The 11th Annual North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival in Sequim is Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 1-2.

Attend this interactive fiber arts event connecting to the community with activities like a museum exhibition, workshops, educational demonstrations of fiber processes, hands-on projects for children and adults, Fiber Arts Market of local artists’ work and fiber supplies, and information about local fiber activities, groups, businesses and instructional resources.

This community event is produced with the assistance of several local fiber arts groups, artists and fiber-friendly businesses and educational organizations. This year the exhibition’s theme is “Material Measurement — Magnitude, Meaning & Makers” and it will be on display at the Sequim Museum and Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St., from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 1-Nov. 26.

On Saturday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., there are free educational demonstrations, hands-on engagement for all ages and the Fiber Arts Market at the City of Sequim’s Civic Center Plaza on the northwest corner of Cedar Street and Sequim Avenue. Visitors will have the opportunity to shop for items from fleece to finished products, including apparel, household goods and supplies to create your own fiber works. Local fiber vendors include Chrysalis Carter, Lost Mountain Fiber, North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild, Phoenixx Fibers and unique as you. Demonstrations vary from spinning yarn, felting, knitting, hooking, weaving and hand-stitching.

Learn more about local artists and fiber related groups to join the area’s growing and supportive community.

On Sunday from noon-3 p.m., come to the “Material Measurement — Magnitude, Meaning & Makers” artists’ reception at MAC where you can meet the exhibiting artists from near and far who may reveal the stories behind their creative and splendid work. These fiber artists also enjoy hearing your fiber tales.

Excellent volunteers make this community event possible and the festival’s organizers are grateful for their fostering natures and fiber arts talents. Many fiber arts events and exhibitions happen throughout October on the Olympic Peninsula that are inclusive partnerships with the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival.

Curious about upcoming themes for the festival and exhibition? In 2017, is it “Threads Count — Textiles, Technology & Tales” and in 2018 the theme is “Transformative Style — Originality, Revolution & Repute.”

Artists in the mix

Fiber artists included in the exhibition are Lynn Baritelle, Helga Barton, Beverly Biegle, Catherine Bilyard, Renne Emiko Brock, Debra Danielson, Lauralee DeLuca, Liisa Fagerlund, Marijane Figg, MarySue French, Debi Glass, Janet Green, Pamela Hastings, Leslie Hoex, Margie Kepner, Susan Kroll, Danielle Lawrence, Mary Liebsch, Connie Lobo, Donna McMillen, Sherry Nagel, Sue Nylander, Pat Oden, Noreen O’Neill, Betty Oppenheimer, Ilse Osier, Monica Quarto, Diane Ross, Sandy Schlechter, Alison Sell, Gloria Skovronsky, Stephanie Swenson, Marla Varner, Judy Warner, Diane Williams, Christie Wise, and Beth Witters.