ZOOM Meeting Only
No In-Person Meeting
at the Heritage Museum
Because the first Sunday of April falls on Easter Sunday, the in-person general meeting on April 5 at the Heritage Museum has been canceled.
Members who want to learn more about Guild business are welcome to join the 11:00am ZOOM Board meeting. Login information will be sent to current Guild members via email the week before the meeting. Guild members who did not receive the login information can send an email to info@baskets-gourds.com.
Note that because MWGBG will have a double booth at the Vista Fiber Arts Fiesta we will have our regular May Monthly Meeting at the Antique Steam Engine Museum in Vista Sunday, May 3.
More information about participating in our booths at the Vista Fiber Arts Fiesta will follow via email and be posted on the Opportunities webpage.
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 this 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: 2 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.
