BASD Calendar

2010-2011 Meetings

2010-09-07T13:58:00Z

BASD Meeting dates have changed this year.
We are now meeting on the 4th Tuesday of the month.

All meetings start at 7:30, except the potlucks, which start at 7:00. All meetings are at Sudbury Valley Trustees, 18 Wolbach Rd., Sudbury, MA.

September 28
October 26
December 7 (7:00 start)
January 25
February 15 (3rd Tuesday to avoid school vacation time)
March 22
April 26
May 24 (7:00 start)

We will be posting information about each meeting as it approaches.
Hope to see you there!

Wed May 26, 2010 Meeting

2010-05-25T04:08:00Z

Let’s get together for our final meeting before the summer hiatus. Along with the always delicious potluck, we will have a chance to see the wide range of transformations that our members have wrought on the fibers we all began with in the fiber exchange, and everyone who participated will go home with a finished object. It’s a treat to see the creative ideas that our members come up with.

For the potluck, please bring:

An appetizer, main dish (veggie or non), or dessert, enough to feed several people. (There are kitchen facilities if you will need to heat up your dish.)
Any serving utensils necessary for your dish
If you can, please bring some drinks, too!
Also, don’t forget to bring your own dishes/utensils.

Everyone who is participating in the fiber exchange, make sure to bring your finished object.

At this final meeting of the year, we will be finalizing the new board for next year. If you would like to participate in the board, please let us know, whether before the meeting or at it.

May 22 - Demo

2010-04-22T18:15:00Z

Come meet us at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury on May 22, 11-3:30 at their Wooly Ways in Olden Days

Members of BASD will be spinning and weaving. The American Textile History Museum, sheep shearing, flax processing, lace making and more will also be there.

Members who haven't signed up, feel free to come and join in. Just remember to bring your own chair and lunch.

Advance notice on April 14. 2010 Meeting (second Wednesday this time)

2010-03-23T12:20:00Z

Jessica Sewell will present on Idrija Lace. More information to come.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Meeting

2010-03-23T12:16:00Z

Dyed in the Wool

Intrepidly tending sheep in all seasons on her New England farm provides Barbara Parry with a unique vantage point for studying nature’s colors. In her slide presentation, she will share how, with help from a digital camera that she carries everywhere, she takes her color cues from nature, translating them into a palette for her hand dyed yarns. Learn tips for using digital imagery as an inspirational springboard for your own color work in dyeing fiber.

Barbara Parry’s 220 acre sheep farm in the Berkshire foothills of western Massachusetts is home to her dye studio where she dyes the yarns produced from her flock and markets them under her farm’s label, Foxfire Fiber and Designs (www.foxfirefiber.com). Her hand-dyed yarns and fibers have been featured in Wild Fibers magazine and in several knitting books, and her first book Teach Yourself Visually Hand-Dyeing was released by Wiley Publishing in May 2009. Barbara chronicles life on her farm in her blog: Sheep Gal (www.sheepgal.com) and is a free-lance contributor to fiber arts publications. She enjoys teaching others to spin and dye, and loves exploring new avenues in fiber arts.

7:30 PM, Wolbach Farm, Sudbury MA