Michigan Fiber Festival 2012 11 Reasons to Support MFF: 1. MFF needs you 7. 2841 hours of instruction in 2011 workshops 2. Fifteen years of promoting the fiber industry 8.Can’t volunteer time but can afford a deductible membership 3. Non-Profit Organization 9. 124 vendors for your shopping pleasure 4. Volunteer organization 10. Authentic not synthetic 5. Only sheep show in Michigan 11. MFF needs you 6. 71 workshops conducted in 2011 and 72 offered for 2012 ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP: Please note changes in the membership program: We have gone to a three level membership program. New memberships will run from Aug.1 ~ July 31 each year. Level 1: $15.00 membership ~ Benefits are ~ 10% off merchandise, voting at the annual meeting, tax deduction. Level 2: $30.00 membership ~ Benefits are ~ 10% off merchandise, voting at the annual meeting, tax deduction, access to Board minutes off website, 2 free raffle tickets at festival, or one free weekend pass. Level 3: $50.00 membership ~ Benefits are ~ 10% off merchandise, voting at the annual meeting, tax deduction, access to Board minutes off website, 2 free raffle tickets at festival, two free weekend passes, and early access to register for workshops in 2012 Fill out and return to: Michigan Fiber Festival Inc. P.O. Box 744 Hastings MI 49058 Name:____________________________________________________________ Address:__________________________________________________________ City:___________________________State:__________Zip:________________ Day Phone:_____________________________ Evening Phone_____________________ E-Mail:______________________________________ The success of any Festival is dependent on volunteer assistance. Increase your Festival enjoyment through volunteering in one or more of the areas below. You’ll have fun and make new friends. We need help in the following areas: Check as many as you wish. ___Promotion/Sales ___ Hospitality Hostess ___Clerical/Office ___Staffing exhibits/booths ___Announcer ___Demonstrating ___Art skills ___ Camping Check in ___Set up/ Clean up ___Photography ___Membership Booth ___Transport ___Workshop check-in ___Display/Setups ___Competition Assistant What times will you be available? Wed.– Thurs.– Fri. What hours? _____________________ (Circle whatever applies) Sat.– Sun. AM PM Would you rather work alone, or in a group? ______________________ I would like to donate $ ______________ to the committee checked below. ___Workshops ___ Angora Fleece show ___ Entertainment ___ Arts Show/ Competition ___ Goat show ___ Kids Activities ___ Mohair Fleece ___ Publicity ___ Llama/ Alpaca com. ___ Rabbit com. ___ Sheep Show ___ Skein comp. ___ office use only Date Rec._______ Amount paid_____Check #_____________ Michigan Fiber Festival Inc .1 DEPARTMENTS Index Advertising in Publication 47 Item Page # Advertisers’ Index 57 Administration Rules 21 Advertisers Index 57 Credit Cards Accepted for some Board of Directors 2 Advertising Form 47 services. Credit cards can be taken for Editors Note 3 Alpaca / Llama Exhibits 15 all pre- registrations when using the Festival Committee List 9 Angora Rabbit Show & Exhibit 16 registration form in the back. We will President’s Letter 3 Angora Rabbit Skein Comp. 17 also take credit cards for Promotional Mission Statement 48 Angora Fleece Comp. 17 items at the festival, and advertising in Contact Information 2 Animal Show & Sale Rules 43 the magazine. Art Show 10 All credit card refunds will have a 10% ___________________________ Camping & Passes 18 fee to cover the cost of the credit card Features: Course Descriptions (Workshops) 24-40 fees. Entertainment 7 Michigan Fiber Festival Inc. Scholarships available 20 & 21 Fiber Goat Show 11 P.O. Box 744 (two new Scholarships available) Index ( table of contents) 2 Hastings Mi. 49058 Instructors Biographies 39-43 Kids Activities Committee 18 E-Mail: Introduction to new Festival Coordinator 3 Map 50 [email protected] Membership Form 1 Mohair Fleece Comp. 12 Crochet Ruffled Scarf 51 Pygora Goat Show 13 Phone: (269) 948-2497 Pygora Fleece Show 13 Refund Policy 43 Web site: Registration Forms www.michiganfiberfestival.info Find us on: (back of magazine) 51-56 Schedule of Events 4-6 Admission: Scholarships Drummond / Jensen 20 Friday $3.00 per person Scholarship Hale 21 Saturday & Sunday Scholarship Pearson 21 $5.00 per person per day Goat Show Silent Auction Children 8 or under free Check out our new blog: Skein Competition 12 Weekend Pass ( Sat. & Sun) michiganfiberfestival.blogspot.com Sponsorship Opportunities 43 $8.00 per person Thank You 7 Vendor Booth Guidelines 8-9 Front & Back Cover: Proof readers: Vendor Booths Listings 44-45 By Inspiration Studio Beverly Garrett, Susan Saunders Workshop Guidelines 22 & Delmar Bachert Workshop Schedule 24-42 Wool Fleece Competition 19 Wool Sheep Show 14 & 15 2012 Michigan Fiber Festival Board of Directors Name: Location Board Position Term Till Registrations / Applications Rita Johr Caladonia MI President 13 for all Competitions & Shows that Susan Saunders Battle Creek MI V.P. 12 require preregistration are at the Jill Turner Hastings MI Tres. 13 BACK OF THE MAGAZINE. Juanita Manning-Walsh Plainwell MI Sec. 14 Linda Brown Eagle MI 12 Wool & Mohair Fleece shows Jean Ann Wahl-Piotrowski Hastings MI 14 & Skein Comp. Mike Ludlum Hopkins MI 12 Do not require preregistration Beverly Garrett Battle Creek MI 13 Liz Stout Fremont MI 14 Michigan Fiber Festival Inc. 2 Note From the Editor: Its 15 years! Letter from the President: Can you believe it the first festival was 15 years ago! Guess what they say is true “time flies when you’re having Welcome to the 2012 edition of Fiberline. Since closing fun”. There have been a lot of changes from the first festival our 2011 Fiber Festival, your board of directors has been and always more to come as the event grows and expands. busy making changes for 2012 in order to make your Fiber So far we have been able to keep it with the comfortable Festival even better! We are pleased to offer a full array of “down home get together” feeling. As we continue to grow classes taught by excellent instructors. Take this opportunity that is the one thing I hope we can always keep as it is. Its so to learn a new skill. Be sure to sign up early since classes fill wonderful each year to see everyone enjoying themselves, quickly. Also take some time to visit our animal barns. Watch learning something new or just visiting under the trees with the goat and sheep shows and visit our rabbit, alpaca and friends they may only see here once a year. llama barn to learn all about these animals and their wonderful Again this year with the new indoor hospitality area fiber. we hope folks will take advantage of the area to rest, chat, As you know, running a Festival of this size takes many spin, knit, or just enjoy the art displays. hands. We couldn’t do it without our wonderful staff and A big hit the last two years has been the Costume volunteers. Join me in expressing thanks to these dedicated Class in the Sheep show, and the following parade around the people! Please consider joining our crew of volunteers this festival grounds. This year there will be more new vendors, year. We always need more “helpful hands”. Make your new events, several new instructors and many of your plans now to join us in Allegan August 15th.~ 19th. returning favorites. We on the board (also volunteers) are ever so See you at Festival! thankful for all the volunteer support over these last 15 years. All the committee chairs and committee members that work so Rita Johr, President hard all year to make the festival what it is, and the volunteers that work so hard at festival to make everything run smooth, or at least make it look that way! A very big Thank you! Jill Turner Publishing Editor Delmar Bachert New Coordinator for the Michigan Fiber Festival Del Bachert, Festival Coordinator, comes to us with a varied background. He was a Cooperative Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University with responsibility for 4-H Camping, Small Animals and Forest Resources Projects. He directed the Leisure Studies Program at Appalachian State University where he also taught a range of outdoor educa- tion courses. He came to Michigan to direct the Battle Creek Public Schools, Outdoor Education Center. Del has a doctor’s degree in adult education and a master’s degree in Outdoor Education. He sees the Michigan Fiber Festival as an adult education organization that helps thousands of people to use their leisure time wisely. He has a strong interest in rare breeds of livestock and has profitably raised meat goats and bred and trained Suffolk Draft Horses. His goal is to help you FIND YOUR FIBER! Michigan Fiber Festival Inc. 3 Schedule of Events MICHIGAN FIBER FESTIVAL 2012 Parking Free Admission: Friday $3.00, Sat & Sun. $5.00 per person ~ children 8 or under free Weekend pass per person $8.00 ( Sat. & Sun.) NO PET ANIMALS ALLOWED ON GROUNDS Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Rain or Shine 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM-------------------------------------- Workshops all day, see separate schedule Page 24 Thursday, August 16, 2012 Rain or Shine 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM--------------------------------- Workshops all day, see separate schedule Vendor Check in for outside & barn booths 5:00 PM------------------------------------------------ Vendor Check in for 3 day booths inside 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM--------------------------------- Sales Booth set-up for Friday Sales -- Not open to the public Friday, August 17, 2012 Rain or Shine 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM-------------------------------------- Workshops