Contemporary Handweavers of Houston

Contemporary Handweavers of Houston (CHH) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting interest in handweaving, spinning and related textile arts through teaching, hosting workshops, demonstrations and study groups.

Located in Houston, Texas, CHH usually meets at 7:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month August through November and January through May at Bayou Manor.

NEWS

Board Meeting - January 11, 2009 at 10am. Location - Blaine's House.
General Meeting - January 15, 2009 at 7pm at Bayou Manor, 4141 S. Braeswood (see map). Jennifer Moore will be the speaker.
Jennifer Moore Workshops - January 16 - January 20. (2 Workshops - see the Workshops Page)

Board Meeting Location:

The January 11 Board Meeting with be at Blaine's House.

Beyond Bedspreads:

Wow!

The Pikes Peak Weavers Guild partnered with the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum on a project to research, photograph, document, and analyze the history, weave structure, fiber composition, and artisan techniques of 42 coverlets in the Museum collection. At the end of three years of planning and hard work, the project culminated in a joint exhibit at the Pioneers Museum with several of the historic coverlets shown along side modern interpretations woven by members of PPWG.

PPWG has created an Online Gallery that houses the photographs and documentation for each coverlet as well as a gallery of the Modern Interpretations woven by the guild members.

Read an article about the project in this issue of the PPWG Journal. This is an amazing project. Visit these sites when you have time to stay a while.

CHHit CHHat Newsletter - submissions needed.

Nicole is inviting submissions for the January Newsletter. She would like items by Christmas Eve. The December CHHit CHHat Newsletter is available on the member site. For a complete listing of newsletters available online, visit our Newsletters page. You must have a member password to access the Member site.

Liendo Plantation Civil War weekend

What lovely weather we had this time around! The plantation house and stately grounds were filled with hundreds of visitors and Friday was very cold and windy, but only Connie was out there anyway, with 2000 exuberant school kids rocketing around from weaving to quilting to the horse picket line to the 'gaming parlor' to the cannon demonstration to the deportment classes.

On Saturday Jane and Julia came out to spin and were swamped with fascinated visitors all day long. Still, they found time to shop at the sutlers tents and to walk out to the battlefield, cannon thundering.

On Sunday it was mild and breezy. Janie and Fern were there, and Peggy and Penny, as well as long distance (Fayetteville) member Lisa with son Noah. How amazingly pleasant to sit under the big trees, spinning and talking and watching all the costume and panoply of the period stroll by--horses, hoops, uniforms, weaponry. Later, just at closing, it started to rain. Will Detering, the owner of the plantation, swept off his long black planter's coat and draped it protectively over my loom, a la Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth, and bore it off to the porch to keep dry. How can you help but enjoy this time to add our piece to the picture of the Civil War period?

Tip of the Iceberg

This is a show of selected fiber works from the Houston area opening December 4th at the Williams Tower Gallery, 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston 77056. The show is titled "Tip of the Iceberg," and includes works by Carolyn Dahl, Susan Ennis, Ginny Eckley, Cynthia Hickok, Kim Ritter, Brenda Bunten-Schloesser, Joan Son and Lynn Williams.

Exhibition dates: December 4 - January 2, 2009.
Gallery hours: Monday through Friday - 8am to 6pm.

At left: Detail from Carolyn Dahl's Don't Throw Away My Dolls!

Updated Sale information:

Sale Photo Album - Photos courtesy of Kaye.

Books Added to Library

Mary provided a list of the new books added to the guild library. Remember you can call or email her to have her bring a book to the next meeting for you. Books are checked out for a month and due at the next meeting. Here's the list of new books:

• Handweavers Pattern Directory by Anne Dixon
• Matisse, His Art and His Textiles by Spurling, Flam, Labrusse
• Artwear: Fashion and Anti-Fashion by Melissa Leventon
• On Weaving by Anni Albers
• Kumihimo: the Essence of Japanese Braiding by Sakai and Pada
• Best of Weaver's: Overshot is Hot by Madelyn van der Hoogt
• Shibori by Karen Brito
• Fabulous Woven Jewelry by Mary Hettmansperger

And some new DVD's:

• Featherweight Felt by Sharon Costello
• Needle Felting by Sharon Costello
• Warping the Loom Back to Front by Peggy Osterkamp

In addition to the Library Catalog listed on the guild web site, the webweaver is experimenting with Library Thing. Check out the guild library listing on Library Thing and let the webweaver know what you think of it.

Workshop News from C. Kolb, Workshop Chair

• Weaving Workshop: Advanced Doubleweave
  • Jennifer Moore
  • January 16, 17, 18, 2009
  • http://doubleweaver.com/
• Design Workshop
  • Jennifer Moore
  • January 19-20, 2009
  • http://doubleweaver.com/

More information available on the Workshops Page

Samples Needed for CHT!

Our guild will be responsible for providing samples for the September issue of the CHT newsletter. The samples will be due around mid. August. We will need a volunteer or two to provide these samples. If you are willing to donate time and effort, please get in touch with DeeDee Woodbury.

Tilly Marchwinski Interviewed at Rodeo:

If you go to this Rodeo News Network Link and then pick the program for March 20th – about halfway through that day's video program is the section about Tilly. They show some of our other weavers and spinners too!

Webweaver's Blog:

Updates to the CHH Website are now available on one page! Your Webweaver has created a blog to keep track of the work she does on the web. But for you the Viewer, the blog can serve as a one-stop page to keep up with what is happening with the guild web site without having to look at several pages. Visit the blog at weavehouston.org/blog to see if it is useful to you. The Blog has been added to the menu on the website.

Houston Skyline Tapestry:

Have you ever wondered about the photo of the Houston Skyline Tapestry that we have used on the CHH website? Well, now you can see more detail and learn more about Gerry Woodhouse, the talented weaver who so generously allows us to use the photo on the Houston Skyline Tapestry page. You can also reach the page by clicking on the image at the top of the left column.

Miscellany

It's all about you! Weavehouston reminds members of the Members Only corner of our website. If you are a member and do not know the login and password, email us. If you have your handbook, you will find the information on the title page at the bottom.

Amazon:

We are an Amazon.com affiliate. As you look at our website, if you take one of our links to Amazon.com and buy an item during that visit, a percentage of the purchase price (most items) will go to the guild!

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