Summer Recap - August

I started the month by vending my baskets at the Four County Quilters Guild Quilt Show.  The display hall was filled with beautiful handmade quilts.  Happily, quilters love baskets too!

  The CPBWG August weave was a lazy Susan double decker basket.  The pattern and hardware were from KnK Creations. 

I used fall colors and stained it to give it an autumn look. 

Summer Recap - July

July began with a full week of classes at Common Ground on the Hill held at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD.

I taught at class on weaving rib baskets.  Each student first made an egg basket.  The remainer of the week they wove a variety of rib baskets - hen, key or melon of their choice. 

Their finished baskets were shown at the annual student art show on Friday evening. 

To learn more of Common Ground Traditions Week 2024 go to their web site:

www.commonGroundOnTheHill.org

The Rice Gallery at Mc Daniel College featured a display of my Rib Baskets during the week of Common Ground classes. . 

During the July CPBWG weave, members gathered to weave small berry baskets. The guild fills the baskets with toiletries and donates them to a PA charity for their service project.  

In the afternoon, the guild wove a decorative hairband using a variety of patterns and colored reed. 

The guild's website includes their upcoming events and membership information:

https://cnetralpabasketguild.com/ 

Summer Recap - June 2023

To kick off summer, I participated in Carroll County's Art in the Park festival.  I had a booth featuring a wide variety of my baskets.  It was a chance to catch up with friends I hadn't seen over the winter and promote the craft of basketweaving.  

The OWLS (Outdoors Women's Life) held their annual summer retreat in Taneytown.  I taught a simple rectangle splint basket in the morning and a decorative reed wreath in the afternoon.  It was a fun day for everyone. I always look forward to working with this group of women.