Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival:2008

We have more pictures to share, this time from our 2008 Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival in Amherst.  Let's start with the brochure from that year:

A display, and some hooking, at the Cumberland Museum:

This dynamic duo of Phyllis and Jeanne were part of the demonstrations in various fibre arts disciplines held at the Lion's Den. It was fun for people to go from table to table to see various items being worked.

Dayle's Department Store began their annual festival tradition of a quilt block contest, and displayed the beautiful entries up high for all to admire. They had hoped to have enough blocks entered for the winner to make a quilt top, but even in this first year they had enough for three winners!

The block winners were "people's choice" and the public was encouraged to vote for their favourite.  This turned into one of the more popular events held each year during the festival.  In addition to a share of the blocks, First, Second and Third Choice winners were awarded a generous basket of goodies by Dayle's.

This colourful quilt was used as a beacon outside of Karen Neary's "Maritime Beauty" workshop to welcome folks to class. 

Originally Karen was to present one class, but ended up doing two as there were so many signups.  The workshops were arranged and hosted by the Cumberland Quilt Guild, and held in the Ralston Room at the First Baptist Church.

Lisa Martin was the featured artist at Bella's for the festival dinner.  

Her works were admired by a sold out crowd. The response to the festival was amazing, and encouraged the organizers to offer even more workshops and displays in following years.

The following day, Lisa presented a workshop on Needle Felting.

Cynthia McCarthy presented a homemade book workshop.

The Highland Hookers hosted a well-attended hook-in.  

This also included a display and sale of finished pieces.

A purse making workshop with Jennifer Manuell was held at the Cumberland County Museum:

They look like they are having fun!

Another popular event at the festival is the display of rugs made by Dr. Helena Bienkowski. 

A local furniture store was the perfect spot to host a mother/daughter display of quilts and rugs by Vera and Trina McInnis.

The mats were hung on the walls and draped on tables, and the quilts displayed on the beds. 

The Cumberland Quilt Guild presented their stellar show of quilts at First Baptist Church. It's breathtaking to see so many quilts draped on pews in this beautiful sanctuary.

They have returned each year, expanding their show to cover two days to give more folks a chance to see the stunning quilts made by guild members. They will be back to do it again for 2023!

Looking Back on the Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival: 2009

As our various committees look forward to plan for the 2023 Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival October 10-14, we also can't help but look back to where it all started. For many years, the beautiful and historic town of Amherst, Nova Scotia has welcomed fibre artists from all disciplines to gather with like-minded folk to create, admire, share, shop, teach, support, socialize, and learn from each other. 

Originally, the festival was contained to the downtown core, expanding further out as more and larger venues were required.  The following pictures are all from 2009.

As the big week approached, the window dressing in downtown shops began.

Lots of volunteers showed up to help out.  These two had way too much fun doing the window at Pugsley's Pharmacy.

You can see a brochure from 2008 in the bottom picture. 

Please check back for more pictures of our past festivals. 

Planning, Planning, Planning!

The Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival planning committee met again last evening, and it's exciting to see how things are coming together. This year's festival will be held October 10-14 (2023) here in Amherst. Applications are being accepted for fibre arts related workshops, displays, demonstrations, etc. until April 15, and we'd love to hear your ideas. You can download the application form here:

https://drive.google.com/.../12j.../view

We are also still looking for lots of volunteers to help out that week (fibre arts skills not required for these positions.) Please email the coordinator: fibreartsfestival@gmail.com It's going to be a great week!

 

Zonta Fibre Arts Bazaar - 2023

 It's back!!  

Call For Events At 2023 Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival!

The 2023 Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival committee has been hard at work getting things set up for our 14th year!!  Now we are ready to invite your proposals for workshops, trunk shows, displays, lectures, etc., etc. Please click the link below and save or print the application form.  Fill it out, and email it back by April 15, 2023, to  fibreartsfestival@gmail.com   We can't wait to hear all your wonderful ideas!

Click here to view the application form in pdf

(If the above link does not work for you, please try this one!)

 

The Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival has set the dates for the 2023 festival. It will be held from October 10-14, in Amherst, Nova Scotia. The advanced planning group is meeting within the next two weeks to get the ball rolling. If you would like to sign up to help with the festival in any capacity, please email fibreartsfestival@gmail.com

 

It has been a while since we have posted, but the time is here. The Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Society is looking for volunteers to help make a festival a possibility in the fall of 2023 (exact dates yet to be set). We need and want your help with any number of large and small spots. If you feel that you want to help keep the festival viable, please reach out to us. It doesn't have to be a huge commitment; there are many jobs that require lesser amounts of time, and of course there those that require more. You can fit into this group. One of our members expressed it this way: "The Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival is looking for a few good verbs. We need people who can organize, delegate, coordinate, plan, write, establish, Tweet, budget, blog, market, allocate, promote, set up, maintain, take down, greet, smile, and of course, CREATE. Are you a verb? We’d love to hear from you!"

This really says it all. There is no requirement to be a fibre artist, many skills make any program a success. 

We would absolutely love to hear from you!  Please drop an email to fibreartsfestival@gmail.com

Thanks Lynn