by Web Weaver | Oct 27, 2014 | Archive, Blog, CHH, Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, Guild Meeting, Meeting, Our Crafts, Weavehouston Updates, Weaving, Workshops
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 success. Participants choose from a large selection of...
by Web Weaver | Jul 12, 2014 | Archive, Blog, CHH, Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, Guild Meeting, Meeting, Weavehouston Updates
From Diane, our president: Thanks to a couple of endorsements from members regarding this space, I have placed a deposit down on a meeting space at the Trini Mendenhall Community Center just north of Westview on Wirt Road. (1414 Wirt Rd.) August 21 and September 18...
by Web Weaver | Jul 10, 2014 | Archive, Blog, CHH, Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, Guild Meeting, Meeting, Weavehouston Updates
Still Looking Since the parking lot at Chelsea Market has been reduced to the size of a postage stamp, we are in need of a place for our regular Thursday night meetings. Bayou Manor is not quite ready with their construction either. The garage sale is going to be a...
by Web Weaver | May 20, 2014 | Blog, CHH, Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, Guild House, Guild Meeting, Meeting, Members, Weavehouston Updates
The May meeting was the end of the 2013/2014 year for CHH. Our “Summer Break” from meetings will still include a lot of guild activity with a strong class schedule and weavers, spinners, felters and dyers working to produce items for the fall Sale. Here...
by Web Weaver | May 2, 2014 | Blog, CHH, Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, Guild House, Guild Meeting, Meeting, Programs, Weavehouston Updates
At the May 15 meeting, Anne-Louise Schaffer will give a slide presentation on Folk Costumes from Eastern Europe, focusing on how they have changed over the last century and what factors caused those changes. It is not always obvious or direct. She will use four...
by Web Weaver | Apr 25, 2014 | Blog, CHH, Dyeing, Guild Meeting, Meeting, Weavehouston Updates, Weaving
At the April CHH Meeting, Lynn Gammon presented a program on Balinese textiles and talked about her summer vacation in Bali where she took fabric dyeing classes and produced her own original textiles. Photos courtesy D’Anne Craft