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Calendar of Events
Teaching and show schedule. Please check back often—new dates will be added as they become available.
Thrums and Chums Rug Hooking Group
Come fellowship with other rug hookers from the Livingston County area and beyond. We meet on the second Saturday of the month and sometimes have a theme or an occasional program to further our creativity.
Our membership includes beginners as well as the experienced. Any style of hooking is welcome, from fine cut and shaded, to wide cut and primitive. Please come and join the fun—bring your hooking and a friend! Light snacks are provided.
For more information, please call Kris Miller (517) 546-7732 or e-mail at kris@spruceridgestudios.com
May 9, 2009 • June 13, 2009 • July 11, 2009
NEW HOURS! 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Community Room at First National Bank of Brighton, 8080 Challis Rd., Brighton, MI. Get a map
We meet in the Community Room which is to the left after you enter the bank's main doors.
Please park in the parking spaces designated for the Community Room during bank business hours.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 • 9 am to 4 pm
Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day and Fiber Fair
Junior Fair Building, Wood County Fairgrounds
13800 W. Poe Road
Bowling Green Ohio 43402
Free admission
This show features quality fiber-related products such as rug hooking supplies, yarns, roving, fleeces, spinning and weaving supplies, handcrafted items, books, dyes and more. Door prizes and lunch is available.
April 5–9, 2009
9th Annual Cross Creek Rug Camp
Punderson Manor Resort
11755 Kinsman Rd.
Newbury, OH 44065
Four full days of instruction and rug hooking! Camp also includes door prizes, snacks, free programs, and a camp store.
A rug exhibit will be on display Wednesday, April 8, 2009 from 11 am to 5:30 pm. Rug exhibit is open to the public at no charge.
I will be teaching at this camp. My class is full at this time. For more information, please contact Cynthia Norwood at canorw@aol.com or 440-256-3156
Saturday, April 25, 2009 • 10 am to 4 pm
Michigan Hook-In presented by the Southern Michigan Rug Hookraftes
Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds
5055 Ann Arbor/Saline Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI
Vendors, cutter cleaning clinic ($5.00), door prizes and rug raffle, lunch and rug exhibit.
Admission is $15.00 and includes a catered lunch. Registration by April 1, 2009 is required to reserve your lunch.
Contact Robin Rennie 734-498-3395 or Sue Tracy 734-428-7263 for more information.
Saturday June 6, 2009 • 10 am to 4 pm
Second Annual Spruce Ridge Studios Tent Sale and Open House
1786 Eager Rd
Howell, MI 48855
There will be clearance-priced wool and rug hooking patterns, and lots of other fun items at reduced prices. There could be some other terrific bargains depending on what I find in my craft closet!
All sale items will be under the tent. For your regular shopping needs, my studio will be open all day.
Visa and MasterCard accepted. All tent sale items are final sales.
June 12–16, 2009
Wool Sisters’ Rug Camp
The Magnolia Park Retreat in Odenville, Alabama
I will be team teaching with Wendy Miller from The Red Saltbox; theme is “It’s Fall, Y’all“
Questions? Call Ginger at 205-567-9465 or Bobbie at 931-381-2982
Saturday, July 25, 2009 • 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday, July 26, 2009 • 10 am to 4 pm
Fiber Arts Festival at Castle Farms
5052 M66 North
Charlevoix, MI 49720
This show is a fiber-shopping extravaganza with over 50 vendors in a uniquely beautiful Northern Michigan resort setting. Knitting, spinning, rug hooking, dyeing, felting and more. Scheduled events and demonstrations include live animals, sheep shearing, sheep herding, llama obstacle course, a concert and a fashion show.
Admission is $5.00
Visit www.castlefarms.com
August 7–August 9, 2009
Woolski
Trollhaugen Ski Resort/Convention Center
Dresser, Wisconsin
More information as details become available
Contact Terri Schaefer at terri@inthewool.com
August 10–August 15, 2009
Rug Hooking Week at Sauder Village
Rug Exhibit, Vendors, Rug Retreat, Workshops
Rug Exhibit and vendors open Wednesday August 12 through August 15, 2009 from 10 am to 5pm.
Admission is $8.50 for the rug exhibition hall and vendors.
Don’t miss the best rug exhibit in the Midwest featuring a selection of rugs from the Celebrations XIX edition! My patterns will be available for purchase in The Wool Studio/Rebecca Erb’s booth. Stop by on Wednesday and say hello!
For more information, visit www.saudervillage.org/specialevents/rughooking.asp
Friday, August 14–Sunday, August 16, 2009
Michigan Fiber Festival
Allegan County Fairgrounds, Allegan, Michigan
Friday 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday 9 am to 6 pm
Sunday 10 am to 4 pm
I will be located in the White Industrial Building 9B, booth #60.
Vendors selling all types of fiber related products, workshops, demonstrations, live animals, and competitions. Get there early and plan to spend the entire day shopping, visiting, and learning. If you are a fiber lover, you will absolutely love this show…it is not to be missed!
For more information, visit www.michiganfiberfestival.info
Saturday September 12, 2009 10 am to 4 pm
8th Annual Lakeshore Rug Hookers Hook-In
St. Joseph Senior Center
3271 Lincoln Ave., St. Joseph, MI
Vendors, door prizes, rug show
$15.00 admission includes snacks, lunch, and beverages
For more information, contact Marlene Kuypers at 269-465-0125
September 13–September 17, 2009 • 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Star of Texas Rug Camp
Inn on Barons Creek Spa and Conference Center
Fredericksburg, TX.
Seven nationally known teachers including Maria Barton, Barb Carroll, Carrie Martin, Kris Miller, Edyth O’Neill, Jule Marie Smith, Alice Strebel. Daily door prizes, grand prize drawing for 2010 camp registration, camp store, rug exhibit on Wednesday from 11 am to 4 pm (open to public free of charge). My class is currently full. For more information, please contact camp directors Cynthia Norwood at canorw@aol.com or Katie Hartner at khartner2@msn.com
Wednesday, September 23–Sunday, September 27, 2009
ATHA 2009 Biennial
The Seelbach Hotel
500 Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Four days of big-time fun in Derby City! Vendors and shopping, workshops and classes, rug exhibit, banquets on Friday and Saturday, tours to Shaker Village, Churchill Downs and Stripes Hooked Rug Exhibit. Vendor booths are open from 9am to 6pm on Friday and Saturday, 9am to 1 pm on Sunday. Registration for ATHA members is $55.
For more information, so to www.atharugs.com/biennials.htm
Saturday October 10, 2009 9 am to 5 pm
Celebrate Fiber
Sycamore Farm, 5001 E. Poplar Dr., Terre Haute, IN 47803
Vendors and artisans offer fiber-related merchandise, workshops, and food. The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is also taking place at this time. For more information, please contact Marilyn at info@thesycamorefarm.com
From Our Hands—Craft and Artisan Show
Aladdin Shrine Center, Columbus, OH
Dates and information to be announced as details become available.
Thursday, November 19–Saturday, November 21, 2009 • 9 am to 4 pm
Rug Hooking Workshop at Wooly Woolens
Janice Johnson, proprietor
Independence, MO
Sorry, this class has been filled.
Please visit www.woolywoolen.com/camps.html or contact Janice Johnson at Janice@woolywoolen.com for more information.
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