PORT GAMBLE’S FIBERS & FABRICS FESTIVAL THIS
WEEKEND
Here in Port
Gamble, the beautiful bounty in our gardens won't bloom without a bit of April
rain.
This weekend, we find reasons to love heading indoors during our first
ever Fibers & Fabrics Festival on Saturday and Sunday, April 28-29.
The tulips may have started
rising up in our garden beds but the swatches of yellows, reds and pinks will
soon be decorating the interiors of Port Gamble’s three largest venues—the
serene Hood Canal Vista Pavilion, old-fashioned Community Theater and the
exquisite Walker-Ames mansion. All will showcase a blooming bounty of another
kind: displays of world-class, lovely quilts--intricate and classic patterns--
hand-dyed fabrics, knits, crotchet art and felting, all handmade by those most
talented and dedicated to their craft.
While you’re in town, look
for clues to win our “Guess the Yards of Yarn” contest. The winner will receive
a gift basket valued at $180 with loads of Port Gamble goodies.
Here’s the plan: Saturday
10AM-5PM and Sunday 10AM-3PM
Cost: This event is FREE!
- Parking: Free parking is
located in town with overflow parking available on the hill across from the
historic Buena Vista cemetery.
- Hood Canal Vista Pavilion:
Displays of more than 30 quilts made by devout quilters residing in Poulsbo, Port
Angeles, Sequim, Gig Harbor, Forks and Bainbridge Island.
- Community Theater: Displays
of assorted fabrics for anything quilting and sewing with the addition of demonstrations
lead by the various local quilt guilds.
- Walker-Ames Mansion: Look for
inspiration for future projects by taking a look at various fleeces and fibers
for weaving, spinning, knitting and even basket weaving.
Out here in Port Gamble, we love the outdoors but if we can't be outside due to the April Showers, we hope you will join us. Leave your umbrellas at the door and stay dry while celebrating our first ever Fibers & Fabrics Festival--a tribute to finding a reason to love having to be indoors.
