The Silver City Fiber Arts Festival will be held November 11-12, 2011 at the Grant County Conference Center located at 3031 East Highway 180 East. This two day event celebrates all aspects of fiber art. There will be a juried vendor hall of fine fiber art and supplies, classes, demonstrations, make and take projects and exhibits.
 
“We are so excited about the nineteen special exhibits that will be on display throughout the festival”, states Chairperson Lynn Welsch. €݆iber artists from Silver City and southern New Mexico will be exhibiting, making this one of the best exhibits of fiber art in southern New Mexico and a truly unique experience for people attending the festival”.
 
Some of the exhibits that will be available for viewing are Wool to Wearables, Tatting, and Antique Dolls. The Wool to Wearables exhibit was made by spinners from Yada Yada Yarn and will feature all phases of the process of going from raw wool to carding, spinning, weaving, knitting, to beautiful finished products. The Tatting exhibit from Edna Puleston will show examples of many different stitches and items made with the tatting shuttle. Ms. Puleston will also be exhibiting fine porcelain antique reproduction dolls with clothes handmade of all natural fibers.
 
Some of the nineteen exhibits will include 1930's Reproduction Quilts, Needlework, Invitational Mini Quilt Challenge, Wearable Art, Beaded Jewelry, George Mendoza designed fabric Quilts, Handmade Books, Woven and Pine Needle Baskets, Contemporary Fiber Arts, Japanese Embroidery, Fiber Art Story Boards, Silk Painting, Wool Hooked Rugs and more!
 
The Silver City Fiber Arts Festival is a fundraising event for the SW Women's Fiber Arts Collective. Admission is free and donations are appreciated.
 
The SW Women's Fiber Arts Collective, is a non-profit that provides the means to learn and earn an income from the fiber arts. For more information about the festival please go to www.fiberartscollective.org or stop by in person at The Common Thread gallery at 107 W. Broadway. Call 575-538-5733 for hours. Email scfiberartsfestival@gmail.com