Holiday Break

Taking a break from posting until 2018

Merry Christmas 

& 

Happy New Year 

from 

Fremont Fiber Art Guild 

Happy Thanksgiving

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Fremont Fiber Arts Guild 

wishes you and your family  

Happy Thanksgiving

p.s. Crafting Chicks shares how to create the yarn wrapped pumpkins here

Wool Ornament

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The holiday season is quickly approaching.

If you need a quick gift for friends or family, Riley Blake Designs can help you turn bits of wool into an adorable ornament or a personalized gift tag.

Patriotic Sewing

Brenda H., Nancy L, Mary H. and Nancy S. work together on a Quilt of Valor
May 2015

Guild members (Nancy S., Mary H., and Brenda H.) joined by Nancy L. worked together on two Quilts of Valor. The finished quilts can be seen here and here.

In May 2016, the Lander Sew Sistas met to make flag blocks for another Quilt of Valor. The finished quilt can be seen here.

Sew Paper and Fabric Cards

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Use your sewing machine to join paper and scrap fabric to create greeting cards for Valentine's Day or other celebrations. This tutorial on ScrapBusters provides complete directions, a printable template for the card as well as the wording.

Crochet Roses

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Roses are commonly seen as symbols of love and of Valentine's Day. Fiber Flux shares links to 16 free patterns for crochet roses from bouquets, to brooches, pins, wreaths, scarves, headbands, and even bookmarks.

Valentine Dishcloths & Bibs

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These heart-shaped dishcloths wouldn't take long to make. The free pattern on Ravelry can be found here.

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If you prefer a square dishcloth, then this pattern from Kris Knits may be just what you are seeking.

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Adorable bib and cloth patterns can be found on DownCloverlaine

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Those who crochet may want to try this pattern 

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or perhaps this pattern with four hearts.

Valentines for Gal Pals

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Want an inexpensive and fiber-related alternative to typical valentine cards? Simply Notable provides the answer with cardboard hearts and a bit of yarn. Click here for the full tutorial. 

The clever valentine printable and heart template are available here. 

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Missouri Star Quilt Company coined some “punny” phrases about quilting and sewing and turned them into cute printable Valentines for you to give to all your quilty friends. The quilting and sewing themed valentines can be found here.

Rose Cards

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It's not too early to plan for Valentine's Day, and the best way to say, "I Love You" or "I'm Thinking of You" is with homemade and creative cards.

Who would think that celery (it's a natural fiber, right?) could create such lovely roses.  Check out the directions on this blog post.

New Year Blessing

Happy New Year!

In 2016, may your stash be plentiful

&

your unfinished projects be few

Merry Christmas

Madonna and Child
counted cross-stitch
stitched by Sheri H.
2015

Merry Christmas

from 

Fremont Fiber Arts Guild

Unfinished Gift Stress Reliever

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If you are stressed about finishing handcrafted gifts for Christmas, then this is your solution. Print one of the IOUs (link given below), add the necessary information, place it in a box or envelope, and place it under the tree. The holidays can be stressful enough without working on a deadline.

A sheet of various IOUs can be found here. Print the sheet and watch your stress disappear.

Package Tag Ornaments

Handcrafted package tags

Nancy L. brought the package tags that she made for her grandchildren to the November gathering of the Lander Sew Sistas. She makes new tags/ornaments each year to adorn the gifts, and eventually, each child will have a collection of ornaments of their own.

This year, one grandson's packages under the tree will have snowmen tags.

The child's name was embroidered on the back.

Angel, Reindeer, and Santa tags will be used for Nancy's other grandchildren

Thank you, Nancy L. for sharing this clever way to personalize packages and to build an ornament collection, too.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

May your day be filled with family, friends, food, and fiber

Back in Time - Christmas Tree Project

Guild members assemble the tree
Bea R. Lucy O., Alice B., Trish S.
Jane W. and Katheryn E. 

One Saturday morning in 2009, the Fiber Guild met to decorate its tree for the community fund-raiser called the Festival of Trees. First the tree had to be assembled: the pole was hot-glued into the stand and then each piece of the pole was secured with hot glue to keep the trees stable during transport to the display area and to the buyer's desired location.

An array of ornaments made by Guild members from natural fibers

The group started assembling and collecting handmade decorations after the first of the year. We held a meeting in April to felt balls for ornaments. Each member was also asked to make at least three additional ornaments.

Some of the ornaments were simple and others quite elaborate.

These poinsettias were knit and felted by Leane L. The flowers were stunning as were the lacy snowflakes.

The garland and each ornament needed to be secured to the tree with wire to prevent them from falling off during transport.

Nancy J. created the hand-felted Santa. Check out the garland, too. One of the members made enough of the tail-spun for the entire tree.

While the Guild was disappointed that the tree was not auctioned for value of the ornaments, it was a good community project for the group.