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October CHHit CHHat
The October 2014 CHHit CHHat has been posted in the Member area. Can you believe we have online copies of our newsletters back to mid-2003?
Month: September 2014
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African Textiles at September Meeting
Our speaker was Matthew Scheiner of Gallery Jatad Fine Tribal Art in Houston. He brought a number of beautiful old textiles from Cameroon, Zambia and several other African countries for us to touch and examine. […]
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Class Success!
Instructor D’Anne Craft shared this: Denise finished her wool scarf which she started in the beginning rigid heddle class at the Guild House on Saturday. She used variegated yarn in the weft for a nice […]
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HAFA Juried Exhibit
Houston Area Fiber Artists Art on the Make Mixing Art & Mingling Threads Annual Juried Exhibit October 8 – October 26, 2014 Featuring 70 artworks by 25 of the HAFA fiber artists selected by juror […]
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Tapestry Study Group
From Gerry Woodhouse: This Sunday, Sept. 21, Blaine will demonstrate warping the high warp tapestry loom at Guild House. The meeting begins at 2:00 and ends at about 4:00. If you would like to learn […]
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The Hand at Work – Exhibit and Reception
Guest Post: Mary Welch “The Hand at Work- A Celebration of Fine Craft” 2014 – Clay and Textiles Textiles and fiber related items from the collections of CHH members helped make this exhibit a success. […]
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Bark Leaf Tapestry Class
From Gerry Woodhouse, instructor: Here are some photos from the Bark Leaf Tapestry Class at Guild House. The 3 hour class was on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 1 till 4 pm. [slider source=”media: 10872,10873,10874,10875,10876″ width=”500″ […]
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Most Wonderful Time
From Blaine: It’s the most wonderful time of the year, if you’re a cat named Scout and 100 cat toys are done. You get to take them out for a test drive for a minute […]
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Texas Weavers in Sweden
Flash! Texas weavers take Sweden by storm. They come barreling down the road, rush in with cameras in one hand and credit cards in the other. They purchased so many yummy textiles at Ekelunds that […]
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That’s a Warp!
From Tracy: Here’s how you wind a 600 meter warp. At Vatterns Vaveri in Sweden. [slider source=”media: 10852,10853″ width=”500″ height=”500″ title=”no” pages=”no” autoplay=”5000″ speed=”5000″]
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CHH’ers in Sweden!
From Tracy Kaestner: Six adventuresome CHH members are exploring Sweden. They stumbled across an incredible linen shop, Vaxbo Lin when they detoured after seeing a sign that said Linen Spinning! Check out the Vaxbo Lin […]
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National Fiber Directions 2015 – Call for Entries
The Wichita Center for the Arts issued a Call for entries for the National Fiber Directions Exhibition 2015. Artists are encouraged to enter handwoven or handmade fiber forms. The exhibition is open, but not limited […]