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