Meetings / Mini-workshops
Dinah and her bags
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Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild meetings are generally held on the third Saturday of the month. Occasionally, the meetings are moved to Friday night to accommodate a weekend workshop. There are no meetings in July, August, or December.
Refreshments are followed by a short business meeting, Show and Tell, and the program speaker. Programs include lectures and demonstrations by guest and member speakers on topics related to fiber arts. Visitors are always welcome!
| Saturday Meetings: |
Refreshments are served at 10:00 am
Meeting begins at 10:30 am |
| Friday Meetings: |
Refreshments are served at 7:00 pm
Meeting begins at 7:30 pm |
The Helen Woolman library is open both before and after meetings for members to browse, check out and return materials from the Guild's extensive textile-related collection.
Mini-workshops are free to CHG members and are held two or three times a year after regular meetings. They last an hour or two and cover a wide variety of topics — from beginning spinning to kumihimo to sewing with handwoven fabric. Regardless of the topic, mini-workshops are always interesting and enjoyable.
Upcoming Meeting Information
Date |
Day |
Time |
Topic/Presenter |
Feb. 18, 2012 |
Saturday |
10:00 apm |
Neal Howard |
New work by Neal Howard
Photo by Mary VogelNeal Howard, a professional weaver and dyer of silk and silk/merino blend yarns since 1989, will be presenting the program for the February meeting of the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild. She will speak on how to use woven shibori in garment designs even when you are limited to 8 Harnesses. Included in her program will be information on how to plan a dyed warp in order to produce isolated areas of woven shibori; how to weave two shibori patterns in the same cloth at the same time using only one threading; and how to combine shibori with other surface design techniques. www.NealtheWeaver.com
Mini Workshop Information
Mini-Workshops are approximately 1 hour in length and will begin at 1:00 PM following the regular CHG meeting. Mini-Workshops are free to all CHG members.
February 18, 2012: Warping Tips Plus How to Use a Sectional Beam presented by Christine Stanton and Lynn Pollard
April 21, 2012: Computer Drafting with Fiberworks PCW shared by Dianne Totten (If you use a different Computer Drafting program than Fiberworks PCW and would be willing to share how it works during this Mini-Workshop, please email Susan or call her at 770-253-8469.)
Suggestions for presenters are always welcome. Email: contact@chgweb.com
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