Fiber in the Boro

Fiber in the Boro is over for this year, and we had a blast.

We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Many thanks to the Rutherford County Agricultural Extension for making the day possible with their support and the great facilities at Lane Agricultural Park. We could not have had this event without them.

A big thank you goes to Nancy Oxford and her students from MTSU who volunteered to help answer questions, direct traffic, load and unload vendors and helped with whatever we needed.

We are also grateful to The Blue Porch for stepping in at late notice with wonderful food (I’m still savoring that cinnamon roll) and great coffee. You must have liked it too since they sold everything they brought!

The Shelbyville Fiber Guild were a great hit with their weaving and spinning demonstrations, their Weasley arms and their free form coral reef. (We’ll get pictures up soon!)  Their friendly smiles and good humor were unflagging.

We were delighted with our vendors who brought a really interesting mix of fibers, colors, supplies and finished products.

Lori, Irma and Ty were unfailingly cheerful and helpful, helping with anything and everything and have our gratitude.

One final thank you goes to our instructors. We’ve had really positive feedback about the classes, and are happy to see our plan to convert the world to textile arts is underway!

We are going to get some sleep, then regroup and start planning for next year. We will be communicating with vendors and updating this site with information as things go along.

If you have any comments of suggestions for us, please go to the Contact Us page and send us an email. We’d love to get your feedback.

Next up is the Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival in Dickson. We’ll see you there!

We’ve had a lot of questions about food options at the festival. We are pleased to announce that concessions will be available at the festival, provided by The Blue Porch. The Blue Porch is a local bed and breakfast in Readyville, TN. The menu will include hearty lentil soup, vegetable soup, chicken salad sandwiches, pimento cheese sandwiches, cookies, cinnamon rolls, biscuits, muffins and other locally sourced foods.  Locally roasted coffee from Just Love will be be available. Lunches should run about $7.

We are so pleased to have them and hope you will enjoy the food.

If locally sourced, freshly made food isn’t your thing, there are many other restaurants within a mile of the festival, from fast food to sit down restaurants. Ask at the information desk for details.

I hope you’re getting excited! I know we are.

Classes are filling up, but we still have spots available in most. If you are interested in learning a new skill like tatting, spinning,  making broomstick lace or evaluating and working with fleece, this is your opportunity. If you aren’t a beginner but want to develop your skills, I hope you’ll take advantage of experienced teachers like Lynn Vogel (spinning) and Jennifer Adair (knitting).  If you want to come away with a gift for someone, consider the needle felted sheep or the wet felted scarf classes.

We have a full slate of vendors and lots of volunteers to make sure you can find what you want.

Feel free to download the Fiber in the Boro Flyer and share the news!

We have 10 classes available. Most are 2 or 3 hours. Online registration is available now.  Please note class times so you don’t try to take two at the same time.  Spaces are limited.

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Some classes include a materials fee. Those fees are noted and should be paid to the instructor at the time of the class.

We’re happy to see the vendor list getting longer.  Take a look to see some recent additions. Wherever possible, we’ve included a link to the vendor’s website so you can see what they have to offer and start getting excited.

Class registration should be ready to go by September 1.  Please keep in mind that if the class includes a materials fee, you will pay that directly to the instructor at the time of the class.