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GREENVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

GREENVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION

PATI ENGLISH, BASKET MAKER

ELAINE ROBSON, BASKET MAKER

SUZANNE MOORE'S NC BASKET SUPPLIES

PALMETTO GOURD PATCH

FEIX BASKETS

WHITE WATER BASKET GUILD

TENNESSEE BASKETRY ASSOCIATION

NC BASKETMAKERS

GEORGIA BASKETRY ASSOCIATION

MARIANNE BARNES, BASKET AND GOURD ARTIST

WEAVERS SUMMIT, NASHVILLE, IN

CREATIVE HANDS, LYMAN, SC

WICKER WOMAN/CATHRYN PETERS

ONLINE GOURD COLLEGE

ARROWMONT SCHOOL

JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL

GHOST CREEK GOURDS

NATIONAL BASKETRY ORGANIZATION

POPLAR GROVE PLANTATION

VLADIMIR YARISH BIRCH BARK BASKETS

ROYALWOOD LTD. (BASKET SUPPLIES)
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Welcome!!                                                                                                           &nbs

The Upper South Carolina Basketmakers Guild welcomes you to this website. We are an organization dedicated to the teaching and sharing of basketmaking ideas and skills. Our guild meets the 1st Thursday of every month at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior at 6:30 pm. The church is located down from Red Lobster on the way to Taylors at 2600 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greenville, SC 29615.

The picture shows Pati English and Sara Lindsay working with Kari Lonning at our recent workshop. Many wonderful spiral and hairy baskets were made at this workshop. Check out the photos from Jane Wilson heredownload THIS Adobe PDF file

Here are some of Jane Wilson's pictures from NCBA (I could not capture all of them for some reason). download NCBA Pictures

NEWSLETTER: VIEW THE LATEST (May/June)NEWSLETTER HERE. download May/June newsletter

BASKET BUDDY DAY. What a great success!!! Thanks to Linda for hosting our group. Little tea baskets, a Christmas basket and other projects were completed.


ANTLER WORKSHOP
Jill Choate Antler Basket Workshop. ATTENTION!!!!! ONLY 6 SPACES LEFT FOR THE SATURDAY WORKSHOP - CONTACT PEGGY AT pmccarson@charter.net AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Jill Choate will do 2 antler baskets for our guild on July 17 and 18. Attached is the registration form. Come learn how to incorporate antlers into a wall hanging or hen basket.download Jill Choate Antler Registration FormOn Monday, July 20th, Jill will travel to Lakelands to do the Fanned Market basket. Go below to Lakelands information - the last page of the May, 2009 newsletter is the registration for Jill Choate at Lakelands.

BIAS PLAITING RETREAT!!! Elaine Robson is offering a bias (diagaonal) plaiting retreat at her home on July 28th to July 30th from 9:30 to 3:00. The fee is only $75 and includes instruction and material. Review the flyer for this event here: download Bias Plaiting Retreat . Contact Elaine if you need additional information. Hurry!! Space is limited.

WEAVE-IN, 2010 - Click on the Weave In page in the left hand column for updates.

VOLUNTEER,DONATION FORM. To record our work throughout the year, members are asked to fill out the volunteer, donation form. If you have donated your time, supplies, help, or baskets to help a cause, to teach children, to promote the guild, please take a minute to fill out the form. Turn the forms into Jeri Pool, Secretary, who will keep them along with the minutes of the meeting. Download a copy of the form here.download Volunteer Form Guild file

CONGRATULATIONS

  • Dolores von Rosen's "Spiral" won 2nd place at the SC Festival of Flowers on June 27, 2009.
  • Pati English's Spiral Changes won first place at NCBA, wicker professional division.
  • Maxine Riley has two baskets juried into the Pickens County Museum Art Show that runs through June 11.
  • Please send all news, awards, etc. to pmccarson@charter.net for inclusion on this site.

  • BASKET SUPPLIES!!! The The last of the coils of reed are stored in Peggy McCarson's basement. Call 963-1799 to see if there is a size you need.

    LAKELANDS BASKETRY GUILD OF SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Remember that the $25 dues will be owed in January. Contact Cheryl Longshore at 803-276-9476 or cheryl.longshore@schousing.com for membership information. Click here for a membership form.

    Lakelands Schedule for 2009. The Lakelands Guild has set the following schedule for the remainder of the year. The latest Lashing News Guild newsletter is available here. The last page is the Jill Choate registration page. download Lashing News, May 2009 with Jill Choate workshop

  • 5/21 - Thursday, Guild meeting, 6:30 pm
  • 6/20 - Saturday dye party and open weave 9:00
  • 7/18 Saturday Open Weave 9 to 5
  • 7/20 - Jill Choate Fanned Market Basket with Antlers (see Lashing News, May 2009 for registration)
  • 8/20 Thursday Guild meeting, 6:30 pm
  • 9/19 Saturday Guild Workshop 9 to 5
  • 10/15 Thursday Guild meeting, 6:30 pm
  • 11/19 Thursday Guild meeting, 6:30 pm
  • 12/5 Saturday Open Weave 9 to 5, Dirty Santa


    Classes from our members.

    • Pati English will continue her workshops at her home this summer and fall. Check out her website on the left later this summer. Pati is also teaching at John C. Campbell in 2010. Check out the link at the left for John C. Campbell folk school.
    • Priscilla Phillips will continue teaching with the Furman FUHLIR program this fall.

      Interested in Nantucket baskets?? Check out this document from Joni-Dee Ross and Denise Bendelewski. download Woodland Retreat


    New from Laura Lee Zanger

    Basket weaver and teacher Laura Lee Zanger has written and published her first novel Spirit Voice. It is a fictional story of Native American life from the mountains of North Carolina to the coast of South Carolina in Pre-colonial America. It is told by an old Cherokee basket weaver as she recalls her past, beginning with her abduction by a group of strangers when she is four years old. As the Girl of Four Summers she develops a lifelong relationship with her Spirit Voice who guides her through life, the good and the bad. She learns about her world as she travels from the mountains to the ocean along the Great River of the Uchee, Sawanugi and Savannah Peoples. She lives for a while with the Cusabo People of the coast. A family secret is revealed to her when she is a young woman, triggering events that change her life forever. This story is full of family and tribal dynamics as it is woven around historical facts. It is a journey through time for the reader to follow the long life of Old Woman as she experiences hardship, joy, love, and learning. This is the first of four books that follow the lives of the old basket weaver’s family. Future books include They Came, Broken, and Reconciliation. For more information contact Laura Lee at dreamweaversent@aol.com


    NEW LINK AT LEFT!!
    Marianne Barnes and Pati English - along with other artists/teachers - have founded an online gourd college. Visit the link to the left (www.gourdcollegeonline.com). As a student, you have one-on-one access with the teacher, a chat room to help you create your basket or gourd, and a timeline that fits your schedule. What a unique way to work with gourds and baskets!!!


    JOHN C CAMPBELL: The new John C Campbell catalog (2009-2010)is available now and lists many wonderful basket workshops and other opportunities to explore. Check out the link at the left.


    Directions to Church.
    The Lutheran Church of Our Savior is located at 2600 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greenville, SC 29615. From the corner of Wade Hampton Blvd and Pleasantburg Dr. (where the Red Lobster is located), head toward Taylors and Greer. The church is on the right, 1.4 miles past the Red Lobster. You can turn before the church or right after onto McKinney Lane and then take the first right.

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    Our Board 

    A Weave In planning meeting will be at 11:45 am at the Olive Garden, Cherrydale Point, on Monday, June 22.

    Any member wishing to bring items before the board is welcomed to contact any board member and especially Maxine Riley and Dolores von Rosen who are our members at large and represented the entire guild.

    A "call tree" has been developed to contact members in case of an emergency cancellation. The letter is included in the July/August newsletter that was mailed around July 2nd. The cancellation will also be posted on the website and through e-mails.

     
    Meeting Dates and Field Trips

    The following are the meeting dates for 2009. Listed next to the date are the refreshment volunteers. Also listed are the activities we plan for that meeting.

    June 20 - Basket Buddy Day, Linda Harriz' house (see above for directions) 10 - 4

    Weave In Meeting - Monday, June 22, 11:45, Olive Garden, Cherrydale Point, Greenville, SC

    July 17, 18 - Jill Choate antler basket workshop - see the March/April newsletter

    August 6 - Christmas in August

    October 3 - Saturday Workshop and Meeting (possible)

    Nov. 14 - Possible Billy Owens White Oak Workshop

    Dec. 3 - Christmas Party/Dirty Santa

      Officers for 2008

    President - Peggy McCarson, Newsletter
    pmccarson@charter.net
    963-1799

    Debbie Ogle, President-elect

    Pati English, Past-President.

    Denise Gillam, Treasurer, Membership

    Jeri Pool, Secretary

    Marlene Hilman, Supplies, 864-848-3170, rmhilman@hotmail.com (Note: We are not replinishing our supplies; when our inventory is gone, we will discontinue selling reed.)

    Maxine Riley, Member at Large

    Dolores von Rosen, Member at Large, Special Events Coordinator dvonrosen@hotmail.com

    Priscilla Phillips, Special Events Coordinator

    Sandy Roback, Hospitality

     
    Join Our Guild
    If you would like to join our guild, the membership dues are $15 and the membership year runs from August 1 through July 31. Download the membership application here: Membership Application file
     
    Send your check to:
    Upper SC Basket Guild
    % Denise Gillam, Membership
    202 Middle Mountain Rd
    Pickens, SC 29671
     

    SWAP, SELL, OR BUY

    If you are looking for a special pattern, a particular basket supply, post your request here. If you have some patterns, reed, supplies you would like to swap or sell, post your information here. Remember that we will not violate copyright rules - so make sure you have permission to share or sell a pattern. Requests will be posted when received. Contact Peggy McCarson at pmccarson@charter.net to list in this section of the website.



    Mamye Enlow is going out of the jewelry/bead making hobby. If you are interested in a wide selection of beads, etc., contact Mamye.


     
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