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Reppin’ with Rosalie
Guest post: Tracy Kaestner At the Rep Weave workshop, 15 CHH members had a wonderful time weaving Rep with Rosalie Neilson. Rosalie was an excellent teacher, she really worked hard to make sure everyone had […]
Year: 2014
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Tapestry in Houston
Jean Pierre Larochette and Yael Lurie, world renowned tapestry weavers, are in Houston presenting a workshop! The guild has an autographed copy of their book now. During a slide presentation on Thursday night, the two […]
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CHH and Gandhi’s Legacy
Connie C. Elliot and other spinning, weaving, and dyeing experts from the Contemporary Handweavers of Houston will demonstrate spinning for khadi cloth, a form of work championed by Gandhi to promote economic self-reliance during the […]
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Tapestry Slide Show
Don’t forget the Tapestry slideshow by Jean Pierre Larouchette & Yael Lurie. From Gerry Woodhouse: Please feel free to bring some refreshment to the Tapestry slide show at 6:00pm Thursday evening, Oct. 23, 2014 at […]
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Flash! Spaces available in Tapestry Workshop
Jean Pierre Larochette and Yael Lurie, world renowned tapestry weavers are coming to Houston next week! They’re promoting their new book, which will be for sale. And they are teaching a tapestry workshop. There are […]
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Rosalie Neilson – October Meeting
We should have a great meeting this month! Rosalie Neilson, our workshop presenter, will be our speaker. Her workshop, IT’S IN THE WARP: COLOR AND DESIGN IN REP, is full. Her Thursday evening talk will […]
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Ann Stephens – Towels
Ann sent some great photos of her towels made with 8/2 cottolin. 2 very different looks on one warp! Send photos of your finished work. Tell us what yarns you used or anything you would […]
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Save the Date – 2014 Sale
Save the Date for our Houston Handweavers Sale! November 20-22, 2014 Art Square Studios 2327 Commerce St. Houston Sale Invitation PDF
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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?
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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 […]