exhibition (part 1)

OVWSG 2023 Sale and exhibition (part 1)

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Vacarious Shopping!!

In November, The local weavers and spinners guild in Ottawa Canada have there annual sale and exhibition (briefly interrupted by the pandemic but running again this year!) The sale is held int the Glebe Community Center, which started out its life as St. James Methodist Church, begun in 1914 and finished in 1924. In the 1970’s it was converted to its present function of community center and rental hall. We take over the hall on Friday after noon to mark out the booths, set up tables then the venders arrive to set up there booths.

we have booths with local guild members and other fiber artists selling there finished items or various sorts of supplies and equipment. We also have a guild coop booth, make and take tables, a demo area and the guild info booth.

There was a large team organizing the event and publicity was mostly on line this year. Ann is the best one to speak to that part of the sale if you are very curious. I was only busy with a few parts of preparations. My jobs are more during the sale, the main one is photo document the sale and to take shots that hopefully will be useful in next years publicity as well as to entice anyone on our guild face book group to come shopping at the show. (I spend a couple hours posting photos to the group on Saturday night after the first day of the sale, I only took 343 photos, but didn’t inflict all of them on the group I promises!

Lets take a look around the sale, We had two booths with felting and a few with fiber that may be of interest. lest start at the guild table, which has the door prize for the surveys, stickers while they last, the Canadian moose skein winder bags, and extras magazines surplus to our collection (2.00 each). (there are also name tags with silly  or odd sheep for those who are working at the sale. you may spot them in various pictures.)

floor plan of booths at the sale1) Font of flyer

doors into the sale and poster with shuttle and spindle2) the doors into the sale, let’s take a look inside

As you went through the doors the Guild info booth was to your Left, we tried to ask everyone to fill out a Survey to enter for the door prizes.

  3) Guild table; Sheep name tags, survey slips, stickers for filling out the survey.

Door Prizes, white and blue handwoven shawl and felted lattern4) The door prizes for filling out the survey, which were drawn at the November guild meeting.

We were wanting to know how people found out about the sale (check our focus for advertising was working) and the aria that shoppers came from by asking for their postal code. This will let us check where most shoppers come from and see if there is a change from year to year. (Ann let me have fun with both the data enters and data analysis last time)

We also had a display of the Moose project bags,

OVWSG Anniversary Moose project bag5 )the 75th anniversary moose bags

And the Magazines that were extra to the guilds collection.

Magazines for sale6) Magazines for sale

in front of the guild tables are the Demo area to the left,

Spinning and weaving demo area7) Spinning and Weaving demo

Pine needle Basket making demo8) Pine needle basket demo

starting needle felting on the canvis moose bag. Felted Bat on a stick is sitting beside the moose bag 9) Felting demo

 The make take tables are on the right.  This was a fun spot that let people try spinning (on a Mayonnaise lid spindle), weaving (on a small frame or on a tapestry loom) and wet felting (acorns).

teaching spinning on a mayonnaise lid drop spindle 10) a spinning lesson with Mayonnaise lid spindles

2 girls weaving on popsical stick frame looms11) weaving on little frames

the Exhibition is in between Make and take table and the Demo area.  The theme was “Safire” this year, which leads into our “Diamond” anniversary theme next year.

2 veiws of the OVWSG Exhibition, the theam is Safires12) the exhibition

Molly's Entery in the exhibit was a wet felted vessel with inclustions of blue beads and rocks  13) Molly’s Wet felted Vessel

I suspect you will be interested in this one which was made by Molly Underhill. I think she said it was inspired by geologic core samples.

The guild had 3 wheels for sale which were displayed near the exhibition. the Louet S60 sold extremely quickly.  Which left the CPW (a fast spinning wheel used for production spinning and  the beautiful little Tyrol Spinning wheel . another wheel was dropped off but after more inspection it has a few repairs needed. It may need to have a spa day with Deborah, the OVWSG rental coordinator. (There are advantages to in person guilds but the commute to our blog or an on line guild is so much faster!)

a CPW and Tyrol wheel14)The wheels

 Canadian Production Wheel (CPW), a double drive wheel with tilt tension and a cast mettle footman.

Tiny Tyrol Spinning wheel, screw tension, peg for flyer,  Slow ratio, large mettle insert for orifice. There is a larger but very similar wheel in the Museum collection of Canadian Museum of history (previously M. of Civilization)

the two wheels sitting beside eachother showing how much smaller the Tyrol wheel is when comparied to a CPW15) Size comparison of CPW and Tyrol wheels

We had a small exhibit on the theme Safire this year, which leads into our Diamond anniversary theme next year.

Lets have a quick tour around the booths, starting with the co op booth. This allows guild members who have only a few things to sell or those with jobs at the sale who cant have a booth participate in the sale.

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16) Co-op booth

I hope this give you a suggestion of the diversity of the guild members work.

Since we are already on page 24 I think I should save the rest of the booths for the next post! Are you already shopping vicariously? (Save a bit of your Vicarious shopping money for the booths from the next post!!)

75th Anniversary Moose bag -Needle felting on a ground fabric

75th Anniversary Moose bag -Needle felting on a ground fabric

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History

For the last few years at least, you have occasionally, through the blog posts, been invited along to see what the local weaving and spinning guild is up to.  There are a few of us, on this blog, who are members of the Ottawa Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild.  (The guild goes beyond spinning and weaving, having also a number of felters, dyers, and other fibre arts). The Guild was started in 1949 by a group of local weavers after returning from a conference out of town. By the time I joined, over 30 years ago, the weavers had already been joined by spinners (and changed their name from OVWG to OVWSG).

I am sure you noticed that 2024 will be our 75th Guild Anniversary. There are a number of projects planned to help celebrate this momentous occasion.  (The compiled list of suggestions was quite long and the planning committee narrowed it down to 5 projects, there may be more!) Today I want to show you one of them.

One of the suggestions was a project bag to commemorate the occasion. We wanted a bag that was reasonably sturdy, big enough in size to hold a project and it would need to have a graphic and text element that would allow its use, even after the event.  Bernadette took over the quest for a bag to be printed on. I pulled out a lot of the ideas I had been working on for logo and bag options the last time I was asked to work on ideas.  I also did graphics for a few other ideas from members. One was Glenn’s moose antlers as a skein winder idea. I found a free clip art silhouette of a moose which was a bit pixilated and needed to be redrawn, but it would work as a prototype.   I added the yarn to the antlers and it was added to the other images up for selection.  It was the only funny one.  Although,  the octopus trying to weave spin and do fibre prep was funny too, but it was a bit too cluttered as an image. (I still liked it! maybe for a future bag?)

Glenn’s Moose idea was eventually selected, and suitable bags were found and printed.

2 large 1 small box 1) Three boxes containing the new bags arrived in the studio

The bags arrived mid-week. I found them when I arrived to work on the library and was asked to unbox and take photos of the contents.  So, I took pictures of the unboxing to let the rest of the guild enjoy the anticipation of discovering what was in the boxes.

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2-11) the unboxing

A few close-ups;

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12-14)close up of bag details

Part of the idea of the project bags was for those who purchased them to make them their own, by embellishing them. It could be as simple as sewing on some yarn through the red screen printed yarn on the bag. The weavers may want to make a scarf to add to the moose.  Or it could be more elaborate, adding a background to the image.

I would like to show you what I did. You probably remember how I have trouble keeping 2-D images not wandering into 3-D places.  First, let me mention this is a mid-weight canvas cloth and that I have not tried felting on this type of fabric before. I guessed on gauge and pulled out two T-38 333 needles, in case I broke one. (Which I did not, but I did manage to misplace one of them…. Maybe I should go find some footwear?) Next, where did I put my embroidery frames? I haven’t used them for a while…. Ah in the bedroom? I started with one of the middle-sized ones that fit the head and antlers.

15) Moose on bag set into 7-inch embroidery frame.

16) bag of unknown fibre, labelled with a warning it might be superwash. The (7) boxes of needles are in the background.

Now it is time to add wool. I found a mystery bag of charcoal fibre, which may be super-wash merino wool. Laying over the pre-printed shape I started to add the fiber.

17) starting to add wool to the ground fabric

The angle of the needle is perpendicular to the fabric.  I am felting into a very old block of foam that is 7”x 6” and 3 inches thick.

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18-19) You can see there is good adhesion of the wool to the ground fabric.

Time to add the antlers, The bag said  “Finn sheep, roving – semi wersted”. I got it early this summer and it was 6.00/oz. the antlers I wanted to keep more 2-D so I could augment them with yarn later.

20-21) Inside and outside of the bag, the moose is already starting to turn a bit 3-D

I found it easy to follow the edge of the antlers and moose.  The wool is still adhering well to the ground fabric.

Once I had a base of felt established I started to create a more 3-D element, unfortunately having chosen the black fibre it is not as easy to see the contours.

22) Adding ear

I created an ear (I am pretty sure this is supper wash, it took a while to felt the ear) and added it.

23) 3-D view

I had now reached the edge of the hoop and needed to move it to continue working. I decided I did not want to put the areas I had already worked on under the edge of the hoop. So, I would have to locate the bigger hoop I was sure I had. There is a really big one in the basement near the furnace, but that would be too big to fit the bag… Ah, I found it in a different spot in the bedroom… why are most of my embroidery hoops in the bedroom? I have moved them to the office.

24-25) After some tugging and adjusting I got one side of the bag into the 14” hoop.

26) adding wool to the legs

I had to decide which legs were on which side of the silhouette. You could just leave the back-side legs wool-less. I didn’t investigate the gate of a moose, so hopefully I have selected the correct legs on the correct sides.

I continued to add wool but worked at a more shallow angle now and did not feel the needle entering the ground fabric. I added more wool to the back edge of the mandible, the withers, the back edge of the belly, the shoulder and hip.

27)3-D-ish

I am pleased with the moose and antlers, but I need to add an eye. I wanted a blue eye (I did not research so I don’t know what colour  Moose eyes should be. Yet!)

 28) added eye

It was not as visible as I had hoped. So added a bit of light bage (maori) fibre to the underside of the eye. That helped, I also loosened the thread that held the blue bead and it looks better.

Next, we need to add the yarn to the antler skainwinder. First I added threads for the back of the wrapping. (I did not wrap them but sewed them back and forth between the antler prongs. Sneaky)  Then I added the top of the wrapping. I used two shades of blue to add more interest. The careful application of blue has covered up the red from the original silk screen. If there is gaping I may try couching the strands in place.

29-30) close up of added yarn to the antler

Overall, I am quite pleased and hope this will inspire more moose embellishment! The project bags will go on sale at the Guild sale Nov 4-5th (2023) which is for me tomorrow (for you it would be today!)

 

 

Getting ready for the sale

Getting ready for the sale

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So this week is the week before the sale I posted a few days ago. Jan, Carleen, Bernadette and I are all very involved in the planning and running of the sale. We are running around getting the organising done and trying to get our stuff ready too. Bernadett has a booth with another friend, she has to fill. The other 3 of us are in the co-op booth. It’s a booth for guild members who don’t have enough stuff to get a whole booth to themselves.

I have 3 things to put in the booth. Felted soap.

I have bags of sari silk in several colours

And lastly some spinning kits. I have only 6 of those the wooden wheels I use for them were back-ordered.

So now I am down to making signs and making sure I haven’t forgotten to do something critical to the sale. The weather has turned cold so that should help people start thinking about buying Christmas presents. Fingers crossed for a great sale for everyone.

 

Busy busy busy

Busy busy busy

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This week has not been a big felting week. I managed to make a few more lock pins. These ones are smaller, a little better for on a hat.

Mostly it has been baking and working on the upcoming Ottawa Valley Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild Sale and Exhibition.  I think I told you a somehow ended up as co-chair of the organization committee. I have a great group of ladies helping out. we are trying to get it all organized with timelines and procedures written down so when the next people have to take over they don’t have to start again. A lot of what we are doing is moving everything from a paper set up to a digital set up. we hope to start making 2 and 5-year plans for the Show.  So far it seems to be going well. The Show is November 2 and 3.

https://www.facebook.com/event 

Or if you aren’t on Facebook: https://www.ovwsg.com/sale/

We have 3 farmers markets left. So there has been lots of baking as people start to think of stocking up.

OVWSG Exhibition and Sale

OVWSG Exhibition and Sale

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Hi everyone this last weekend was the Ottawa Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild Exhibition and Sale. I had a good sale and we had some new vendors as well as returning ones.

This was my booth. I was in a new spot this year and I really liked the burnt orange wall. It showed off everything really well. I got lots of compliments on the new booth so I think I will be staying in this spot.

On the other side of the scarves on the left I hung some pictures.

I took some pictures of the other booths.

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It was a very tiring weekend, but fun too. It was great to see everyone and what they are making. The new workshop schedule for 2018 was available for the first time.  I got to meet some great people that come to see what we are up to, buy great items and sign up for workshops.

 

 

Guild Show and Sale

Guild Show and Sale

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Just home form 2 days as a vendor at my guilds annual show and sale. It was a busy weekend. we stayed open late on Saturday night but with it being the first time it wasn’t busy. It did give us time to look at each others things and have some good chats with fellow vendors, so not all bad. It did make for a very long day, 10am to 8 pm. Sunday morning before everyone got there I took some movies of the show so you can see it. They are not grate but I am doing better at moving slower and smoother. I hope you enjoy them.

My both is the second one you see, in the corner.

I don’t seem to have any programs on my computer that edit video. I thought I did but the programs that will show me the video want me to buy and upgrade to be able to do anything with the video. these videos were done with my iPhone What do you use to edit video?

 

Exhibition and Sale

Exhibition and Sale

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I had a great show. It was busy all weekend. Many people said it was there first time attending.  They really liked it. They liked that it wasn’t a huge show with hundreds of vendors. They were impressed by the quality and variety of the work for sale.

We did have some demo space and they were selling tickets on a raffle that supports our classes.

great wheel selling tickets

There where 3 other felters there. They do mostly needle felting.

nancy

wendoride

Of course there was more than just felt at the sale.

laurie linda and judy rug hooking weavingbrooms

These brooms where beautiful. I think I would have to clean my house before using one though. Might be easier to become Wiccan.

Sadly I did not take a picture of my booth. The fingerless mitts did prove to be popular. So that was my weekend.  My feet where very tired at the end. And then of course we had to pack it up and take it home. My son Colin was a great help both for set up and take down. He is a good packer so everything is packed up the and into the van with room to spare.