BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv5.22.2//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://spacecoastliving.com/ BEGIN:VEVENT UID:MEC-e712f51157e80bcd533f92a9548d3f4b@spacecoastliving.com DTSTART:20240824T100000Z DTEND:20240824T130000Z DTSTAMP:20240806T122400Z CREATED:20240806 LAST-MODIFIED:20240806 SUMMARY:Make a Mini Pine Needle Basket at Fiber Guild Meeting DESCRIPTION:The Space Coast Weavers and Fiber Artists will meet on Saturday, August 24, at 10:00 a.m. at the Merritt Island Public Library, 1195 N. Courtenay Parkway. Fonda Haddad of Mims will present a workshop:  “Making a Mini Pine Needle Basket with an Ornamental Center.”\nFonda has been making baskets for 50 years, primarily Appalachian style, but currently twined reed and coiled pine needle baskets. She uses gourd shards, seed pods, stones, and jewelry pieces for the center and embellishments. Fonda is one of the founders of the Space Coast Weavers and a member of Florida Tropical Weavers Guild. She frequently conducts workshops for both groups. She teaches gourd crafting and basketry at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina.\nFonda will bring a selection of centers as well as dyed and natural pine needles. We will dampen the pine needles, trim the tips and attach them to the centers using waxed linen or cotton thread. Then we will continue to coil and attach the pine needles to form the sides of the basket..\nFee for the workshop is $10 Students should bring an old towel and scissors. Fonda will supply everything else. You may bring your own center, no bigger than 2 inches wide with holes drilled all around the edges.\n \nSince 1983 SCW&FA has been Brevard’s go to guild for fiber arts: spinning, weaving, basketry, rug hooking,and more.  The guild helps fiber artists, beginning or advanced, learn through workshops and the informal exchange of ideas. They also work to educate the public about the fiber arts.  For more information call Jeanie McCormack at 321-266-1610.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Space Coast Weavers and Fiber Artists will meet on Saturday, August 24, at 10:00 a.m. at the Merritt Island Public Library, 1195 N. Courtenay Parkway. Fonda Haddad of Mims will present a workshop:  “Making a Mini Pine Needle Basket with an Ornamental Center.”

Fonda has been making baskets for 50 years, primarily Appalachian style, but currently twined reed and coiled pine needle baskets. She uses gourd shards, seed pods, stones, and jewelry pieces for the center and embellishments. Fonda is one of the founders of the Space Coast Weavers and a member of Florida Tropical Weavers Guild. She frequently conducts workshops for both groups. She teaches gourd crafting and basketry at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina.

Fonda will bring a selection of centers as well as dyed and natural pine needles. We will dampen the pine needles, trim the tips and attach them to the centers using waxed linen or cotton thread. Then we will continue to coil and attach the pine needles to form the sides of the basket..

Fee for the workshop is $10 Students should bring an old towel and scissors. Fonda will supply everything else. You may bring your own center, no bigger than 2 inches wide with holes drilled all around the edges.

 

Since 1983 SCW&FA has been Brevard’s go to guild for fiber arts: spinning, weaving, basketry, rug hooking,and more.  The guild helps fiber artists, beginning or advanced, learn through workshops and the informal exchange of ideas. They also work to educate the public about the fiber arts.  For more information call Jeanie McCormack at 321-266-1610.

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