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

The General Meeting
will be on August 28, 2008
(the 4th Thursday this month because of the sale).
7 PM
Bayou Manor, 4141 South Braeswood

August 28 Program – Show, Share and Tell

The August meeting should be a grand one. Anyone who went to Tampa for HGA’s Convergence or Complex Weavers, bring your stories and your stuff to share.

For the program, there will be four demonstration stations. We will break into four groups and rotate about every 15 minutes. Penny Nelson will demonstrate the new AVL warping wheel. Giovanna Imperia will be showing how to use a Japanese swift with fine threads. Marni and Phil Harang will demonstrate hand spindles and charka. Phil makes beautiful hand spindles from exotic wood and will have some available to buy. Clarice Shanks and Diane Ferguson have a rolled hem technique that is pure magic. This will be an informative and fun meeting. Don“t miss it!

And don“t forget– the meeting date has been changed to August 28th!

Houston Potters Guild September Featured Artist Event:

Janis Ross presents "Various Vases" and Mary Welch (CHH member) presents Wondrous Weavings. Opening Reception, Thursday, September 4, 2008, 6-9pm. Houston Potters Guild shop and Gallery at 2726 White Oak Drive. Details For more information on The Potters Guild and Shop, see their website.

Looking for information on the Annual Sale?

It's over for 2008. Join us next year!

CHHit CHHat August 2008 is out!

The August Newsletter is available on the member website! This month's newsletter includes the Updated Sale Invitation and the Kid N Ewe Flyer. Remember, you can see back issues of the guild newsletters from the Newsletters page on the Member website. Your 2007/2008 password is still good for the member website.

Board Meeting Update - September

Mark your calendars - Our next Board meeting is on Sunday, September 28th at 10:00 am at Charlene’s house. This is the same date as we set at our last board meeting but an earlier time and different location. The CHH Swatch Swap is on the same day so this will avoid a direct conflict. A reminder and directions/address will be provided closer to the meeting.

Giovanna has a cool new website!

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

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.

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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