Great number of samples passed around from Margaret Arafat’s collection of samples and scarves at Saturday morning’s general meeting. I especially loved the apron made with natural colored cotton. She showed examples of the reeds […]
Margaret Arafat is an accomplished weaver from Fort Worth. Her work was recently featured in the book Ondulé, by Norma Smayda. From Margaret – “At this point in time, most of you have probably seen […]
Angela Laswell Smith – Purl and Loop Angela is the owner of the successful local business, Purl and Loop. They manufacture and sell weaving products in the building next door to the Guild House. Come […]
What Did I Get Myself into Now? Earlier this year Blaine applied for a residency at the Icelandic Textile Institute not really thinking they would accept him. “I said I wanted to spend a month […]
Jennifer Moore has specialized in the field of doubleweave pick-up for over 30 years and is the author of The Weaver’s Studio: Doubleweave. When Nilda Callanaupa from the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco was […]
The 50th Annual Fiestas Patrias International Parade is on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 10 am to noon. Staging begins at 8 am on Preston between Bastrop and Hamilton, Hutchins between Congress & Preston, St. […]
The program for the regular September meeting will be presented by Project Manager, Michelle J.V. Johnson who will tell us about The William J. Hill Archive – a digital resource and ongoing endeavor. Created by the […]
Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 10 am at the Guild House. See you there! Kathy Bone will report on her trip to Shetland Wool Week, which is a celebration of knitting, spinning, dyeing and weaving […]
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