Wednesday, 27 July 2016

7th HASTINGS FOUNDERS FIBRE FESTIVAL

                                       Textile Tourism Project Hastings Historical Society
                                        Lang Pioneer Village Museum LOCAL MASTERS
 In our Community Friday August 19, 2016 / 10 am to 4 pm Hastings Civic Centre, 6 Albert St. E.
 
     Opening Ceremonies & Displays from The Northumberland Rug Hookers & Townsend Quilters of Campbellford
 Workshop Demonstrations 11am to 1pm Knitting, Hooking, Embroidery Quilting Weaving & Spinning •
 Alpacas: Update from the Fields of Trent Hills / TwoLoom Alpacas • Guest Groups demonstrations / #1 Sewing Centre
 Lunch by Hastings Textile Arts Group Guest Talks: 1 pm to 3 pm • Hooked Rugs: Traditional and Contemporary Movements  Diane Algera & the Northumberland Rug Hookers (Established 1983) • Local Masters: The Townsend Quilters of Campbellford Ontario  Stories from the Machine and the needle. (Established 1998) • Selvedged Voices: Film from the President of Chile & the artisans of Chile & India TEA @ 3 pm •
 Wrap Up / Door Prizes / Surveys Free Will Donation/ no admission fee Come to the Festival of Textiles @ Lang Pioneer Village Museum SATURDAY AUGUST 14, 10 am to 4 pm: see demonstrations & displays from local guilds working in textile traditions today. Participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Jacquard Loom. www.langpioneervillage.ca or call 705-295-6694 ext. 23 or 1-800-289-5264

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