Save the Date! New Hook In Event in Belfast, Maine - April 22nd, 2017!

Looking for a new event to ring in the arrival of spring this year? Get your calendar or digital device out and save this info! When: Saturday, April 22nd, 2017, 9 am to 3 pm Where: The First Church in Belfast, UCC, 8 Court Street, Belfast, Maine Featured Speaker: Rose Ann Hunter! Sponsored by: 207 Creatives OK, so you probably have questions... Who is/are 207 Creatives? 207 Creatives is a collaboration formed by Connie Fletcher of Seven Gables Designs, Ellen Marshall of Two Cats and Dog Hooking, and me, Beth Miller of Parris House Wool Works. It is our aim together to bring you the very best of fiber art and creative events, rug hooking patterns, supplies, & finished hooked pieces, and more. Together we have three times as many ideas, resources, and experiences to pool than we would have alone, and we plan to use that to help make your creative experiences even better. Tell us more about the featured speaker... We are so excited to present accomplished fiber artist Rose Ann Hunter! She will be doing a presentation called, "Enhancing Your Hooking with Historical Techniques." In her presentation, Rose Ann will share with us how she mixes and incorporates historical techniques in her rug hooking. Her imagination knows no bounds and you, too, will soon be talking about standing wool, quillies, shirring, tambor, and more. Rose Ann's bio on her webpage reads as follows: "Rose Ann Hunter has been a textile structuralist for the last thirty years. She was chosen in 2005 as craftperson-in-residence at Old Sturbridge Village in traditional rugmaking 1790 to 1850 and lectures at various museums, conferences and guilds throughout New England and the US. She has adapted and developed over 30 techniques of rug making by recycling fabrics that are sewn, knitted or crocheted into folk art." Will there be great food? YES! There will be wonderful food at this hook in, provided by For the Love of Food & Drink. If you have attended the Paris Hill Hook In for the past two years, you will be familiar with this wonderful catering company. A fresh and delicious breakfast, lunch, and dessert, served by the friendliest people in catering, will be provided. Will there be vendors? Indeed. There will be vendors, to be announced, who will have everything you need for the craft. Yes, we know you already have stashes bursting down your doors, but hey, we're hookers. You know how it is. What is the venue like? People have been worshiping in this beautiful church in seaside Belfast for over two centuries. The church hall where we will be hooking is spacious and light filled, and we are sure it will become a favorite hook in space. Is this hook in replacing the Paris Hill Hook In in November? NO! The Fifth Annual Paris Hill Hook In sponsored by Parris House Wool Works will still be there this fall with bells on (or a bell in the church tower, that some of you have actually rung...). I will be selecting a date for it soon and will get that information out to everyone. How do we sign up??? We will be providing sign up information very soon, so please watch this page, our Facebook pages, and all of our social media for that. In addition, we will be sending post cards for those whose addresses we have, and I will be putting the info in The Street Corner email newsletter. If you are not sure we have your contact information and you would like a post card or email, please email me at parrishousewoolworks@gmail.com and we'll put you on the list! And there's more... We are still working on more fun details for this great new event, and will share more as we finalize those. We hope you are as excited as we are and will come out and spend some time in one of the prettiest towns in midcoast Maine. For more information about Belfast, please visit Our Town Belfast. Thanks for reading, happy hooking, and we hope to see you in April! - Beth

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