Letter: Fiber artists take heed | Opinion

Your entry can be your jump on next Christmas’ gifts.  Perhaps recipients of your creations will appreciate them even more as award winners.  Or submit charity projects to the Fair before donating them.  This year, there’ll be more Fiber Art premium awards than ever.

Many of us make things but don’t think about entering them in the Fair.  Perhaps fearing we won’t win a prize; not wanting to seem a show-off; thinking our work’s not good; or believing submitting and retrieving entries is a hassle.  Whatever has kept you from entering, I’d like you to rethink that.   

There’s a larger reason to enter.  By showing your creations in the Fair you encourage and promote these arts.  Your work may spark others’ imaginations or inspire them to do something similar.   Whether you win a prize or not, you’ll be part of preserving hand-made products and connecting past generations with future ones in a meaningful way.

Challenge friends and family. Beginners are welcome.  Experienced fiber artists are out there to help you hone your skills.  There are many categories to enter your works in.

Please consider sharing your chosen fiber art with others by entering a project, or two, in the Fair…and keep alive the chain that’s been going for hundreds of years.

Not a Fiber Artist?  Or have additional talents.  Check out the Fair website (eventcenteronthebeach.com) for other Departments looking for participants, more information, and the upcoming Fair Handbook.

Hope to see you there in July.