The Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners can be proud of their Conference and Show 2008. The Show was such a success that I know that I will be there every year in the future. The conference went well and I only heard good things from everyone. The spirits were high throughout the Holiday Inn Hotel Palo Verde because all of the fiber classes and opportunities to be had.
Two happy new owners of the Roberta Electronic Spinner went home with Seasoned Spinners and they were all ready to create great and wonderful amounts of Hand Spun Yarn. Another Roberta will be delivered in Phoenix as soon as it arrives from Ertoel Wheels.
Mary Frances dropped by my booth to show me the Dicroic Off Loom Bead Woven Brooch she won during the evening auction. This is one of my Brooches and she wears it with Pride.
The Arizona Federation created an atmosphere of continuous fiber and bead excitement. We all enjoyed meeting new people and seeing unique fibers.
Cat Brysch Creations from Magdalena, New Mexico offered hand woven material by the foot or yard. Her Hand Wovens have pricing to match your pocket depending on the fiber and the weaving design.
Cat travels with her husband who enjoys his wood projects and offers everything a weaver or spinner would need.
Hokett Would Work - Magdalena, New Mexico is the name of his business.
The Vendors kept busy with visitors from the Tucson Area and several Prescott Spinners came to visit the show.
Jo Manginelli from Earth and Fiber Design - Prescott Arizona had her booth between Loom N Essence and my booth. We all three shared fiber and bead ideas throughout the show. Of course we also had some great dinners throughout Tucson each evening.
Jo offers unique clay "Show Offs" for your own Hand Woven Designs. Her Sheep and Buffalo Pins were the hit of the show.
Loom N Essence offers Majacraft Spinning Wheels and Buffalo Fiber. Sharon Poplawski has some of the nicest hand dyed silk that I have seen. I stocked up on special knitting needles created for the tired hands and they are earth friendly. I will be blogging about these needles soon. I need to dig out my show information and notes.
Drop by my blog tomorrow for more Fibers Through Time Show information. Also, if you did a class at the conference send me a jpg to add to my blog information.