Every year we distill our own peppermint oil and give it to our ice cream makers to turn into delicious homemade Peppermint Ice Cream. We have five big batches ready to go for this year’s Fair, and it will be available at the distilling booth. Please come by and get some! We’ve also prepared our … Read more
To advance my loom I put the beater bar at rest. Then I take off the hook and roll the bottom bar forward. Finally I roll the top bar. Now I can continue to weave on my scarf for the fair. -Tikvah K. age 7 [envira-gallery id=”3912″]
We are starting to put the booth up! Jan starting to set up the Potholder loop display. We are expecting over 100 large and small potholders that both children and adults have made (probably a lot of grandmas!) [envira-gallery id=”3898″]
Each year we create a commemorative Letterpress printed bookmark to give away to our friends and neighbors. Come see us in the make your own tent, to get yours. They’re FREE! Also, during the Fair, you can add your name to the back for only $1. Kids enjoy picking out type letters, arranging them perfectly … Read more
Nearly finished with a hand-made F-style mandolin! This mandolin has been in the works since May of this year, and should be ready to play for the afternoon music at this year’s Fair. Be sure to come and listen!
Block by block we are hurrying to finish the thousands of tiny stitches across our quilts for the Fair! The younger ones are busy stretching the loops across their small looms as they make a bunch of hot pads. [envira-gallery id=”3753″]
Getting off the last of the damask hand towels for the fair! Every towel was woven by hand. These are the last 22 of 44 that we put on that little loom.
There’s nothing better than a bar of fresh, homemade soap. Our bath soaps are made in small batches by hand using all natural ingredients, and every kind has a unique scent and color to freshen and brighten your kitchen or bathroom. Each soap has the original glycerin left in, and we add other oils and … Read more
Our seamstresses are busy preparing a beautiful array of sewn and quilted items for your one-of-a-kind-Christmas gifts! We will have items from seamstresses who have been sewing for decades and special little items from seamstresses who are just beginning (some of them start around age 4), and all are very excited to show and sell … Read more
Filled with brightly colored yarns, and of course, a few subtle, warm colored skeins, the Fiber Arts building is worth taking the time to stop by and see! See the spinning wheels and Takli’s turn the raw cotton, flax and wool into skeins of prepared thread to be warped on the loom. Watch as yarn … Read more