NOTE: LOCATION & TIME CHANGE

Because the Guild will have a sales and demo booth at the 2026 Fiber Arts Fiesta at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum (AGSEM) on Saturday and Sunday (5/2 & 3), the typical 1st Sunday Guild meeting has been moved from Encinitas to the Board Room at the AGSEM in Vista.

Parking at the venue is free. Tell the people at event check-in that you are with the MWBGB booth and you will NOT need to pay the entrance fee on Saturday or Sunday. Wear a name tag if you have one. No Potluck — Food available for purchase at AGSEM  

The Museum has generously offered their Board Room for a short Board/general meeting at 11:00am. Guild members are encouraged to come and stay after the meeting to experience the fun Fiber Arts Fiesta activities (10am-4pm) — Vendors, Demonstrations, Food, and Music!

All participants in the the Guild’s sales booth at the Fiesta are responsible for their own sales and picking up their sale items or making arrangements for pick-up at the end of the event. Details about the process will be shared via email and on the Opportunities webpage as soon as they are available.

The Fiber Arts Fiesta takes place outdoors. Most of the booths will be set up on a lawn that is uneven in places. Shoes suitable for walking and a hat are suggested.

Due to connectivity issues, a ZOOM meeting option will not be available for this meeting.

SD County Fair Entry
Courtesy Group Delivery

If you have done the online entry process for the SD County Fair Home Arts & Hobbies/Decorative Crafts competition, you can bring your pieces for the courtesy group delivery to Grace Swanson at the May Guild meeting or leave it in the Guild booth either Saturday or Sunday during the Festival.

Grace has generously offered to take our entries only if they are BOXED (NO SHOPPING BAGS -- MUST BE IN BOX WITH YOUR NAME OUTSIDE and your ENTRY FORM INSIDE).

The deadline for online submission is Monday, May 4, 2026, by 7:59pm. Here is the link if you have not done that already: https://www.sdfair.com/p/participate/entry/home-arts/home-arts-decorative-arts.

Participate in MWGBG 30th Anniversary at the Fair!

We encourage members to participate in the special celebration of the Guild’s 30th Anniversary. We we will have 2 cabinet shelves at the San Diego County Fair in the Home Arts and Hobbies “Collections” competition. One shelf will be for baskets and one shelf will be for gourds. Limit to two pieces per member.

Size: 6 inches tall MAX -- space is very limited, smaller is better.

If you want to submit your artwork for these displays, we will take them to the fair for you and set them up. To participate, send email to info@baskets-gourds.com with the following information so that we can make tags:
- Your name
- Piece #1 Title,
- Materials used (or very short description)
- Size
- Note whether Basket or Gourd
- Photo of piece (This is just for ID purposes - can take simple photo with phone)

Repeat process for Piece #2

Delivery instructions: Bring to May 3 meeting at the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum or drop at Grace Swanson's house in Encinitas, BEFORE May 14. Email Grace at info@baskets-gourds.com (or her personal email if you have it) to make arrangements.

As with Home and Hobby Decorative Crafts Competition group delivery, “Collections” entries must be in a BOX with your name on the top. NO SHOPPING BAGS.