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Additional sponsors: Maine Fiberarts, Maine Folklife Center, Maine Sheep Breeders Association, USDA Farm Service Agency and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, University of Maine Art Department, and other non-profit agencies, as well as commercial organizations.

Funding provided by USDA Farm Service Agency and the Maine Humanities Council.

For more information, contact Mary Bird, Chair of the Friends of Dr. Edith Marion Patch, at mary.bird@umit.maine.edu

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Fiber Maine-ia Festival & Conference
and Make It With Wool Contest

Saturday and Sunday, October 10-11, 2009
University of Maine, in Orono

yarnThe Fiber Maine-ia Festival & Conference will offer workshops, demonstrations, lectures, and presentations on

  • production and processing of animal and plant fibers,

  • Maine’s textile history, and

  • traditional and contemporary fiber arts.

The Fiber Maine-ia Festival is free and open to the public. No Pre-registration is required for workshops, presentations, and demonstrations.

Fiber Maine-ia Festival Schedule
(See the complete list of workshops and demonstrations)

Saturday, October 10

7:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m.
Vendor and Exhibit set-up, Memorial Union, and Page Farm and Home Museum grounds

9:00 a.m.
Vendor displays and exhibits open to public

10:00 a.m.
Workshops and presentations begin in Memorial Union and Shibles Hall; Make It With Wool in Maine entry check-in at Page Farm and Home Museum (Judging to take place throughout the day)

5:00 p.m.
Vendor displays, exhibits, workshops, and presentations close.

5:30 p.m.
Reception and Make it With Wool in Maine awards ceremony (all welcome)

6:30 p.m.
Facilitated discussion: The Future of Fiber Art and Agriculture in Maine

Sunday, October 11

7:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m.
Vendor and Exhibit preparation, Memorial Union and Page Farm and Home Museum

9:00 a.m.
Vendor displays and exhibits open to public

10:00 a.m.
Workshops and presentations begin in Memorial Union, Shibles Hall, and Page Museum

4:00 p.m.
Fiber Maine-ia closes

Vendors, Exhibitors, and Sponsors

Announcing the first annual Fiber Maine-ia Flops and Faves Awards!

Ok, so you didn’t feel competitive or accomplished enough to enter the Make It With Wool in Maine Contest this year. No problem! You are still eligible for the funniest fiber competition in America: the First Annual Fiber Maine-ia Flops and Faves Awards! Whether you knit, spin, sew, quilt, weave, or try your hand at any other type of fiber project, there’s a place for you here! The only rule is that your item must be made at least partially of wool or other natural fiber.

The categories are:

  • Goofiest Socks
  • Ugliest Unfinished Object
  • Oldest handmade item we still wear
  • Worst Sweater
  • Something Sixties (remember that itchy wool miniskirt you made in Home Ec or the psychedelic needlepoint pillow you stitched?) and, on a more serious romantic note,
  • Wedding Ring Shawl

Bring your item to the Page Farm and Home Museum between 10:00 and noon on Saturday, October 10. Items will be on display until 5:00. Fiber Maine-ia Festival visitors will be invited to cast votes for their favorites throughout the day. At 5:00 votes will be tallied, and awards announced at the reception (everyone welcome) at 5:30 at the Page Farm and Home Museum.

Registration

Directions

Funding for the Fiber Maine-ia conference is provided in part by the Maine Humanities Council and USDA Farm Service Agency.

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