Monthly Meetings

The Valley Weavers & Spinners meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month. Social Hour starts at 6:00 pm and the meetings start at 7:00 pm. We meet at the Denkmann-Hauberg house at 1300 24th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201.

If you are a gps funster here are the coordinates:
41.4993, -90.567195
41.4993-90.567195

N41° 29.958', W090° 34.0317'(precision: address)


Thursday, May 30, 2013


Valley Weavers & Spinners Meeting - Tuesday, June 4
Hauberg Civic Center, 1300-24th St,  Rock Island IL 
6:00 Fiber Hour - 7:00 Meeting

No program this month.  Bring all those show and tell items you've been meaning to share.      Sue suggests that we start working on our Christmas display at the August meeting, so bring ideas and/or examples of things we could make in August.      Also, think about future programs, and what you could teach or share with the group.  

*No Regular Meeting in July* 

Weaving Classes will begin in July We will start our classes on July 2nd, using our regularly scheduled monthly space at Hauberg for our first class.  Mary and Becky S, and Jean K. are currently on the class list.  Let us know if you are also interested, as we could have a couple more in the class.
Winter Weaving class students are asked to complete projects, and to either pass on their loom to someone in the class, or to return the loom to Hauberg before July.  

June Fiber Events… 

Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival - June 8 & 9 
Dallas County Fairgrounds - Adel, IA

Colonel Davenport Pioneer Day, Arsenal Island
noon to 4:00 -- Saturday, June 15.
Spinners or weavers will be outdoors under a canopy.
 
Midwest Weavers' Conference, Prairie Winds
June 20-22, 2013, Emporia, KS      

Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair   June 21-23
Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL  
 Fri & Sat: 10am-6pm; Sun: 10am-4pm 
HGA's annual international juried exhibit of fiber art on a small scale, 
opens June 1 [through Sept. 7] at the Fine Line Creative Arts Center, Saint Charles, Illinois. 

Other upcoming events…

Play Day at Abi's - July 20.  Enjoy a day in rural Iowa spinning, dyeing, eating, visiting and playing with fiber.  People usually start arriving about 10 am and start packing up by 4.  We'll have a potluck lunch, and can discuss this further at the meeting.  I'll send a reminder later, with directions to Abi's house. 

Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, September 6-8

Spin-Off Autumn Retreat,  October 20 - 26
Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL
The Spinners' Market is open to the public and is FREE of charge! Plan to visit the 2013 Spinner's Market!
Registration is open now.