Our first meeting

We are excited to announce our first meeting of the Utah Rug and Fiber Guild and everyone is invited!  We have a fun day planned--it will be Saturday, November 6, from 9 am until 1 pm.  Activities will be:

• Presentation of the free exclusive rug pattern for charter members of the Guild
• We will be making the adorable wool button bracelets from the Hook-In trunk show (materials are free to members!!)
• Color Class:  Basic Understanding of Color - How To Identify Colors, Mix Colors, and Use Color Wheel.  We will learn 6 words to describe any color in the world; learn how to mix any color (by actually mixing colors); and we'll paint our very own color wheel.  In addition, we'll learn how to place all Cushing colors onto the color wheel, and learn how to choose mother/toner colors.
• We will also give a sneak peek of the great things we have planned for our early spring retreat in 2011!

Cost for this meeting is FREE for guild members, and $10 if you just want to come and play.  There is still time to join as a charter member, you can join that day or subscribe here!

Important!  Please RSVP so we can be sure to have enough supplies (no need to reply if you can't make it, we'll miss you though!). We will be keeping you busy this time, so you won't need your hooking stuff.

Our Latest Hook-in!

The Fifth Utah Hook-in was a great success! We very much enjoyed the company, the vendors, the goodie bags, and the demos! And thank you so much to everyone who joined as charter members of the Utah Rug and Fiber Guild. If you still need to join, please click on the tab above.

One of our demos was by Janet, who showed us her fabulous handmade purses made from felted sweaters, and also examples of needle felting and wet felting. We learned so much--thank you, Janet!

Here are the links to the resources she mentioned:
http://resweater.blogspot.com/
http://ragingwool.blogspot.com/
http://blog.betzwhite.com/
http://shop.ebay.com/wind4934/m.html

Become a member of the Utah Rug & Fiber Guild

We are so excited to announce that our guild is open for memberships!  We have so many fun activities planned for our local Utah rug hookers, you really won't want to miss out.  We promise you will get your money's worth and much more.

As a Guild member, you will receive:

•  Quarterly newsletter with articles, dye recipes, classifieds, free patterns and more.  Also included will be the financial reports so you will know exactly what is being spent and for what.
• A free, exclusive pattern designed by Londi Rowley
• Access to all guild meetings and events.  We are planning 2 events (the annual hook-in and spring retreat) and 4 meetings per year.  Events will be discounted for guild members and meetings will be free, although occasionally there may be a small materials fee.
• Discounted guild rate and advance, priority registration for conferences featuring national teachers such as Karen Kahle and Anita White.
• Many opportunities to grow your rug hooking and fiber art education and skills!

To subscribe, click below.  The price is $25 per year (September through August) and will automatically renew annually.  You may cancel at any time.

Utah Hook-in

It is time to register for our 5th Utah Rug Hookers Hook-in!  We are so excited to hold our fifth hook-in, and you will especially not want to miss it this year.  We have some very special surprises planned!

The Hook-in will be held at the Rio Grande building in Salt Lake again this year, on Saturday, September 25.  Something a little different this year, we thought we would keep costs down for you so we are lowering the cost to $12.  With this decrease in the fee, we will not be hosting a lunch, so please plan to bring your own sack lunch.  Pot luck snacks are also welcome, but not required!  We will still have all the usual fun activities, giveaways, workshops, and rugs to see.

Please do not think you have to be an expert to come to our hook-in!  We welcome everyone no matter your level. In fact, our first year, we had one or two ladies attend who had never hooked before the hook-in and we helped them get started. 

You may register online by clicking the link below, please register by September 10th.  You may pay via credit card or mail a check.

http://www.tfaforms.com/172221

We hope to see the most participants attend than ever before!  See you there!

Angela, Londi, Lisa, Tonia and Gayle