WELCOME TO THE CELEBRATION!

Welcome to Hidden Villa’s 2024 Sheep Shearing & Fiber Arts Festival! Below is everything you need to know about today’s festivities. Scroll down to find the answers you may be looking for. If you need assistance, look for the folks on the farm with Hidden Villa T-shirts. We’re happy to answer your questions!

TICKETS:

Please have your tickets ready at the shuttle area. Tickets on your phone or print tickets will be accepted. Tickets are sold out for this event.

SCHEDULE & ACTIVITIES:

FOOD VENDORS:

(Open from 10 am – 2:45 pm)

Vendors accept cash and credit (cash is a good idea because reception can be spotty).

Zaida’s Kitchen (prepared with Hidden Villa’s organic meat)
Little Sky Bakery
The Penny Ice Creamery (featuring Hidden Villa mint ice cream!)
Picnic lunches are allowed (We recommend finding a spot on the Dana Center lawn near the stage & Makers Gallery)

TWO OF OUR FEATURED MAKERS:

I’m artist living in Oakland, California. Any art I make is to repair, nurture, and better understand my relationship to this life. In quilting, I work primarily with used, found (sometimes in my own closet), thrifted, and donated fabric of any content, including synthetics. Sewing with second-use materials is in service of sustainability, but it also adds challenge, connection, and mystery to my generative experience. “Limiting” myself to used fabric opened my eyes to the huge abundance of cloth of all kinds that is already here, some of which will never go away. I ask myself, what has been the journey of this piece of cloth? Who did it belong to and what has it been present for? Where will it be 100 years from now?

I’ve been drawn to textiles from a very early age, influenced by the women in my family who made clothes, home furnishings and quilts – often from recycled or repurposed fabric. I learned to sew on a treadle sewing machine at age 10 and started quilting in 1995. I did not use patterns but taught myself to look: find the block; figure out the construction. I studied art books and books on quilts – focusing especially on Amish, antique, and African American quilts. Throughout my quilting career I have resisted being placed into a specific category – I make the quilts I want to make, regardless of where the inspiration or fabric comes from.

PARKING & SHUTTLE INFORMATION:

(Last return shuttle is at 3:30 pm)

Shuttles will run throughout the day starting at 9:45 am. The last shuttle will leave Hidden Villa at 3:45 pm. Please be at the shuttle stop by no later than 3:30 pm. to catch the last ride back to Foothill College.

RESTROOM INFORMATION:

We have restrooms located near the main parking lot and behind the Dana Center at Hidden Villa.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US! WE HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE A MEMORABLE DAY!
– From your friends at Hidden Villa

Sheep Shearing & Fiber Arts Festival 2024