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Lynne Bergschultz
Bergschultz Studios
Fredonia, WI
E-mail: bergschultzstudios@gmail.com

After a decade working as an art educator, Lynne began a commercial art career in illustration and design operating Bergschultz Studio.

Some time before 2000, a conversation with her long-time friend and master spinner, Stefania Isaacson, sparked her curiosity about making polymer clay buttons and ingnited a passion for these little colored blocks of clay! While continuing as an illustrator, she has never counted, but assumes she has made thousands of one-of-a-kind or very limited edition buttons. The spontaneous results of playing with polymer feed Lynne's need for creative expression. Her work has been featured in Quiltmaker and Belle Armoire magazines and sold at fairs and shops across the U.S. The opportunity to share her passion for polymer by teaching workshops brings Lynne's art career full circle!

Classes: Buttons, Buttons, and More Buttons, Dragonfly Pendants, Knit a Beaded Wire Bracelet

 

Gwen Blakley Kinsler
www.crochetqueen.com
Rolling Meadows, IL
E-mail: gwen@crochetqueen.com

Gwen Blakley Kinsler, Founder of the Crochet Guild of America (CGOA), is a Certified Craft Yarn Council of America (CYCA) Instructor and recipient of the “Diploma in Crochet, Part I,” Gwen feels her talents lie in her ability to reach and unite crocheters to sing the praises of the craft. She is committed to the importance of sharing her passion for crochet with anyone, especially children. Her book, Kids Can Do It Crocheting, co-authored with Jackie Young was published by Kids Can Press 2003. A widely published crochet designer and author of articles on needlework, she has been teaching crochet since 1985 to beginners and advanced students alike. A nationally known teacher, she has taught in numerous venues ranging from local yarn shops to Convergence, as well as the Fiber & Folk Art Fair, and the Knit & Crochet Show sponsored by CGOA. Gwen is the new editor of “Talking Crochet,” an e-newsletter which reaches 300,000 readers, published by DRG Publications.

Classes: Irish Crochet Primer, The Crochet Doctor is In

 

Jacey Boggs
Insubordiknit
Grain Valley, MO
E-mail: jacey@insubordiknit.com

Jacey Boggs is known for her entertaining and instructive DVD Sit & Spin, for her monthly workshops around the world, and for spinning fantastical textured yarns with a technical hand. She is a contributing editor for Spin Off magazine and is regularly featured as an author. She is on the board of Handwoven magazine. She blogs and podcasts at www.insubordiknit.com, homeschools her three children, knits like a maniac, and eats way too many avocados. Her first book, Spin Art: masting the craft of textured spinning, with Interweave, is due out this fall and she's writing another one now.

Classes: Boucle, Cables and Crepes, Soft Core Corespinning: Corespinning with Fiber!, Thick and Thin and Coils

 

Judy Chan
Windy City Designs
Niles, IL
E-mail: Jachan60@aol.com

Judy Chan has been teaching knitting and other fiber arts in the Chicago area for the past 18 years. She learned to knit from her mother and advanced her knitting techniques from the best knitters and designers at workshops offered by TNNA, TKGA, Stitches, and WCKG. Judy's regularly scheduled knitting classes taught at Mosaic Yarn Studio in Des Plaines, IL (www.mosaicyarnstudio.com) are very popular and are frequently sold out in advance; and her one day weekend knitting workshops sponsored by local knitting guilds are scheduled throughout the spring and summer (www.windycityknittingguild.com). Judy's original knitting patterns are currently sold at Mosaic Yarn Studio.  Her finished garments can be seen and purchased at local fashion shows throughout the year.

Classes: Buttonholes, Picking Up Stitches

 

Tammy L Deck
TLD Design Center & Gallery
Westmont, IL
Email: tammy@tlddesigns.com

Tammy L Deck operates her own creative art studio, "TLD Design Center & Gallery" in a suburb of Chicago where she has been teaching felting classes (together with other fiber art classes such as weaving, knitting, and sewing) since 1995. She regularly travels to teach workshops for fiber guilds/groups, high school art departments, the Midwest Felting Symposium (Madison, WI) and the Gia Rosa Creativity Studio (Taos, NM).

Tammy's formal education includes 2 year study in Fashion Design at Harper College (Palatine, IL) and a BS degree and post graduate studies in Clothing & Textile Science (major) with Fiber Art (minor) from Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL). Tammy is currently on the Board of Advisors for the Fashion Design Department of College of DuPage and is a past president for the Illinois Prairie Weavers Guild.

The majority of Tammy's wet felt work is derived from personal exploration focused primarily in the creation of artistic/fashion forward hats, scarves, clothing, purses, collars and cuffs which she exhibits and sells through Chicago Area Fine Art Festivals, the Illinois Artisan Shop of Chicago, the One of A Kind Show at Chicago's Merchandise Mart and her own studio/gallery in Westmont, IL. She has captured numerous awards for her body of work including a "Best of Show" ribbon at the LaGrange West End Fine Art Festival (2009). Her laminated (nuno) felt work has been featured in national publications and she authored "Free Hand Felting Unleashed" for "Belle Armoire- Art to Wear" magazine Nov 2006 and "Recycled Sweater Hats" for Altered Couture Magazine Nov 2006. She demonstrated fabric painting and laminated (Nuno) felting techniques on the HGTV show "Crafters Coast to Coast" and DIY network's "That's Clever" and will have two felt works included in the book, "500 Felt Objects" (soon to be released) by Lark Books (Sept 2011).

Classes: Wet Felt Purses for Beginners

 

Bill Dineen
McHenry, IL
Email: WJBDineen@aol.com

Bill Dineen (Thor on Ravelry & www.MenWhoKnit.com) has been surrounded by fiber artists his whole life. His grandmother, Helen, was prolific at knitting, crochet, tatting and sewing. Bill’s late Mother, Therese, was an award winning knitter and Bill’s sister is a professional large format Portrait Artist using fiber as her medium. Although Bill learned to crochet as a child, it was not until 2007 that he learned to knit. He soon met Toni Neil at The Fold in Marengo, IL where Bill finally had to admit that he was powerless over fiber! Since that time Bill has been studying knitting, crochet (again!), and is a self-taught inkle loom weaver. While learning inkle loom weaving, Bill discovered Tablet Weaving and has been passionately exploring the unlimited options of Tablet Weaving ever since. He is a member of TWIST - Tablet Weavers’ International Studies & Techniques. Bill’s newest addition to his fiber addiction is both a 63” Glimakra Standard 8 shaft Countermarch loom and a 45” Leclerc 4 shaft Jack loom. Bill is a Registered Nurse working in Emergency Medicine. He shares his McHenry home with his fiancé, Andy, and their two English Bulldogs, Betty & Bob.

Classes: The Basics of Tablet Weaving

 

Abby Franquemont
Abby's Yarns
Lebanon, OH
Email: abby@abbysyarns.com

Abby Franquemont, author of Respect The Spindle, is steeped in the fiber arts since birth. The daughter of field anthropologists studying textile production, she was raised largely in the rural Andes of Peru, where she learned to spin, weave and more starting at the age of five.

In 2006, she left a successful career in information technology in order to write and teach full-time about the fiber arts, particularly spinning. Why spinning? Abby says it’s the most fundamental of the fiber arts – the one upon which the most others depend – as well as the most at risk of being lost and the hardest to pass down in any way other than hand to hand.

Abby is technical, passionate, inquisitive, and informed; she has taught individuals and groups of all ages, skill levels, and combinations thereof. Her classes sell out wherever she goes, her book, instructional DVDs, magazine articles, and blog are widely recommended, and her down-to-earth approach is empowering for students of all levels.

Classes: Basic Spindle Spinning, Basic Wheel Spinning, Blended Fibers, Plying Basics, Self Striping Yarn

 

Stephenie Gaustad
Dragonfly Farms
Jackson, CA
Email: gaustad@jps.net
Sponsored by: THE FOLD

Stephenie Gaustad has been spinning, weaving, dyeing and teaching for better than 35 years. Her many articles on the crafts have appeared in "Handwoven", "Spin Off" and "Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot" magazines. Stephenie illustrated "Alden Amos’ Big Book of Handspinning". She and her husband partner, Alden Amos, live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada where they build textile equipment.

Classes: Breaking the Rules, 3 BASIC DRAFTING TECHNIQUES, Spinning Cotton on a Spindle, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT?

 

Jane Grogan
Madison, WI
E-mail: janegro@yahoo.com

Jane Grogan is a spinner who took up weaving to use up her stash of handspun yarn. Jane started off working solely on a floor loom but a desire to take weaving "on the road" to schools, festivals and fiber shows, required new tools. Jane now works with a variety of continuous strand looms ranging in size from a 7-foot triangle and 5-foot square to a 3 1/2-inch diamond.

Classes: Weave A Diamond, Weave A Dishcloth, Weaving a Holiday Tradition

Franklin Habit
the-panopticon.blogspot.com
Chicago, IL
Email: franklin@franklinhabit.com
Sponsored by: Windy City Knitting Guild

Writer, illustrator, and photographer Franklin Habit is the author of It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons (Interweave Press, 2008) and proprietor of The Panopticon, one of the most popular knitting blogs on Internet. On an average day, upwards of 2,500 readers worldwide drop in for a mix of essays, cartoons, and the continuing adventures of Dolores the Sheep.

Franklin’s other publishing experience in the fiber world includes contributions to Yarn Market News, Interweave Knits, Interweave Crochet, PieceWork, Cast On: A Podcast for Knitters, Twist Collective, and a regular column on historic knitting patterns for Knitty.com.

These days, Franklin knits and spins in Chicago, Illinois, sharing a small city apartment with an Ashford spinning wheel and colony of sock yarn that multiplies alarmingly whenever his back is turned.

Classes: Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Tomten Jacket and Garter Jacquard, Introduction to the History, Methods and Styles of Lace Knitting, Knitted Tessellations: Playful and Powerful Patterns in Practice, Photographing Your Fiber

 

Helen Hamann
Helen Hamann
Decatur, TN
Email: info@helenhamann.com

In 1977, Ms Hamann founded Helen Hamann S.A., a sweater design and manufacturing company, to utilize Peru’s natural resources such as alpaca wool, pima cotton and the native labor pool. Her designs skillfully combined the traditional colorful and intricate Incan techniques with modern and trendy looks. Miss Hamann’s designs were extremely well received in the most fashionable markets in the U.S. and around the world. Helen Hamann S.A. was the first textile company in Peru’s history to sell to international markets under its own brand name and compete successfully with such names as Missoni, Adrienne Vittadini and Ralph Lauren.

In 1988 she moved to Vancouver, Canada, and while continuing to run Helen Hamann S.A., she started a trading corporation to design, manufacture and distribute knitwear to the high fashion international markets. Within just three years, she expanded her markets to include Canada, the United States, Japan and Europe. Her designs and products were featured in fashion magazines and TV shows, appearing on the runways of Piti Filatti. Ms Hamann’s designs, then manufactured in Peru, Uruguay and the Far East, were sold through fashionable mail order catalogues, designer stores, and through exclusive and high-end distribution systems such as Mitsubishi Trading Company, C. Itoh, Nicoh, Shop America, The Hudson Bay Company, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bloomingdale’s, among others.

Helen’s unique talents are complemented with a strong knowledge of the fashion and knitwear industry, as well as a deep understanding of alpaca with all its glorious qualities in addition to its breeding and raising challenges. For the past few years, Miss Hamann worked in close association with AFCNA (Alpaca Fiber Cooperative of North America). They, as well as other clients around the globe, consult Ms Hamann regarding new trends for fiber development, color and design, while yarn manufacturers and craft magazines also rely on her exceptional talents for developing and writing knitting patterns.

June 2006 marked a new milestone in Ms. Hamann’s growth and creative development. Interweave Press started marketing a book of patterns Andean Inspired Knits, featuring exclusive designs inspired by ancient Peruvian textiles in modern and trendy silhouettes all beautifully hand-knitted in alpaca. 2006 also represented another milestone in Ms. Hamann’s career, since it saw the light of a new ready-to-wear collection of luxuriously hand-knitted high-end garments in the highest qualities of alpaca and alpaca blends available—a most sensual treat to the senses.

Classes: Design with the Master!

 

Arnhild Hillesland
Arnhild's Knitting Studio
Ames, IA
Email: arnhild@arnhild.com


I was born and raised in Norway, where I also received my education, a Phd in Norwegian language. I was teaching full time until I moved to this country in June 1986. Since 1995 I have been teaching knitting at TNNA, TKGA, at regional events and camps, at Stitches, and for numerous yarn shops. I have translated several knitting books from Norwegian to English for Interweave Press, and also all the Rauma patterns on the US market.

Classes: Finishing Techniques, Heel Appeal, Pearls on the Pulse, Pick With It!, Twined Knitting

 

Stefania Isaacson
Handspun by Stefania
St Charles, IL
E-mail: stef@stefania-spins.com

Stefania has been a life-long knitter, and started spinning and dying to supply herself with "the best yarns in the world!" She got her Certificate of Excellence in Handspinning from the Handweaver's Guild of America in 1997. Since then she has opened her own business called Handspun by Stefania and taught numerous workshops dealing in natural dyes, spinning and basket making. She has spoken about the fiber arts to numerous groups, and has appeared on Home & Garden TV as a guest on the Carol Duvall Show. She sells handspun, natural hand dyed yarns, original knitting kits using her own yarns and patterns, hand dyed roving dyed with natural dyes, and handmade baskets. She was previously a high school English teacher, and now enjoys teaching spinning, dyeing, and knitting to fiber enthusiasts.

Classes: In Search of the Perfect Green--and Orange, Too!, Knitting, Spinning, or Two Pie Basket, Spinning for Socks

 

Lois Jarvis
Rust Tex
Madison, WI
E-mail: loisjarvis@usa.net

Lois Jarvis made her first quilt in 1971. Since completing her BFA and BS Ed she has pursued a career in fiber art. Since 2003 she has been rust dyeing fabric, selling them under the name, “Rust-Tex”, and promoting the use of rust dyed fabrics. Currently she is combining her love of working with rust dyed fabric, found objects, traditional quilting techniques, computer technology and the sewing machine to create one of a kind fiber pieces.

Note: Last year at the Fair we featured an exhibit of work using Lois's Rust Tex dye methods: The Rust Tex Collection.

Classes: Rust Dyeing

 

Natasha Lehrer
Esther's Place
Big Rock, IL
E-mail: natasha@esthersplacefibers.com

For Natasha, being a shepherd started her journey into fiber arts. Working with fibers for nearly ten years, she uses her own wool as well as other locally grown fibers to create unique fiber art pieces that speak from her heart. Making the connection between farmer and consumer, and bring the circle of sustainability into the fiber community is a passion of hers as well. An award winning artist, she has exhibited, presented and taught at guilds and groups as well as at the Illinois Art Educator’s Association Conference, and is on staff at Waubonsee Community College. As well as being an artist, she owns and operates Esther’s Place in Big Rock, IL…a fiber arts studio that offers classes, parties, retreats and a community. Teaching is her greatest passion; it is her belief that everyone should have the opportunity to be involved in art, and she enjoys introducing people to fiber arts. In these times, and in the world around us, her philosophy of inspiring creativity in the midst of every day life is a breath of fresh air. Her work and her shop can be explored on the web at www.esthersplacefibers.com or on their blog, www.friendsofesther.wordpress.com

Classes: Fabulous Stash Buster Flowers

 

Lela Luetger
Naperville, IL
Email: splinx@aol.com

Lela Dugaw Luetger is a multiple medium artist. Her current work includes assemblage, felted dimensional landscapes, and macrame as an art form. While attending California College of Arts, she had the opportunity and the encouragement to work in a variety of mediums, beginning a life long love of creative experimentation. Her current works are an example of that desire to experiment. Her assemblage is a commentary on scenes of every day life, often with a humorous twist. In her dimensional landscapes Lela has developed a multiple step, multilayered, wet felting and needle felting process to compose representational images from wool fiber. With the reintroduction of the macrame work she has been creating throughout her career, she is adding new ideas and innovations to the work.

Educating has become an important creative expression for Lela, feeling a great deal of satisfaction in teaching skills and sharing her accumulated knowledge with eager enthusiasts.

In addition to creating her own body of work, Lela offers classes in several fine art disciplines and fiber arts through local art organizations, park districts, and privately. She directs an art challenge group for other artists and serves on the board of directors of the Naperville Art League.

Classes: Micro Macrame

 

Anne Lullie
www.annelullie.com
Lake in the Hills, IL
Email: annelullie@gmail.com

Anne Lullie was taught hand sewing and embroidery by her mother at age 6 and later taught herself to knit. Drawing and painting were early interests, also. By high school, Anne was selling her hand-sewn accessories and clothing in local shops and craft shows. At high school graduation, she received the Excellence in Art award. In college, Anne studied ceramics, printmaking, and drawing, and a variety of multi-media techniques. She continued to sew, and to incorporate textiles in her work.

By the early 90’s, the Lullie’s were living in the Chicago area. Anne had been sewing for home and family for many years when she tried her hand at traditional quilt making, when she quickly became hooked. Vibrant colored fabric and threads became the perfect media for her creative expression. The fusible appliqué method has become one of her favorite quilting techniques, as it lends itself well to her love of sensuous, curved shapes embellished with hand embroidery.

Anne has exhibited her art quilts nationally, and won several awards including; "Road to California 2010" Second place art Abstract; "American Quilter's Society Quilt Expo Des Moines" 2008 "Best Machine Workmanship" Honorable mention in “Road to California 2003”; and a First place in 2003 “Indiana Heritage Quilt Show”. Images of her quilts were included in Lark Books "550 Art Quilts", and also the SAQA publications "Portfolio 16", and "Portfolio 17". In 2005, Anne’s quilt entitled “Colorplay I” was selected to travel internationally with the Husqvarna Viking exhibit “Art Takes shape”. This quilt was purchased by Quilts, Inc. of Houston Texas for their collection.

At the present time, Anne lives in Lake in the Hills, Illinois, with her husband and their Miniature Schnauzer “Minnie”. Anne enjoys quilting and teaching whenever possible, and is always looking for new techniques to incorporate into her art quilts.

Classes: Floating Hearts, Mini Scrappy Fused Funquilt, Passion for Fusion

 

Jayna Marrinan
Taylorville, IL
E-mail: marrinan55@yahoo.com

Jayna Marrinan grew up surrounded by art, fine crafts, and fiber. Having mastered knitting and crochet at a young age, she was the assistant manager/teacher at a yarn shop in the St. Louis area at age 15. Since then, she has taught adults through guild programs in western Illinois and under-served children in east-central Michigan. She has served as a jury member at the Bethel Fiber Festival and a workshop demonstrator in a variety of locations. Her crocheted wedding dress was published in Piecework Sept/Oct. 2003. Jayna enjoys historical fiber arts such as Irish Crochet, and knitted lace. Simply knowing something about the history of a technique helps to decipher antique patterns. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Michigan.

Classes: Irish Crochet

 

Debbie Moyes
Twisted Stars
Highland Park, IL
E-mail: thequilter@twistedstars.com

Debbie Moyes has been working with fiber, in one form or another, all her life. After taking weaving lessons with her mother when she was in college, learning how to spin and dye was a natural progression. She took up rug hooking while living in New England. When she found out that she would be moving to Asia for many years, she began quilting, since it was a more portable craft. Collecting beautiful and unusual Asian fabrics was a wonderful past time and she taught quilting to expatriates and locals while living in Singapore, China and Japan. Home is now the North Shore of Chicago where she lives with her wonderful husband and Jasmine the cat.

Classes: English Paper Piecing, Primitive Rug Hooking

 

Sylvie Nguyen
Cherry Valley, IL
E-mail: sylvienguyen@comcast.net

Though having a lifelong interest in fiber arts, bobbin lace was only embraced in recent years. Having taught adults and young adults for many years, bobbin lace became another way to share teaching and bobbin lace making. A variety of lace making materials and applications is most enjoyed, with a preference for making tape laces.

Living in Cherry Valley, Illinois, USA, Sylvie is involved with teaching and a local lace guild.

Classes: Introduction to Bobbin Lace Making

 

Mary Libby Neiman
On The Surface
Wilmette, IL
E-mail: marylibby@onsurface.com

Mary Libby has been working with and teaching beads and fibers for over 15 years. She has authored two books on beads and fibers, Bead Crochet Basics, and Bead Knitting, as well as several articles for Beadwork and Bead & Button magazines. Her tassel and cord projects as well as bead knit and bead crochet projects have appeared in numerous books.

Recently she has researched and written about Green issues and will continue to promote more earth friendly ways of managing a business and a home.

Classes: Multi Wrap Bracelet with Leather and Beads

 

Elizabeth O'Brien
The Knitting Goddess
Chicago, IL
E-mail: knit239@gmail.com

I have a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Home Economics. I was the owner of Elizabeth’s Knit Shop, Chicago for 10 years. My shop featured my own designs. I have taught a variety of workshops and classes around the Chicago area for many years.

Classes: Adding Color to Your Knitting with Slip Stitches, Beaded Buttons, Cast On, Dorset Buttons, Knit to Fit, Knitted Sock Bookmark, Round Heel for Knitted Socks

 

Cindy Polfer
Big Rock, IL
E-mail: cpolfer@juno.com

Cindy Polfer has a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and just loves to teach anyone who wants to learn. She has been teaching needle arts for over 25 years and is proficient in knitting, crocheting, tatting and sewing. She also writes technical articles and designs patterns and garments for magazine and book publications. She is a professional designer and throughout the years has had her designs and articles published in Vogue Knitting, Workbasket, Fashion Knitting, Knit-n-Style, Creative Knitting and several books published by House of White Birches, as well as other major publications. She has also taught classes at Stitches and TKGA. She has recently completed a two year Associates Degree in Fashion Design.

Classes: Invisible Seam Finishes for Knitting, Needle-tatted Embellished Note Card

 

Merike Saarniit
www.Liisu.com
Meadows of Dan, VA
E-mail: merike.saarniit@gmail.com

As part of her Estonian upbringing, Merike learned many aspects of needlework including a lot of knitting. Having owned a sheep farm, a fibercrafting equipment and supplies shop as well as her own hand dyed yarns and fibers business, Merike now works primarily as a teacher of knitting, spinning, dyeing and weaving nationally and internationally.

Classes: 3-2-1 Roundabout, Estonian Elongated Stitches, Estonian Stitch Sampler You Can Use

 

Joan Sheridan
Heritage Spinning
Lake Orion, MI
E-mail: joan@heritagespinning.com

Joan Sheridan is a weaver, knitter, spinner and fiber explorer. Soon after learning to spin and weave, she opened Heritage Spinning and Weaving and has been sharing her love for everything fiber-ey at her shop for 10 years. Joan has taught at the National Needlearts Association annual trade show, MFF, CNCH, NML&W and SOAR and has earned her Master Knitter II certification. She is also co-founder of Knit Michigan, a charitable non-profit, that brings fiber lovers together to help cancer patients and their families.

Classes: An Introduction to Weaving Using the Rigid Heddle Loom, Warping Simplified

 

Carol Sulcoski
Black Bunny Fibers
Villanova, PA
E-mail: carol@blackbunnyfibers.com

Carol J. Sulcoski is a former attorney turned knitting designer and handdyer. She is author of Knitting Socks With Handpainted Yarns and co-author of Knit So Fine (both published by Interweave Press). Her work has been published in Vogue Knitting, KnitSimple, St-Denis Magazine, KnitScene, and various other books and magazines. She also founded Black Bunny Fibers (www.blackbunnyfibers.com), an independent dyeing business creating unique handpainted yarns and fibers, and her indie patterns can be found on Ravelry and Patternfish. She lives outside Philadelphia with her family, and is currently working on her third book.

Classes: Creativity with Color, Making Friends with Your Handpaints,
Self-Stripers: How They Work & How to Use Them
, Yarn Substitution Made Easy

 

Three Sisters Folk Art School
Three Sisters Folk Art School
Chillacothe, IL
E-mail: info@threesistersfolkartschool.com
Sponsored by Three Sisters Folk Art School

 

Joan Quigg (left)
hildaoblosb@aol.com

Joan Quigg began her journey in fiber arts at the age of four, when her grandmother taught her to cross stitch. Since that time, she has done embroidery, knitting, crochet, sewing, tailoring, weaving, basketry, kumihimo, beading, dyeing, and other forms of playing with fabric and yarn. She especially enjoys projects which incorporate mixed techniques. Joan hold a BS in related art with emphasis on costume and textile design, as well as a BS in nursing.

Lisé Mundwiller (above, center)
pooh6673@aol.com

Lisé Mundwiller is a registered nurse and the Director of Clinical and Surgical Services at Great Plains Orthopaedics and an experienced small business owner of baking, catering, and jewelry making services. In addition to transforming mis-shapened lumps of metal clay into beautiful personal ornaments, Lisé is an accomplished weaver, knitter, quilter, gardener and chef.

Jennie Hawkey (above, right)
info@hopewellcreations.com

Jennie Hawkey has been creating quality textiles and handmade items for over 25 years. Although she specializes in hand weaving, Jennie is also adept at leatherwork and embroidery, often combining her skills to create intricately detailed pieces.

Jennie is an active member of the Illinois arts community. She is an long-time member of the Handweavers' Guild of Peoria and a founding member of Three Sisters Folk Art School.

Jennie has a passion for teaching and has presented at weaving workshops and meetings.

Class: The Magic of Weaving

 

Carol Wagner
Hidden Valley Farm & Woolen Mill
Valders, WI
E-mail: hvfarmwoolenmill@lakefield.net

Carol has been a spinner since 1988 and uses the yarns she produces in knitting, weaving and felting projects.  She is passionate about fiber and promotes quality production of the fiber to be spun.  As a carder by trade, Carol enjoys creating with a drumcarder as that allows for the creation of truly unique yarns.  There is great satisfaction working with fibers you have processed yourself.

Carol and her husband Paul raise registered Coopworth sheep and have a flock of approximately 200.  They are often asked to speak to sheep breeder groups to promote wool and to help producers add value to their wool clip.  The also own Hidden Valley Woolen Mill near Valders, Wisconsin where the goal is to assist the customer with the creative process.

Classes: Drumcarding...Techniques for Success

 

Mary Wallace
White Dove Farm
Cambridge, WI
E-mail: whitedove@jvlnet.com
Sponsored by: The Fold

While having explored many fiber arts, Mary Wallace was smitten by felting over ten years ago and is now an avid feltmaker who markets her award-winning felt pieces and teaches felting classes.

She has taught felting to students from preschool to adults at a variety of venues including the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival, Midwest Felters’ Symposium, and the Midwest Fiber and Folk Art Fair.

She is a member of the Black Hawk Artists and is on the Earth, Wood, and Fire artists tour, a studio tour held in South Central Wisconsin every October.

Mary has been raising natural colored and white Corriedale sheep for nearly 25 years. Early on she fell in love with the wonderful qualities of wool and went on to learn a great deal about that fiber. She has given numerous talks about wool and is a wool judge. She was the wool show superintendent at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival for eight years and was the first recipient of the Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative’s Master Shepherd Award in the wool division. She particularly enjoys utilizing her wool expertise and knowledge in the art of feltmaking.

Note: Mary is also our sheep breed judge this year for the first Fleece Competition!

Class: Felted Nuno Scarf

 

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"Congratulations on a most memorable 2010 fair.  The fair ran so smoothly and was so well organized that it is hard to believe it was only the 4th year!  I had a great time being part of the workshop group...thank you for giving me that opportunity."    email from teacher

 

"I did attend both Friday and Sun. Took 2 wonderful classes from knowledgeable instructors. "
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Thank you to our 2011 Workshop Sponsors:


Sponsoring Stephenie Gaustad and Mary Wallace


Sponsoring Franklin Habit


Sponsoring "The Magic of Weaving"

 

 

"engaging presenter"..."the quality of the teachers has been excellent".."The class I took was wonderful"..."can't wait to return next year for more shopping and a workshop"..." I was really impressed that I could get the technique in (an hour). I will be able to apply what I learned to several other types of quilting!!!"
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