Click here to see some scenes from prior year's contest and festival. This meeting will feature demonstrations of various painting techniques on a gourd bowl. This is an excellent project to work on with your children. The business meeting will be followed by a special gourd workshop . Members are always encouraged to bring in new and interesting crafting ideas as well.
Newcomers are most welcome to attend.
In the Fall, we will have gourd seeds, gourd t-shirts, books and vendors will have gourds and gourd crafts for sale. When you live in a big state like North Carolina, it can be a long drive to a gourd club meeting. The fourth meeting of the Western N.C. Patch was held on Apr. 21st, with 23 attendee's. Since many were new, Dyan Peterson spoke briefly on our 1st three meetings, and how we got started. We discussed having a newsletter, but decided to go with the state group until we are more organized.