The Conference will be held Thursday March 18 to Sunday March 21,2010 at the Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center north of Eustis, Florida. Schedule will include mini workshops on Thursday afternoon, 3 day workshops Friday morning through noon Sunday, a Fashion Show, Juried Fiber Exhibit, Vendor sales, Guild Exhibits and more.
For more information contact: Ann Welly Revels, Conference Coordinator
Please scroll further down to see pictures of the 2009 Conference, and read comments.
| Dave Barriger Apopka, Florida |
Woodturning Beginners to Advanced |
| Jan Beckenbach Melrose, Florida |
Coiled Rawandan Fruit Basket |
| Barb Gallagher Guilford, Indiana |
The Joy of 4 Harness Summer & Winter (Bring and work on your own loom) |
| Bobbie Irwin Montrose, Colorado |
Twined Rag Rugs on a Frame Loom |
| Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser Columbia Missouri |
Continuous Strand Weaving on Triangle, Square or Rectangular Looms |
| Mary Jo La Clair and Nancy Tepas Buffalo, New York |
Weaving with Mixed Fibers Breaking the Rules and Solving the Problems (Bring and work on your own loom) |
| Mary Hettmansperger Peru, Indiana |
Woven Jewelry ... Title to be announced |
| Joan Ruane |
Learning to Spin Your Own Yarn For beginners, guild will supply spinning wheels |
| Mary Scott Suffolk, Virginia |
Beginning 4 Harness Weaving Buy or borrow a loom and learn to warp and weave |
| Heather Winslow Sugar Grove, Illinois |
New Millennium Fibers A round robin for Intermediate Weavers |
| Jo Woods Duluth, Minnesota |
Painting With Beads Beaded Landscapes on Fabric and a Beaded Pin |
Layna Bentley's class on Wright Style was a non-stress, round robin
filled with inspiration from her garments and slides of buildings and
their decorations. The drafts, though relatively easy to warp and
weave, could be modified in many ways to reflect various building
styles and abstractions. The steps on how to get from a great
architectural photo to your own weaving project were well explained
and illustrated.
Sonja H.
I've taken new fiber workshops before, but the industry is always
coming up with something new and improving something old. Paula Vester
brought had the old fluffy style I'd seen before plus the newer top,
latte which is made from milk, Ecospun which is made from old plastic
bottles, Seacell made from seaweed, soy silk from tofu, and viscose
and tencel from trees. The most unusual fiber we got to sample was
recycled prison uniforms. While I won't be going out of my way to find
recycled prison uniforms any time in the future, the point was to
expand our horizons and to be open to trying new fibers when we see
them.
Berna L.
Fonda Haddad was an excellent teacher and it was exciting to learn a
new skill and I am very fond of my pretty gourds. It pays to try
something totally different sometimes. Thank you for a great
Conference.
Veronica H.