Dear Friends, I am so glad this year's event is finally here. I think it might be the best one yet. Being back in a hotel environment is the right choice for us all. It's so much more comfortable than the cavernous convention center. With our new location offering so many rooms, with such versatility and flexibility, it allows us the ability to include several special interest studios as well as 3 dedicat- ed Market rooms. The feedback we've had from you regarding the creative classes is greatly appreciated. We heard your requests and as evidenced by the choice of classes this year, we realize your growing interest in the creative arts. We're thankful to Brooklyn Tweed who brought John Crane's Sheep Breed Exhibition all the way from Portland, Oregon in the Fiber Studio. Be sure to stop in and see the 75+ breeds on display. We're pleased to also be able to feature the Creative Open Studio, in a dedicated sewing room, sponsored by Janome and Amy Baughman Sew & Quilt in Cranberry, PA.with make and take activities. Having a chance to sit and play on several models of sewing machines and try out the many features in a no pressure, relaxed environment is a wonderful opportunity.
Fabrics from Around the World will be one of the exhibitions, graciously lent by the 3 Rivers Quilters Guild, and there will be Quilts on display also. A 911 Tribute Quilt will be featured. The quilt, titled "Remember Me," made by Carol Mesimer, was made after the 911 tragedy. This is the last stop for the quilt before it becomes part of the permanent display at the 911 Memorial and Museum in New York.
The Maker Space, sponsored by Clover, USA, and Lion Brand Yarn is a space where you can sit and chill out, try your hand at a new crafting activity, and sample some fun new yarns in Lion Brand's Yarn Lounge. We have brought back Free Learn to Knit and Crochet Sessions, compliments of Lion Brand. Each participant receives a tote bag with needles, yarn and basic instructions. Bethany Community Ministry volunteers will host the Knit & Crochet sessions and have a retro jewelry sale as part of their upcoming fundraising efforts. The Western Pa Girl Scouts will assist with you with a FREE Pgh HandMade Heart Making activity all day Sunday and they'll be selling cookies! The Pgh HandMade Hearts initiative, started last year after the tragic shooting at a Squirrel Hill Synagogue, has had a ripple effect. Many other cities have picked up the heart making initiative. Here in Pittsburgh, we have engaged hundreds of volunteers of all ages and made hearts and distributed over 5500 in the region. I am grateful to everyone who participated in the first year and encourage you to keep on being kind with these small acts of kindness.
This was a year of transition. We lost our Mother, Irene Kierski. Losing a mother is not easy, but it serves as a reminder of all of the truly important and precious things in life. It reminds us that life is indeed short. Make the most of each day and to be the best person you can be. Celebrate each day! Be selfless, be kind, treat your neighbors the way you would like to be treated, and pass those lessons on to our children. Warmly,
A Special Thank You to the following people and organizations that helped to make this event a success: Amy Baughman Sew & Quilt Fat Quarter Shops Linda Pepper Three Rivers Quilt Guild Anzula Yarns Green Mountain Energy Lion Brand Yarn Universal Yarns Berroco Janome Minuteman Press of Allison Park UPMC Senior Communities Brooklyn Tweed Jimmy Beans Wool Pfaff WQED Carol Mesimer Knit Picks Pittsburgh Pirates Randy, Sarah, Lucy, Attila, all of Clover Knitting Fever Pittsburgh Steelers our volunteers and staff Debbie Jacknin Kraemer Yarns Robert Kaufmann Fabrics Dharma Trading ThankKreinik Mfg. Co Thornton SewingYou! Machines Please see a complete thank you list on the website: www.pghknitandcrochet.com for all of the additional contributions and help that came in after the program went to print. 24 1 2 23 22 3 4 21 5 6 19 Does your advisor have what it takes to Expertise help protect and grow your family wealth? We do.
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Creative Open Studio Maker Space Get your creative juices on! We have a lot going on in the Maker Space sponsored by Sponsored by Janome and Amy Baughman’s Sew & Quilt. Clover USA and Lion Brand Yarns. A Clover, USA educator will be onsite offering a different make and There will be FREE fun and easy make and take activities offered take activity each day for fabric and yarn lovers. All activities are every 90 minutes, all 3 days, with embroidery FREE and will be on a drop in basis, however, seating will be limited. sessions, and special presentations with guest speakers as well as quilts on display! FREE Learn to Knit and Learn to Crochet Classes, sponsored by Lion Brand Yarn and hosted by the Bethany Community Ministries Janome Educator and Modern Quilt Guild teacher Miriam Coffey volunteers. will be on hand all 3 days with: Learn to Knit and Crochet Class Schedule: - Machine Quilting Demos Friday, 2:00 pm, Learn to Knit - String Quilting Friday, 4:00 pm, Learn to Crochet - Choosing the Perfect Quarter Inch Seam and why Threads Matter! Saturday, 10:30 am, Learn to Knit Saturday, 11:30 am, Learn to Crochet Triangle Frenzy Saturday, 2:30 pm, Learn to Knit On Saturday, Susan Courson, from the Scrubgrass Quilting Guild Saturday, 4:30 pm, Learn to Crochet will present a demo: Triangle Frenzy from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM in the Creative Open Studio. The Triangle Frenzy Swirl pattern by Sign up sheets for Friday and Saturday sessions will be available in Bunnie Cleland enables you to create many effects with border the Maker Space each day. Seating is limited and students will be fabrics. Susan will show a few examples and demonstrate the taken on a first come, first serve basis. process step by step. Sunday, all day, a yarn wrapped heart will be offered for FREE and led by the Girl Scouts of W. PA, sponsored by Lion Brand Yarn. Girl Fabrics from Around the World Scout Cookies will be available to purchase. Fabrics from Around the World will be one of the exhibitions, graciously lent by the 3 Rivers Quilt Guild. A Garden Party with Clover Clover will be offering several FREE Make and Take Flower crafts Visit Amy’s booths in the Creative Open Studio with Janome to get you started on your Spring Accessories and Decor machines, a Stitch Studio, and all of your sewing and Friday quilting needs. 11:00 am – 12:15 pm – Hana Ami Flowers 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm – Pom Pom Makers Saturday 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm – Kanzashi Flowers 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm – YoYo Makers Saturday Evening Block Party 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm – Tassel Making Sheep Breed Sunday 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Pom Poms 11:15 am – 12:15 pm – Hana Ami Flowers Exhibition Fiber Studio 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Yo Yo Makers 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Kanzashi Flowers Sheep Breed Exhibition We’re thankful to Brooklyn Tweed who brought John Crane’s Sheep 911 Tribute Quilts Breed Exhibition all the way from Portland, Oregon in the Fiber Carol Mesimer’s 911 Tribute Quilt titled ‘Remember Me’ will be on Studio. Be sure to stop in and see the 75+ breeds on display all display all weekend. The quilt was made after the 911 tragedy and weekend long. has been featured in many locations. Pittsburgh will be the last stop for this stunning piece before it goes to the 911 Memorial in NY as Spinning and Weaving Demos part of it’s permanent exhibition. Spinning and Weaving Demos with Cody Edgar. Wheels, spinning supplies and fiber for sale with Phi Fibers, all weekend. Linda Pepper’s ‘Fallen Hearts’ Quilt will be on display all 3 days. Flight 93 went directly over the school where Linda was working Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em before it crashed. You can meet with her from 12:00-1:00 pm on Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em with Amy Ross Manko from Ross Farm Saturday in the Maker Space. Saturday Evening at 7:30 pm 25 Million Stitch Project Join Amy Ross Manko of The Ross Farm on Saturday night at 7:30 You are invited to participate in the 25 Million Stitch Project. Panels during our Block Party for her talk on raising rare breed sheep, from the project will be on display. Fabric, threads and needles will working with the Livestock Conservancy’s innovative new project be available for you to sit, stitch and participate. We're thankful to Brooklyn Tweed who and ask her all your questions about spinning and knitting outside All materials provided for you in the Maker Space by our sponsors. of the box. The talk is FREE, but if you’d like to donate to the Lion Brand Yarns and Clover supplies will be available for purchase brought John Crane's Sheep Breed preservation efforts, you may do so. in the Maker Space with Kreinik Mfg Co and Songbird Artistry. Exhibition all the way from Portland, Oregon in the Fiber Studio. Be sure to stop in and see the 75+ breeds on display.
16 9 PLEASE NOTE: There are 3 Exhibit Halls this year, THE GREENTREE BALLROOM, 2020 Exhibitors THE OAKMONT BALLROOM and THE DUQUESNE ROOM. Exhibitors are listed alphabetically under each room.
Susan’s Fiber Shop Frog It! Yarns DUQUESNE ROOM: Susan McFarland Tasha Poe Booths 70-84 www.susansfiber.com www.frogityarns.com Booths 44-45 Booths 66 A&L Sharpening Service Liza Goldberg – Friday and Saturday only, Twisted Yarn and Fiber The Fuzzy Bunny outside of Duquesne Room Wanda Zaharfy Liz Yockel www.twistedyarnfiber.com www.fuzzybunnyyarn.com Clare Margaret Hand Cut Paper Booth 32 Booth 65 Clare Margaret www.etsy.com/shop/claremargaret717 Underhill Farm Green Mountain Energy Booth 78 Green Tree, Green PA Tree, William Churchill SPONSOR
March 20,21,22, 2020 www.underhillfarmpa.com www.greenmountainenergy.com FeltHappiness Booth 21 Booth 67 Juliane Gorman www.felthappiness.com Yarnbyrds, LLC Harps & Thistles Yarn Emporium Booth 77 Robin Sims Richey Cindy Michael
DoubleTree by DoubleTree Hilton www.yarnbirds.com www.harpsandthistles.com The Maasai International Booth 15 Booth 50 Minala Grace Harris www.justafricaimage.com Youghiogheny Yarns Long Island Yarn & Farm Booths 74-75 Keri Fosbrink Tabbethia Haubold www.youghioghenyyarns.com www.liyarnandfarm.com Quilters Corner Booth 40 Booths 56-57 Mary Beth Hartnett www.quilterscorner-pa.com OAKMONT BALLROOM: Ridgetop Pottery Booth 82 Booths 49-69 Susan Ramey www.ridgetoppottery.com Thornton Co Allegheny Fiber Arts Booth 49 Mary Thornton Tara Munch www.thorntonco.com www.etsy.com/shop/AlleghenyFiberArts Sheepshed Booths 79-80 Booth 69 Donna Carlstrom www.sheepshed.net Twisted Fiber Art Alpaca Kid & Ewe Booth 58 Beth Gorishek Kathy Arnold www.twistedfiberart.com www.alpacaEstore.com Space Cadet Booths 83-84 Booth 51 Stephanie Alford www.spacecadetyarn.com Songbird Artistry Anita’s Homespun Booth 52 Jennifer Orefice Anita Hotchkiss www.songbirdartisty.com www.anitashomespun.net Unplanned Peacock Booth 81 & MAKER SPACE Booth 61 Natasha Laity Snyder www.unplannedpeacock.com Stramba Farm Alpacas Blue Heron Yarns Booth 53 Terri Stramba Demian Savits www.strambafarmalpacas.com www.blueheronyama.com Willow Street Workshops Booths 70-71-72 Booth 64 Hannah Buehler Booth 68 Wilsons Calico Corner Brooklyn Haberdashery Marilyn Wilson Paige Sato ZanieCrafts www.wilsonscalico.com www.brooklynhaberdashery.com Suzanne O’Brien Booth 73 Booths 62-63 www.zenicrafts.com Cozy Color Works Booth 60 Sandy Anderson www.cozycolorworks.com Booths 54-55
Please see a complete list on the website: www.pghknitandcrochet.com for all of the additional exhibitors that came in after the program went to print.
10 15 PLEASE NOTE: There are 3 Exhibit Halls this year, THE GREENTREE BALLROOM, 2020 Exhibitors THE OAKMONT BALLROOM and THE DUQUESNE ROOM. 2020 Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival Schedule Exhibitors are listed alphabetically under each room.
Amy Baughman Sew & Quilt, LLC Created 4U By Laura Love Laugh Crochet Friday: Amy Baughman Laura Regan (Formerly Crochet by Faye) 10:30 am Registration opens – 1st floor outside of GreenTree Ballroom www.amybaughman.com www.etsy.com/shop/created4ubyLaura Robyn Chachula Booths located inside Booth 48 www.lovelaughcrochet.com 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Marketplace – 1st floor – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Rooms CREATIVE OPEN STUDIO Booth 18 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Creative Open Studio – Sponsored by Janome and Amy Baughman Sew & (Sponsored by Janome) Fairy Tale Knits Dawn Craig LunaStitch Knitting Bags Quilt -Westinghouse Room – 1st floor PhiFiber www.fairytaleknits.com Donna Cornelison 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Maker Space – Sponsored by Lion Brand Yarns and Clover (Free Learn to Knit and Kit Snyder Booths 19-20 lunastitch.fibercrafty.com Crochet Sessions) – Foster Room 1st floor etsy.com/phifiber Booth 9 Booth located inside FIBER STUDIO Fine Points, Inc 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Fiber Studio – Sheep Breed Exhibition, Spinning and Weaving Demos – Starzl Room (STARZL classroom) Liz Tekus MAB Elements 1st floor www.finepoints.com (Formerly The Flaming Ice Cube) Kreinik Mfg. Co Booth 12 Michele Barratt 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Scissor Sharpening – outside of Duquesne Room Doug Kreinik www.MABElements.com 11:00 pm to 6:00 pm Scavenger Hunt – All 3 Marketplace Rooms – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Good for Ewe Yarn www.kreinik.com Booth 11 12:00 pm to 7:30 pm Classes – 1st floor and 5th floor (one classroom on Fifth Floor – Use Tower 1 Elevator) Booth located inside MAKER SPACE with Paige Shipley Songbird Artistry. www.goodforeweyarn.com MollyGirl Yarn Booth 17 Angela Cronin Saturday: GREENTREE BALLROOM: www.mollygirlyarn.com Heidi & Lana 8:30 am Registration opens – 1st floor outside of GreenTree Ballroom Booths 1-48 Booth 10 Margaret Johnson 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Marketplace – 1st floor – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Rooms www.heidiandlana.com North Light Fibers Adirondack Yarns 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Creative Open Studio – Sponsored by Janome and Amy Baughman Sew & Quilt – Sue Coffrin Booth 16 Sven Risom www.adirondackyarns.com www.northlightfibers.com Westinghouse Room – 1st floor Holiday Yarns Booths 29-30 Booths 41-42 Jennifer Vancalcar 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Maker Space – Sponsored by Lion Brand Yarns and Clover (Free Learn to Knit and Aisling Yarns www.holidayyarns.com Noti Yarns, LLC Crochet sessions) – Foster Room 1st floor Christa Hobson Booth 47 Shery Cook 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Fiber Studio – Sheep Breed Exhibition, Spinning and Weaving Demos – Starzl Room www.notiyarn.com www.aislingyarns.com Jehovah Jireh Woolmill 1st floor Booths 1-2 Booths 23-24 Amy & Greg Francisco 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Scissor Sharpening – outside of Duquesne Room www.woolmill.com Sheepish Creations Artisanal Yarns 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Scavenger Hunt – All 3 Marketplace Rooms – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Robert Scheiber Booths 6-7 Pam Bates www.artisanalyarns.com www.sheepishcreations.com 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Classes – 1st floor and 5th floor (one classroom on Fifth Floor – Use Tower 1 Elevator) Kathy’s Kreations Booth 22 Booths 27-28 Kathy Zimmerman 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Block Party! 1st floor: Ongoing demos, trunk shows, meet the teachers, spin in, string Bead Biz www.kathys-kreations.com Shirsty Cat Designs art and more!!! Free with your admission ticket. Jean Glass Booths 25-26 Kelly Straub www.beadbiz.org www.shirstycat.com Knitting Notions Booth 46 Sunday: Booths 13-14 Catherine Harrison 8:30 am Registration opens – 1st floor outside of GreenTree Ballroom Brooklyn Tweed & Yarns by Design PA www.knittingnotions.com Spinaway Farm 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Marketplace – 1st floor – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Rooms Booths 33-34 Brice Wonders Luigi Boccia 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Creative Open Studio – Sponsored by Janome and Amy Baughman Sew & Quilt - www.brooklyntweed.com www.spinawayfarm.com Lazy O Ranch Booth 39 Westinghouse Room – 1st floor Booth 8 Dawn A. Shaffer 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Maker Space – Sponsored by Lion Brand Yarns and Clover (Pgh HandMade Heart Natalie Belmont www.learntoknitncrochet.com StarKnits yarnsbydesignpa.com Booth 38 Allena Williams making) – Foster Room 1st floor Booth 8 www.starknits.net 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Fiber Studio – Sheep Breed Exhibition, Spinning and Weaving Demos – Starzl Room Leading Men Fiber Arts Booth 31 Country Keepsakes Steve Fegert 1st floor Linda Salitrynski leadingmenfiberarts.com Superfine Yarn Co 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Scavenger Hunt – All 3 Marketplace Rooms – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Booths 3-4-5 Sarah Flinn www.countrykeepsakesonline.com 2:00 pm Grand Prize Drawings Booths 35-36-37 www.superfineyarn.com Booth 43 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Classes – 1st floor and 5th floor (one classroom on Fifth floor – use Tower 1 Elevator) 3:30 pm Festival Marketplace closes Please see a complete list on the website: www.pghknitandcrochet.com for all of the additional exhibitors that came in after the program went to print. Please note: GRAND PRIZES are in the Duquesne Room! Don’t forget to enter for your chance to win! 14 11 12 13 PLEASE NOTE: There are 3 Exhibit Halls this year, THE GREENTREE BALLROOM, 2020 Exhibitors THE OAKMONT BALLROOM and THE DUQUESNE ROOM. 2020 Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival Schedule Exhibitors are listed alphabetically under each room.
Amy Baughman Sew & Quilt, LLC Created 4U By Laura Love Laugh Crochet Friday: Amy Baughman Laura Regan (Formerly Crochet by Faye) 10:30 am Registration opens – 1st floor outside of GreenTree Ballroom www.amybaughman.com www.etsy.com/shop/created4ubyLaura Robyn Chachula Booths located inside Booth 48 www.lovelaughcrochet.com 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Marketplace – 1st floor – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Rooms CREATIVE OPEN STUDIO Booth 18 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Creative Open Studio – Sponsored by Janome and Amy Baughman Sew & (Sponsored by Janome) Fairy Tale Knits Dawn Craig LunaStitch Knitting Bags Quilt -Westinghouse Room – 1st floor PhiFiber www.fairytaleknits.com Donna Cornelison 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Maker Space – Sponsored by Lion Brand Yarns and Clover (Free Learn to Knit and Kit Snyder Booths 19-20 lunastitch.fibercrafty.com Crochet Sessions) – Foster Room 1st floor etsy.com/phifiber Booth 9 Booth located inside FIBER STUDIO Fine Points, Inc 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Fiber Studio – Sheep Breed Exhibition, Spinning and Weaving Demos – Starzl Room (STARZL classroom) Liz Tekus MAB Elements 1st floor www.finepoints.com (Formerly The Flaming Ice Cube) Kreinik Mfg. Co Booth 12 Michele Barratt 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Scissor Sharpening – outside of Duquesne Room Doug Kreinik www.MABElements.com 11:00 pm to 6:00 pm Scavenger Hunt – All 3 Marketplace Rooms – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Good for Ewe Yarn www.kreinik.com Booth 11 12:00 pm to 7:30 pm Classes – 1st floor and 5th floor (one classroom on Fifth Floor – Use Tower 1 Elevator) Booth located inside MAKER SPACE with Paige Shipley Songbird Artistry. www.goodforeweyarn.com MollyGirl Yarn Booth 17 Angela Cronin Saturday: GREENTREE BALLROOM: www.mollygirlyarn.com Heidi & Lana 8:30 am Registration opens – 1st floor outside of GreenTree Ballroom Booths 1-48 Booth 10 Margaret Johnson 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Marketplace – 1st floor – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Rooms www.heidiandlana.com North Light Fibers Adirondack Yarns 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Creative Open Studio – Sponsored by Janome and Amy Baughman Sew & Quilt – Sue Coffrin Booth 16 Sven Risom www.adirondackyarns.com www.northlightfibers.com Westinghouse Room – 1st floor Holiday Yarns Booths 29-30 Booths 41-42 Jennifer Vancalcar 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Maker Space – Sponsored by Lion Brand Yarns and Clover (Free Learn to Knit and Aisling Yarns www.holidayyarns.com Noti Yarns, LLC Crochet sessions) – Foster Room 1st floor Christa Hobson Booth 47 Shery Cook 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Fiber Studio – Sheep Breed Exhibition, Spinning and Weaving Demos – Starzl Room www.notiyarn.com www.aislingyarns.com Jehovah Jireh Woolmill 1st floor Booths 1-2 Booths 23-24 Amy & Greg Francisco 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Scissor Sharpening – outside of Duquesne Room www.woolmill.com Sheepish Creations Artisanal Yarns 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Scavenger Hunt – All 3 Marketplace Rooms – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Robert Scheiber Booths 6-7 Pam Bates www.artisanalyarns.com www.sheepishcreations.com 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Classes – 1st floor and 5th floor (one classroom on Fifth Floor – Use Tower 1 Elevator) Kathy’s Kreations Booth 22 Booths 27-28 Kathy Zimmerman 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Block Party! 1st floor: Ongoing demos, trunk shows, meet the teachers, spin in, string Bead Biz www.kathys-kreations.com Shirsty Cat Designs art and more!!! Free with your admission ticket. Jean Glass Booths 25-26 Kelly Straub www.beadbiz.org www.shirstycat.com Knitting Notions Booth 46 Sunday: Booths 13-14 Catherine Harrison 8:30 am Registration opens – 1st floor outside of GreenTree Ballroom Brooklyn Tweed & Yarns by Design PA www.knittingnotions.com Spinaway Farm 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Marketplace – 1st floor – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Rooms Booths 33-34 Brice Wonders Luigi Boccia 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Creative Open Studio – Sponsored by Janome and Amy Baughman Sew & Quilt - www.brooklyntweed.com www.spinawayfarm.com Lazy O Ranch Booth 39 Westinghouse Room – 1st floor Booth 8 Dawn A. Shaffer 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Maker Space – Sponsored by Lion Brand Yarns and Clover (Pgh HandMade Heart Natalie Belmont www.learntoknitncrochet.com StarKnits yarnsbydesignpa.com Booth 38 Allena Williams making) – Foster Room 1st floor Booth 8 www.starknits.net 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Fiber Studio – Sheep Breed Exhibition, Spinning and Weaving Demos – Starzl Room Leading Men Fiber Arts Booth 31 Country Keepsakes Steve Fegert 1st floor Linda Salitrynski leadingmenfiberarts.com Superfine Yarn Co 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Scavenger Hunt – All 3 Marketplace Rooms – GreenTree, Oakmont and Duquesne Booths 3-4-5 Sarah Flinn www.countrykeepsakesonline.com 2:00 pm Grand Prize Drawings Booths 35-36-37 www.superfineyarn.com Booth 43 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Classes – 1st floor and 5th floor (one classroom on Fifth floor – use Tower 1 Elevator) 3:30 pm Festival Marketplace closes Please see a complete list on the website: www.pghknitandcrochet.com for all of the additional exhibitors that came in after the program went to print. Please note: GRAND PRIZES are in the Duquesne Room! Don’t forget to enter for your chance to win! 14 11 PLEASE NOTE: There are 3 Exhibit Halls this year, THE GREENTREE BALLROOM, 2020 Exhibitors THE OAKMONT BALLROOM and THE DUQUESNE ROOM. Exhibitors are listed alphabetically under each room.
Susan’s Fiber Shop Frog It! Yarns DUQUESNE ROOM: Susan McFarland Tasha Poe Booths 70-84 www.susansfiber.com www.frogityarns.com Booths 44-45 Booths 66 A&L Sharpening Service Liza Goldberg – Friday and Saturday only, Twisted Yarn and Fiber The Fuzzy Bunny outside of Duquesne Room Wanda Zaharfy Liz Yockel www.twistedyarnfiber.com www.fuzzybunnyyarn.com Clare Margaret Hand Cut Paper Booth 32 Booth 65 Clare Margaret www.etsy.com/shop/claremargaret717 Underhill Farm Green Mountain Energy Booth 78 Green Tree, Green PA Tree, William Churchill SPONSOR
March 20,21,22, 2020 www.underhillfarmpa.com www.greenmountainenergy.com FeltHappiness Booth 21 Booth 67 Juliane Gorman www.felthappiness.com Yarnbyrds, LLC Harps & Thistles Yarn Emporium Booth 77 Robin Sims Richey Cindy Michael
DoubleTree by DoubleTree Hilton www.yarnbirds.com www.harpsandthistles.com The Maasai International Booth 15 Booth 50 Minala Grace Harris www.justafricaimage.com Youghiogheny Yarns Long Island Yarn & Farm Booths 74-75 Keri Fosbrink Tabbethia Haubold www.youghioghenyyarns.com www.liyarnandfarm.com Quilters Corner Booth 40 Booths 56-57 Mary Beth Hartnett www.quilterscorner-pa.com OAKMONT BALLROOM: Ridgetop Pottery Booth 82 Booths 49-69 Susan Ramey www.ridgetoppottery.com Thornton Co Allegheny Fiber Arts Booth 49 Mary Thornton Tara Munch www.thorntonco.com www.etsy.com/shop/AlleghenyFiberArts Sheepshed Booths 79-80 Booth 69 Donna Carlstrom www.sheepshed.net Twisted Fiber Art Alpaca Kid & Ewe Booth 58 Beth Gorishek Kathy Arnold www.twistedfiberart.com www.alpacaEstore.com Space Cadet Booths 83-84 Booth 51 Stephanie Alford www.spacecadetyarn.com Songbird Artistry Anita’s Homespun Booth 52 Jennifer Orefice Anita Hotchkiss www.songbirdartisty.com www.anitashomespun.net Unplanned Peacock Booth 81 & MAKER SPACE Booth 61 Natasha Laity Snyder www.unplannedpeacock.com Stramba Farm Alpacas Blue Heron Yarns Booth 53 Terri Stramba Demian Savits www.strambafarmalpacas.com www.blueheronyama.com Willow Street Workshops Booths 70-71-72 Booth 64 Hannah Buehler Booth 68 Wilsons Calico Corner Brooklyn Haberdashery Marilyn Wilson Paige Sato ZanieCrafts www.wilsonscalico.com www.brooklynhaberdashery.com Suzanne O’Brien Booth 73 Booths 62-63 www.zenicrafts.com Cozy Color Works Booth 60 Sandy Anderson www.cozycolorworks.com Booths 54-55
Please see a complete list on the website: www.pghknitandcrochet.com for all of the additional exhibitors that came in after the program went to print.
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Creative Open Studio Maker Space Get your creative juices on! We have a lot going on in the Maker Space sponsored by Sponsored by Janome and Amy Baughman’s Sew & Quilt. Clover USA and Lion Brand Yarns. A Clover, USA educator will be onsite offering a different make and There will be FREE fun and easy make and take activities offered take activity each day for fabric and yarn lovers. All activities are every 90 minutes, all 3 days, with embroidery FREE and will be on a drop in basis, however, seating will be limited. sessions, and special presentations with guest speakers as well as quilts on display! FREE Learn to Knit and Learn to Crochet Classes, sponsored by Lion Brand Yarn and hosted by the Bethany Community Ministries Janome Educator and Modern Quilt Guild teacher Miriam Coffey volunteers. will be on hand all 3 days with: Learn to Knit and Crochet Class Schedule: - Machine Quilting Demos Friday, 2:00 pm, Learn to Knit - String Quilting Friday, 4:00 pm, Learn to Crochet - Choosing the Perfect Quarter Inch Seam and why Threads Matter! Saturday, 10:30 am, Learn to Knit Saturday, 11:30 am, Learn to Crochet Triangle Frenzy Saturday, 2:30 pm, Learn to Knit On Saturday, Susan Courson, from the Scrubgrass Quilting Guild Saturday, 4:30 pm, Learn to Crochet will present a demo: Triangle Frenzy from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM in the Creative Open Studio. The Triangle Frenzy Swirl pattern by Sign up sheets for Friday and Saturday sessions will be available in Bunnie Cleland enables you to create many effects with border the Maker Space each day. Seating is limited and students will be fabrics. Susan will show a few examples and demonstrate the taken on a first come, first serve basis. process step by step. Sunday, all day, a yarn wrapped heart will be offered for FREE and led by the Girl Scouts of W. PA, sponsored by Lion Brand Yarn. Girl Fabrics from Around the World Scout Cookies will be available to purchase. Fabrics from Around the World will be one of the exhibitions, graciously lent by the 3 Rivers Quilt Guild. A Garden Party with Clover Clover will be offering several FREE Make and Take Flower crafts Visit Amy’s booths in the Creative Open Studio with Janome to get you started on your Spring Accessories and Decor machines, a Stitch Studio, and all of your sewing and Friday quilting needs. 11:00 am – 12:15 pm – Hana Ami Flowers 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm – Pom Pom Makers Saturday 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm – Kanzashi Flowers 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm – YoYo Makers Saturday Evening Block Party 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm – Tassel Making Sheep Breed Sunday 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Pom Poms 11:15 am – 12:15 pm – Hana Ami Flowers Exhibition Fiber Studio 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Yo Yo Makers 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Kanzashi Flowers Sheep Breed Exhibition We’re thankful to Brooklyn Tweed who brought John Crane’s Sheep 911 Tribute Quilts Breed Exhibition all the way from Portland, Oregon in the Fiber Carol Mesimer’s 911 Tribute Quilt titled ‘Remember Me’ will be on Studio. Be sure to stop in and see the 75+ breeds on display all display all weekend. The quilt was made after the 911 tragedy and weekend long. has been featured in many locations. Pittsburgh will be the last stop for this stunning piece before it goes to the 911 Memorial in NY as Spinning and Weaving Demos part of it’s permanent exhibition. Spinning and Weaving Demos with Cody Edgar. Wheels, spinning supplies and fiber for sale with Phi Fibers, all weekend. Linda Pepper’s ‘Fallen Hearts’ Quilt will be on display all 3 days. Flight 93 went directly over the school where Linda was working Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em before it crashed. You can meet with her from 12:00-1:00 pm on Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em with Amy Ross Manko from Ross Farm Saturday in the Maker Space. Saturday Evening at 7:30 pm 25 Million Stitch Project Join Amy Ross Manko of The Ross Farm on Saturday night at 7:30 You are invited to participate in the 25 Million Stitch Project. Panels during our Block Party for her talk on raising rare breed sheep, from the project will be on display. Fabric, threads and needles will working with the Livestock Conservancy’s innovative new project be available for you to sit, stitch and participate. We're thankful to Brooklyn Tweed who and ask her all your questions about spinning and knitting outside All materials provided for you in the Maker Space by our sponsors. of the box. The talk is FREE, but if you’d like to donate to the Lion Brand Yarns and Clover supplies will be available for purchase brought John Crane's Sheep Breed preservation efforts, you may do so. in the Maker Space with Kreinik Mfg Co and Songbird Artistry. Exhibition all the way from Portland, Oregon in the Fiber Studio. Be sure to stop in and see the 75+ breeds on display.
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18 7 6 19 5 4 21 22 3 2 23 Dear Friends, I am so glad this year's event is finally here. I think it might be the best one yet. Being back in a hotel environment is the right choice for us all. It's so much more comfortable than the cavernous convention center. With our new location offering so many rooms, with such versatility and flexibility, it allows us the ability to include several special interest studios as well as 3 dedicat- ed Market rooms. The feedback we've had from you regarding the creative classes is greatly appreciated. We heard your requests and as evidenced by the choice of classes this year, we realize your growing interest in the creative arts. We're thankful to Brooklyn Tweed who brought John Crane's Sheep Breed Exhibition all the way from Portland, Oregon in the Fiber Studio. Be sure to stop in and see the 75+ breeds on display. We're pleased to also be able to feature the Creative Open Studio, in a dedicated sewing room, sponsored by Janome and Amy Baughman Sew & Quilt in Cranberry, PA.with make and take activities. Having a chance to sit and play on several models of sewing machines and try out the many features in a no pressure, relaxed environment is a wonderful opportunity.
Fabrics from Around the World will be one of the exhibitions, graciously lent by the 3 Rivers Quilters Guild, and there will be Quilts on display also. A 911 Tribute Quilt will be featured. The quilt, titled "Remember Me," made by Carol Mesimer, was made after the 911 tragedy. This is the last stop for the quilt before it becomes part of the permanent display at the 911 Memorial and Museum in New York.
The Maker Space, sponsored by Clover, USA, and Lion Brand Yarn is a space where you can sit and chill out, try your hand at a new crafting activity, and sample some fun new yarns in Lion Brand's Yarn Lounge. We have brought back Free Learn to Knit and Crochet Sessions, compliments of Lion Brand. Each participant receives a tote bag with needles, yarn and basic instructions. Bethany Community Ministry volunteers will host the Knit & Crochet sessions and have a retro jewelry sale as part of their upcoming fundraising efforts. The Western Pa Girl Scouts will assist with you with a FREE Pgh HandMade Heart Making activity all day Sunday and they'll be selling cookies! The Pgh HandMade Hearts initiative, started last year after the tragic shooting at a Squirrel Hill Synagogue, has had a ripple effect. Many other cities have picked up the heart making initiative. Here in Pittsburgh, we have engaged hundreds of volunteers of all ages and made hearts and distributed over 5500 in the region. I am grateful to everyone who participated in the first year and encourage you to keep on being kind with these small acts of kindness.
This was a year of transition. We lost our Mother, Irene Kierski. Losing a mother is not easy, but it serves as a reminder of all of the truly important and precious things in life. It reminds us that life is indeed short. Make the most of each day and to be the best person you can be. Celebrate each day! Be selfless, be kind, treat your neighbors the way you would like to be treated, and pass those lessons on to our children. Warmly,
A Special Thank You to the following people and organizations that helped to make this event a success: Amy Baughman Sew & Quilt Fat Quarter Shops Linda Pepper Three Rivers Quilt Guild Anzula Yarns Green Mountain Energy Lion Brand Yarn Universal Yarns Berroco Janome Minuteman Press of Allison Park UPMC Senior Communities Brooklyn Tweed Jimmy Beans Wool Pfaff WQED Carol Mesimer Knit Picks Pittsburgh Pirates Randy, Sarah, Lucy, Attila, all of Clover Knitting Fever Pittsburgh Steelers our volunteers and staff Debbie Jacknin Kraemer Yarns Robert Kaufmann Fabrics Dharma Trading ThankKreinik Mfg. Co Thornton SewingYou! Machines Please see a complete thank you list on the website: www.pghknitandcrochet.com for all of the additional contributions and help that came in after the program went to print. 24 1