2024 Daytripping

There’s still lots to do if you come to FTWG just for the day!

Check out the Schedule of Events

Register in Advance, or pay $15 daily admission at the Registration Desk

Attend a Mini Class on Thursday or Saturday (advance registration required)

Visit the Vendors

Visit the Fiber Exhibit

Visit the Guild Tables

Hang out and Craft with friends

Attend Evening Programming (see Schedule for details)

Fiber Exhibit

The Fiber Exhibit is a competition. In order to enter, you must (1) be a member of FTWG; and (2) be present onsite to submit your entry and pick it up at the end of the Conference, or give someone your items to enter and pick up for you. FTWG does not receive entries via mail and does not mail entries back at the end of the event. There is no entrance fee for items.

You may enter an item in only one category, and for items that might reasonably fit into multiple categories, it is your decision which category you’d like to put it in. If a particular category has a substantial number of entries, the organizers may choose to split it into subcategories.

FTWG Attendees vote on their favorite projects in each category, and ribbons are awarded to those with the highest number of votes.

2023 Fiber Exhibit

The pictures below capture some of the entries in the Fiber Exhibit at the 2023 Florida Tropical Weavers Guild Conference.

Guild Tables

For the modest fee of $10, fiber guilds can reserve a table and set up a display of projects their members have made since the last Conference. Each guild chooses what to display on their table. Some guilds have a theme for the year; some display whatever their members choose to bring.

Each guild is responsible for setting up their own display at the beginning of the Conference and disassembling it at the end of the Conference. FTWG only provides a table with a black table cloth; any other display structure is provided by the guild.

FTWG only has individual memberships, not guild memberships. To be eligible for a guild table, you need only (1) be a fiber-related guild or crafting group with regular meetings (you don’t need a formal organization with officers); (2) have someone attending conference who can set up and take down your display; (3) pay the fee. If you are part of a group that’s interested in having a guild table, email district2@ftwg.org.

The pictures below are the Guild Tables at the 2023 Conference.

Drunken Monkey Spinners’ table at the 2023 FTWG Conference. photo by Alice Martin
Pinellas Weavers Guild’s table at the 2023 FTWG Conference. photo by Alicia Koeb
Weavers of Orlando’s table at the 2023 FTWG Conference. photo by Alice Martin.
Manasota Weavers Guild’s table at the 2023 FTWG Conference. photo by Alice Martin
Space Coast Weavers & Fiber Artists’ table at the 2023 FTWG Conference. photo by Alicia Koeb
Gainesville Handweavers’ Guild’s table at 2023 FTWG Conference. photo by Alicia Koeb
Weavers of Char-Lee’s table at the 2023 FTWG Conference. photo by Alice Martin

Hang Out and Craft

FTWG has the entire Conference area of the hotel, which includes a huge area wrapping around the outside of the ballroom. We will have tables set up where you can hang out and work on projects!

Location

The logo for the Wyndham Orlando Resort and Conference Center / Celebration

3011 Maingate Lane
Kissimmee, FL 34747