FIRST SUMMER PROJECT - June 16, 2018

Treadles to Threads Dye Day 2018

10 am – 3 pm Saturday

Wendy’s house, Lafayette

June 16

Boro and Sashiko Inspired Cotton Fabric Dyeing 

and Stitching Workshop

We will be dyeing fabric and hand stitching pot holders during dye day this year!

Fabric dyes, un-dyed cotton fabric, white thread, embroidery needles and thermal padding for the inside of the pot holder will be provided by the guild.  Instruction on how to use the Marabu Shabori Kit Fashion Spray and basic embroidery stitches will also be provided. If you are interested in purchasing an individual dye kit for yourself in addition to the dye shared with guild members, contact Wendy by Sunday June 3. Kits are $15.  

An indigo dye pot will also be available for dyeing T2T member’s individual projects.

This should be a very fun, very blue day!  Please join us!

Bring a bag lunch. 

SPINNING AT THE WINERY 2018

A very big thank you to all who came to support the Winery event. Especially those who came early for set-up, braved the cool wind all day, and still stayed for clean-up. You were super.

We had 147 paid attendees, plus another very successful raffle! There was a smaller number of vendors this year, mostly because of the early date with somewhat short notice for them. But our members filled in with some great items, with several people gifting more than one item. Another big thank you to all of you also. Member Linda B's Ashford Charkha was a hotly contested item. Happily, it garnered a good number of $5 tickets, sadly, the winner was not from our guild, but the winner sure was happy and surprised. 

T-shirt design winners were: Pam Murdock with a fabulous quilt made not only  from last year's t-shirt, but also some from previous years T2T t-shirts. Vickie Marchand with a lovely, dyed, deconstructed, reconstructed and embellished t-shirt. Vilija with a "Sharpie" drawn grape arbor theme with two happy sheep and one pooping a ball of yarn!

Spinning at the Winery provides T2T with the funds to have workshops and/or dye days for T2T members during the year at no cost or sometimes very little cost to the members. Its why we try hard to encourage everyone to donate to the raffle and to come and work on the day of the event if at all possible. 

With these funds we are able to provide the supplies needed for this year's June and July dye days. We try to make our activities as inclusive as we can and as affordable as we can,

UPCOMING EVENTS

CROCKETT FIBER ARTS STUDIO GRAND OPENING 

 June 1, 2 - 8pm

1322 Pomona Street, Crockett

[a message from Melanie Perkins, owner and founder]

"Crockett Fiber Arts Studio is a place to learn, practice, and collaborate around the fiber arts.  I have tried to make the environment warm and inviting.  Please check out my website at www.crockettfiberstudio.com  There are some photos of the studio on the home page.  The ecommerce part isn't quite up yet, but the rest is there."

June 2 - July 1, 2018  At Arts Benicia, two events:

June 9, Crochet Jam:

July 28, 2018  T2T Second dye day of the summer. "Eco Dyeing" Much more info on this later. Save the date.

September 8 & 9. Arcata Natural Fiber Fair. www.naturalfiberfair.com

END NOTE:

The real reason we always see Boobies with Blue Feet.
They love blue and they are great sock knitters.