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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, November 13, 2009

9:00am-4:00pm                         Workshops (see Workshop Catalog for class details)
9:00am-4:00pm                         Entries accepted for competitions
10:30am-whenever                    Vendor space set
5:00pm                                     Opening ceremony, Sheep Song by Anderson Hoskie
5:00pm-7:00pm                         Special shopping session for workshop attendees (optional for vendors)
                                                Pizza & Ice Cream social for Ravelry.com members hosted by Skein Train LLC

 Saturday, November 14, 2009

 8:00am                                     Convention Center opens to vendors

9:00am                                     Festival open to the public
9:00am-10:30am                       Entries Accepted for all competitions
9:00am-5:00pm                         Shopping with the Best Vendors in the Southwest
11:00am-finished                       Judging for the following categories: Fleece, Photo, Fine Arts, Skeins, Garments, Home Accessories
11:00am                                   Demonstration – Drop Spindle by Blair Quails
 
12:00noon                                 Demonstration – Spool Knitting by Linda Smith 
1:00pm                                     Demonstration - Drum Carding by Nancy Wilson
 
2:00pm                                     Demonstration - Wet Felting by Lois Burbach                               
2:30pm                                     Contest – Speed Spinning
2:45pm                                     Contest – Partner Spinning
 
3:00pm                                     Demonstration - ? by Ellen Sibelius
 
4:00pm                                     Demonstration – Locker Hooking by Judy Gunn
4:30pm                                     Fashion Show
5:00pm                                     Festival closed to public
5:30pm                                     All vendors out of venue-doors locked

Sunday, November 15, 2009 

 9:00am                                     Convention Center opens to vendors

10:00am                                   Festival open to the public           
10:00am-3:00pm                       Shopping with the Best Vendors in the Southwest
10:00am                                   Demonstration – Locker Hooking by Pam Dyer
 
11:00am                                   Demonstration – Loom by Bonnie Barcus
 
12:00 noon                                Demonstration – Navajo Spinning by Pam Ramsey 
1:00pm                                     Demonstration – Needle felting with a machine by Alberta Chappell of Bernina Sewing Center
2:00pm                                     RAFFLE – Give refurbished Ashford Spinning Wheel a new home.
2:15pm                                     Contest – Blindfold Spinning
2:30( subject to change)             Demonstration – Spindle spinning by Ruth Baldwin
2:45pm                                     Announcement of Competition Winners and Special Awards
3:00pm                                     Festival closed to public
4:00pm                                     All vendors out of venues-doors locked

 

4:01pm                                     Planning for the 2010 Best of the Southwest Fiber Arts Festival begins

                                               2010 Dates: November 13th & 14th, 2010

                                                               

 

 

 

 

 
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Thanks to our 2009 Food vendor Alphonso's Mexican Food