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we love guilds at the Fair... guilds keep the arts alive, sharing their passion, teaching, inspiring, fostering fellowship. presenting the demonstrating and teaching guilds of the 2012 Fair:
Guild meetings are held the second Monday of every month. Membership is $10 for the calendar year or $3 visitors. Contact crochetersolakes@aol.com with questions and for meeting locations.
The guild holds an annual members’ workshop designed to enhance hooking skills. The guild is also happy to provide demonstrations and displays for area historic and artistic events, including, annually, Lisle Depot Days held in September. Guild meetings are held the second Saturday of every month (except Dec.) from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm at the historic Beaubien Tavern at Lisle Station Park, 921 School St, Lisle, IL 60532. Members pay dues of $20.00/year, plus ATHA dues of $26.00/yr. Contact Beth Morris at cahbam@sbcglobal.net for more information. Note: Access to the Foxy Lady website, located on Yahoogroups.com, is limited to guild members only. However their group homepage is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FoxyLadyRugGuild/. Guild Meetings: Join us at our regular meetings, every second Saturday, from 10:00 am until about 3:00 pm at The Fold in Marengo, IL. Yearly dues are $25.00. Curious non-members are always welcomed. Contact: Sharon Krengel: lkrengel@mc.net; or Toni Neil: thefold@mc.net.
Guild meetings are the third Tuesday of each month from 6:45 pm- 8:55 pm. Meetings are held at Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625. Membership meetings usually include: refreshments, meeting and greeting, Guild Business, a program/mini class, and Show & Share. Windy City Guild membership entitles you to receive the monthly Windy City Knitting Guild Newsletter. It is loaded with announcements about knitting events, book reviews, knitting website reviews, yarn store reviews from all over the United States, class and teacher reviews, knitting patterns, tips, hints, facts and fun. Many knit shops in the Chicago area give a 10% discount to Guild members. Members also pay a reduced price for the fantastic workshops the guild sponsors. Dues are $25 per calendar year. You are invited to attend one of their monthly meetings if you would like more information about the guild before joining. Contact: Membership chairman, Worna Haywood at worna@ameritech.net. Web site: www.windycityknittingguild.com Guild meetings are from September through December, on the first Wednesday of the month at McHenry County Farm Bureau, 1102 McConnell Road. January through June meetings are held at the Woodstock Library on Judd Street. You can visit their website http://www.woodstockweaversguild.org for meeting details as well as find their membership form and information on their yearly dues. They sponsor several hand weaving workshops each year and publish an informative monthly newsletter. They'll be presenting their 13th annual Fiber Arts Show this October at the Old Courthouse Arts Center on the square in Woodstock. The Show is free and everyone is invited. They also have special interest groups including a Tapestry Group, an Inkle Weaving Group and a Color Study Group. Contact mayd2weave@hotmail.com for general information about the Weavers guild and its activities. Website: www.woodstockweaversguild.org
fiber arts, fiber art fairs, women, and activism have a long history in the United States. Sayings, including the one above were embroidered into quilts and other household goods and sold at Great Fairs in the North to raise money to support the abolitionists prior to the Civil War. In the South, women sold Gunboat quilts to raise money for the army. Groups like the Woman's Relief Corp that existed right here in Crystal Lake, IL, all got into the prewar effort. Further back in American History, we all remember and learned about the Boston Tea Party, but tea wasn't the only or the first sticking point between the Colonies and the British government. More festering still was the bitter battle over the colony's efforts to begin and sustain textile production. In 1699 the British passed "The Wool Act" which basically prohibited the colonies from selling textiles to anyone but the British government, who in turn sold it back to the colonies. In protest of this act, the ladies of Boston marched out on the Commons and spun yarn in defiance and...in public!! (the first "sit in"?) other interesting fibery facts: do you know...
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Demonstrations at the Fair (Guilds and Vendors):
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