Sept. 10, 2022

(1) Drop off registered hooked pieces you’d like the Fair committee to take to Cumberland Fair for you from 9:30am – 10:00 am. Pieces to be hung need to have attached sleeve.

(2) Annual AUCTION: 10:30 start time. Sign in for your auction paddle.

(3) Pay Annual Tin Pedlar of Maine dues. Treasurer will be present to collect in person.

Tin Pedlar of Maine asks members to handle their individual ATHA membership (new or renewal). ATHA dues can be easily paid online now. This year the Treasurer will only collect ATHA memberships renewals at the Sept. and Oct. meeting. Individual ATHA membership form needs accompanying check made out to ATHA. The Treasurer is only group mailing these collected renewals to ATHA.

October 8, 2022

Members of Tin Pedlar will gather to share their current/recent project(s) to inspire each other and then we will be asking members to offer their help to the class for beginners that will begin at 10:30am. We will be using the ATHA Education grant kits to introduce individuals to our fiber art. This class opportunity will be advertising at Cumberland Fair, this website and our social media.

November 12, 2022

Holiday Make and Take – projects will be presented by Tin Peldar members.

We will skip December ’22

January 14, 2023

This meeting will be over ZOOM. We are connecting with Gene Shepard. This workshop presentation will be about “Vibrant Color in Rugs”.

Here’s the link: 
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83387378352?pwd=TXpRM0xZWWdMdW55cDZUdmt6dFhrQT09

Meeting ID: 833 8737 8352
Passcode: 599491

February 11, 2023

Hook-in with Show and Tell / member meeting

March 11, 2023

Leaves and Trees with Brenda Anderson. This should inspire members to participate with the 2023 Cumberland Fair guild challenge.

April 8th

Mariah Krauss of the Green Mountain Rug Hooked Rugs shop. As a 3rd generation hooker, Mariah brings some of her work to share with us. She will focus on deciding what the emotional appeal to your designs are. Her rug Aries Women is pictured here.

copyrighted image belonging to Mariah Krauss

Stephanie Krauss will be bringing wool and linen to sell.

May 13th

Faith Webster will provide a brief presentation of her scrappy washable 3″ square with circle mat. 

Yes, the linen backing is prewashed*, so your piece when finished can be washed.

People that have signed up (form to come) will move to the smaller room following the presentation to draw out and plan a mat.

The suggested size to start would be a 12″ x 12″ mat but you could do a small table runner so that it would be 12″ by either 24″ or 30″. Wash and line dry your linen before the May meeting, as you will need to have your backing ready and in hand.

If you are interested in purchasing a pre-sized serged finished piece of linen from Green Mountain Hooked Rugs you can sign up (Form to come) and Stephanie Krauss will have it ready for purchase/pick-up at the April 11th meeting.

*To prewash you do it on the gentle/delicate cycle of your washer. Use a mild soap, in cold or warm water. Faith says can go without adding laundry soap, as you are really just looking to remove any possible treatment on the linen. Line dry.

Wool will be provided as a start from the stash that the Tin Pedlar group owns. If you know you want a certain color palate, you can bring your own. Faith suggested to bring your cutter, so can cut wool as need. You will need textured wool (plaids, textured dyed) and solid wools. For those with lots of worms you can work with those. Having them sorted out a bit ahead of time will save time. 6 cut works well, but can go up or down a little bit.

June 10th

Year End Hook In with Truck Sale. We are planning to hold another outside hook in and will offer members the opportunity to sell items through a truck sale.

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