Contemporary Handweavers of Houston

Introduction


http://weavehouston.org/

R. Malbin at CHT WorkshopContemporary 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.

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

Next Event
Annual Sale!
August 21, 2008
at HCCC
Details

The August 2008 Monthly Meeting has been Rescheduled!
The General Meeting will be on August 28, 2008 - the 4th Thursday of the Month. Bayou Manor, 4141 South Braeswood
The meeting was rescheduled because of the date of the Annual Sale.

CHH 24th Annual Sale – WEAVING & BEYOND - AUGUST 21 - 23, 2008

The sale is earlier this year and will be held again at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft at 4848 Main Street in the museum district. Please mark your calendars for Thursday, August 21st through Saturday, August 23rd.

The Sale Committee has received 25 entries so far. That’s only 20% of our membership, so make yourself a note to send in your entry form as soon as you get home from Convergence. If you didn’t pick up a blank form and set of sale rules at the May CHH meeting, you may download and print them either from your online copy of CHitCHat or from the guild website.

Those without computer access may get blank entry forms from Upstairs Studio or the Lone Star Loom Room. For that matter, don’t be afraid to ask a fellow guild member who does have a computer to print an extra one for you! Get your forms completed and mailed as soon as possible to the Sale Chair: Clarice Shanks @ 202 S. 3rd Street, La Porte TX 77571. Entry deadline is August 1st, 2008.

The invitations are printed. We used the same lovely postcard design from last year with appropriate date changes. Since CHH will not have a regularly scheduled meeting before the sale, you may pick up Invitations at Lone Star Loom Room, Upstairs Studio and HCCC to distribute to friends, neighbors and your own mailing list of prospective shoppers. A downloadable form of the invitation is also on the website (PDF) and in the newsletter: CHitCHat.

We also need volunteers to assist with the sale. Use the designated areas on the entry form to indicate which jobs you’re most interested in and the times you can volunteer. If you have any questions, please contact:

  • Clarice Shanks: Phone 281-471-5242 Email: upsstudio@att.net
  • Kaye Evans: Phone 832-372-4718 Email: kayesevans@yahoo.com
  • Weaving and Beyond
    • Contemporary Handweavers of Houston Annual Sale
    • August 21, 22, and 23, 2008
    • Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
      • Thursday, August 21: 6 pm to 9pm
      • Friday, August 22: 11am to 7pm
      • Saturday, August 23: 10am to 4pm

Interfaith Ministries Gala update!

Gerry Woodhouse sent the webweaver this update: Interfaith Ministries sent me a copy of the video they created for their gala earlier this month. It's very nice... features several weavers weaving and the Houston Skyline tapestry... Tracy Kaestner, Blaine Davis and I all demonstrated weaving at the gala on June 5th. Tapestries were displayed by Blaine, Kate Weinheimer (boundweave), Barbara Hibbard (necklaces) and me....Also, at the IM website is a slide show of the gala reception where were demonstrating. See the original article below. Check out these links:

Giovanna has a cool new website!

Go to Giovanna Imperia Designs for information on her luscious creations, exotic yarns and teaching studio.

Kudos to Gerry Woodhouse for having an item juried into Living With Beauty: Handwoven Textiles for the Home sponsored by the Pikes Peak Weavers Guild.

Interfaith Ministries Tapestry Gala:Gerry, Tracy and Blaine

Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston's 2008 Tapestry Gala: Weaving a Tapestry of Hope for Houston took place Thursday, June 5, at Hilton American Grand Ballroom, 1600 Lamar St. (by George R. Brown Convention Center), 5:30 pm. Gerry Woodhouse, Tracy Kaestner and Blaine Davis demonstrated weaving in the anteroom from 5:30 till 6:30 pm. Gala banquet began at 6:30, and Jeffrey Osborne (Rhythm & Blues musician) entertained a crowd of approximately 600 patrons.

Gerry Woodhouse Tracy Kaestner Blaine Davis

Tapestries by Blaine and Gerry, necklaces by Barbara Hibbard and a boundweave by Kate Weinheimer were on display in the demonstration area, as well as woven vestments and other textiles which represent various faiths.

This was a fundraising gala. Interfaith Ministries provides 832,000 meals on wheels to enhance the dignity of seniors, as well as providing assistance to refugees and disaster recovery to communities in need. They bring together people of diverse faiths for dialogue, collaboration and service.

For further information, contact Jacqueline Forster, gala co-chair, 832-326-5385, or Tiffany Harris, Volunteer Manager, IM, 713-533-4922 or 713-533-4900.

General Meeting Minutes

The Minutes for the May 15, 2008 General Meeting have been added to the Members site. Thanks to D'Anne Craft for providing these.

May, 2008 Newsletter:

The May 2008 Chhit Chhat Newsletter (pdf) has been added to the Members section of the CHH Website. Also added is the CHHit CHHat Supplement - The 2008 Sale Packet (PDF).

Next Board Meeting:

The Turnover Board Meeting will be on June 14, 2008 at 10am at Blaine's.

DeeDee's Table Runner
DeeDee's Table Runner
Photo from DHSG Juried Show.

Kudos announced at April Meeting:

  • DeeDee Woodbury received an Award of Excellence in the Functional Category at the Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild Juried Show for her Table Runner and Napkins in an overshot pattern. [DeeDee's items are numbers 60 and 61 in their show photo gallery]
  • Connie Elliott has a table runner accepted into Convergence 2008. (She borrowed it back from owner Tracy Kaestner.)
  • Carol Mosley has a piece in the Convergence 2008 fashion show called Dance of the Flamingos.
  • Giovanna Imperia has a piece in the juried show Craft Texas 2008 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

Workshop News from C. Kolb, Workshop Chair

More information available on the Workshops Page

Message from C. Kolb: There a couple of other workshop details I would like everyone to think about and hopefully will e-mail me regarding each item.

  1. Workshop Hosts: It is never to early to commit to hosting one of the workshop leaders. If you have a guest room and would like to be a host please let me know.
  2. Sites for the workshops: At this time we have three great sites for workshops. The Upstairs Studio, Laporte, The Lone Star Loom Room, Katy and the Community center in the Williamsburg subdivision, Katy. A central one would be great, yet we have not had any luck in finding one, if anyone knows of a spot please let me know. The issue that always comes up is that at least one of the locations is a problem for some folks to get to. I would hope that someone is not going to take a workshop because of the location. What I would like is some input on this subject so that most people will be satisfied with the locations.

Volunteer Needed:

Intriguing and ambitious volunteer project for Citizen Schools posted on Volunteer Page. Contact Connie Elliott to volunteer to work on this.

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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