HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2018-09-06, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018.
The Fashion Arts and Creative
Textiles Studio (FACTS) program is
moving forward with a number of
exciting initiatives according to
founder Jennifer Triemstra-
Johnston.
FACTS is a non-profit arts
organization with Triemstra-
Johnston as its director who, in an
interview with The Citizen, said she
wanted to take the program in a new
direction with several new classes.
Triemstra-Johnston aims to create
a hub for fashion arts in Blyth with a
focus on textiles through offering
classes, studios and workshops for
people at every level of experience.
FACTS will also endeavour to have
networking and community events
in hopes of fostering skill training,
local resources and other assets
supporting sustainable practices.
Several courses are scheduled in
September and October through
FACTS, starting with a weekend full
of programming Sept. 15-16 called
Natural Dyeing Workshops.
“The Dyer’s Garden”, a workshop
focused on which garden plants can
be used to create dyes and how to
create dyes using them is set for
Sept. 15. The program will be held
at the Blyth Lions Park.
Another one-day workshop,
“Discover the Natural Dye Palette of
Blyth” runs on Sept. 16 and will
highlight the plants and resources
available in and around Blyth.
Attendees will take home enough
dyed wool to create a Blyth-inspired
project. The workshop will be held
at the Blyth Lions Park.
Later on in the month, the Fashion
Forward Fall 2018 workshops will
be held at Blyth Memorial
Community Hall as part of the
county-wide Culture Days.
On Thursday, Sept. 27, FACTS
will host an interactive workshop
focused on extending the life of
clothes called Redesign and Renew
your Wardrobe Workshop.
Triemstra-Johnston explained the
premise of program to The Citizen.
“The Thursday night [program]
looks at ways to alter, dye, decorate
or restyle articles of clothing before
sending them to charities or a
landfill in an effort to extend the life
cycle of a piece of clothing,” she
said.
On Friday, Sept. 28, three local
designers will be explaining their
history and how their businesses
became part of the Canadian fashion
and fibre economy. The workshop is
moderated by Triemstra Johnston
and will welcome Peggy Sue
Deaven-Smiltnieks of the Peggy Sue
Collection, Michelle Dun of MJ
Handmade and Megan Pottage of
Lost Pockets to speak.
Moving into October, FACTS will
be hosting local fibre artist Kathy
White, who had a show at the Blyth
Festival Art Gallery this year. White
will be running a workshop called
Wool Paintings - Create Natural
Works of Art with Beeswax and
Wool. In it, she will be sharing some
of the techniques she uses to create
her unique work, according to
Triemstra-Johnston, and will work
with participants to help them create
their own fibre art. The program will
be held on Oct. 20 at Blyth
Memorial Community Hall.
Just in time for Halloween,
FACTS and Pick a Posie, Triemstra-
Johnston’s commercial costume
company, will be offering a Zombie
Night and Zombie Day workshops.
The programs will teach
breakdown and painting techniques
with the end goal being to create a
zombie costume.
With the two classes scheduled for
Oct. 26 and 27 at Blyth Memorial
Community Hall, the event will
allow attendees to choose from
historical, vintage or modern zombie
looks or bring their own clothes to
incorporate into their zombie
costumes.
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the daily 50/50 draw at 3 p.m. and
the parade at 4 p.m.
The Blyth United Church will
serve supper again from 4-6 p.m.,
while the Twilight Serenaders will
begin at 6 p.m. and the Tri Country
Band will perform in the community
centre auditorium from 8 p.m. to
midnight.
On Sunday, the firefighters will
again serve breakfast at the Blyth
Fire Hall ahead of the annual church
service, which will begin at 9:30
a.m. in Shed 3.
At 11 a.m., there will be a
threshing demonstration and the
horse demonstration and the tractor
pull (followed by the garden tractor
pull) will all begin at 11 a.m.
The Country Versatiles will be on
the main stage beginning at 1 p.m.,
followed by another threshing
demonstration at 1:15 p.m., special
events at 1:30 p.m., the potato-
picking demonstration at 2 p.m. and
the 50/50 draw at 3 p.m. and the
parade at 4 p.m. to round out the
weekend.
LIFESTYLES TENT
The program begins in the
Lifestyles Tent on Friday, Sept. 7 at
9 a.m. with Bingo at the cost of $1
per card to help cover costs.
From 9:30-10:30 a.m., Danette
McClinchey will be discussing
Norwex products that aim to reduce
the amount of chemicals in the
average household.
From 11-11:30 a.m., Pauleen
Kerkhof, a local Epicure
representative will be speaking and
concluding with free samples.
The Lifestyles Tent then closes for
lunch between noon and 1 p.m., as it
does all three days of the reunion,
with programming to return at 1 p.m.
with Judy Swift from Creative
Creases who will conduct a
workshop on how to make your own
greeting card or bookmark (a final
decision had yet to be made as of
press time).
Jillian Walden will then speak
between 2-2:30 p.m. on health and
wellness, in which Walden has a
degree from Brock University.
Walden has been working in the
health and wellness field for over 20
years and now owns her own yoga
studio in Goderich.
The day will then wrap up with
another round of Bingo from 3-3:30
p.m. in time for guests to make
their way to the grandstands to
take in the daily parade at 4 p.m.
The Saturday, Sept. 8 program
begins with a game of Bingo at
9 a.m., followed once again by
McClinchey at 9:30 a.m. and
Kerkhof at 11 a.m.
At 1 p.m. there will be Chocolate
Bingo (a chocolate bar is required as
an entry fee for this fun Bingo
game).
The Community Food Advisors
will then take to the stage at 2 p.m.,
followed by a 3 p.m. Bingo game.
On Sunday, the Community Food
Advisors will open the day at
11 a.m., which will allow reunion-
goers to take in the annual church
service, which begins at 9:30 a.m.
Sandy Thomson from 31 Gifts
and Bags will then speak from
1-1:30 p.m., followed by Bingo at
2 p.m. and Jackpot Bingo at 3 p.m.
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Getting ready
Preparing the Blyth campground for the annual reunion of
the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association, set for
this weekend, can get to be a full-time commitment as the
event approaches. Over the weekend, volunteers like Gary
Courtney, above, spent hours getting fences up and
preparing for the influx of visitors the event brings to Blyth.
(Shawn Loughlin photo)