November 1 – 3, 2024 at the Chicago Botanic Garden
We hope you will join us at Fine Art of Fiber 2024. The event will take place Friday, November 1, Saturday, November 2, and Sunday, November, 3, from 10 am to 5 pm each day. Please check this space and the Chicago Botanic Garden website for more detailed updates.
Fine Art of Fiber is an annual show and sale jointly organized by Weavers Guild of the North Shore, Illinois Quilters Inc., and the North Suburban NeedleArts Guild. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious fiber art shows in the Midwest, and a wonderful opportunity to see and purchase locally crafted fiber and textile works. Fine Art of Fiber is held each year at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois.
For more information about Fine Art of Fiber organization, please go to the Fine Art of Fiber website.
PARTICIPATE IN FAOF
WGNS Members: would you like to be a seller at this year’s Fine Art of Fiber sale? Please read about the Inventory submission process below.
Click HERE for the Silent Auction Submission Form.
The the Volunteer Sign-up Form and the Check-In Sign-up Form for FAOF2024 will be available on the WGNS Members’ Resources for FAOF 2024 page in September.
INVENTORY FORM
In 2023, we started using barcode stickers on all item tags.
Inventory Form: A link to the Fine Art of Fiber Intent to Participate Form asking if you are interested in selling your work at the Fine Art of Fiber will go out by email in the March 2024 newsletter and all monthly newsletters. All WGNS members who answer “Yes” will receive a personalized Weaver’s Inventory Form to fill out online (See “**Setting up a Google Account” and “**If you don’t use a computer” below). Participation is optional but encouraged! All entries on the Weaver’s Inventory Forms must be completed by 5 pm on September 25, 2024. You can include unfinished (& even yet-to-be started!) items on you Inventory Form. After 5 pm on September 25, you won’t be able to make changes to your Inventory Sheet. Questions to Beth at northshoreweavers@gmail.com
Addendum to Inventory Form: If you create a few more items after September 25, you can request an addendum to your Inventory Form by writing to northshoreweavers@gmail.com. The addendum must be completed by 5 pm on October 27, 2024. Barcode stickers for items on the addendum will be available at Check-in on October 31.
Barcode Stickers: Pre-printed Barcode stickers for all the items you listed on your online Weaver’s Inventory Form and printed Inventory Check-in sheets will be given out at the October Guild and Nightweavers meetings. If you can’t attend a meeting, please send an email request to northshoreweavers@gmail.com that they be mailed to you.
Tags: HERE is a reference sheet for how your tags should look. We will be using the same tags we always have: small sizes for smaller items, larger for items that need content & care information. The barcode sticker will contain your name, the item category (blanket, towel, scarf), the WGNS#-Item#, the price and a short description (up to 24 characters from the Description field on your Inventory form). You will need to write ONLY your WGNS# and the Item# on the upper part of the regular small & larger tags. Please try to avoid using the tiny tags but, if you do, you will need to write your WGNS# and Item# on both parts of the tag. Please label the tags and attach the barcode stickers BEFORE you come to Check-In.
Check-in: For FAOF 2024, Check-in Day is Thursday, October 31. Check-in will be by appointment only. You will be able to sign-up for check-in slots starting in late September 2024. Bring your items with tags attached (with content/care info, if any) and your barcode stickers already on. Also, bring the printed Inventory Check-in sheet that came with your barcode stickers. That will be your Inventory Sheet for Check-In and Check-Out. Check-in will be done manually by checking off the items you brought with you. Bring your W-9 form (see below) to Check-in if appropriate.
Check-out: Check-out will be as usual. After our area is cleaned up on November 5, you will gather all your unsold items, remove the lower portions of the tags (and the ENTIRE tag for tiny tags) and bring them to Check-out. Your printed Inventory Sheet will still be used to track sold & unsold items.
**Setting up a Google Account: To complete the Weaver’s Inventory Sheet you will need to have a free Google or Gmail account, if you don’t have one already. Here is a link with instructions to create a free Google Account using your non-gmail email address. And here is a link with instructions to create a free Gmail account, which will give you a gmail.com address.
**If you don’t use a computer: For those who cannot fill in the form online, we will ask that you submit a typed or hand-written hard copy by September 15. You can pick up a blank paper version of the Weaver’s Inventory Form at a WGNS meeting, by email or by USPS mail. Please contact Beth with questions.
W-9 INFORMATION
If your net sales (pre-tax, after the 25% contribution to WGNS and the Chicago Botanic Garden) exceed $600, WGNS is required to send you a 1099 form. If you anticipate netting more than $600 or if you are not sure, please fill out and bring an IRS W-9 form with you to check-in. If you do net more than $600, we will need to receive your W-9 form before we can issue your check. If you submitted a W-9 form in 2023, we do not need a new one.
To download a W-9 form, go to the IRS website or click HERE.