Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Festival A Creation today a family Heirloom tomorrow!

The Fourth Annual Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Festival An experience in the fiber arts Friday, June 6, 12:00pm to 7:00pm and Saturday, June 7, 9:00am to 6:00pm

The FiberAntics Fiberarts Guild is pleased to announce that the Fourth Annual Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Festival will be held at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, 100 Fairgrounds Street, Franklin, Indiana. There will be free admission and free parking. The doors open June 6th at 12:00 pm and Friday's events will run until 7:00pm. Saturday, doors open at 9:00am and the Festival will end at 6:00pm. There will be door prizes, historical reinactors, a fiber art gallery, door prizes, silent auction, skein competition and more than 80 booths of merchandise, fiber, yarns, woolens, and supplies. Spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, felting equipment will be sold by many vendors.

To participate in the competitions, visit the Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Festival website: www.hhfiberfest.com

Follow the Thread, Connect, and Make a Memory

In an era when much of what we do is instantaneous and pre-made, a time when much of our "grass-roots" heritage is swallowed and lost by concrete and progress, The Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Festival steps back in time to much of what would be lost without groups of fiber artists and artisans.

The FiberAntics Fiber Arts Guild from Whiteland, Indiana sponsors this event and is proud to tell that although the event is only 4 years old, it continues to grow and draw interest. People of all ages and backgrounds come from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Pennsylvania and the Carolinas to attend this event. Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Festival will have on display, "The Cupcake Experiment", by Donna Jo Copeland of Mooresville, IN.

Fiber is a renewable resource, as animals eat grass, which is then converted into protein fibers. After shearing, the fibers are processed by hand or send to a fiber mill for processing. There are varied uses for the final product.

Visitors who want to know more about fiber arts are encouraged to sign up for the workshops. Three workshops will be offered at Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Festival:

Fabulous Felted Flowers - Fri.June 6, 2:00 to 3:00
Three Bags Full - Sat.June 7, 9:00 - 12:00 As You Like It Shoulder Wrap - Sat.June 7, 9:00 - 12:00

Information about these classes can be found on the Hoosier Hills' website www.hhfiberfest.com

The Fiber Arts Competition will stir visitor's imaginations with two divisions: ART - including framed, felted work and wall hangings, sculptures, vessels etc. FUNCTIONAL - wearables, blankets, etc.

There will also be a spinning competition where spinners will submit their home-spun yarn for judging.

The Society for Creative Anachronisms - the SCA is returning for the 4th year. The SCA is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe.

For more information about the festival, visit the Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Festival website: www.hhfiberfest.com