Fiber Arts Classes & Activities -
Learn something new, or improve a skill in one of the many classes offered. Join the Sit & Spin, Knit and Crochet in the Oasis. Bring a project and share time with other fiber enthusiasts. Join the Handspun Skein Competition!

CLASSES:
9am-Noon: Let's Get Frivolous! Presented by Sarah Sammons. Learn to make 'yarn' from various fabrics, then integrate it with other fun yarns in this interesting project

9am-Noon: Forever in Bloom: Presented by Sally Hall and Susan Thompson. Design and create your own 3-dimensional fiber flower during a wet felting process. 

9am-Noon: Same Fiber, Different Yarn: Presented by Elaine Ross. Develop the skills and confidence to make yarns suitable for different projects.

9am-Noon: Painted Rovings: Presented by Pam Ramsey. Learn to create the luscious rainbows for woven and knitted scarves. 

10:30am-1:30pm: Spinning for Lace: Wheel or Spindle class with Jill Holbrook. Features tips and tricks for spinning lace weight yarn in a variety of fibers

1pm-4pm: Not Just a Blank Canvas: Presented by Rita Blocksom. Create an 8" x 10" piece of art upon a canvas base, and needle felt a landscape design using alpaca fibers.

1pm-4pm: Treasure Brooch: Presented by Michelle Johnson. Learn to wet felt around a small object, then cut part of the felt away, creating a bezel that reveals your 'treasure' beneath. 

1-4pm: Kumihimo & Wire Crochet: Presented by Margo Nickel. Create a multi-strand bracelet with a combination of techniques.

1-4pm: Hand Painting Yarn or Warp: Presented by Robin Pascal. Learn a fast and easy way to dye fibers using fiber reactive dyes.

1:45pm-4:45pm: Tea for Two Gift Basket: Presented by Joyce Jaden. Try your hand at basket weaving! Create a lunch pail style country basket with a handle, suitable for carrying small objects.

Fiber Artists & Purveyors -
Shop premier fiber purveyors and artists; enjoy animal exhibits, fleece & fiber competitions, and demonstrations.
FIBER FESTIVAL VENDORS INCLUDE:
Apache Hill Wool & Fiber Company - Elfrida, AZ
Deborah Brunner Fiber Arts - Sahuarita, AZ
Infinity Fibers - Sahuarita, AZ
One of a Kind Recycled Textiles - Green Valley, AZ
Felt & Fiber Creations - Tucson, AZ
Karen Samson Designs - Marana, AZ
La Plata Farms - Hesperus, CO
KCL Woods - Cortaro, AZ
Robin Pascal ~ Perfect Buttons - Edgewood, CO
Grandma's Spinning Wheel - Tucson, AZ
Laughing Cloud Studio - Prescott, AZ
Jordan Taylor Designs - Tucson, AZ
Pyrographics - Tucson, AZ
Crone Craft Studios - Tucson, AZ;
Brookmoore Creations - Tucson, AZ
Jaden Ventures, LLC - Tucson, AZ
Kiwi Knitting Company - Tucson, AZ
Crazy Monkey Creations - Peyton, CO
Pump House Studio - Washington Island, WI
Lily Pad Knits - Tucson, AZ
Chamomile Connection - Mimbres, NM
Wanna Bead - Tucson, AZ

Sponsored by the Southwest Fiber Arts Guild with a Mission -
To Promote the fiber arts through education and creating public awareness.
To Provide stewardship for the animals and plants that produce fiber for the arts.
To Perpetuate and share the intrinsic value of the fiber arts.

Deborah Brunner, from the Southwest Fiber Arts Guild will be a featured guest on SouthwestBlend.com’s ‘Champagne Sundays’ online radio show, to talk about the upcoming Southwest Fiber Arts Festival. The show airs live from 11am-1pm PST, on Sunday, August 17, 2008. To listen to the entire, unedited show click here. To listen to Deborah's interview, please double click on the Play button below.