Have you ever been involved with setting up a guild art sale? It's an amazing process!

What a pleasure to be a part of the Ann Arbor Fiberarts Guild' Holiday Sale.
It takes planning, organization and work to create a show with this quality!

The room at the Washtenaw Community College is huge. It is set with tables and the guild members (and some spouses) bring in grids, displays, props and lighting. It takes a late Friday night and an early morning to have to sale open at 10:00 sharp!

Scarves are very popular and the guild displays many different styles. Some of the techniques include:
Dyed with commercial dyes, natural dyes, snow or rust
Painted, stenciled and silk screened with fabric paints or thickened dyes.

I brought several dyed, painted and silk screened scarves and shawls. These are my silk screened velvet (rayon/silk) scarves

Carol Furtado - Felted with wool, ribbons and yarn

There are several fabulous weavers in our guild. These scarves are woven with wool, silk, rayon or exotic yarns.

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Warm wools and silks are shown for the fall and winter months.

The black and blue purses with matching scarves are mine. The felted tops are created Madeline Navarro (Blue & Pink Shawls) and Barb Schutzgruber (Cream Jacket).

My winter gloves crafted from recycled sweater.
Knitted mittens (and hats) - Judith Bamber

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The Sale included handcrafted and design-altered clothing. Thoughout the sale members modeled clothing and accessories and carryied dolls, home goods and gift items to show our customers.

Wall Pieces
Jennifer Stafford, Sandy O'Brien, Susie Krage, Pat Thompson, Bettie Bahen and other members of the guild displayed their wall art.

Household Goods - Hand Dyed Yarns/Jennifer Stafford and Jeanne Sarna - Hand Crafted Picture Frames - Shawls/Carol Futado

Jewelry - Using Fiber or a Fiber Technique.

There were demonstrations of fiber art techniques throughout the day!

Special thanks to co-chairs, Jeanne Sarna and Kathy Scott. GREAT JOB!

Next Year - The Ann Arbor Fiberarts Guild's Holiday Sale
November 14, 2015
10am - 4pm, Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 E. Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, 48197