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Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Fiber Focus 1

January 2005

Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild

From the President

Fiber Focus Dedicated to the promotion and preservation of fiber arts and the advancement of fiber education within the community

Next Meeting: Saturday, January 7

7:00 p.m.—refreshments 7:30 p.m.—program

Weavers Welcome 2005

Well, it’s finally really here—our 50th anniversary. We have a year filled with terrific events and programs that Christine and her committee have planned. Before we move on to our new year, how-ever, I would like to say a warm thank you to long-time member, Geri Forkner, for sharing her art, talent, humor, and knowledge at the November meeting. I think everyone truly enjoyed the meeting and left ready to try some nuno felting. It was the perfect way to end 2004. We don’t get to see as much of Geri as we would like because she has to travel a fair ways to come all the way from Tellico Plains, Tennessee. Hopefully, we can use our anniversary events to entice her to come this way more often. I know she’ll never lack for a place to stay in Atlanta! Blink your eyes after your New Year celebrations, and it’s time for our first meeting of the year. I hope everyone will be able to join us on Friday evening, January 7, 2005, at 7:00 pm in the li-brary. Our weekend workshop leader, Daryl Lancaster, will be pre-senting the program. I found this quote on Daryl’s website and found it a particularly meaningful passage to ponder as we all make our plans for 2005:

“My garments use piecing techniques to recycle anything that resembles fiber. The use of recycled fibers, handwovens, ani-mal furs, old bits of embellishment, allows me to revisit the past, not to dwell on what wasn't, but to learn and enjoy from past mistakes and experiences which have shaped who I have become. Old work becomes new raw material. Our lives are a constant process of recycled experiences. “

This is going to be a wonderful year for the guild. I want to thank all the many folks—many behind the scenes--who give their time and energy to make our many programs so successful. The workshops, special programs, shows, and classes are terrific be-cause so many people volunteer when called upon. The main rea-son the guild is as strong and viable as it is today, is because it relies on the active participation of all its members. This membership has met the challenge. I look forward to working with you all in 2005. Happy New Year, Mary

Mary Zurn

January Program What a wonderful way to start the new year! Daryl Lan-caster will be with us on January 7th at 7:00 pm. Daryl, a hand-weaver and fiber artist known for her handwoven, pieced gar-ments, has been sewing for more than 35 years. She gives lectures and workshops to guilds, conferences, and craft centers all over the United States. She is the Contributing Features Editor for Handwoven magazine. Daryl won the Lois Frank Award for Sewn or Tailored Garments in the 2004 Convergence Fashion Show. Daryl, an artist, teacher, handweaver, writer and profes-sional dressmaker/designer with over 35 years experience will be discussing her views and her perspective on handwoven clothing, recycled experiences and the creative process. Daryl will talk about her adventurous journey over the years with handwoven clothing showing slides and samples of her fab-rics and garments.

Change in January Meeting Don’t forget that the January meet-ing will be on the first Friday night, Jan. 7, beginning at 7:00 p.m. for refreshments and 7:30 p.m. for the program in the library.

FIBER FOCUS

Editor Janice Edens Asst. Editors Jeanie Reagan Board President Mary Zurn Fiber Focus is a publication of the Chattahoochee Handweav-ers Guild. Fiber Focus is pub-lished 10 times a year (monthly except for July and December) by the Chattahoochee Hand-weavers Guild, Inc., P.O. Box 889244, Atlanta, GA 30356. Entire contents copyrighted 2004. All rights reserved. Advertisements Current members of the Chatta-hoochee Handweavers Guild may place non-commercial ad-vertisements (personal for sale, wanted, etc.) of up to 10 lines at no charge. Non-members may place ads at a charge of $10 per issue. Commercial rates available on request. Where to Reach Us: CHG, PO Box 889244 Atlanta, GA 30356 Editorial Office Janice Edens, 1080 Upper Sassafras Pkwy., Jasper, GA 30143. 706/692-4314 email: [email protected] Guild Meetings The guild meets regularly on the third Saturday of each month, except for July, August, and December, at the North DeKalb Cultural Center, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia. Meeting time and date may vary to accom-modate programs. Visitors are welcome. Membership Membership in the CHG is open to any person with an interest in textiles and fiber arts. For membership information, con-tact : Dinah Rose at 770/516-5846 Email: [email protected]

Visit the guild web page

at http://www.chgweb.com

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ers). We will decide the assign-ments at the January meeting. • Although study group mem-bers are encouraged to weave samples and bring them to meet-ings, neither weaving samples between meetings nor bringing a loom to the study group is re-quired. • We plan to invite other expert guild members to “visit” our study group when topics are within their areas of interest and exper-tise. • We hope to provide work-sheets for use during the study group or between meetings, to further the mastery of the mate-rial. The Standards and Ratings Chair will assist in providing these worksheets. There will be a minimum number of meetings you must attend to participate in the group. We will discuss this number as a group. We hope to see all who are interested in joining this group on January 22.

Helen Selser

We have had a prelimi-nary meeting to discuss the for-mation of a Study Group for 2005 that will focus on weave structures. We will use Sharon Alderman’s book, Mastering Weave Structures, to guide our study. Our first meeting will be January 22, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in the loom room. We discussed some basic guidelines for our ses-sions and made some prelimi-nary decisions based on the input we had received from those who had expressed an interest in starting the group. Final decisions about the pro-gram will be discussed and de-cided at the January meeting. • Our meetings: on guild Sat-urdays we will meet from 12-1:30 after the meeting. When the guild meets on Friday night or does not meet, we will meet on Saturday at 10 a.m. • Different groups of two or three members will have the responsibility for leading to each meeting (Module Lead-

Study Group Forming

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THE CLAY HOUSE

A COMPLETE

WEAVING SHOP

Come to touch and feel Cotton Wool Linen

Lots of other fibers

Looms, Used & New Heddles, Shuttles

Corrugated Paper for

Warping

Give us a Try

Call for delivery to guild meetings.

Dodie Proctor 770/483-6884

Golden Threads: Innovations and Tradi-

tions

2005 Southeast Fiber Juried Exhibition

As the guild prepares to cele-brate its Golden Anniversary, it is excited to announce the 2005 Southeast Fiber Exhibition, Golden Threads: Innovations and Traditions. This show will open May 15, 2005, and run through July 15, 2005, at the Lyndon House in Athens, Geor-gia. The show is open to all fiber artists in the Southeast (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV and the District of Co-lumbia). The entry fee of $25 and slides or CD are due by March 1, 2005. Awards: First Place - $1500 Second Place - $1000 Third Place - $750 As part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration, additional monetary awards totaling $2350 will be given to emerging artists who are presently working toward a BFA or MFA in textile/fiber arts or be-ginning their pursuit of a textile career. Along with slides or CD, entrants competing for these awards will submit a statement of where they are in their careers, an artist statement, and state-ment of how funds will be used. Questions about these awards should be directed to Lynn Nick-erson, 404/ 231-1875, [email protected]. The entry form can be printed off the web page at www.chgweb.com or send SASE to Kathi Grupp, 2572 Blackmon Dr., Decatur, Georgia 30033 404/329-2021 [email protected]

WANTED!

** Door Prize Donations for the CHG 2005 Open House ** Do you have a favorite business that might make a door prize dona-

tion? A free cup of coffee - a bagel - a donut??

Or maybe a discount coupon for a movie, a car wash or what ever! Please ask them!

- We would like to have something for fiber folks and non - So they all remember the good time they found at our Open House!

Sandi Petty

[email protected]

Margaret (Peg) Carpenter's "Sophisticated Lady" won 2nd place in the Wearables category of the Amateur division at the Blue Ridge Handweaving Show. Jacket, 4-shaft honeycomb; Tid-ball "Undulating weft effects" draft 6, page 8. Silk, hand-dyed. Vogue pattern 9200 (modified).

Website of the Month Elaine E. Deyo of Branson, Missouri, creates paintings of watercolored felt. The site shows not only samples of her work, but also links to the his-tory of felt, 9-11 Memorial Tap-estries (including one by Tom-mye Scanlin), and Stanley Bulbach’s Handwoven Wall Art. http://www.meet-branson.com/index.html





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January 7, 2005 Friday evening In library 7:00 p.m. Refreshments 7:30 p.m. General Meeting February 19. 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting March 11, 2005 Friday evening—time & place to be announced April 16, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting May 21, 2005 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting June 18, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting

CHG Calendar 4

YARN IN THE WOODS

Weaving & Knitting yarns by Louet.

Euroflax Linen

Fiber for Spinning

Gaywool Dyes

Louet Looms, Wheels,

and Accessories

call:

Leslie Gassmann 770/597-0181

50 Carolyn Court Social Circle, GA

[email protected]

Meeting Changes

Please note that the meeting date for January oc-curs on the first Friday evening and for March on the second Friday night of the month in-stead of the third Saturday. These changes will allow workshop presenters to speak to the Guild before the week-end workshop. If you can host a guild member in your home for these special night meetings, please contact the hospitality chair Ruth Hough at 404-636– 4123 or [email protected].

50th Anniversary Announcement

I hope everyone had a great holiday season. January will be here when you get this newsletter. We start the year off with new name tags in celebration of our 50 years. I would like to thank Peg Carpenter for heading up this project and to all the people that submit-ted a design. Terry William-son's design won the contest which was voted on by the membership at the Novem-ber meeting. [Editor’s note: see article about winner and picture of name tag in next month’s Fiber Focus.] The display cabinet that was purchased with funds donated to the Guild in memory of Gwen Tweedy will be in place by the Janu-ary meeting, and we will have an official dedication at the February meeting . Thanks go to Jo Marie Karst for all she has done to make this possible. The February meeting will also be the time we will have our baby blanket pro-ject show and tell. Many people have asked who we are giving these to, but it will depend on how many we re-ceive. These can be woven, knitted or quilted and you can submit as many as you like. If you are not finished with your blankets by the February meeting, we will gladly accept them when you are done.

Leslie Gassman will keep us informed each month with her research she has done about the Guild and its history and the people that have made it what it is today.

Christine Stanton email [email protected]

ph 404 584 7878.

BE PREPARED!

**2005 OPEN HOUSE - Sunday February 13th - 1-4pm**

We need your help to make it great and I am looking for volun-

teers! We will need food, and greeters, and donations and folks to set-up and clean-up.

So, be prepared to sign up, help out and have a really good time!

Sandi Petty [email protected]

Need a Reed? Only $5.00 rental. Check with Jo-Marie Karst before and af-ter the monthly meeting. 770/617-1457






CELEBRATING 50 YEARS

Following is the first in a series of articles reviewing a year(s) from each president. I have taken the liberty to report on the first four years of the guild while Sally Adams was president. I am sure, if Sally were still here, she would have done a much better job, and I hope I have not mini-mized the importance of her, and all the charter members’, work. My information comes from the recorded minutes, some of which were handwrit-ten. I got a big kick out of everyone being addressed as Mrs. "Husbands Initials" for their names. I hope you enjoy reading this and articles to fol-low throughout the year. February 23, 1955 "A few weavers gath-ered at Mrs. B. D. Adams home to organize and discuss our organization to stimulate interest in weaving and to share ideas." Taken from the minutes of the first CHG meet-ing. Mrs. Adams remained president until 1959. They chose to meet on the second Thursday of the month, using the alphabetical membership list for hosting the meetings. It was up to the hostess to decide if she chose to furnish coffee and cookies with each member bringing her own sandwich.

There would be a project for each meeting with a speaker, if possible. There were five mem-bers at the April meeting, which included ways to at-tract more weavers, obtain information from other guilds, an exhibit at the High Museum, and perhaps a sale at a future date. In June, they decided on dues of $1.00 a year. Mrs. Sally Adams was elected as president. The hour for the meeting was changed to 11:00 AM, with evening meetings occasion-ally. At that time, members were asked to bring sugges-tions for a name for the guild. In August, The Chat-tahooche Handweavers Guild became the official name for the Guild, and it was suggested that mem-bers consider creating a few by-laws to regulate the pro-ceedings. The 1956 January meeting was designated as a workshop meeting with twenty members and one guest in attendance. In June the dues increased to $2.00 per year. Mrs. Adams asked others to help with the plan-ning of programs and estab-lishing a meeting place. That May was the first year

they had a booth at the Pied-mont Arts Festival, with some ladies demonstrating weaving. In June of 1956 they had a five-day workshop with Mrs. Berta Fray, from New York. The workshop cost $20, plus $3.00 for lunch and $1.00 for warp. "We kept rubber pads under the looms and Mrs. Holmes had cute name cards on each member of the class….” I thought it was in-teresting that Berta Fray's phone number was: Wood-stock 2923. The discussion for a need for a central meeting place where books, looms and other materials could be avail-able continued. A request for a scrapbook for the guild was made. One of the members volunteered to make a leather cover, if a member in Atlanta would make arrangements for the paper which may have needed to be cut to fit. By September, the Guild was growing so that additional offi-cers were assigned until the election of officers in the spring. Mrs. Capps was elected as Vice President in charge of programs and Mrs. Tweedy as Corresponding Secretary. In February 1957, membership was over twenty-three. In June they separated

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CHG Board: 2004-05

President: Mary Zurn, 404/261-7093, [email protected] Vice-President, Programs: Barbara Mixon, 706/238-7694, [email protected] Vice-President, Workshops: Leslie Bronson, 770/607-7716, [email protected] Vice-President, Exhibits: Kathi Grupp, 404/329-2021, [email protected] Secretary: Mary Fleming-Netland, 404/377-9730, [email protected] Treasurer: Maggie DeFilipo, 404-636-

5744, [email protected] Properties: Jo Karst, 770-617-1457, [email protected] Newsletter: Janice Edens, 706/692-4314, [email protected] Standards & Ratings: Helen Selser, 404/425-0485, [email protected] Co-workshops: Lisa Ellis, 404/370-6131, [email protected] Co-exhibits: Deborah Uher, 770/953-4534, [email protected] Membership: Dinah Rose, 770/516-5846, [email protected]

Reminder Deadline for entry for the Golden Threads, the 2005 Southeast Juried Exhibition, is March 1, 2005. The pro-spectus will be available on line or by sending a SASE to Kathi Grupp, 2572 Blackmon Dr., Decatur, Georgia 30033. If you have suggestions of groups, individuals, or busi-nesses that should receive the prospectus, please con-tact Kathi Grupp at [email protected].

the Office of Secretary and Treasurer. The Treasurer would automatically be on all committees or projects involv-ing guild funds. The Re-cording Secretary and Corre-sponding Secretary were now two separate offices. A mo-tion was made that all charter members, on resigning, be invited to be come honorary members. They decided to purchase books for the guild library, not to exceed a cost of $15. Members were re-quested to bring a design idea for an insignia to be used for the guild stationery. In October 1957, the number of workshops, as well as programs, increased. And it was decided that the Guild set aside $100 for permanent quarters and let the amount accumulate. In 1958 workshops and programs continued , with ex-perienced weavers helping. The newsletter was created with Sally Adams writing the first issue, and sending it to all the members. Standards and Ratings, for Apprentice, Journeyman and Master-weaver were established. The dues were increased by $1.00 to cover the cost of the newsletter and additional sheets for the yearbook. In 1958, fourteen mem-bers earned their Apprentice-ships. In July 1959, The guild discussed buying a mimeo-graph machine. The new slate of officers was as follows:

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Treasurer’s Report October 2004

9/30/04 Balance in Checking Acct: $18,342.10 Deposits/Credits 2,790.00 Checks/Debits 1,808.10 Interest Earned Sept 2004 8.62 10/31/04 Balance in Checking Acct: $19,332.62 Uncleared transactions 8244.16 Register Balance $11,088.46

Maggie DeFilippo [email protected]

CHG Open House - Mark Your Calendars

Please mark your cal-endars; the 2005 Chattahoo-chee Weavers Guild Open House is set for Sunday, February 13, 2005, from 1 pm – 4 pm at the North DeKalb Cultural Center. This is a special op-portunity for us to share our love of weaving and fiber arts with members of the community and each other. The CHG teachers are our main attraction with demon-strations and show & tell. We will have goodies to eat and drink and door prices! We will need help so-liciting door prizes, setting and cleaning up, bringing food and getting the word out, so think about how you would like to help - we’ll be asking soon! If you would like to help in any way please call or email, Sandi Petty at 770/683-2846 or [email protected].

















Winter Classes 2005

Floor Loom Weaving – Intro-duction* This two-day class introduces the student to four-shaft floor weav-ing. Learn to prepare the loom for weaving and produce a sam-ple of loom-controlled and hand-manipulated weaves. Discussions focus on terminology, reading patterns, and basic project plan-ning. *This class is approved for Geor-gia Department of Education SDU Credit. Contact us for de-tails. Saturday & Sunday – 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m January 15 & 16, 2005 Elaine Bradley and staff Class Fee: $90 Supplies: $20 Basket Weaving Learn the ancient art form of bas-ket weaving. Practice basic skills of coiling, twining, and plaiting. Learn to make a ribbed Appala-chian Egg Basket. Explore the endless possibilities of creating your own woven vessels. Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. January 18 – February 8, 2005 Wednesday evenings, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. March 9 – March 30, 2005 Yvonne Dauria Class Fee: $60 Supplies $20 Beginning and Intermediate Floor Weaving – Day Class Beginners will be weaving tea towels starting with the basic weave structures. Students will learn the parts of the loom, how to make a warp and dress a loom,

how to read and understand pat-terns, how to plan projects, and how to keep accurate records. Advanced Beginner and Inter-mediate students can weave a project of your choice, and, if you wish, a baby blanket for the 50th Anniversary Baby Blanket project. Interest/enrollment will determine how many baby blanket looms will be warped. Warp for this project will be provided. You supply the weft. Wednesdays 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. (bring your lunch) January 19 & 26, 2005 February 2, 9, 16, March 2, 9, 16, 2005 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Ann Doherty and Kay Guilmet Class Fee: $145 Supplies: $25 Beginning and Continuing

Weaving Beginners learn to prepare the loom for weaving and to read and design patterns. Students produce a sampler exploring loom-controlled and hand-manipulated techniques, and may create a project of their choice if time allows. Continu-ing students may study a spe-cific weave technique or design a project with the help of the instructor. Discussions include project planning, fibers, differ-ent weaves, and color interac-tion. Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. January 20 – March 10, 2005 Elaine Bradley and Mary Zurn Class Fee: $125 Supplies: $20

Starter Class: Learn to Weave Learn to weave on a simple ta-ble-top rigid heddle loom. Com-plete a wool scarf, then learn fancy hand-manipulated tech-niques. This is a good introduc-tory class if you have no weaving experience. There will be home-work between the second and third classes. This class is approved for Geor-gia DOE PLU credit. Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. February 15 – March 8, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $60 Supplies: $20 Introduction to Sewing for Handweavers Beginners will start by learning the basics of sewing machine op-eration and how to read and ma-nipulate a pattern and then work on the actual garment construc-tion and finishing. All students will work from the same vest pat-tern, using fabrics of their choice. Sewing machines will be re-quired (or be willing to share with another student). Short sup-ply list and handouts will be dis-tributed prior to the first class. Mondays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. February 7 – March 7, 2005 Allyson Archibald Class Fee: $80 Supplies: $10 Mugs Rugs: Weaving Intro-duction Weave colorful mug rugs while learning to weave on a four-shaft floor loom. Learn to pre-pare the loom for weaving, then


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weave a few sets of mug rugs for yourself or for a gift. Discus-sions focus on equipment and basic project planning. No prior weaving experience is required. Expect to complete about a dozen mug rugs. Supply list. Saturday, February 26, 2005, - 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m and Sunday, Febru-ary 27, 2005, - 1:00-5:00p.m. Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $75 Supplies: $20 Design Inlay Rag Rugs, Place-mats, Wallhangings, etc. Rag rugs, table runners, etc. are fun and easy to weave. Learn to add uniqueness to your rag pro-ject with a formula to cut and piece fabric before cutting it into weft strips. Then paint the de-signs and learn the inlay process to make your project special. Fish, flowers, and butterflies are a few design suggestions. No special artistic ability is required as designs can be copied or traced. Students must be able to warp a loom independently. The weave structure will be plain weave. Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. January 13 - March 24, 2005 (Six classes) Dianne Totten Class fee: $95 Supplies about $20 For more information, see http://www.chgweb.com

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CHG Class Registration Form

Name______________________ Address____________________ City_______________________ State, Zip __________________ Email _____________________ Daytime Phone ______________ Evening Phone ______________ Class__________________________________________ Class Day __________________ Class Time_________________ Class Fee __________________ Please enclose check payable to:

Chattahoochee Handweaver’s Guild.

Pay supply fees directly to the in-

structor.

Please cut out or copy and mail this form, along with your check, to: CHG Education Committee P.O. Box 889244Atlanta, GA 30356

Interested in private fiber arts les-sons? _________ Questions? Call 404/ 252-4082.

President—Gwen Tweedy, Vice President—Blainie Stal-worth, Recording Secretary—Lee Turnman, Corresponding Secretary—Hazel Philbrick and Treasurer(s)—Mr & Mrs. Cecil McGahee. In looking back through the minutes, it became appar-ent how much Sally Adams's heartbeat created the soul of this guild. She raised this guild from an infant, until it was four years old, and others continued to make the Guild what it is today at age fifty. In the following months through-out 2005, I hope to have other presidents’ years docu-mented, and you can enjoy its development over the past fifty years.

Leslie Gassmann


Equipment Rental

Loom and equipment rentals are available through CHG Properties. See Jo-Marie Karst and her help-ers before and after the monthly guild meeting or call her at 770/617-1457 with your questions. Looms are coming back from sum-mer vacation so make your reser-vations now. There are still oppor-tunities as small as a 1-day com-mitment for jumping on the Proper-ties Committee wagon.

Golden Threads Is Looking for a Few Good

People. Ever thought you would like to get more involved in the Guild? Here is your chance. There are many ways you can help with the 2005 Juried Ex-hibition in May. The amount of time and involvement is up to you. We just need a willing-ness to try! There are opportu-nities to help with mailing of prospectus, hanging of the show, pursuing funding, plan-ning the reception, designing the invitation, and much more. Please contact Kathi Grupp 404/329-2021 or [email protected]

Olive Oil Soap

The olive oil soap that Chad Hagen uses for felting can be found at the following site: http://www.marseillesoap.com/soaps/index.cfm?image1.x=91&Image1.y=14



http://www.marseillesoap.com/soaps/

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Fiber Events

To Enter May 15-July 15, 2005. Golden Threads: Innovations and Tra-ditions, CHG’s 2005 Southeast Fiber Juried Exhibition at the Lyndon House in Athens, Georgia. Deadline for entries March 1, 2005. See entire article on p. 3 for details. May 5-7, 2005 Seventh An-nual Wesleyan Artist Mar-ket The Wesleyan Arts Alli-ance, Wesleyan School, Nor-cross, GA, is planning for their seventh annual Wesleyan Art-ist Market, which emphasizes fine art and features a variety of styles, subjects and medi-ums, with artists coming from throughout the Southeast. This past May they sold $100,000+ of art during the show. If you are interesting in participating in the show, send photos of a representative sampling of your work and a current price list to Nancy P. Wilson 3500 Newport Bay Dr. Alpharetta, GA. 30005. Their jury will review these for con-sideration for the May 2005 Artist Market. Space is limited. Reply by September 15, 2004. If accepted, you will receive an information packet after that date. If you have questions, contact Nancy P. Wilson, Art-ist Market Chairperson 2005, Wesleyan Arts Alliance, Wesleyan School, [email protected], 770/633-3274

Exhibits February 12-April 3, 2005 Durham Arts Council Show and Sale “Triangle Weav-ers—Woven Expressions” Reception on February 24 from 5-7 p.m. Email [email protected] for more in-formation.

Opportunities

Feb. 23-27 Alpaca Fiber to Fashion Conference at the Hilton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, hosted by The Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (AOBA) and the Alpaca Regis-try, Inc. (ARI). Please log onto www.alpacashows.com for the latest show and contact infor-mation. Watch OneVoice and Alpacas Magazine for details. March 4-6, 2005 SOUTHEAST FIBER FORUM 2005 Treasure Trove: Celebrating Our Fiber Heritage Hosted by The Tues-day Treadlers’ Guild at Guild Park Conference Center, Long Beach, MS. For further infor-mation, check their website at www.main.nc.us/sffa, email [email protected] or [email protected] or call 713/256-7113.

March 17-20, 2005 Florida Tropical Weaver’s Guild cele-brates its 61st conference in Eus-tis, FL. Featured are informative workshops in weaving, spinning, basketry, dyeing and bead-ing. This year’s instructors in-clude Rita Buchanan (spinning), Sharon Alderman (weaving), Barbara Walker (weaving), Karen Selk (surface design), NanC Meinhardt (beading) and Maryse Levenson (kumihimo). Other events in-clude an inspirational juried fiber exhibit, numerous commercial vendors and an entertaining fashion show. For registration forms and addi-tional information visit the FTWG web site at www.ftwg.org or con-tact: Jacki Malone, 313 Bay Street, Tarpon Springs, FL, Email: [email protected] Any instructors or vendors inter-ested in participating in future conferences please contact FTWG as indicated above.

Girl Friend Get Aways Weaving Arts Studio

Tellico Plains, in the mountains of East Tennessee

Package trips available for lodging and fiber play Information at: www.weavingschool.com

February Fiber Focus Deadline: February 1, 2005



http://www.alpacashows.com

http://www.main.nc.us/sffa



http://www.ftwg.org


http://www.weavingschool.com

The meeting was called to or-der at 9:00 a.m. by Mary Zurn, President. Treasurer: The reimburse-ment form is or will be available on the web site; please fill it out before requesting reimburse-ment. Workshops: There is a change in the start time for the January workshop; it will be 9:00 a.m. The January meet-ing and program remain on January 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the room in the Library. Future workshops will be planned on the 2nd weekend of the month whenever possible; the room has been reserved for October, 2005. Co-workshops: Lisa has a survey prepared to determine what members would prefer for workshops, which she will dis-tribute at the meeting. 50th Anniversary: Heido Ya-makitchee, the Japanese weaver, will not be coming to the exhibit at the Atlanta Mu-seum of Design. Janet Bealer has been working with the mu-seum on a program for CHG on March 17 related to the exhibit. (This information is an update of the report actually given at the Board Meeting. It isn’t in-cluded as it is now out of date.) Exhibits: The prospectus is done and has been mailed to colleges and universities with fiber programs. It will also be available on our web site. We have submitted a grant pro-posal for funding to help defray the expenses of the exhibit. Co-exhibits: Our co-exhibits chair, Deborah Uher, has had to resign. We are currently

Minutes of BOARD MEETING November 21, 2004

The meeting was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Mary Zurn, President. The minutes were approved as published in Fiber Focus. Membership: We have two new members today: Yvonne Yancey and Yoette Everett. Previous members who have not paid their dues for this year have not been included in the membership list. Another list will be published in January; please pay your dues so you can be included in this list. Workshops: At last contact, there were 2 places remaining in the Daryl Lancaster workshop. It will be January 8 and 9, 2005. Participants will need a sewing


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Minutes of General Meeting November 21, 2004

looking for another co-exhibits/board member. Newsletter: The November newsletter incorrectly stated that the January meeting would be on the second Friday of the month. A correction will be printed in the next newsletter; the meeting is on the first Fri-day of January, January 7. The newsletter deadline for Janu-ary’s newsletter will be Decem-ber 20 so that it can go out early. Janice’s e-mail address is now [email protected]; please put it in your address book so than anything she sends will get through. We need a policy that stipulates at what point we will stop sending Fiber Focus to previous mem-bers who have not paid current dues. After discussion the board decided to e-mail old members encouraging them to send in this year’s dues. If no response, we would consider a phone call. Website: Members have been e-mailed the new password for the members’ area of the web site. Members who have had their pictures taken for the member site will be e-mailed for permission to post them on the site. Standards & Ratings documents will be (after a re-view) posted on the web site. There will be no charge to reg-ister for working for a rating; the charge was for copying and distributing the standards. Standards & Ratings: There have been no registrations for this year. The study group that has been discussed may be implemented next year. Secretary: Anne Wolfe’s hus-band has died; a note has been sent to her from the Guild. Programs: Daryl Lancaster

will do the January program on the Friday night prior to the work-shop (January 7). Properties: A 4H 22” Harrisville loom has been donated to the Guild. Its disposition has yet to be determined. Library: There is a list of books that are missing from the library. It will go in the newsletter. Ellen Levy would like to have help with the library at meetings. She would also like the names of books that we would like to see in the library. Education: The Open House will be in February. We have only had one registration for Fi-ber in the Classroom. Study Group: The study group based on Sharon Alderman’s book will get together for a plan-ning meeting in December. Mary Fleming-Netland, Secretary



machine; please contact Lisa Ellis if you have a machine you can loan. Co-Workshops: A survey of the membership to determine which workshops and presenters the membership would be most in-terested in will be distributed to-day. A mini-workshop led by Jeri Forkner on Nuno-Felting follows the meeting. Programs: The January meet-ing and program will be on Fri-day, January 7, at 7:00 p.m. in the Library meeting room. Newsletter: The deadline for the January issue of Fiber Focus is December 20 to that it can be out before the January meeting. Web Site: The password for the members’ portion of the site was sent out via e-mail this week. Contact Susan Pittman if you have not received it, or are hav-ing problems. The members who have had their pictures taken to be published on the members’ portion of the site will be contacted before the pictures are published. Properties: We have an Easy Weaver loom for sale. The price is $70, half the retail price. Standard & Ratings: Informa-tion on the Standards will soon be on the web site. Call Helen Selser with questions. Library: We have a list of over-due books; help and suggestions are needed as to how to restore these books to our library. Ellen Levy would also like help with the library when it is open at meetings. Please contact her if you can help. Hospitality: Thanks to those members bringing refreshments today. Education: The Open House will be February 13, 2005. Ann and Kay are doing a 4-week

class in December, for $62.50. 50th Anniversary Year: Baby Blanket Project: blankets can be woven, knitted, quilted, or crocheted. They will be dis-played and collected at the February meeting. Anniversary luncheon is May 21. The name badge vote will be taken today. (Note: Terry L. Williamson’s entry was chosen; badges will be made after the holiday.) Historian: Leslie Gassman requests that previous presi-dents submit reviews or sum-maries of their year. Exhibits: The Golden Threads, our 2005 exhibit, will be May 15 – July 15, 2005, at the Lyndon House in Athens. The prospectus is done, avail-able on the web site. We have applied for a grant to help de-fray the cost of the exhibit. Any members whose employers fund arts grants are asked to contact Kathi Grupp. Co-exhibits: Our co-exhibits chair and board member has had to resign. Members inter-ested in undertaking this re-sponsibility please contact Mary Zurn. New Business: 1. February is usually yarn sale month; we need someone to be in charge of this. It involves coming early to set up the sale. Please con-tact Mary Zurn to volunteer. 2. The study group based on Sharon Alderman’s book, Mas-tering Weave Structures is or-ganizing. Announcements: Your CHG membership card will get you a discount at Binders as a mem-ber of an art association. Mary Fleming-Netland, Secre-tary

Library

One of the first things I did when I took over as librarian was to go through the file box of cards of library materials that had been checked out. I was amazed at how many things seemed to be long overdue, so I took an afternoon and went in to Room 1 to verify that the books were, in fact, still missing. I found that more than 3/4 of the books that still had cards in the file box had been returned and were just not properly checked in. Most of those still out-standing were borrowed in 2002 or earlier and seem to have been borrowed by people no longer in the Guild. For that reason, I am not going to publish names of the people who appear to have these overdue books. Instead, I have two requests. First, if you've ever borrowed any library books, videos, swatch collections or magazines, check around your house to see if you still have anything that belongs to the library. If you think this might be you but aren't sure, feel free to call or e-mail me. Second, please volunteer to help out at the library table during the time before the meetings. It isn't diffi-cult, but it is important to make sure that books are checked in and shelved correctly so that we all have access to the wonderful books in our library. If you want to help, you can call me at 770-698-8268 in the evenings, or e-mail me at [email protected]

Ellen Levy


The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild P.O. Box 889244 Atlanta, GA 30356

Loom for Sale: Orca floor loom, 38 inch weaving width, four harnesses, six treadles. Also three shuttles. This loom is kept indoors, not in storage. It's ready to weave on. $400. Call Jacqueline Stoner, Cleveland, GA, 706-865-0526.

Loom for Sale: 46” 4-shaft jack loom. 8 treadles, very sturdy, yet folds up to take very little space, 29”, when not in use. Very good rug loom. 3 reeds. 40 yard warping board. Comes with free lesson at your home, if you want one. $600. Call Linda Jarrett at 770/483-0671

Looms for Sale: The Guild has two looms we are selling that are very appropriate for a classroom situation or for home use with children. * 2-harness table loom, 12" weaving width. Wooden reed, 8 ends per inch. String heddles. 15 inches x 15-1/2 inches. Easy to operate, great for a classroom with limited space. $50.00 * 2-harness table loom, 11-1/2" weaving width. 15-dent reed. String heddles. 14-3/4 inches x 16-1/4 inches. $50.00 If you are interested please contact Jo Karst at 770/617-1457 or [email protected].

ADS Current members of the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild may place non-commercial advertisements (personal for sale, wanted, etc.) of up to 10 lines at no charge. Non-members may place ads at a charge of $10 per issue. Commercial rates avail-able on request. Ads will run for only one month unless renewed by phone (706/692-4314) or email. Editor’s note: Please send ads directly to me at 1080 Upper Sassafras Pkwy., Jasper, GA 30143, or to my email address [email protected]). Mail sent to the P.O. Box may not get to me until after Fiber Focus has been printed.


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February 2005


From the President


Next Meeting: Saturday, February 19

9:00 a.m.—Board meeting 10:00 a.m.—refreshments 10:30 a.m.—program

What a Guild We Have!

It’s cold and icy outside--as close to a winter wonderland as we’ve had this year. We do have power, though, which means I can warm up my downstairs studio and start my piece for the upcoming Golden Threads Exhibit. I want to do my part to make Kathi Grupp a very happy Exhibits Chairperson. As she would say, “It’s going to be an awesome show if everyone enters.” I’ve had far less time for weaving lately, but I’ve had several experiences this past month --all related to time spent with guild members--that have motivated me to get started. Last month’s meeting was a wonderful way to start off the year. I was afraid the evening meeting time would mean fewer members would be able to attend. I was wrong. We had a wonderful turnout, and we all looked so spiffy with our beauti-ful new nametags that Terry Williamson designed and made for us. We all thank you again, Terry. Daryl Lancaster’s humor, candor, and talent made for an inspiring and entertaining program. Her fashion retrospective took me, and I imagine several others, down memory lane. The wonderful workshop I attended the next two days reminded me of how much I love spending time with weavers. The camara-derie and chatter, the generous sharing of materials and ideas, and the support and encouragement are always a treat. We learned so much, and I hope everyone will be able to see some our new vests at the next meeting. I know I’ve said it before, but I do hope anyone who hasn’t attended a workshop before will find a way to do so. On January 22, we had our first Weave Structure Study Group (WSSG) meeting. I am still feeling a glow thinking about the twenty women who showed up to launch this new group. We have a wonderful mix of ages, experience, and geography--in addition to new and veteran guild members. Most impres-sive of all, however, was the obvious commitment everyone ex-pressed to wanting to learn and to extend ourselves as weav-ers. I know we share these feelings with everyone in the guild.


February Program

Our long-awaited February program will give us the op-portunity to share with each other the baby blankets we have woven to celebrate our 50th anniversary. These blan-kets, you will recall, are to go to charitable organizations that need them. We hear there will be quilted ones, knit-ted ones, more than a few woven ones—and one from Hungary! There will be a large-scale show-and-tell, so be prepared to show yours and tell what your inspiration was. This will be an enjoyable meeting of sharing and is part of our anniversary celebration. We have already received some blankets from our mem-bers that have moved to far off lands. Fifty blankets for fifty years is our goal. Come one, come all…

Lynn Nickerson, Christine Stanton, and Barbara Mixon

Open House Feb. 13, 1-4. Come meet the teachers, eat,

drink, and have fun!!

FIBER FOCUS

Editor Janice Edens Asst. Editor Jeanie Reagan Board President Mary Zurn Fiber Focus is a publication of the Chattahoochee Handweav-ers Guild. Fiber Focus is pub-lished 10 times a year (monthly except for July and December) by the Chattahoochee Hand-weavers Guild, Inc., P.O. Box 889244, Atlanta, GA 30356. Entire contents copyrighted 2004. All rights reserved. Advertisements Current members of the Chatta-hoochee Handweavers Guild may place non-commercial ad-vertisements (personal for sale, wanted, etc.) of up to 10 lines at no charge. Non-members may place ads at a charge of $10 per issue. Commercial rates available on request. Where to Reach Us: CHG, PO Box 889244 Atlanta, GA 30356 Editorial Office Janice Edens, 1080 Upper Sassafras Pkwy., Jasper, GA 30143. 706/692-4314 email: [email protected] Guild Meetings The Guild meets regularly on the third Saturday of each month, except for July, August, and December, at the North DeKalb Cultural Center, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia. Meeting time and date may vary to accom-modate programs. Visitors are welcome. Membership Membership in the CHG is open to any person with an interest in textiles and fiber arts. For membership information, con-tact : Dinah Rose at 770/516-5846 Email: [email protected]



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We will be meeting once a month—usually after Satur-day guild meetings. Special thanks go to Peg Carpenter, Ann Doherty, and Nancy Fa-jman for volunteering to lead us in our first WSSG ses-sion. On Sunday, February 13, we will hold one of the most important guild events of the year--the Open House. This is our 50th anni-versary year and we want everyone to know it!! Sandi Petty and her committee are doing their usual spectacular job of organizing the Open house, but it’s up to EVERY-ONE in the Guild to publicize this special event. This is one of the major ways we advertise our guild and the classes we offer. Many new members have found their way to the Guild through the open houses we have had in the past. New members are

(Continued from page 1) needed to keep the Guild alive. Please come and join in the fun! Anyway, these are the thoughts that have been filling me with gratitude for the Guild here lately, but now that I’ve put them in writing, it’s time for me to head downstairs and get that warp on.

Mary Zurn

Meeting Changes

Please note that the meeting date for March occurs on the second Friday night of the month instead of the third Satur-day. This change will allow our workshop presenter to speak to the Guild before the weekend workshop. If you can host a guild member in your home for these special night meetings, please contact the hospitality chair Ruth Hough at 404-636– 4123 or [email protected].






THE CLAY HOUSE

A COMPLETE

WEAVING SHOP





Warping

Give us a Try



Golden Threads: Innovations and Tradi-

tions

2005 Southeast Fiber Juried Exhibition

As the guild prepares to cele-brate its Golden Anniversary, it is excited to announce the 2005 Southeast Fiber Exhibition, Golden Threads: Innovations and Traditions. This show will open May 15, 2005, and run through July 15, 2005, at the Lyndon House in Athens, Geor-gia. The show is open to all fiber artists in the Southeast (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV and the District of Co-lumbia). The entry fee of $25 and slides or CD are due by March 1, 2005. Awards: First Place - $1500 Second Place - $1000 Third Place - $750 As part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration, additional monetary awards totaling $2350 will be given to emerging artists who are presently working toward a BFA or MFA in textile/fiber arts or be-ginning their pursuit of a textile career. Along with slides or CD, entrants competing for these awards will submit a statement of where they are in their careers, an artist statement, and state-ment of how funds will be used. Questions about these awards should be directed to Lynn Nick-erson, 404/ 231-1875, [email protected]. The entry form can be printed off the web page at www.chgweb.com or send SASE to Kathi Grupp, 2572 Blackmon Dr., Decatur, Georgia 30033 404/329-2021 [email protected]

CHG Open House - Bring a Friend! Remember, the 2005 Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Open House will be Sunday February 13, 2005, from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm at the North DeKalb Cultural Center. We have some really great door prizes, super demon-strators, great displays and even food. So give yourself a nice afternoon out, come on over and become inspired! If you have any questions, please call or email Sandi Petty at 770/683-2846 or [email protected].

Upcoming Workshop Kathrin Weber Scott

Dyeing for the Non-Chemist: A Creative Ap-proach to Direct Dyeing March 12-13, 2005 Saturday &

Sunday 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Kathrin Weber Scott has been weaving and dying since 1975. Color and the flow of color are the focus of her handwoven work. Her clothesline is regularly draped with long and colorful yarns drying in the sun. Sturdy and simple weave structures are the basis for much of her weaving. In ad-dition to her busy teaching schedule, Kathrin is a mem-ber of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, Piedmont Crafts-men and Carolina Designer Craftsmen. Additionally, she teaches weaving at the John C. Campbell Folk School. For more information see www.blazingshuttles.com Kathrin’s workshop is about creative dyeing. Using Fiber Reactive MX dyes on cotton or other cellulose






http://www.blazingshuttles.com

February 19. 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting March 11, 2005 Friday evening—time & place to be announced April 16, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting May 21, 2005 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting June 18, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting

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YARN IN THE WOODS


Euroflax Linen

Fiber for Spinning

Gaywool Dyes


and Accessories

call:



[email protected]

Welcome to the Standards and

Ratings Program The program is a self-study program of weaving excellence established by the CHG. Members of the CHG conduct the anony-mous ratings program. Any member in good standing may participate in the pro-gram. The Chair of the Standards and Ratings pro-gram is available to assist members who want informa-tion and/or who elect to par-ticipate in the program. Once a member elects to participate, a men-tor may be assigned by the Guild or requested by the member. A great way to find out about mentors and weaving is to join the Study Group on Weave Structure. You will find the re-quirements of the program posted on our Web site. In addition, you will find com-ments from members who have successfully partici-pated in the program. A mission of our Guild is education of new weavers and education about weav-ing. This program is an ex-tension of our mission. To that end the board supports the program and wants to hear from you in any way that we may be more sup-port in your endeavor. Thank you for accept-ing the challenge. Enjoy the journey.

Helen Selser 404/425-0485

yarns, we will explore: Controlled space dyeing which often results in an ikat-look but without using resist ties. Mixing dye formulas from primaries to produce a wide range of color shading. Creative uses of hand-dyed yarns, which include many ways to mix hand-dyed yarns with commercial yarns to pro-duce an incredible diversity of fabrics. Technical Information re-quired to make the dyes color fast, setting up a basic dye kitchen and keeping notes and notebooks. We will also touch on ikat and shibori (forms of resist dyeing) as well as full immersion dying which gives a uniformly even color to yarn. The registration form for this workshop is inserted.


Digital Photos Needed If you have a digital camera, please bring it to the February meeting. We wants lots of photos of those baby blankets!

Website of the Month Maya Dubois from Eilat, Is-rael, has posted photos of her original paintings from 1995 to 2002. She has worked mainly in acrylics on woven paper. The images are fascinating with vibrant colors. http://community.webshots.com/album/18513613WGlyuzfZBb



The February meeting will be our show-and-tell of our baby blankets finished so far. We would like to have photos of this event so please bring your cameras. We will also dedicate the Gwen Tweedy cabinet, which is out-side Room 1. It will be used to display current, past and fu-ture works and events of the guild. On March 17, 2005, we will be hosting a lecture and tour of the Recursion ex-hibit, material expression of zeros and ones on view at the Museum of Design at 285 Peachtree Center Ave. Carol Lebaron, curator of the ex-hibit, Laura Strand, Junco Sato Pollack, and Bethanne Knudson have all been invited by our Guild to attend. Carol will give a lecture on how she selected the pieces for the show; then Laura, Junco and Bethanne will talk about their work in a tour of the exhibit. Lia Cook, one of the artists in this exhibit, is featured in the latest winter Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot magazine. All guild members, friends and family are invited. This is a really great exhibit to have here in Atlanta, and we want every-one to take advantage of see-ing these weavings. May 21 is our anniver-sary luncheon. Don’t forget to put this date on your calendar for this very special event. There are great plans for this

event, which you won't want to miss. March 1 is the entry deadline for our Southeast juried exhibit to be held at the Lyndon House in Athens, Ga. We would like to have great representation from our guild members for this show. I hope everyone has been busy weaving in this cold weather getting their entries ready. In October we will be hosting Small Expressions for HGA. The exhibit will be at the Mable House Cultural Arts Center. Michael W. Monroe will be the Juror.

Additional Award for Golden Threads

We are excited to have three additional awards for the exhibition as well as the over-all prizes and the emerging artists prizes. Along with the Complex Weaver Award and the HGA Award, we have just been approved to offer the Surface Design Award, which is "given to works that demon-strate excellence in surface design." Surface design is the "coloring, patterning, structur-ing and transformation of fab-ric, fiber or other materials." The award consists of a cer-tificate, a surface design rib-bon and one-year member-ship in the Surface Design As-sociation. The names of the winner and the show will be published in the Surface De-sign Association newsletter. A picture of the award-winning work may be published in the SDA Journal. For more infor-mation about this award please contact me at [email protected] or 404/329-2021. A reminder that the deadline for entry for the Golden Threads Juried Exhibi-tion is March 1, 2005.

50th Anniversary Update Events

Interested in Selling your Weaving?

I would like to talk with any-one interested in starting up a group to sell our weavings. I was not here when this was done in the past so I would like to talk with anyone who did do this about pros and cons and what works and what doesn’t work. Dinah Rose 770-516-5846 or [email protected]

HOSTS NEEDED We may need hosts for Guild members outside the metro area attending the Friday, March 11, meeting and the weekend work-shop. If you can provide housing for that meeting please contact Ruth Hough as soon as possible at either 404-838-4123 or [email protected].

March Fiber Focus Deadline:

March 1, 2005




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CHG Board: 2004-05


5744, [email protected] Properties: Jo Karst, 770-617-1457, [email protected] Newsletter: Janice Edens, 706/692-4314, [email protected] Standards & Ratings: Helen Selser, 404/425-0485, [email protected] Co-workshops: Lisa Ellis, 404/370-6131, [email protected] Co-exhibits: Cindy Fox, 404/367-9132, [email protected] Membership: Dinah Rose, 770/516-5846, [email protected]

Reminder Deadline for entry for the Golden Threads, the 2005 Southeast Juried Exhibition, is March 1, 2005. The pro-spectus will be available on line or by sending a SASE to Kathi Grupp, 2572 Blackmon Dr., Decatur, Georgia 30033. If you have suggestions of groups, individuals, or busi-nesses that should receive the prospectus, please con-tact Kathi Grupp at [email protected].

Treasurer’s Report November and December

2004

November 2004 10/31/04 Balance in Checking Acct: $19,332.62 Deposits/Credits 2,533.00 Checks/Debits 895.77 Interest Earned Nov. 2004 8.36 11/30/04 Balance in Checking Acct: $20,978.21 Uncleared transactions 9774.30 Register Balance $11,411.91 December 2004 11/30/04 Balance in Checking Acct: $20,978.21 Deposits/Credits 333.00 Checks/Debits 2,989.95 Interest Earned Dec. 2004 9.03 12/31/04 Balance in Checking Acct: $18,330.29 Uncleared transactions 8,202.69 Register Balance $10,127.60

Maggie DeFilippo, Treasurer [email protected]

Open House

Sunday, Feb. 13 1:00-4:00

Come see what others in your guild are doing and

talk with visitors about your love of weaving.

This is our chance to show the public what we do!

Goodies to eat and drink

Door prizes

HGA-LX Study Group The HGA-LX study group will be weaving Plain Weave or fabric for Lord of the Rings cloak. For more information, see the CHG Web site , "Classes and Workshops," and your Winter 2004-05 Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. To participate, sign up with HGA by March 10, and then sign up with the CHG education com-mittee by April 10. For more information email [email protected]

Need a Reed?

Only $5.00 rental. Check with Jo-Marie Karst before and af-ter the monthly meeting. 770/617-1457

















Winter Classes 2005

Basket Weaving Learn the ancient art form of bas-ket weaving. Practice basic skills of coiling, twining, and plaiting. Learn to make a ribbed Appala-chian Egg Basket. Explore the endless possibilities of creating your own woven vessels. Wednesday evenings, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. March 9 – March 30, 2005 Yvonne Dauria Class Fee: $60 Supplies $20 Elaine Bradley and Mary Zurn Class Fee: $125 Supplies: $20 Starter Class: Learn to Weave Learn to weave on a simple ta-ble-top rigid heddle loom. Com-plete a wool scarf, then learn fancy hand-manipulated tech-niques. This is a good introduc-tory class if you have no weaving experience. There will be home-work between the second and third classes. This class is approved for Geor-gia DOE PLU credit. Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. February 15 – March 8, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $60 Supplies: $20 Introduction to Sewing for Handweavers Beginners will start by learning the basics of sewing machine op-eration and how to read and ma-nipulate a pattern and then work on the actual garment construc-tion and finishing. All students will work from the same vest pat-tern, using fabrics of their choice.

Sewing machines will be re-quired (or be willing to share with another student). Short supply list and handouts will be distributed prior to the first class. Mondays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. February 7 – March 7, 2005 Allyson Archibald Class Fee: $80 Supplies: $10 Mugs Rugs: Weaving Intro-duction Weave colorful mug rugs while learning to weave on a four-shaft floor loom. Learn to prepare the loom for weaving, then weave a few sets of mug rugs for yourself or for a gift. Discussions focus on equip-ment and basic project plan-ning. No prior weaving experi-ence is required. Expect to complete about a dozen mug rugs. Supply list. Saturday, February 26, 2005, - 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m and Sunday, Febru-ary 27, 2005, - 1:00-5:00p.m. Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $75 Supplies: $20 For more information, see http://www.chgweb.com





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Equipment Rental Loom and equipment rentals are available through CHG Properties. See Jo-Marie Karst and her help-ers before and after the monthly guild meeting or call her at 770/617-1457 with your questions. Looms are coming back from sum-mer vacation so make your reser-vations now. There are still oppor-tunities as small as a 1-day com-mitment for jumping on the Proper-ties Committee wagon.

Condolences CHG sends its sym-pathy to the family of past Chattahoochee Guild mem-ber Barbara Creamer who died suddenly on Thursday, January 27. CHG also sends its sympathy to Catherine Neiner, whose father passed away on Sunday, January 30.


8 Past President's

Review Betty Hancock Smith

1983-85

I moved to Atlanta late 1979 and began attending the Guild immediately. I was so pleased to have a group who shared my passion for weav-ing. As soon as I took office, we lost our meeting place. We had been meeting for years in the meeting room of the big Sears store in Buckhead. It was ideal for a meeting place and we could keep our books there locked up in a cabinet that Ed Moultrop (no less) had built. We could not keep prop-erties there, so they were stored in sombody's base-ment - not an ideal situation. Now we were without a home and I started the search. My memory of those 2 years was a nightmare of looking. I had thought that with a city the size of Atlanta, there would be lots of possibilities. Not to go into great de-tail, we met some at a Land-scape Nursery on Buford Highway. It was hard to make your way through all the "stuff" and one of our members who was handicapped, couldn't attend. We met a very short time in a meeting room in an office building just north of Pe-rimeter Mall. Then I contacted a lady who was a docent at the Tullie Smith House, who left to take a job developing the North Arts Center. We worked out a deal with them. At first they were on Roberts

Road, just north of where we are now. They had a small house near the road and a somewhat larger one down the hill. We had our meeting in the larger house and actu-ally stored our properties and taught classes in 2 bed-rooms of the smaller house. It was fun to get all the prop-erties together, see what we had, and begin to use them. It wasn't long before the North Arts Center signed a contract with DeKalb County for a lot of space in our pre-sent building and we were able to arrange to rent a room, just for us, that we could lock. They actually de-signed and built the cabinets to our specs. Now we had a home. It still isn't perfect, but as I've looked at other guilds throughout the nation, we have a pretty good situation. So much for problems. Those 2 years were the most fun and rewarding I have ever spent, mainly be-cause of the strong support of past president Asa Blake, and a capable and depend-able board. I was so amazed and pleased to see a group

of mostly women, who were willing to help and share. No-body seemed protective of her turf. This makes for a wonder-ful environment for new weav-ers to jump in and not feel inti-mated. We started the classes on a regular basis during this time, and this insured new people coming in. We only had one teacher then - it's so much better now because so many people help out and do what they do best. This makes the whole group so much more strong. One of the strengths of this group is the continuing participation of longer-time members. Many have stepped back in and served on the board many years after their first time, yet new members are always needed and appre-ciated. Now that I have been away a few years, I don't even recognize many names, yet I know that you have stepped in to carry the good work for-ward. I am very glad to have been a small part of this unbe-lievable 50 years. Keep the younger members coming - we need 50 more years.

Betty Smith

Field Trip Weaving Arts Studio


Individualized weaving classes

Take a break and stimulate your creative urges Information at: www.weavingschool.com



Fiber Events

To Enter May 15-July 15, 2005. Golden Threads: Innovations and Tra-ditions, CHG’s 2005 Southeast Fiber Juried Exhibition at the Lyndon House in Athens, Georgia. Deadline for entries March 1, 2005. See entire article on p. 3 for details. May 5-7, 2005 Seventh An-nual Wesleyan Artist Mar-ket The Wesleyan Arts Alli-ance, Wesleyan School, Nor-cross, GA, is planning for their seventh annual Wesleyan Art-ist Market, which emphasizes fine art and features a variety of styles, subjects and medi-ums, with artists coming from throughout the Southeast. This past May they sold $100,000+ of art during the show. If you are interesting in participating in the show, send photos of a representative sampling of your work and a current price list to Nancy P. Wilson 3500 Newport Bay Dr. Alpharetta, GA. 30005. Their jury will review these for con-sideration for the May 2005 Artist Market. Space is limited. Reply by September 15, 2004. If accepted, you will receive an information packet after that date. If you have questions, contact Nancy P. Wilson, Art-ist Market Chairperson 2005, Wesleyan Arts Alliance, Wesleyan School, [email protected], 770/633-3274

Exhibits & Shows January-August 2005 A Rich Tapestry: The History of Handicrafts at Berry. Re-live the Handicrafts era (1910-2003) at Berry College near Rome, GA., through an exhibi-tion of photographs, looms and other artifacts, including woven materials made by for-mer Berry students. The Mar-tha Berry Museum. For more information, call 706/291-1883. February 12-April 3, 2005 Durham Arts Council Show and Sale “Triangle Weav-ers—Woven Expressions” Reception on February 24 from 5-7 p.m. Email [email protected] for more in-formation. Saturday, March 12, 2005 from 10 am - 4 pm The Over-mountain Weaver's Guild Fibers Show and Sale at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area in Elizabethton, TN. Demonstrations of weaving, spinning, basketry and more! Vendors on hand and handcrafted items made by mem-bers of the guild for sale. New this year! "mini" workshops throughout the Day. For informa-tion: 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Eliza-bethton, TN 37643 423/543-5808 [email protected] Opportunities Feb. 23-27 Alpaca Fiber to Fashion Conference at the Hilton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, hosted by The Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (AOBA) and the Alpaca Regis-try, Inc. (ARI). Please log onto www.alpacashows.com for the

latest show and contact informa-tion. Watch OneVoice and Al-pacas Magazine for details. March 4-6, 2005 SOUTHEAST FIBER FORUM 2005 Treasure Trove: Celebrating Our Fiber Heritage Hosted by The Tues-day Treadlers’ Guild at Guild Park Conference Center, Long Beach, MS. For further informa-tion, check their website at www.main.nc.us/sffa, email [email protected] or [email protected] or call 713/256-7113. March 17-20, 2005 Florida Tropical Weaver’s Guild cele-brates its 61st conference in Eus-tis, FL. Featured are informative workshops in weaving, spinning, basketry, dyeing and bead-ing. This year’s instructors in-clude Rita Buchanan (spinning), Sharon Alderman (weaving), Barbara Walker (weaving), Karen Selk (surface design), NanC Meinhardt (beading) and Maryse Levenson (kumihimo). Other events in-clude an inspirational juried fiber exhibit, numerous commercial vendors and an entertaining fashion show. For registration forms and addi-tional information visit the FTWG web site at www.ftwg.org or con-tact: Jacki Malone, 313 Bay Street, Tarpon Springs, FL, Email: [email protected] Any instructors or vendors inter-ested in participating in future conferences please contact FTWG as indicated above.




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We again will have our annual yarn sale at the February meeting. Bring in any yarn you wish to sell. Be sure it is priced and has your name on it. Label with the fiber content if possible. You will need to handle the selling on your own, so come prepared to stay with your yarn and make change. We will be open from 9.30 am until 10.30 am. We will also be open for a short time after the meeting.

Ever thought you would like to get more involved in the Guild? Here is your chance. There are many ways you can help with the 2005 Juried Ex-hibition in May. The amount of time and involvement is up to you. We just need a willing-ness to try! There are opportu-nities to help with mailing of prospectus, hanging of the show, pursuing funding, plan-ning the reception, designing the invitation, and much more. Please contact Kathi Grupp 404/329-2021 or [email protected]


People.

Yarn Sale at February Meeting

Minutes of General Meeting January 7, 2005

MINUTES: The minutes of the November, 2004, meeting were accepted as published in Fiber Focus. WORKSHOPS: Leslie has handouts from Rosalie Nielson's workshop. Catherine Weber Scott's workshop will be in March. 50th ANNIVERSARY: New name tags are now on the board in the Guild room. Baby blankets will be collected at the February meeting and thus available for all to see. They will be labeled with a tag that will merely state the Chattahoo-chee Handweavers Guild, At-lanta, GA. At the next meeting, those who have digital cameras are asked to bring them to take pictures for publicity purposes. There will be a tribute for Gwen Tweedy at the February meet-ing; the cabinet bought with do-nations in her honor is here and in the hallway outside the Guild room. EXHIBITS: March 1st is the deadline for submitting either slides or CDs with digital pho-tos with your entry in Golden Threads. Get weaving! Cindy Fox is our new co-exhibits chair and member of the board. She will be responsible for the member show in 2006. PUBLICITY: Sarah Zingarelli is compiling of list of publica-tions to which we can submit publicity notices. She needs help making phone calls to these publications to obtain in-formation of how, when, where to submit publicity. NEWSLETTER: The newslet-ter went out this past Monday. If you did not get it, please

check your spam box if you re-ceive your newsletter over the internet. The newsletter came from a new e-mail address: [email protected], so add it to your list if you need to. STANDARDS & RATINGS: A study group is forming to study weave structures, using Sharon Alderman's book, Mastering Weave Structures. Contact Helen Selser or Mary Zurn for more information. PROPERTIES: 2 table looms sold over Christmas, to 10 and 12 year old sisters! MEMBERSHIP: We have a new member, Linda Campbell. An e-mail has been sent to old mem-bers who haven't rejoined this year, encouraging them to rejoin so they can be part of the 50th Anniversary festivities. EDUCATION: We have a good array of classes for Winter. Di-anne Totten is doing her inlay rug class, we have beginning and intermediate classes, a sew-ing class, and basket making. in spring we will have a chair can-ing class. You can weave a baby blanket in one of the day classes. OPEN HOUSE: The Open House is February 13. Sandi Petty, chair of the Open House, needs volunteers to help set up, bring food, donate or locate do-nors for door prizes, and take down after the Open House. Mary Fleming-Netland, Secretary

“All we have to leave behind is what comes from our hands.”

Daryl Lancaster




Terry Williamson—Designer of the Golden Anniversary Name Badge for CHG

Grandmothers are wonderful people. My maternal grandmother is the one who had the pa-tience to show me crocheting and tatting, and that string has another name, yarn. A loop pot holder loom is a good teacher also; it can teach simple structure and economics; a skein of knit-ting yarn costs less than a pack of loops and wove more, at least in the 50’s it did. You can make big things from small pot holders. Books from the public library are great when you are not around someone who weaves and are trying to figure out how to make a loom and do weaving. All of this happened during my very early years, so maybe this is where I got the bug. With that said, I suppose I may qualify as being self-taught. I did sign up for a beginners weaving class once, but I had to work during class time so I went after class and figured it out for myself. By volunteering at Oatland Island Education Center in Savannah I was able to do demon-stration weaving on a 140 year old loom once a month in their historic area, which was very en-joyable. When asked about a special project, any project that I can complete is very special; they are few and far between so much so that winding warp and dressing the loom is still exciting to me. I’m very appreciative of CHG for being here with all the inspiration I collect during the meet-ings and dream of the many items I will weave someday. The name tag was a process of discarding many thoughts over a month or so. The logo, name, and 50th were a given. I had read the mission statement in Fiber Focus, and the thought of “what if” this had been available to me those many years ago dictated what should be included. The colors were the results of talking to several people as well as what could be printed with a color printer to avoid printing costs and to save time. I used MS Word to put it all together and add in the names. The ribbon was the easiest idea, but the most work. Many thanks to Alicia and Leigh for the many hours of tedious work threading the ribbon.

Terry Williamson

Terry’s winning entry


Loom for Sale: child's EZ Rigid Heddle loom. $70. See property’s chair Jo-Marie Karst.

Loom for Sale: Macomber Ad-a-Harness 24 inch floor loom, four harnesses, six treadles. $450. Call Becky Owen, evenings and weekends at 404-303-8424.

Loom for Sale: 20” Dorset Loom. Only used a few times. $550.00 Dinah Rose 770-516-5846 or [email protected]


Warping Mill for Sale: Floor model Warping Mill, LeClerc. Not sure of age but similiar to new LeClerc Model 6340-4000 which you can presently view at www.leclerclooms.com. One piece (the peg part) has been remanufactured, or you can still pur-chase a replacement part from LeClerc if you prefer new. Very sturdy and works fine, should give lots more years of trouble-free use. Does 4 yards per turn, and warps up to 50 yards, great for large and small projects. Sells new for $485.00, I'll sell this one at only $75.00. Call Lyn @ 404 377-8010 or email to [email protected]

Loom For Sale: Harrisville 8 shaft loom approx. 50-inch-wide loom. In-cludes bench. Excellent condition. $1500. Call CJ at 770 335 6640.



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March 2005


From the President


Next Meeting: Friday, March 11

7:00 p.m.—refreshments 7:30 p.m.—program In the library meeting room

Thank You We did our own program for the February Guild meeting and what a tremendous success it was!! I couldn’t believe all the baby blankets! They just kept coming...and they were all so beautifully different. It seems like every blanket had its own little story. I hope the babies who are eventually going to be wrapped up in them will be able to feel the love that went into making them. The Gwen Tweedy Memorial Exhibit Case is now hous-ing its first exhibit. I never had an opportunity to meet Gwen Tweedy, but after hearing Elaine’s dedication, I know that she must have been an extraordinary person. She obviously touched so many of our members’ lives in a significant way. Elaine remembers her as a teacher who supported her devel-opment as a weaver and as someone who was always helping other weavers strive for more in their art. In her moving dedica-tion, Elaine reminded us that we shouldn’t wait to tell our men-tors “thank you” for all they have meant to us. I’m taking her advice to heart and am going public with my thanks. Elaine, I’m so grateful that when I signed up to take my first weaving class, you and Ann were there ready to light the fire. I know I am one of many members who have found their way to the Guild by taking one of our introductory classes. The guild classes don’t just happen by themselves. I think that sometimes Elaine runs the Education Committee so efficiently we are in danger of taking much of what she and her commit-tee members do for granted. Please join me in thanking Elaine Bradley for all that she does for the Guild, for her fellow weav-ers, and for the folks who drop by for a class and stay forever.

Mary Zurn

March Program

Our March program will bring us nationally known weaver and dyer, Katherin Webber Scott. Katherin will be leading a Saturday and Sunday work-shop on dying; thus the pro-gram will be on March 11, a Friday evening, at 7:00 pm . Katherine has this to say about her lecture to us: “Listen to your yarn...your loom...your cloth... (It’s trying to tell you some-thing!) Who has ever noticed that she has one selvage that is consistently better (or worse!) than the other? Who has ever noticed that her loom moves clockwise (or counter clockwise or forward or back-ward) as she weaves? Do you ignore it? Or nail it down? If you shrug it off as inevitable, then you are not listening. Your yarn (and loom) are try-ing to tell you something.”

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Standards and Ratings Those of you who participated in Marci Petrini’s workshop last year might re-member her suggestion that our guild participate in the traveling samples for cross country weavers. Well, sounded like a good project for Standards and Ratings since I just had to send in my name and promise to return the book several days after arrival. Marci will mail it to me, leaving her location March 17th. I have to post it April 1st. So here is the plan: We can meet in Room 1 at the Spruill Center or at my home. I’ll meet with you on a first-come-first-served ba-sis. Call me at 404/256-0485 or email [email protected] to see what options are avail-able.

Meeting Change

Please note that the meeting date for March occurs on the second Friday night of the month instead of the third Satur-day. This change will allow our workshop presenter to speak to the Guild before the weekend workshop.

Hosts Needed

We may need hosts for Guild members outside the metro area attending the Friday, March 11, meeting and the weekend work-shop. If you can provide housing for that meeting please contact Ruth Hough as soon as possible at either 404-838-4123 or [email protected].

Condolences

CHG sends its sym-pathy to Pam Olinto, who recently lost her father.







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2005 Open House - a Great Success! The Open House was a great success, and it is thanks to all who volunteered their skills, talents and time. Thank you to our great demonstrators; the companies and individuals that donated door prizes; those who brought food, set up and cleaned up; and those that committed their time to making sure these things happened. Thank you for all you do!

Sandi Petty [See photos of the Open House below. My thanks to the person who gave me a CD with these wonderful photos. Please let me know who you are—I’ve been trying to recall and just can’t. Janice]

March 11, 2005 (Friday eve-ning) 7:00 p.m. …....Refreshments 7:30 p.m. …General Meeting April 16, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting May 21, 2005 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting June 18, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting

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YARN IN THE WOODS


Euroflax Linen

Fiber for Spinning

Gaywool Dyes


and Accessories

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Ever thought you would like to get more involved in the Guild? Here is your chance. There are many ways you can help with the 2005 Juried Ex-hibition in May. The amount of time and involvement is up to you. We just need a willing-ness to try! There are opportu-nities to help with hanging of the show, planning the recep-tion, designing the invitation, and much more. Please con-tact Kathi Grupp 404/329-2021 or [email protected]


People.

Baby Blanket Thank-you

What a generous and thoughtful crowd we are!!!!!! I know that many people were impressed by what we accomplished with the baby blankets. Maggie counted 51 of them and I'm expecting a number more. If you didn't finish yours, don't worry, I'll take them any time. It will be a few months before we give them away. Also, I'm receiv-ing ideas for places for them to be given so please send me yours. We'll look through all of the suggestions and try to figure out where they can best be used. Thank you to one and all for your care and hard work for our "American babies."

Lynn Nickerson

[See photos of some of these blankets on p. 11]

Jane Adams: 1996-1997 My guild presidency during 1996-97 was a busy time. Many of our activities centered around prepara-tions for Convergence '98. In other areas, our membership increased 15% to approximately 150 mem-bers. The guild enjoyed pro-grams by Lynn Nickerson, Anita Mayer, Junko Sato Pollock, Sandy Webster, Ed-wina Bringle, Donna Lee Sullivan, Lyn Perry, Cath-erine Neiner and Melanie

Lynch from the Robert C. Wil-liams Papermaking Museum. That year our work-shops were Anita Mayer's "Magic Pouch" and "Beaded Heart Pin," Sandy Webster's "On Loom Baskets and Peo-ple," and Dianne Totten's "Sewing with Handwovens.” The CHG juried show was held at the Etowah Art Gallery in Cartersville, GA, in May and June. Judges were Tommye Scanlin and Ray Pierotti. The Best in Show


Past Presidents Review




Thursday March 17, 2005, 6:00 pm to 8.00 pm CHG will host a reception and lecture at the Recursion ex-hibit that is currently on view at the Museum of Design in Atlanta. Carol Lebaron, cura-tor, with exhibiting artists Junco Sato Pollack, Bethanne Knudson and Laura Strand will be here to talk with us about there work. So don’t miss this special evening the Guild is hosting. This is an ex-hibit well worth going to and is in conjunction with our 50th anniversary celebration. We are very fortunate to have this fiber exhibit in Atlanta. Invita-tions are being mailed to all guild members. On May 21, 2005, CHG will have its 50th Anniversary Luncheon. We have some wonderful plans for this lunch-eon and as part of this event the planning committee wants you to join the challenge to create

fifty things held to-gether by a gold thread. in a spirit reminiscent of At-lanta Convergence’s silk purse from a sow's ear . We expect your imagination to fly ! Bring your entries to the luncheon — we will display or parade— and celebrate 50 years hanging together!

Thank you to every-one who brought all the baby blankets to our February meeting. What a great show and tell. To think they have not all been shown yet as I know some of you still have them on the loom. Bring them to the March meeting; it is not too late. Be sure to see our new display cabinet that is in the hallway outside room 1 . Thanks to everyone that helped in all ways for us to have this cabinet for display-ing our history and our weav-ings now and in the future.

Christine Stanton




April Fiber Focus Deadline:

April 1, 2005 (no April Fools!)

Website of the Month English artist Lizzie Houghton has created an in-teresting felting site with inno-vative uses of various sorts of felting. The slide show of her hats, jackets, cushions, etc., reveals very creative use of felting techniques with bold colors. According to the site “A love of colour, pattern, tex-tures, and natural forms com-bined with luxury natural fab-rics are Lizzie’s greatest inspi-ration. She creates ‘one off’ jackets, hats, scarves, cush-ions, silk painted and embroi-dered pictures and other decorative items, incorporat-ing her printing, dyeing and machine embroidery skills. She is currently experimenting widely with hand rolled felt and Nuno felting techniques with the addition of silks and velvets.” http://www.lizziehoughton.com/ One caveat: use the links at the top of the page; the ones at the bottom don’t work.

Need a Reed?



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CHG Board: 2004-05



Treasurer’s Report January 2005

12/31/04 Balance in Checking Acct: $18,330.29 Deposits/Credits 2,524.00 Checks/Debits 2,065.64 Interest Earned Nov. 2004 8.36 1/31/05 Balance in Checking Acct: $18,797.01 Uncleared transactions 7,053.15 Register Balance $11,743.86

Maggie DeFilippo, Treasurer

[email protected]

As part of CHG’s 50th celebration luncheon, the plan-ning committee wants you to join the challenge to create

Fifty things held together by a gold thread.

In a spirit reminiscent of Atlanta Convergence’s silk purse from a sow’s ear, we expect your imagination to fly! Bring your entries to the luncheon – we’ll dis-play or parade – and celebrate 50 years of hanging together!

HGA-LX Study Group The HGA-LX study group will be weaving Plain Weave or fabric for Lord of the Rings cloak. For more information, see the CHG Web site , "Classes and Workshops," and your Winter 2004-05 Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. To participate, sign up with HGA by March 10, and then sign up with the CHG education com-mittee by April 10. For more information email [email protected]

that year were Karen Sand-ers - Programs, Pam How-ard - Workshops, Judie Dy-sart - Exhibits, Julia Benson-Secretary, Dianne Rogers - Treasurer, Linda Jarrett - Properties, Carol Franklin - Newsletter, Samira Hazen - Standards and Ratings, Dodie Proctor - Co-Workshops and Laura Moore - Membership. CHG officially leased room 1 from Dekalb Country,

beginning January 1, 1997. Betty Smith was largely re-sponsible for the completion of this effort. Room 1 was then used as the office during Convergence. By-law revisions were also underway during that time and accepted by mem-bership vote the following year. [Thanks for Leslie Gassmann, Historian, for getting these pro-files together.]

Award went to Carol Franklin. Two mini-workshops were given after meetings —Name Drafting with Elaine Bradley and Synthetic Dyeing with Paula Vester. The Standards and Ratings guidelines were up-dated and improved, providing a more comprehensive and structured program for candi-dates. Other Board members

















Spring Classes 2005

Floor Loom Weaving – Intro-duction* This two-day class introduces the stu-dent to four-shaft floor loom weaving. Learn to prepare the loom for weaving and produce a sampler of loom-controlled and hand-manipulated weaves. Discussions focus on terminol-ogy, reading patterns, and basic project planning. *This class is approved for Georgia De-partment of Education PLU Credit. Con-tact us for details. Saturday & Sunday – 9:00a.m.-

5:00p.m April 2 & 3, 2005 Elaine Bradley and staff Class Fee: $90 Supplies: $20 Beginning and Intermediate Floor Weaving – Day Class Beginner class with the emphasis on taking home a finished project and learning how to keep accurate records. We will be weaving tea towels starting with the basic weave structures. Stu-dents will learn the parts of the loom, how to make a warp and dress the loom, how to read and understand patterns, and how to plan projects. The class make-up will determine what topics are covered. Experienced students may work on their own project. Wednesdays , 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. April 6 - June 1, 2005 Ann Doherty and Kay Guilmet Class Fee: $125 Supplies: $25 Beginning and Continuing

Weaving Compressed Class Beginners learn to prepare the loom for weaving and to read and design pat-terns. Students produce a sampler ex-ploring loom-controlled and hand-manipulated techniques, and may create a project of their choice if time allows. Continuing students may study a spe-cific weave technique or design a project with the help of the instructor. Discus-sions include project planning, fibers, different weaves, and color interaction.

Tuesday & Thursday evenings, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm May 3 - May 26, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $125 Supplies : $20 Introduction to Handspinning Welcome to handspinning! This class is a relaxed and informative introduc-tion to the basics of spinning. We will spin with the spindle and spinning wheel using a variety of fibers. The instructor will bring spindles, spinning wheels and fiber, but feel free to bring your own equipment and fibers. Please bring a sack lunch for the lunch break. May 7, 2005 Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (with a short break for lunch) Leslie Bronson Class Fee: $40 Supplies: $10 Starter Class: Learn to Weave* Learn to weave on a simple table-top rigid heddle loom. Complete a wool scarf, then learn fancy hand-manipulated techniques. This is a good introductory class if you have no weaving experience. There will be homework between the classes. *This class is approved for Georgia De-partment of Education PLU Credit. Con-tact us for details. Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. June 4 & 11, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $60 Supplies: $20 Mugs Rugs: Weaving Intro-duction Weave colorful mug rugs while learn-ing to weave on a four-shaft floor loom. Learn to prepare the loom for weaving, then weave a few sets of mug rugs for yourself or for a gift. Dis-cussions focus on equipment and ba-sic project planning. No prior weaving experience is required. Expect to com-plete about a dozen mug rugs.





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June 25 & 26, 2005 Saturday, June 25, 2005, - 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m & Sunday, June 26, 2005, - 1:00-5:00p.m. Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $75 Supplies: $20 For more information, see http://www.chgweb.com


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Girl Friend Get Aways Weaving Arts Studio


Package trips available for lodging and fiber play

Information at: www.weavingschool.com

Fall and Winter Workshops, Come and Gone We’ve had so much going on so far this year that I’ve had no room to include anything about the workshops once they’ve passed. This month, though, I find myself with some extra room and want to use it to do a brief retrospective on the two workshops we’ve had this year. In October 2004, Rosalie Neilson brought us “Blocks—The Handholds of Design” in which we created a mind-boggling number of variations on block designs. In January 2005 Daryl Lancaster pre-sented a marvelous opportunity to learn how to use scraps of handwovens (or other fabric) to cre-ate new pieces. Although we applied the technique to making a vest, she showed us several other projects using scraps left over from our weaving. The workshops are always great opportu-nities for intensive learning as well as fun with fellow fiber folk. Here are some photos from these workshops.



Fiber Events

Exhibits & Shows

January 11-March 26, 2005. RECURSION: Material Ex-pression of Zeros & Ones” on view at the Museum of Design from Curated by Carol LeBaron. Each of these art-ists combines her artistic vi-sion with the latest in digital design and printing in unique and truly inspired ways. Call 404/688-2467 for more infor-mation. www.museumofdesign.org January-August 2005 A Rich Tapestry: The History of Handicrafts at Berry. Re-live the Handicrafts era (1910-2003) at Berry College near Rome, GA., through an exhibition of photographs, looms and other artifacts, in-cluding woven materials made by former Berry stu-dents. The Martha Berry Mu-seum. For more information, call 706/291-1883. February 12-April 3, 2005 Durham Arts Council Show and Sale “Triangle Weav-ers—Woven Expressions” Email [email protected] for more information May 15—July 15, 2005 Golden Threads: Innova-tions and Traditions, CHG’s 2005 Southeast Fiber Juried Exhibition at the Lyndon House in Athens, Georgia. Saturday, March 12, 2005 from 10 am - 4 pm The Over-mountain Weaver's Guild Fibers Show and Sale at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area in Elizabethton, TN. Demonstra-

Opportunities March 17-20, 2005 Florida Tropical Weaver’s Guild cele-brates its 61st conference in Eustis, FL. Featured are infor-mative workshops in weaving, spinning, basketry, dyeing and beading. This year’s instruc-tors include Rita Buchanan (spinning), Sharon Alderman (weaving), Barbara Walker (weaving), Karen Selk (surface design), NanC Meinhardt (beading) and Maryse Leven-son (kumihimo). Other events include an inspirational juried fiber exhibit, numerous com-mercial vendors and an enter-taining fashion show. For registration forms and addi-tional information visit the FTWG web site at www.ftwg.org or contact: Jacki Malone, 313 Bay Street, Tarpon Springs, FL, Email: [email protected] Any instructors or vendors in-terested in participating in fu-ture conferences please con-tact FTWG as indicated above.

Peg Carpenter has found an interesting site relevant to creative artists of all sorts. From it she extracted this sug-gestion for ways artists can use journal writing: “Make notes of incomplete thoughts, fragments, figments. Let ideas freely associate and take you where they will. Take advantage of giddy times, high energy, altered states. Revisit your thoughts and ask, ‘What could be?’ Condense material by rewriting, gisting and summarizing. Liberate yourself by consciously omit-ting the word “I.” Include re-source persons, research zones, other sources. Circle, highlight, and re-illustrate ideas in progress. Mix and match by looking outward as well as inward. Make a deci-sion whether to share or not to share. View your journal in different light at different times. Prioritize. Not all of you is brilliant.” http://www.painterskeys.com/letters.asp?let=030307 My thanks to Peg for recom-mending this site and for sending me so many other good suggestions for the Website of the Month.

Journaling for Artists tions of weaving, spinning, bas-ketry and more! Vendors on hand and handcrafted items made by members of the guild for sale. New this year! "mini" workshops throughout the Day. For information: 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643 423/543-5808 [email protected]

http://www.museumofdesign.org


http://www.ftwg.org


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Minutes of General Meeting February 19, 2005

Programs: Katherin Webber Scott will do the March meeting. It will be on March 11, a Friday night meeting starting at 7:00 p.m. Properties: The 48" loom now has 8 harnesses installed. We have 1000 heddles for Baby Wolf looms, and two 20-dent reeds. There have not been a lot of rent-als. We have a Friendly loom for sale for $70. Membership: Dinah is still work-ing on re-enlisting members who have not renewed. The Guild needs to track the number of members throughout the year and do a comparison year to year. A door prize was suggested to en-courage members to sign up. We have several new members today. Education: Congratulations to Sandi Petty and her crew for a great Open House. We had nu-merous students due to a demon-stration that Ann Doherty did ear-lier this month. Fiber in the Class-room has been cancelled due to low registration. Exhibits: At this time there are few entrants for the Golden Threads Exhibit. If you have any questions on the entry, call Kathi Grupp. Nomination Committee: Helen Selser, Christine Stanton, and Ann Doherty reviewed how many years each board member has remain-ing in her term. Mary Zurn moved that we have a special meeting to review the way nominations and appointments to positions are done. She will e-mail board mem-bers suggested dates and times. Maggie will ask her sister to facili-tate this meeting. Other Business: We still need someone to be in charge of the cabinet. This could rotate. It does-n't need a new display each month. Respectfully submitted,

Mary Fleming-Netland

Minutes: The minutes of the previ-ous meeting were approved as pub-lished in Fiber Focus, with the fol-lowing correction. There was a dis-cussion of putting labels in the baby blankets, but no decisions has yet been made. Workshops: The Catherine Weber Scott workshop in March is full. It will be at here at the Spruill Arts Center. 50th Anniversary: On March 17 there will be a reception for the "Recursion" exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design. Carol LeBaron is the curator of the exhibit and will give a lecture at the gallery for the Guild. Jean Clark announced that there are some great events planned for the luncheon. Christine Stanton recognized Catherine Neiner, who chaired the committee for Convergence 1998. She put in an incredible amount of very crea-tive work which was essential to our Convergence. Newsletter: March 1 is deadline for newsletter. If you know of anyone who is not getting the newsletter, please let Janice Edens. Programs: Catherine Weber Scott will do the March meeting. It will be on March 11, a Friday night meet-ing starting at 7:00 p.m. Exhibits: At this time there are few entrants for the Golden Threads Exhibit. Any questions on the entry call Kathi Grupp. HGA: "Small Expressions" exhibit will be at the Mable House this fall. Respectfully submitted. Mary Fleming-Netland, Secretary

Treasurer: Individuals needing re-imbursement please remit forms on the internet if possible. Maggie De Filippo warned that our 501C status (non-profit corporation) is easier to lose than it used to be; she recom-mended that we find someone who can confidently state which activities the Guild can engage in. Leslie Bronson said she would consult her boss on whether a sale group would endanger that status. All guild mem-bers will be asked at some point if they have further questions or con-cerns. Maggie will take responsibility for this. Workshops: The Katherin Webber Scott workshop in March is full. It will be at here at the Spruill Arts Center. Co-Workshops: The following in-structors have been determined for workshops: Sharon Alderman in January, 2006; Janet Stolnitz in March, 2006; and Pam Howard pos-sibly in October 2006, not yet con-firmed. Exact dates will be published as soon as possible. A clause in our contract with workshop providers specifies that handouts be mailed a month ahead. Katherin Webber Scott will not be doing that. The question arises: is this clause nec-essary in the contract? 50th Anniversary: Baby blankets to be turned in and displayed today. On March 17, 2005, there will be a reception for the "Recursion" exhibit at the Museum of Design. Carol Le-Baron is the curator of the exhibit and will give a lecture at the gallery for the Guild. Jean Clark announced that there are some great events planned for the luncheon in May. Newsletter: March 1 is deadline for the newsletter. If you know of any-one who is not getting the newslet-ter, please let Janice Edens know. Standards & Ratings: The new study group now meeting could de-velop into the basis of a mentoring process. The group meets after the general Guild meeting today, focus-ing on plain weave for this month.

Minutes of Board Meeting February 19, 2005

Equipment Rental Loom and equipment rentals are available through CHG Properties. See Jo-Marie Karst and her helpers before and after the monthly guild meeting or call her at 770/617-1457 with your questions. There are still opportunities as small as a 1-day commitment for jumping on the Properties Committee wagon.


Baby Blankets Galore! The Fiftieth Anniversary Baby Blanket Project was a tremendous success. At our February meet-ing we showed off the amazing variety of baby blankets we had woven, knitted, quilted, and cro-cheted, as well as various combinations. Some brought in blankets created by another who couldn’t attend the meeting. Former member Ilona Kemenes sent a lovely one all the way from Hungary. Below you’ll find as many photos of the blankets as I can fit in. My thanks to Dianne Totten and Terri Bryson who helped me get photos of these creations.


Loom for Sale: child's EZ Rigid Heddle loom. $70. See prop-erty’s chair Jo-Marie Karst.

Loom for Sale: Schacht 4-harness, maple loom, high castle, 46” width, brand new stainless 12-dent reed, new heddles, bench with side buckets (similar to Cranbrook bench). In great shape but needs new apron tie cords. $950.00. Pick up in Dahlonega or can meet in North Georgia area. Call Debra 706/867-7572. Email [email protected]

Loom for Sale: 20” Dorset Loom. Only used a few times. $550.00 Dinah Rose 770/516-5846 or [email protected]


Warping Mill for Sale: Floor model Warping Mill, LeClerc. Not sure of age but similiar to new LeClerc Model 6340-4000 which you can presently view at www.leclerclooms.com. One piece (the peg part) has been remanufactured, or you can still pur-chase a replacement part from LeClerc if you prefer new. Very sturdy and works fine, should give lots more years of trouble-free use. Does 4 yards per turn, and warps up to 50 yards, great for large and small projects. Sells new for $485.00, I'll sell this one at only $75.00. Call Lyn @ 404 377-8010 or email to [email protected] Loom for Sale 12" 8 Harness Mountain Loom

Pique. Two warp frames: a single warp frame for regular weaving, and the double warp frame for pique. Lots of extra heddles. 8, 10, 12 dent Reeds. Loom Stand. $350.00 Warping Mill for Sale: 20 yard vertical floor model warping Mill. Adjustable for different length warps. $250.00. Contact Nancy Ratliff at [email protected] or 770/483-8990.




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April 2005


From the President


Next Meeting: Saturday, April 16

9:00 a.m.—board meeting 10:00 a.m.—refreshments 10:30 a.m.—program

I don’t know exactly why dyeing workshops are so enjoy-able, but every one I’ve ever been to has been just plain fun. It’s not reasonable that this should be so. It seems like you would be uptight and nervous when the instructor warns you of the dangers of breathing the dye and letting it soak into your skin. Everyone is wearing masks looking like they’re in an ICU. Pots of boiling water are bubbling all over the place. Doesn’t sound like the backdrop for letting loose and trying daring things does it? But we did! Kathrin Weber Scott was so incredibly amusing, crea-tive, and encouraging that it would have been difficult to dud out during the workshop she conducted for us. I don’t think she could ever allow that to happen when she’s teaching. For those of you who missed Kathrin’s program and the workshop, I suggest you find a way to take a workshop or class from her when you get a chance. She does teach at the Campbell Folk School, but I imagine her classes fill up quickly. I think part of what’s so fascinating about dyeing is that the process yields so many wonderful surprises even when you try to control it. We saw some skeins of yarn that looked dark and muddy before they went into the boiling pot, but when they came out the colors had become deep and rich and so very beautiful. I look forward to seeing what these skeins and warps become. Mine are probably going to stay in their current state for a while. I’m not ready to give up looking at them and mar-veling over how amazingly “perfect” they turned out.

See you soon, Mary Zurn

April Program

For our April program, Chris-tine Stanton and Lynn Nicker-son will present a program showing how they combined their talents to create their en-try for the Convergence Fash-ion Show, in Denver, Colo-rado, in 2004. They will em-phasize the advantages of working on a project together. It was a long process, but well worth the time and energy put into it as you will see during the program. They will have a surprise at the end of the pro-gram. Who can resist that?

Green with Envy by Christine Stanton and Lynn Nickerson.

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Opening Reception

Golden Threads May 15, from 2-5 p.m.

Lyndon House Arts Center

Athens, Georgia

Jurors Alice Schlein and Dorothy Moye will speak about the pieces chosen and the show in general. Refreshments Presentation of Awards

HGA-LX Study Group Contact Elaine Bradley at [email protected] if you are weaving in this Learning Exchange and are interested in participating in the guild study group.

Education Committee Thanks

The Education Committee ex-tends thanks for the following donations: - Julia Benson-Slaughter for magazines - Sharleen Meyer for a rigid heddle loom

Condolences

Our sympathy goes out to Ase Blake, whose father passed away on March 12.

Open House Photos Thanks to Cindy Fox for provid-ing the photos of the Open House for the March issue of Fiber Focus last month.






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Jean P. Hunnicut: 1977-1978 It’s hard to believe it’s been 27 years since I was president of the Guild. It was the year the by-laws were re-written and we received non-profit status. I remember so many members working to-gether to achieve both goals. The by-laws were re-written completely starting with a clean slate. The major change was the establishment of the board to lead the Guild. Board members elected by the membership to serve 3 years (staggered) would de-termine among themselves who would serve in each of-fice. This was to provide con-tinuity and to allow board members to decide how best to work together to lead the Guild. There was much dis-cussion about the by-laws. I remember a major part of each meeting that year was spent on discussions about the new by-laws. It was a full guild effort. I’m not sure, but some-one has mentioned that meet-ings were held then and for many years, in the community room of the Sears store that was at the corner of Peach-tree Street and West Paces Ferry Road. We realized during that year that if the Guild was to grow and take its place in the arts community, we should apply for non-profit status. We were assisted by a lawyer appointed by the Georgia Vol-

Past Presidents Review unteer Lawyers for the Arts who led us through every step of the process at no charge to the Guild. What a wonderful service that was; we couldn’t have afforded to do it on our own. In April of 1978, the Georgia Handweavers Con-ference was held in Athens. It was initiated by Nancy Lu-kasiesicz, who was the first Georgia representative to the Handweavers Guild of America. This meeting of the then five weavers guilds in GA, consisted of work-shops, lectures and exhibi-tions and was intended to encourage statewide com-munication among fiber art-ists. In a burst of enthusi-asm in June, CHG offered to host the next conference in 1979. Margaret Mott: 1978-1979 Margaret Mott was president during the very busy year in 1978-79. Mary Kistner and I were named co-chairmen of the Georgia Handweavers Conference, and our first effort (using our new non-profit status) was to apply for a grant from the Georgia Council of the Arts to support the conference. Something new to both of us. We received approval of the grant in March - only three months before the con-ference. The conference was a mini-version of Conver-

gence, held at Agnes Scott College. It had workshops, lectures, suppliers exhibits and a tour of local galleries with special fiber exhibits. Nede-Al-Hilali, internationally known fiber artist, was the keynote speaker. Two exhibi-tions were organized by the conference: Fiber Arts 1979, juried by Neda and Georgia Traditional Pattern Weaving,


April 16, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting May 21, 2005 12:00 noon... Members lunch-eon —no regular meeting June 18, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting

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Euroflax Linen

Fiber for Spinning

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The opening of Golden Threads is just around the corner! The entries are won-derful and the Guild will have a great show. We need some volunteers to help with hang-ing the show. I am looking for help on May 10 and 11 to open any shipments sent to the Lyndon House in Athens, catalogue the pieces and to arrange the work so the art center staff can hang the pieces. If you could donate some time on one or both of those days, please contact me. The Athens Fiberarts Guild will be organizing the reception and they are looking for help also. If you want to donate your culinary skills, please contact Samira at 706/353-2384.

Kathi Grupp [email protected]

Golden Threads Opening Reception

May 15, 2005

was very important to con-tinue the usual workings of the Guild and to maintain nor-malcy. We still put on our members exhibit. And in July of 1998, we welcomed the fi-ber world to Atlanta as the hosts of Convergence 1998, "Rhythms and Hues." It was a busy and wonderful year. I enjoyed it all. I was asked to continue on as President for another year, and this year was almost harder than the preceding


both held at the Dana Fine Arts Gallery at Agnes Scott. With about 100 participants from around the state, the conference was a resound-ing success. I believe the CHG logo, designed by Ann Critchfield, was developed during this time . I can’t remember the names of the many people who worked on the confer-ence, but I do want to pay tribute to Mary Kistner and Margaret Mott, both of whom were so important to the Guild and are no longer with us. They were very special weavers and artists who gave of themselves to indi-vidual members as well as to the Guild as a whole. They both had a passion for life and for art and for the guild - and that made CHG richer.

Jean Hunnicutt

Judie Dysart: 1997-98 and 1998-99 I was the lucky one. I had received so much pleas-ure and enjoyment from be-ing a member of the CHG that it was easy for me to say yes when I was asked to become a Board member. It was my chance to give something back to the Guild. My second year on the Board I was asked to be President and that was the year leading up to Conver-gence. While everyone was busily working on Conver-gence, the Board felt that it





The luncheon commit-tee would like to bring every-one up to date on our plans for celebrating “50 Years Held Together by a Gold Thread.” The luncheon will be held on MAY 21 at 12.00 NOON, at The North Harbor Club House, which is on North Har-bor Dr. between Riverside Dr. and Johnson Ferry Rd. Invita-tions will be mailed out the 2nd week of April with an RSVP DEADLINE OF MAY 7. It is very impor-tant that we get an RSVP FROM EVERYONE so that we have an exact count on how many of you will be attending the luncheon. If for some reason you have a change in plans at the last moment, please call the RSVP phone number that will be on your invitation. The Guild is paying for this event, and we would not want to pay for no shows. A map will be included in the invitation. We are all very excited about this event. There will be some wonderful surprises for every-one attending. We encourage you to partici-pate in our "50 Things Held Together With A Gold Thread" that Jean Clark is chairing. This luncheon is for our members, but we will be inviting a few special guests.This Guild has been an all volunteer or-

ganization for 50 years. We have put on many events during this time.This lunch-eon is in celebration of those 50 years. Many thanks go to. Elizabeth Koets. Ann Do-herty. Catherine Neiner. Lynn Nickerson. Dianne Rogers. Jean Clark and Cindy Fox. Thanks to all of you.

Christine Stanton




May Fiber Focus Deadline:

May 1, 2005

Website of the Month

Jack Schmidling has a fasci-nating web page showing his discovery of spinning and weaving, all because of some sheep he couldn’t eat. He de-signed and built his own elec-tric spinning wheel and then began weaving with his yarn on a rigid heddle loom. After several projects and experi-ments he made a shirt for himself out of his handspun, handwoven fabric. He used his woodworking skills to craft the buttons. http://schmidling.com/fiber.htm

Need a Reed?


Many Thanks!

Many thanks go to Gwen Tweedy’s sister, Pat Manfredi, who has donated Gwen’s weaving books to the Guild and also her Guild memorabilia. There is some wonderful history that Gwen saved which will be put into a scrap book. Many thanks also go to Janet Bealer who put together a wonderful evening at the Recursion exhibit and to Judy Dysart who assisted Janet with this event.


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Treasurer’s Report February 2005

1/31/05 Balance in Checking Acct: $18,797.01 Deposits/Credits 1,226.00 Checks/Debits 359.51 Interest Earned 7.78 2/28/05 Balance in Checking Acct: $19,671.28Uncleared transactions 8,680.75 Register Balance $10,990.53





within the Guild if I had any problems. It was so much fun. I loved presiding each month in front of the Guild that had come to mean so much to me. I made so many new friends. Thank you all for the privilege of serving CHG.

Judie Dysart

year. Everyone was mentally and physically exhausted from Convergence. BUT...we still held our monthly meetings with wonderful speakers, we still had workshops, and we still put on our regional juried exhibit at Kennesaw College. And so it continues to-day. I was so fortunate to have had two wonderful Boards to work with. I could always count on support


Let Us Know In organizing the space and festivities for CHG’s 50th celebration luncheon, the planning committee would like to get an idea of how many people will be bringing Fifty things held to-gether by a gold thread. There may be some space limitations for hanging or display depending on the number of RSVPs, and depending on how large some pieces are. We will be asking that you provide this information when you RSVP. If space is limited, attendees may be asked to store their creations under their seats until this part of the festivities begin.















Spring Classes 2005

Beginning and Intermediate Floor Weaving – Day Class Beginner class with the emphasis on taking home a finished project and learning how to keep accurate records. We will be weaving tea towels starting with the basic weave structures. Stu-dents will learn the parts of the loom, how to make a warp and dress the loom, how to read and understand patterns, and how to plan projects. The class make-up will determine what topics are covered. Experienced students may work on their own project. Wednesdays , 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. April 6 - June 1, 2005 Ann Doherty and Kay Guilmet Class Fee: $125 Supplies: $25 Beginning and Continuing

Weaving Compressed Class Beginners learn to prepare the loom for weaving and to read and design pat-terns. Students produce a sampler ex-ploring loom-controlled and hand-manipulated techniques, and may create a project of their choice if time allows. Continuing students may study a spe-cific weave technique or design a project with the help of the instructor. Discus-sions include project planning, fibers, different weaves, and color interaction. Tuesday & Thursday evenings, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm May 3 - May 26, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $125 Supplies : $20 Introduction to Handspinning Welcome to handspinning! This class is a relaxed and informative introduction to the basics of spinning. We will spin with the spindle and spinning wheel using a variety of fibers. The instructor will bring spindles, spinning wheels and fiber, but feel free to bring your own equipment and fibers. Please bring a sack lunch for the lunch break. May 7, 2005 Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (with a short break for lunch)

Leslie Bronson Class Fee: $40 Supplies: $10 Starter Class: Learn to Weave* Learn to weave on a simple table-top rigid heddle loom. Complete a wool scarf, then learn fancy hand-manipulated techniques. This is a good introductory class if you have no weaving experience. There will be homework between the classes. *This class is approved for Georgia De-partment of Education PLU Credit. Con-tact us for details. Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. June 4 & 11, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $60 Supplies: $20 Mugs Rugs: Weaving Intro-duction Weave colorful mug rugs while learn-ing to weave on a four-shaft floor loom. Learn to prepare the loom for weaving, then weave a few sets of mug rugs for yourself or for a gift. Dis-cussions focus on equipment and ba-sic project planning. No prior weaving experience is required. Expect to com-plete about a dozen mug rugs. June 25 & 26, 2005 Saturday, June 25, 2005, - 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m & Sunday, June 26, 2005, - 1:00-5:00p.m. Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $75 Supplies: $20 For more information, see http://www.chgweb.com





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Summer Classes Watch the CHG Web site http://chgweb.com for informa-tion about summer classes.


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Dyeing Workshop MaryAnn Demuth had taken a workshop from Kathrin at the Campbell Folk School and had a really good time and learned a lot. That is one of the reasons I took the workshop. I enjoy the learning process of dying and everyone has a slightly different technique. I also needed a work-shop that was a lot of fun and stress free which dying yarns is. Kathrin is an excellent teacher who shares all her knowledge with the class. She was very generous with having prepared warps and skeins ahead of time so that we could buy them from her if we did not have enough of our own. I did buy a 7 yard warp from her that I space dyed for a 3 panel folding screen, which I will bring for show and tell when done . I was glad that I had looked at her website (www.blazingshuttles.com) so that I had a better idea of what her work is.

Christine Stanton

Spring Break Weaving Arts Studio


Family Fun Intergenerational Classes

The best vacation you’ve had with your family


Thanks to Terri Bryson for these photos!

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Fiber Events

Exhibits & Shows

January-August 2005 A Rich Tapestry: The History of Handicrafts at Berry. Re-live the Handicrafts era (1910-2003) at Berry College near Rome, GA., through an exhibition of photographs, looms and other artifacts, in-cluding woven materials made by former Berry stu-dents. The Martha Berry Mu-seum. For more information, call 706/291-1883. May 15—July 15, 2005 Golden Threads: Innova-tions and Traditions, CHG’s 2005 Southeast Fiber Juried Exhibition at the Lyndon House in Athens, Georgia. April 23 - June 11, 2005 The Embellished Textile, a solo exhibition by Jon Eric Riis, curated by Sandra Bowles. MOCA GA Midtown, 1447 Peachtree Street. Opening Reception: Friday, April 22, 2005, 6:30-8:30 pm Free to Members, $3 for Non-Members. Lecture by the artist: May 19, 2005 http://www.mocaga.org

Opportunities If you missed the Kathrin We-ber Scott dyeing workshop, here’s another opportunity. Out of the Dye Pot, Onto the

Loom

John C. Campbell Folk School phone: 1-800-folksch May 8 - 14, 2005 Kathrin Weber Scott

Using creative dye techniques, we will produce beautifully shaded colors in cotton yarn and then take those yarns to the looms to weave one of a kind handwoven cotton fabric for clothing, bags, linens or wall art. Students will work with Fi-ber Reactive MX dyes which are colorfast and accessible to home dyers. We will discuss basic color theory, creative uses of hand-dyed yarns, loom set up and weaving skills. This class is a great introduction to weaving for those who have not had the opportunity to weave....as well as a good place for more experienced weavers to play with the fluid interaction of color shad-ing. Students will have a chance to dye extra cotton yarn to take home for future weav-ing, knitting and other fiber pro-jects. No previous dyeing ex-perience necessary. This will be an energetic one week class full of color, yarn, enthusiasm and sharing of talents!

Website: www.blazingshuttles.com

APRIL YARN SALE In my continuing effort to downsize my yarn stash for a possible move across the country I will be having an-other yarn sale before and af-ter the April meeting. All yarn will be sold for $1.00 a pound. This is the perfect opportunity for new and experienced weavers to buy yarn without making a major expenditure. Cotton, wool, acrylic blends, rayon and mystery yarn in varying weights and sizes are all waiting to find a new home. Come prepared to browse and buy. I will take cash or checks. Please help me lighten my load.

Judie Dysart

HGA eShopping

Look for HGA eShop books and kits at the April CHG meeting. If you have a specific book you'd like to buy, call Pat at HGA (678.730.0010) and she'll be sure to bring it to the meeting for you to purchase. The items will be for sale before and after the meeting. Pat King eShop Mgr. Publications Mgr. Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. 1255 Buford Highway, Suite 211 Suwanee, GA 30024 [email protected] tel: 678-730-0010 fax: 678-730-0836

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10 Minutes of General Meeting

March 11, 2005

Minutes: The minutes of the previous of the previous meet-ing were accepted as published in Fiber Forum. Membership: Starting this meeting we will be passing a sign-in sheet at meetings to help with knowing who is new to the Guild, visiting, etc. We currently have 142 members. Sale Group: If you are inter-ested in joining a sale group, please contact Dinah Rose. Workshops: Kathrin Weber Scott is doing this weekend’s workshop on dyeing. 50th Anniversary: The guild is sponsoring a reception, tour of the show, and a lecture at the Atlanta Museum of Design on March 17, 2005, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The exhibit is “Recursions: Material Expres-sion of Zeroes and Ones”. The exhibit is of eleven textile artists who use technology in the process of expressing their ar-tistic vision. Baby blankets continue to arrive; we have 55, and several more were contrib-uted tonight. Announcements: 1. There is written material available from Rosalie Nielson for those who were in her October workshop. Contact Kay Guilmet if you did not pick it up at this meeting. 2. We have been contacted by a man who has 3 looms for sale. He is not a weaver, and we are not sure exactly what the looms are. They may be 4 harness 6 and 5 foot looms, and a tapes-try loom. Contact Kay Guilmet if interested. 3. There are 3 fiber exhibits in Atlanta at this time: Recursions, Japanese Embroidery at the Carter Cen-ter, and an exhibit of women’s

stitching at the Swan House. New Business: In the process of beginning to compile nomi-nations for the board for next year, board members and oth-ers have reflected on the nomi-nation and selection process for board members and presi-dent of the guild. Suggestions were submitted for discussion that the guild have a vice presi-dent who is designated at the President-elect, so that there might be more continuity. Sug-gestions were that the board position occupied by the Stan-dards & Ratings board member might be used for this. More discussion to follow in the fu-

Equipment Rental Loom and equipment rentals are available through CHG Properties. See Jo-Marie Karst and her helpers before and after the monthly guild meeting or call her at 770/617-1457 with your questions. There are still opportunities as small as a 1-day commitment for jumping on the Properties Committee wagon.

ture. Exhibits: Kathi reports that we had numerous entries to the Golden Threads exhibit just prior to the deadline—53 individuals submitted approximately 120 pieces. Mary Fleming-Netland, Secretary

ADS Current members of the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild may place non-commercial advertisements (personal for sale, wanted, etc.) of up to 10 lines at no charge. Non-members may place ads at a charge of $10 per issue. Commercial rates available on request. Ads will run for only one month unless re-newed by phone (706/692-4314) or email. Editor’s note: Please send ads directly to me at 1080 Upper Sassafras Pkwy., Jasper, GA 30143, or to my email address [email protected]). Mail sent to the P.O. Box may not get to me until after Fiber Focus has been printed.

Warping Mill for Sale: 20 yard vertical floor model warping Mill. Adjustable for different length warps. $250.00. Contact Nancy Ratliff at [email protected] or 770/483-8990.

Loom for Sale: 20” Dorset Loom. Only used a few times. $550.00 Dinah Rose 770/516-5846 or [email protected]


Loom for sale: 4-harness, 6-treadle, 40” Harrisville Loom. 2 reeds: 12 dent and 15 dent car-bon steel, castle tray, 800+ wire heddles, lease sticks, boat shuttle. $600. Call Janice at 706-692-4314 or email [email protected].






More of Terri’s photos from the dyeing workshop...



May 2005



Next Meeting: Saturday, May 21

50th Anniversary luncheon at noon at the North Harbor Club House. RSVP No regular meeting this month.

May Program

The May program will be YOU, enjoying the festivities at the 50th Anniversary Luncheon, showing us your inventive 50 Things Held To-gether by a Golden Thread, and otherwise participating in a great celebration. We hope you’ll all be there with us.

Now that I have your attention, I want to remind you to please let Di-anne Rogers (770/475-5381) know by May 7 whether or not you’re com-ing to the 50th Anniversary Lunch-eon on May 21 at noon. Since the Guild is paying for your lunch and needs to tell the caterers how many to prepare for, you need to be sure to let us know. Thanks!

Lettuce Snow!

Opening Reception

Golden Threads May 15, from 2-5 p.m.

Lyndon House Arts Center

Athens, Georgia

Jurors Alice Schlein and Dorothy Moye will speak about the pieces chosen and the show in general. Refreshments Presentation of Awards

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Minutes of the General Meeting April 16, 2005

The meeting was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Mary Zurn, Presi-dent. Minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as published in Fiber Focus. Exhibits: Plans are moving for-ward for the Golden Threads Ex-hibit which opens in Athens on May 15. The show will be hung on May 10 and 11. On the 10th we will be unpacking any items shipped to the Lyndon House, and others brought by artists, and on the 11th placing the pieces. . The hours will be May 10, noon to 9:00 p.m. and May 11, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help. The Lyndon House will do the actual hanging of the exhibit. Entrants are reminded that their pieces need to be ready for hang-ing. If any special instructions or equipment is needed, that should be included. The Lyndon House will be doing a summer camp on weaving to relate to our show, and will need volunteers to demon-strate weaving for the campers. We will ask the Athens guild if they want to do that, as a way to publi-

cize their guild. If they need help, we will look for demonstrators from our guild. The Lyndon House may also do a beginner’s weaving work-shop. Membership: We have 2 new members today, Wilhelmina Blitz and Amalia Perry, and a guest, An-drea Allen. A number of members have never picked up their member-ship cards. They are on the mem-bership table, and members are en-couraged to pick them up. A pro-posal to increase dues after Novem-ber to encourage members to join promptly each fall is being consid-ered and will be submitted to mem-bership for a vote before adoption. One of the major reasons for en-couraging prompt joining each fall is so that an accurate membership list can be developed. Membership lists are used for members, Fiber Focus distribution, library and prop-erties use, and for the security desk; these are all affected by late joiners. Sale Group: The sale group will be considering Clayton Arts Center, hopefully to visit them during the






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2001-2002 - Judith Krone My presidency started with the tragedy of 9/11. The first meeting of the year was only a few days after the at-tack and we were all still numb. I started the meeting with a poem/prayer about God as a weaver, and we had a moment of silence as we gazed at a tapestry of the twin towers that was done by Dorothy Carlson. We all knew that our lives would be changed forever. My term joined in the celebration of national and in-ternational weavers. It en-compassed two wonderful ex-hibits, one by Reiko Sudo and the other by Glen Kauffman. Junichi Arai spoke at one of our meetings and presented a workshop at Georgia State University. The card project began that term and has raised over $2,000 to aid the homeless. Members donate scrap fabric which is made into cards and sold. The money goes to St. Vincent de Paul to purchase Marta tokens so that indigent clients have transportation to and from job interviews. We started talking about ways to save money and looked at sending out the newsletter in electronic for-mat. That began the following year. The web site became even more important with the meeting agenda, officers, workshops and guild news

Past Presidents Review published in an easy and up-to-date format. It was an interesting, tragic, gifted and wonderful year.

Judith Krone

about a new yarn shop that has opened in the area. It mostly caters to knitters but the owner is a weaver. You can check out her website at www.onlyeweandcottontoo.com. She is having her grand opening on May 14th. Phone number of the shop is 770-740-0844.

Dinah Rose

I live in Woodstock and drive through Crabapple on my way to work. I noticed a building being renovated and the other day there was a sign saying “Only Ewe and Bead Bug too.” It also said “fine yarns.” So, of course, I had to check it out. I had bought the beads for the shawl that I wove recently at the Bead Bug which was in a tiny little shop in Crabapple. So today I decided to check it out this morning. The Bead Bug and Only Ewe share a large space at the front of the renovated build-ing. The person behind the counter in Bead Bug asked if I was a knitter as I was wan-dering around in the yarn side of the store; I said that I am a weaver. She said that the owner of the Only Ewe store was just outside and went out to get her. When she came in, it turned out that she is a weaver and used to be a member of the CHG. So of course, being membership chair, I told her she should rejoin. I just wanted to share the news

New Yarn Shop

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May 21, 2005 12:00 noon... Members lunch-eon —no regular meeting June 18, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting

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The opening of Golden Threads is just around the corner! The entries are won-derful and the Guild will have a great show. We need some volunteers to help with hang-ing the show. I am looking for help on May 10 and 11 to open any shipments sent to the Lyndon House in Athens, catalogue the pieces and to arrange the work so the art center staff can hang the pieces. If you could donate some time on one or both of those days, please contact me. The Athens Fiberarts Guild will be organizing the reception and they are looking for help also. If you want to donate your culinary skills, please contact Samira at 706/353-2384.

Kathi Grupp [email protected]

Golden Threads Opening Reception

May 15, 2005

It has been a privilege and a pleasure to serve as Standards and Ratings Board Member. To assist the next board member, it would be helpful to update those members who achieved Journeyman or Apprentice. A few years ago there was a change in program content. Therefore, on the Web site you will see those who are achieved the rating listed by year. If you achieved a rat-ing and your name does not appear, please help us cor-rect our error. We want eve-ryone’s name to appear who achieved the rating by either program standard. Thanks to Christine Stanton who reminded me that past membership lists contained stars by those who were rated. This is also the end of the year. If you completed work and wish to submit the work, please call me. Many thanks. Helen Selser, 404/256-0485

Standards and Ratings

"fibers" folks. I have moved up to the Washington DC

metro area (my former home) and will soon join the Potomac

Craftsmen guild here, please get in touch with me if you are

ever in the area at: [email protected]. Hav

e a great 50th anniversary celebration! Warm regards,

Heather Powers, FKA Heather Kennedy

Dear fellow CHG members, I am sorry I did not get to say

goodbye to you and I will miss seeing you at the

monthly meetings. It was a wonderful experience to par-ticipate with such a creative

and energetic group of fellow

Goodbye





The deadline for RSVP'S is May 7th. IMPORTANT: We need to have a “yes” or a “no” on this so that we have an ex-act count for the caterers. This luncheon is for you the mem-bership, and as you know, is being paid for by the Guild. A lot of volunteer hours have gone into this event by the luncheon committee: Ann Do-herty, Jean Clark, Elizabeth Koets, Catherine Neiner, Lynn Nickerson, Dianne Rogers, and Cindy Fox. Come cele-brate 50 years with old and new weaving friends. We have an exciting time planned for all. We encourage you to participate in our "50 things held together with a gold thread ."

Christine Stanton

50TH ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON

"50 YEARS HELD

TOGETHER BY A GOLD THREAD"

May 21, 12.00 noon

Scholarship aid, provided by CHG, for a workshop or class is available to CHG members. Contact Judy Yingst at [email protected] or at 404/252-5392. Guidelines and application will be sent immediately.

Judy Yingst

Website of the Month Knitters have millions (or so it would seem) of online blogs, and now weavers are begin-ning to get into the pic-ture. What's a blog? Well, it's short for web log. It's a web site designed by an indi-vidual to rant and rave or oth-erwise discuss issues of im-portance to him/her and to show pictures of his/her latest achievements and works-in-progress. Here are three I have found worth bookmark-ing. Sleeping Dog Weaving http://sleepingdogstu-dios.blogspot.com/ This is a blog from a new weaver who shows consider-able promise. I intend to fol-low his progress. Sara Lamb http://saralamb.blogspot.com/ A well-known spinner, dyer, and weaver, she creates ob-jects of great beauty. How she finds the time to blog I do not know....... But I am grate-ful. http://blackwaterpark.typepad.com/ From her bio: "...spinner/knitter/tablet weaver/tapestry weaver/editor/writer/artist & occasional crocheter in early middle youth, with a relatively recent PhD in 18th c. British


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June Fiber Focus Deadline:

June 1, 2005

Lumpkin County Historical Society

Honors Jeanie Reagan

Each year the Lumpkin County Historical Society takes pride in recognizing individuals and organizations for contributions to the pres-ervation of the history and heritage of Lumpkin County. At their April Annual Awards Meeting the society honored Jeanie Reagan with a pres-entation of an Appreciation Award for publishing her book, Want Natural Colour? a how-to guide for natural dyes on protein fibers, with tips, techniques, mordanting and afterbath processs, as well as for teaching the skills of carding, spinning, dyeing, weaving, and knitting to oth-ers.


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CHG Board: 2004-05

President: Mary Zurn, 404/261-7093, [email protected] Vice-President, Programs: Barbara Mixon, 706/238-7694, [email protected] Vice-President, Workshops: Leslie Bronson, 770/607-7716, [email protected] Vice-President, Exhibits: Kathi Grupp, 404/329-2021, [email protected] Secretary: Mary Fleming-Netland, 404/377-9730, [email protected] Treasurer: Maggie DeFilipo, 404-636-5744, [email protected] Properties: Jo Karst, 770-617-1457, [email protected] Newsletter: Janice Edens, 706/692-4314, [email protected] Standards & Ratings: Helen Selser, 404/425-0485, [email protected] Co-workshops: Lisa Ellis, 404/370-6131, [email protected] Co-exhibits: Cindy Fox, 404/367-9132, [email protected] Membership: Dinah Rose, 770/516-5846, [email protected]

Treasurer’s Report March 2005

2/28/05 Balance in Checking Acct: $19,671.28 Deposits/Credits 430.00 Checks/Debits 2,387.48 Interest Earned 8.63 3/31/05 Balance in Checking Acct: $17,722.43 Uncleared Transactions 8640.69 Register Balance 9,081.74

Maggie DeFilippo, Treasurer

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History from the University of Chicago, a husband (who is Not to Be Mentioned on the Internet), a dog (Hamlet) and a cat (Percival) who will be." A fascinating and rich blog.

Peg Carpenter

(Thanks, Peg, for providing these and many previous great websites for us to check out.)


Let Us Know In organizing the space and festivities for CHG’s 50th celebration luncheon, the planning committee would like to get an idea of how many people will be bringing Fifty things held to-gether by a gold thread. There may be some space limitations for hanging or display depending on the number of RSVPs, and depending on how large some pieces are. We are asking that you provide this information when you RSVP. If space is lim-ited, attendees may be asked to store their creations under their seats until this part of the festivities begin.

Equipment Rental Loom and equipment rentals are available through CHG Properties. See Jo-Marie Karst and her help-ers before and after the monthly guild meeting or call her at 770/617-1457 with your questions. There are still opportunities as small as a 1-day commitment for jumping on the Properties Commit-tee wagon.

Need a Reed? Only $5.00 rental. Check with Jo-Marie Karst before and after the monthly meet-ing. 770/617-1457















Spring Classes 2005

Beginning and Continuing Weaving

Compressed Class Beginners learn to prepare the loom for weaving and to read and design pat-terns. Students produce a sampler ex-ploring loom-controlled and hand-manipulated techniques, and may create a project of their choice if time allows. Continuing students may study a spe-cific weave technique or design a project with the help of the instructor. Discus-sions include project planning, fibers, different weaves, and color interaction. Tuesday & Thursday evenings, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm May 3 - May 26, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $125 Supplies : $20 Introduction to Handspinning Welcome to handspinning! This class is a relaxed and informative introduction to the basics of spinning. We will spin with the spindle and spinning wheel using a variety of fibers. The instructor will bring spindles, spinning wheels and fiber, but feel free to bring your own equipment and fibers. Please bring a sack lunch for the lunch break. May 7, 2005 Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (with a short break for lunch) Leslie Bronson Class Fee: $40 Supplies: $10 Starter Class: Learn to Weave* Learn to weave on a simple table-top rigid heddle loom. Complete a wool scarf, then learn fancy hand-manipulated techniques. This is a good introductory class if you have no weav-ing experience. There will be homework between the classes. *This class is approved for Georgia Depart-ment of Education PLU Credit. Contact us for details. Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. June 4 & 11, 2005 Elaine Bradley

Class Fee: $60 Supplies: $20 Mugs Rugs: Weaving Intro-duction Weave colorful mug rugs while learn-ing to weave on a four-shaft floor loom. Learn to prepare the loom for weaving, then weave a few sets of mug rugs for yourself or for a gift. Dis-cussions focus on equipment and ba-sic project planning. No prior weaving experience is required. Expect to com-plete about a dozen mug rugs. June 25 & 26, 2005 Saturday, June 25, 2005, - 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m & Sunday, June 26, 2005, - 1:00-5:00p.m. Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $75 Supplies: $20

Summer Classes 2005

Beginning and Beyond Weaving Beginners’ class with an emphasis on how to get along with the loom. Stu-dents will prepare a warp for weaving, dress the loom, learn to understand basic draft notation, and weave a sam-pler. We will explore design possibili-ties offered by manipulating the loom and the grid that the threads create. Discussions will include project-planning, fibers, weave structure and color interaction. Monday to Thursday 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM June 6, 7, 8, 9, 2005 Barbara Flexner Class Fee: $135; Supplies: $20

Weave a Wonderful Web Mohair is an ideal fiber for an inexperi-enced weaver to try. In this class we will learn to make a warp using multi-ple threads, Speed Warp the loom, and produce a scarf or shawl using a warp of mixed wool and mohair and a mohair weft. Recommended for any-

one who has warped a loom previously. Discussions will include working with texture and color interaction. It is rec-ommended that beginners make a scarf. Monday, Wednesday . 10:00AM to 3:30 PM (Bring Lunch) Tuesday, Thursday 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM June 20, 21, 22, 23, 2005 Barbara Flexner Class Fee $101.25; Supplies: $25-$35

Weave a Twill Gamp Twill is an exciting weave structure that offers endless possibilities. Spend an intensive week weaving a gamp (sampler) to use in your studio as a ref-erence when planning future woven projects. During this week everyone will work on the same weave structure. We will discuss our findings and explora-tions and share our discoveries. You will leave feeling as though you have met a structure and conquered it, or made it part of your weaving vocabulary. Monday, Wednesday, 10:00AM to 3:30 PM (Bring Lunch) Tuesday, Thursday, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM July 11, 12, 13, 14, 2005 Barbara Flexner Class Fee $101.25; Supplies: $20 Bio: Barbara S. Flexner is a weaver and teacher with many years experience. She has taught fiber subjects to stu-dents of all ages through courses and workshops. She served for 7 years as the village weaver at Waterloo Village In New Jersey, where a curriculum was created to use the development of the textile industry in rural and urban areas of the US as a framework for teaching American History. New to Atlanta, she has taught in Massachusetts, Connecti-cut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-vania and Ohio. Chair Caning Weaving is not just for yarn anymore! Learn the basics of cane seat weaving. In this one day class you will complete an oak footstool that is also just the right height for threading your loom. Partici-pants can select from a variety of twill patterns or create one of their own. Saturday, May 28, 2005, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Jennifer LeCroy

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Class Fee 40.00 ; Supply Fee $35.00 Bio: Jennifer LeCroy has been weaving since 1988. She served as supervisor of the Weaving Program at Berry College for 10 years, and has taught chair caning classes through continuing education departments, state parks, and history centers throughout Georgia. For more information, see http://www.chgweb.com

Summer Vacation Weaving Arts Studio


Individual or family instruction

or just time to chill






structor.



beginners. This past year I have

been the Hospitality Chair and have enjoyed the willingness of so many members to make our meetings a pleasurable time. This role has been a great introduction to the Guild, as I realize how many faces in the past year’s Fiber Focus photos I now recognize. Knowing how important mem-bership is to maintaining the vibrant community the Guild has become, I would be hon-ored to serve on the Board for the coming year.


Pam Olinto Greetings, guild members! My name is Pam Olinto, and I have volunteered to run for the board under "Co-workshops." I am fairly new to weaving, but am at the “wanting to learn more" stage. I became fascinated with weaving while living in Swe-den and England, and felt that it would be a means for me to

combine all my art interests into one medium. I have recently retired from eleven years of teaching special education to elementary and middle school students, and relish having time for my own pursuits. I have three grown sons, three grown step-daughters, and five grand-children (at the moment!) Besides weaving, I love art, books, animals, and nature. I look forward to getting to know more of you!

Board Nominee Bios Continued

Christine and Lynn in their award-winning coats




Fiber Events

Exhibits & Shows

January-August 2005 A Rich Tapestry: The History of Handicrafts at Berry. Re-live the Handicrafts era (1910-2003) at Berry College near Rome, GA., through an exhibition of photographs, looms and other artifacts, in-cluding woven materials made by former Berry stu-dents. The Martha Berry Mu-seum. For more information, call 706/291-1883. April 23 - June 11, 2005 The Embellished Textile, a solo exhibition by Jon Eric Riis, curated by Sandra Bowles. MOCA GA Midtown, 1447 Peachtree Street. Opening Reception: Friday, April 22, 2005, 6:30-8:30 pm Free to Members, $3 for Non-Members. Lecture by the artist: May 19, 2005 http://www.mocaga.org May 15—July 15, 2005 Golden Threads: Innova-tions and Traditions, CHG’s 2005 Southeast Fiber Juried Exhibition at the Lyndon House in Athens, Georgia.

Opportunities If you missed the Kathrin We-ber Scott dyeing workshop, here’s another opportunity. Out of the Dye Pot, Onto the

Loom

John C. Campbell Folk School phone: 1-800-folksch May 8 - 14, 2005 Kathrin Weber Scott

Using creative dye techniques, we will produce beautifully shaded colors in cotton yarn and then take those yarns to the looms to weave one of a kind handwoven cotton fabric for clothing, bags, linens or wall art. Students will work with Fi-ber Reactive MX dyes which are colorfast and accessible to home dyers. We will discuss basic color theory, creative uses of hand-dyed yarns, loom set up and weaving skills. This class is a great introduction to weaving for those who have not had the opportunity to weave....as well as a good place for more experienced weavers to play with the fluid interaction of color shad-ing. Students will have a chance to dye extra cotton yarn to take home for future weav-ing, knitting and other fiber pro-jects. No previous dyeing ex-perience necessary. This will be an energetic one week class full of color, yarn, enthusiasm and sharing of talents!

Website: www.blazingshuttles.com

summer. Newsletter: Deadline for May is May 1.


Programs: May program is our 50th anniversary luncheon. Please RSVP whether or not you’re coming, by the deadline on your invitation, May 7. The June program will be our Show-and-tell program; bring something you’ve done this year—no limits on what, with a description. Ann Doherty will MC the presenta-tions. Co-workshops: There will be Scarf Tying workshop after the June meeting done by Dinah Rose. 50th Anniversary: The May meeting is our luncheon. At the luncheon we will be showing our “Fifty Things Held Together by a Golden Thread.” If yours will need wall space, please contact Jean Clark. There will be no business meeting at the May meeting. Co-Exhibits: It is likely that the 2006 Members’ Exhibit will be at the Mable House, January to March, 2006. Education: There are 2 looms set up to weave baby blankets. If you want to do so, contact either Kay Guilmet or Ann Doherty. The warps are cream-colored cotton, or white acrylic. Properties: Jo Karst, Properties Chair, is asking folks to “Adopt a Loom,” and clean it sometime during the summer. HGA: The HGA Small Expressions Exhibit will be in the Mable House during October. Michael Moore, the juror, will give a gallery talk. Judy Dysart is resigning as our HGA rep-resentative; Suzi Gough will be the new HGA representative for Geor-gia. Historian: Leslie Gassman, our historian, is asking for any contribu-tions you can make to this year’s scrapbook—pictures, articles, etc.


http://www.mocaga.org


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The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Mary Zurn, President. Mary Zurn reminded all Board members that as the year is ending, it is important that they get the boxes for their responsibilities in order. Please review what is in the box and add any information helpful to the next person who will have this responsibility. Nominations: The nominating committee is continuing to look for persons to fill the upcoming terms. It was noted that the person taking on the Co-Workshops position should be planning on moving into the Workshops position the next year, during which they would be eligible to attend all the workshops they have planned for free. Treasurer: The cost of the Re-cursions Exhibit will come out of the general guild budget rather than the 50th Anniversary budget. Workshops: The workshops planned for next year are Beth Johnson, an on-loom workshop on Ikat, in October; Sharon Alderman, on “Combining Weave Structures in One Cloth” in January; and Janet Stollnitz, a dyeing workshop in March. There will be a mini-workshop by Dinah Rose on Scarf Tying after the June meeting. Programs: The June meeting will be the meeting to which all members are encouraged to bring something they created this year, to show to other members. Ann Doherty will MC. Membership: Dinah pointed out that the person taking over the Membership responsibility next year will need database software. Money was appropriated this year but not spent since Dinah had ac-cess to database software. Next year’s nametags will continue to be in the larger format; Christine Stanton will arrange to get the nails moved on the nametag board to accommodate the larger size.

Exhibits: Plans are moving for-ward for the Golden Threads Ex-hibit which opens in Athens on May 15. The show will be hung on May 10 and 11. On the 10th we will be unpacking any items shipped to the Lyndon House, and others brought by artists, and on the 11th placing the pieces. The Lyndon House will do the actual hanging of the exhibit. The Lyn-don House, part of Athens-Clarke County Parks and Recreation Dept. in Athens, is planning a summer weaving camp to go with our exhibit, and is asking for peo-ple to demonstrate for the camp-ers. We will ask the Athens guild whether they would like to do the demonstrations as a way to publi-cize their guild; if they want us to help, we’ll be looking for volun-teers. We will be looking for an exhibit space in the Atlanta area for the next juried show.

Mary Fleming-Netland, Secretary

ADS Current members of the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild may place non-commercial advertisements (personal for sale, wanted, etc.) of up to 10 lines at no charge. Non-members may place ads at a charge of $10 per issue. Commercial rates available on request. Ads will run for only one month unless re-newed by phone (706/692-4314) or email. Editor’s note: Please send ads directly to me at 1080 Upper Sassafras Pkwy., Jasper, GA 30143, or to my email address [email protected]). Mail sent to the P.O. Box may not get to me until after Fiber Focus has been printed.

Warping Mill for Sale: 20 yard vertical floor model warping Mill. Adjustable for different length warps. $250.00. Contact Nancy Ratliff at [email protected] or 770/483-8990.

4-thread Overlock Serger for Sale: Brother model 929D. Price $100.00. Christine Stanton 404/584- 7878.


Loom for sale: 4-harness, 6-treadle, 40” Harrisville Loom. 2 reeds: 12 dent and 15 dent carbon steel, castle tray, 800+ wire hed-dles, lease sticks, 2 boat shuttles, warping cardboard. $600. Call Janice at 706-692-4314 or email [email protected].

Minutes of Board Meeting April 16, 2005 Announcements: Rosalie Neil-

son has sent block drafts for the people participating in her workshop last fall. Contact Kay Guilmet if you were in the workshop and still need to get your copy. Nominations: There is one posi-tion for next year’s board for which no one has been nominated yet. The position is a one-year term, completing a vacated three-year term. The person’s responsibility would be for Programs. If inter-ested, please contact Christine Stanton.

Mary Fleming-Netland, Secretary


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The Nominations Committee presents the following candidates for election to the Board at the June 2005 meeting: Terri Bryson, Ruth Hough, and Pam Olinto. We’re fortunate to have such tal-ented and dedicated people to run for our Board positions.

Christine Stanton, Ann Doherty, Helen Selser CHG Nominations Committee

CHG Board Elections in June

ing out more about the Guild. We met Elaine Brad-ley at the Fall Festival at the John C. Campbell Folk School. She just happened to have applications for CHG and the Handweaver's Guild of America as well. By then, I was convinced that I really must join and take advan-tage of the opportunities availble to learn more about weaving. That was two years ago and my entire ex-perience with CHG has been wonderful! I have taken classes, workshops, and at-tended meetings. Every time I am at a CHG function, I am impressed by how many talented members be-long. I am even more im-pressed with how wonderful a group this is. There is a sense of caring and sharing in the group. My member-ship has certainly benefited me and dramatically in-creased my knowledge of weaving and other arts. I know that serving on the Board will be a learning experience for me and I look forward to the privi-lege serving. I want my time on the Board to be of benefit CHG and and its members who have helped me so much.

Terri Bryson I have been interested in weaving since I was a child. Like many people my first memories of weaving are of potholders and a child's ta-ble loom. My table loom got lost in some of the moves we made when I was small. I did-n't get back to weaving any-thing other than potholders until after our children were grown. I was researching pot-holder loopers on the internet and found a Kromski rigid heddle loom which I thought was just beautiful. After watching me make potholders for so long, my husband bought this loom for me as a Christmas gift. After that we met a lady at a lecture who was talking with me about weaving. Her mother's Le-Clerc was coming back to her she said and I could buy it if I wanted for a good price. I did-n't even know what it was, but my husband assured me that I wanted it, so I became the proud owner of a loom that I didn't know how to use. I was struggling along and trying to teach myself how to use the looms. In the mean-time, I kept meeting people who said that I really must join the Chattahoochee Hand-weaver's Guild. I began find-

Ruth Hough I first became inter-

ested in weaving last year when my long-time friend Mary Zurn invited me to the CHG Open House. While I had done needlepoint and crewel embroidery over the years, I was fascinated by the mechanics of the floor loom and the patterns of the fabric it produced. I registered for the “Weaving in a Weekend” class with Elaine Bradley and Mary just to see if I really liked it and was hooked! Since I had recently retired from the fac-ulty at Georgia State I had time and energy for a new passion, and completed the spring beginning and interme-diate floor weaving class with Ann Doherty and Kay Guilmet, joined the guild, attended sev-eral workshops, and became the proud owner of a large loom I had only a vague idea how to use. Especially as an absolute beginning weaver, the support and collegiality from guild members has been a gratifying experience. As I (very!) slowly gain skill in this new enterprise, I remember that each of the weavers whose work I so enjoyed at the Decatur Courthouse ex-hibit last year also were once




September 2005



Next Meeting: Saturday, September 17


From the President

Supporting Berthe Morisot

Last weekend I took a trip with some fellow art lovers to Lou-isville, Kentucky, to see the paintings of Berthe Morisot. She was an impressionist painter at a time when impressionism was not widely accepted, and female artists were discounted or worse, banned by society. Even Morisot’s instructor warned that she would be viewed as a freak of nature if she pursued art seriously. Because of the “delicate nature” of women, the female artist could paint portraits of woman and children, but not men. She was encouraged to paint flo-ral arrangements or possibly a landscape but not to stretch past these. At that time, paintings of women and children and especially a floral still life were not considered serious works of art. Were those subjects not worthy of serious consideration because women painted them or were women relegated to floral arrangements and portraits of children because society viewed those subjects as minor, nonthreatening themes, therefore appropriate for women?

Well, today only the very wealthy or museums can afford to own a Morisot painting. Her scenes of woman and children are val-ued for their extraordinary use of color and composition without thought that the subject matter is not “worthy.”

OK, so what does this have to do with weaving? I found my-self thinking about the parallels between Morisot’s experiences and today’s weavers. I won’t even go into the whole question of whether weaving is a predominantly female art form because of the value the art world gives to fiber arts or is the value of fiber arts… well, you know.

Instead I wonder how will fiber arts, especially weaving, be viewed 100 years from now. Will society shake their collective heads in wonder that something so beautiful was not fully appreciated in its time? The next question is how do we view what we do? Do you see yourself as an artist? Is weaving a hobby only? Is your time at the loom recreation and stress release? Can creating a piece of work be an artistic endeavor and recreational /therapeutic at the same time? And is there room for all points of view and approaches?

Dinah Rose is trying to organize a means for guild members to sell their work. I admire her for attempting this large project. I be-lieve that for society to view fiber artists as “real” artists, we must be-gin by seeing ourselves in that light first. One way to do that is to


NOTE: The October meet-ing will be on Friday night, Oct. 28, to allow our work-shop presenter to speak to us. We will meet at 7:00 p.m. in the library meeting room.

September Program September’s program has: A prize (small, but still a prize) Exercise (our jaw muscles will be toned by program’s end) A theme (Getting to know you) A storyteller (you have to come to find out who) And lots of laughs. Join us for the first meeting of the year on Saturday Septem-ber 17, 2005.

Reagan Costen, Program Chair

Time to Renew Your Membership— See enclosed form

September Mini-workshop: Edge Finishings for Hand-wovens with Elaine Bradley See p. 6 for details.

FIBER FOCUS

Editor Janice Edens Board President Kathi Grupp Fiber Focus is a publication of the Chattahoochee Handweav-ers Guild. Fiber Focus is pub-lished 10 times a year (monthly except for July and December) by the Chattahoochee Hand-weavers Guild, Inc., P.O. Box 889244, Atlanta, GA 30356. Entire contents copyrighted 2004. All rights reserved. Advertisements Current members of the Chatta-hoochee Handweavers Guild may place non-commercial ad-vertisements (personal for sale, wanted, etc.) of up to 10 lines at no charge. Non-members may place ads at a charge of $10 per issue. Commercial rates available on request. Where to Reach Us: CHG, PO Box 889244 Atlanta, GA 30356 Editorial Office Janice Edens, 1080 Upper Sassafras Pkwy., Jasper, GA 30143. 706-692-4314 email: [email protected] Guild Meetings The Guild meets regularly on the third Saturday of each month, except for July, August, and December, at the North DeKalb Cultural Center, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia. Meeting time and date may vary to accom-modate programs. Visitors are welcome. Membership Membership in the CHG is open to any person with an interest in textiles and fiber arts. For membership information, con-tact : Ruth Hough at 404-636-4123 Email: [email protected]



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If you would like to par-ticipate in the CHG Standards and Ratings program this year, you can read about it on our website www.chgweb.com. Please contact me if you have any questions: Dinah Rose 770-516-5846 or [email protected] Although it is too late to enter the fair this year, it isn’t too late to plan to attend. Our Guild gives an award for Excel-lence in Handweaving to a blue ribbon winner. The Fair is Oc-tober 7-16 in Perry, Georgia. Be sure to visit the fair to see all the wonderful exhibits.

Dinah Rose

Need a Reed? Only $5.00 rental. Check with Jo-Marie Karst before and af-ter the monthly meeting. 770/617-1457

Yarn Sale

A yarn sale is being planned for this fall. See the next issue of Fiber Focus for details about the date and the time.

Going out of Business We’re sad to say R & M Yarns is going out of business. They’ve been having a $1.00/yard sale and will close shortly, so be sure to call before you go. We appreciate the many years and yards of yarn R & M has offered us over the years.








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Ann Doherty 1999-2000 CHG during 1999-2000

was a time of rest and reflection for the Guild. We had just put on a very successful Convergence in the summer of 1998 after many years of hard work and preparation. We were tired and it was a year to relax and enjoy our weaving and the Guild. Our big change in 1999 is that we entered the world of cyberspace thanks to all the hard work of Carol Franklin, our first web-master. Now we could go to CHGWEB.COM 24/7 to dis-cover what is/will be happening in the world of local weaving – meeting times and locations, guest speakers, workshops, shows, classes, study groups, and much more. About 20% of the students in the classes of-fered by CHG during the 1999-2000 year registered through the web site. This site has won awards and has continued to grow and be a vital part of our guild. We had a great variety in our programs, speakers, work-shops and mini-workshops this year. They included, but were not limited to: Greg Johnson on vests; Micala Siodore on current trends in tapestry; Catherine Muerdter on woven shibori; Elaine Bradley on lace weaves; “Linen study group”; Martha Connell – “How to present your work to galleries and what jurors look for when choosing pieces for an exhibit”; Cornelia Powell – “From Thousands of Years: Where Did My Wedding Dress Come From?”; and our pot luck dinner followed by the Dunwoody Stage Door Players production of “Critic’s Choice” (where one of

Past Presidents Review our CHG looms was being used as a prop!) Workshops for the year included: Allison Dennis —“Transforming Textile Struc-tures, a round robin of weave structures that can be trans-formed by finishing processes”; Randall Darwall – “Making Good Cloth Better: Finding a Personal Voice”; Carol Adams on “How to create a draft by looking at fabric”; Christine Stanton on mixed warps. We even made Christmas orna-ments from folding cloth over Styrofoam balls thanks to Cath-erine Neiner—is there no end to the talent of these guild members?

Although the programs and workshops are fantastic, it is the members that make CHG such a high energy organiza-tion, where one is free to learn, share and be inspired. I moved here in 1996, bringing the world with me (The Olympics), but it was the friendships I have made through CHG that have made me a part of this town. I feel privileged to have served on the board and hope to see the Guild alive and well 50 years from now.

Weave Structure Study Group

The next meeting of the Weave Structure Study group will be September 17. Since there will be a Mini-workshop after the regular Guild Meet-ing, the Study group will meet following the Mini-workshop. We will learn about the dis-torted grid. I guess you have to be warped to want to do this.

Equipment Rental

Loom and equipment rentals are available through CHG Properties. See Jo-Marie Karst and her helpers before and after the monthly guild meeting or call her at 770/617-1457 with your questions. There are still oppor-tunities as small as a 1-day commitment for jumping on the Properties Committee wagon.

September 17, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting October 28, 2005 7:00 p.m.…General Meeting November 19, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting December—no meeting

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YARN IN THE WOODS


Euroflax Linen

Fiber for Spinning

Gaywool Dyes


and Accessories

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Membership Renewal

It’s that time again—time to renew your member-ship. You will find a mem-bership form in this issue of Fiber Focus.

will also be demonstrated. On day one, students will focus on tying and dyeing the weft yarns and then they will be sent home with wet yarns to dry. Day two will be a weaving day, with a slide show on Japanese weaving as a break. Ms. Johnson began weaving in 1970, learning at first from a family friend. She later studied at Colonial Williamsburg with students of Norman Kennedy and at-tended many sessions at Penland. In about 1976 she fell in love with kasuri, which are Japanese ikat tech-niques used in folk textiles. She first studied kasuri from books and then later took a workshop with Jun Tomita. In 1985, she spent three months in Japan in a weav-ing workshop with Takayuki Hongo. She returned to Ja-pan in 2000 for a year to teach English, and while

there, she was able to work again at the Hongo’s and study sakiori (silk rag weav-ing) with Nonaka Hiromi. Ms. Johnson has a Master’s De-gree in fibers from Western Carolina University where she is a visiting instructor in weav-ing and art history. She is completing her Master’s in Fine Arts in textiles at Georgia State where she also teaches weaving. She is also a fre-quent instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School. The Program will be on Friday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the public library at the Spruill Center. The Workshop


The Guild is proud to have Beth Johnson as our Oc-tober Program lecturer and Workshop teacher. Her lec-ture, entitled Kasuri: A Con-tinuing Inspiration, will focus on the fabrics she has been weaving since 1976 that are based on traditional folk tex-tiles of Japan. She will show her work and inspirations as they developed from her two extended stays in Japan. Ms. Johnson’s Work-shop, Pattern at the Fell of the Cloth: Japanese Weft Ikat, will focus on Japanese weft ikat techniques and how they pro-duce patterns of great strength and subtlety. With looms warped in advance, students will tie and dye yarns to learn four different weft ikat methods. During the work-shop, students will experiment with block weft ikat and two methods of shifting the weft to create curved or straight pat-terns. Warp and weft painting

October Workshop with Beth Johnson: Japanese Weft Ikat



CHG Budget for 2005-2006

June 2005 5/31/05 Balance in Checking Acct: 21,483.82 Deposits/Credits: 563.75 Checks/Debits: 5,700.00 Interest Earned: 8.16 6/30/05 Balance in Checking Acct: 16,355.65 Uncleared Transactions: 8,597.70 Register Balance: 8,662.70

Proposed Income Proposed Expenses Education $6,000.00 $4,500.00 Exhibits $450.00 $800.00 Fiber in the Classroom $0.00 $0.00 Grants and Gifts $0.00 Historian $0.00 $150.00 Interest from CD $1,200.00 Interest Checking $80.00 Library $0.00 $125.00 Membership $4,200.00 $25.00 Misc $550.00 $0.00 Newsletter $350.00 $1,900.00 Properties $500.00 $500.00 Scholarship $0.00 $200.00 Standards & Ratings $0.00 $55.00 Website $0.00 $150.00 Workshops $6,210.00 $4,600.00 Yarn Coop $0.00 $0.00 50th Anniversary $1,150.00 Programs $1,600.00 Publicity $50.00 Administrative $250.00 Insurance $500.00 Rent $2,700.00

Total Income $19,540.00 Total Expenses $19,255.00

July 2005 6/30/05 Balance in Checking Acct: 16,355.65 Deposits/Credits: 730.16 Checks/Debits: 578.63 Interest Earned: 7.45 7/31/05 Balance in Checking Acct: 16,514.63 Uncleared Transactions: 8,387.48 Register Balance: 8,127.15


Treasurer’s Reports


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CHG Board: 2005-06

President: Kathi Grupp, 404-329-2021, [email protected] Vice-President, Programs: Reagan Costen, 404-556-7030, [email protected] Vice-President, Workshops: Lisa Ellis, 404/370-6131, [email protected] Vice-President, Exhibits: Cindy Fox, 404/367-9132, [email protected] Secretary: Mary Zurn, 404-261-7093, [email protected] Treasurer: Maggie DeFilipo, 404-636-5744, [email protected] Properties: Jo Karst, 770-617-1457, [email protected] Newsletter: Janice Edens, 706-692-4314, [email protected] Standards & Ratings: Dinah Rose, 770-516-5846, [email protected] Co-workshops: Pam Olinto, 678-305-7484, [email protected] Co-exhibits: Terri Bryson, 404-634-9657, [email protected] Membership: Ruth Hough, 404-636-4123, [email protected]

CHG Education Committee Annual Report

The CHG Education committee offers hands-on classes to the community as outreach. During 2004-2005, the CHG education committee offered almost 30 classes. Our expanded program offers several classes which require no large equipment. We con-tinue to experiment with classes and scheduling to meet the needs of our pro-spective students. Sandi Petty chaired our

September Mini-workshop: Edge Finishings for Handwovens

Elaine Bradley After the September meeting, Elaine Bradley will lead us in a hands-on session on finishing techniques for your handwovens. Try several finishes for your weaving, including knots, plied fringes, hem-stitching and rug finishes. We will discuss which finishes are appro-priate for which designs. Weavers of all levels are invited to partici-pate. Time: We will break for lunch and begin about 45 minutes af-ter the end of the general meeting. The mini-workshop is free. There is a $ 3.00 Supply Fee. Everyone is welcome, but to receive supplies, you must reserve a space by September 9 (ask Elaine nicely and maybe she will extend the deadline a bit). Please contact [email protected] to make your reservation. Bring: your lunch, a size 13 blunt tapestry needle ( suitable for working with 3/2 cotton), scissors, and note-taking supplies.

will be at Spruill on the fol-lowing Saturday and Sun-day. All are welcome Friday night, but advance registra-tion and payment are re-quired for the Workshop as instructed on the enclosed/attached Registration Form.

Lisa Ellis, Workshop Chair

(Continued from page 4) Editor’s Note If you want to place an article in Fiber Focus, be sure to get it to me by the deadline, which is always the first day of the month. I prefer that items be sent as email attachments in either Word, WordPerfect, .rtf, or .txt format rather than in the


fifth annual Open House, at-tracting more than 50 partici-pants, many of whom later attended classes. Our faculty led won-derful classes, introducing students to weaving, spin-ning, braiding, knitting, sew-ing, basketry and chair can-ing, then teaching them to continue independently. Special thanks to the Education Committee for their volunteer work schedul-

ing, printing, publicizing, and keeping us all organized! Jane Adams Terri Bryson Cindy Fox Sandi Petty Susan Pitman Margaret Johnson Linda Steger Carol Weber Helen Wittman

Elaine Bradley, Education Committee Chair















Fall Classes 2005

Starter Class: Learn to Weave** **This class is approved for Georgia Department of Education SDU Credit. Contact us for details. Learn to weave on a simple table-top rigid heddle loom. Complete a wool scarf, then learn fancy hand-manipulated techniques. This is a good introductory class if you have no weaving experience. There will be homework between the classes. Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m – 3:00 p.m. October 27 & November 3, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $70 *Supplies: $20 Chair Caning Weaving is not just for yarn anymore! Learn the basics of cane seat weav-ing. In this one day class you will com-plete an oak footstool that is also just the right height for threading your loom. Participants can select from a variety of twill patterns or create one of their own. Saturday December 10, 2005 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Jennifer LeCroy Class Fee: $42 *Supplies: $35 Beginning Crochet Learn basic stitches to create cro-cheted projects, including textures, lace and nets. This class introduces the student to basic and combination stitches and following patterns to com-plete crochet heirlooms or decorative edges for your handwoven fashions. Lefties welcome. Bring to first class: Size J (10) 6mm Crochet hook and a 2.5 ball of 4-ply cotton yarn similar to Sugar ‘n Cream, Peaches and Cream, or Kitchen Cot-ton. Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. October 18 – November 8, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $65





structor.

Please cut out or copy and mail this form, along with your check, to: CHG Education Committee P.O. Box 889244 Atlanta, GA 30356

Interested in private fiber arts les-sons? _________ Questions? Call 404-252-4082.

Crochet Basics Learn basic stitches to create cro-cheted pieces. This class intro-duces the student to reading pat-terns to complete crochet heirlooms. Lefties welcome. Bring to first class: Size J (10) 6mm Crochet hook and a 2.5 ball of 4-ply worsted weight cotton yarn similar to Sugar ‘n Cream, Peaches and Cream, or Kitchen Cotton. Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. November 10 & 17, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $35 Crochet Beyond Beginnings Increase your crochet repertoire with three-dimensional forms and cutting edge techniques. Must have com-pleted Beginning Crochet or equiva-lent knowledge (basic stitches and experience following patterns.) Bring to first class: Size J (10) 6mm Crochet hook and two 2.5 balls of 4-ply cotton yarn (similar to Sugar to Sugar ‘n Cream, Peaches and Cream, or Kitchen Cotton) in con-trasting colors. Additional supplies discussed at first class. Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. November 15 – December 6, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $65

The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Education Committee welcomes propos-als from fiber instructors. New class proposals may be submit-ted by e-mail to [email protected] or may be mailed to: Education Com-mittee, PO Box 889244, Atlanta, GA 30356.

Please include the follow-ing: 80-word class description; 80-word bio; class outline: sup-plies and equipment; schedule preference; resume; any addi-tional information that would be helpful to the committee.

Education Committee: Call for Instructors


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Judy Yingst


Celebrate Spinning and Weaving Week October 3-9, 2005

Join fellow weavers, spinners, dyers and basket-makers around the world, enjoy the pleasure and the opportu-nity to learn, as well as to teach. Enjoy the thrill of seeing someone spinning or weaving for the first time. For more information, visit http://weavespindye.org/pages/?p=sww.html&loc=1-50-00 Download your Spinning and Weaving Week poster at http://weavespindye.org/pdf/SWWEEK05.pdf (see poster on p. 10)

HELP!!!!!

Help keep the population of headless chicken to a mini-mum and join the Programs Committee!!

Contact Reagan Costen at 404.556.7030

or [email protected]

The Handweavers Guild of America along with the Chat-tahoochee Handweavers Guild presents its annual international fiber exhibit, Small Expressions. Held at the Mabel House Arts Center in Mableton, GA, from October 1 to November 12, 2005, this prestigious show is celebrating its 23rd year and has been previously featured in gal-leries throughout Canada and the United States. The opening reception will be held on Satur-day, October 1, 2005, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm and will feature a gallery talk by juror, Michael Monroe, Executive Director of the Bellevue Art Museum. CHG is the host of Small Expressions in connection with its Fiftieth Anniversary year-long celebration. We hope you will all mark your calendars and plan to attend this event. Easy direc-tions to the Mable House can be obtained from their website at www.artshow.com/MableHouse/map.html. If you would like to volunteer to bring refreshments to the opening reception, please contact Judie Dysart at the Sep-tember CHG meeting or e-mail her at [email protected]

50th ANNIVERSARY ANNOUNCMENT

The end of our 50th Anniversary year is coming to a close. We are hosting the Small Expressions Exhibit at the Mable House with an opening reception on Oct. 1. The Guild will be responsible for the refreshments. There will be a sign up sheet at our September meeting that Judie Dysart will pass around. We will also need help for setting up the exhibit and taking it down so please volunteer for one of these. This is a very special exhibit and well worth going to see. Michael Monroe is the juror and will be here for the opening reception, where he will give a talk about the exhibit. Judie Dysart has worked very hard on getting this exhibit coordinated so please say “yes” when she asks for your help. We would like to finish this year with a grand finale for our membership. The No-vember meeting will be a final celebratory event, so look for-ward to being at the that meeting. We will have further announcements in the Octo-ber and November newslet-ters.

Christine Stanton, 50th Anniversary Committee

Small Expressions

Condolences Our heartfelt sympathy to Mary Zurn, whose mother died last month.

October Fiber Focus Deadline: October 1, 2005


http://weavespindye.org/

http://weavespindye.org/pdf/


http://www.artshow.com/MableHouse/



Fiber Events

Exhibits & Shows

January-August 2005 (Held Over till end of year) A Rich Tapestry: The History of Handicrafts at Berry. Relive the Handicrafts era (1910-2003) at Berry College near Rome, GA., through an exhibition of photographs, looms and other artifacts, including woven mate-rials made by former Berry stu-dents. The Martha Berry Mu-seum. For more information, call 706/291-1883. August 9 – October 31, 2005 Crossing Boundaries: Main-taining Traditions, Teaching Artists of the Southeast . This is an exhibition of work by 22 fiber artists, who also teach in colleges, universities, and schools in the Southeast. From traditional to contemporary fiber expressions, these artists are mentoring the fiber artists of the future. Catharine Ellis, fiber fac-ulty, Haywood Community Col-lege Professional Crafts program and CCCD board member or-ganized the exhibition that clearly demonstrates, fiber art teachers and artists have moved from college home economics departments into the fine arts programs. Hours-Tues-Sat, 1-5pm UNC Center for Craft, Creativity and Design(CCCD) 1181 Broyles Road, Henderson-ville, North Carolina Georgia Artists in the Exhibition Cayewah Easley, Savannah College of Art and Design Junco Sato Pollack, Georgia State University

Opportunities To Enter: Tellico Does Tex-tiles Deadline for entries, October 15, 2005 Tellico Plains, Tennessee’s premier fashion and food ex-travaganza, held on November 11, 2005. 2005 theme: Aprons with Attitude. Submit entries using aprons as a metaphor for women’s work. Open to all fiber artists in the southeast. Jurors, Christine Stanton, Am-ber Williams, Entry fee: $10 For application contact: [email protected], www.weavingschool.com

Weaving Arts Studio

Invites you to whet your appetite for Convergence at

Tellico Does Textiles: Aprons With Attitude

Tellico Plains, TN’s premier fashion and food extravaganza Friday, November 11, 2005

Contact: Geri Forkner, [email protected]

Opportunities for individual and group entries at www.weavingschool.com

promote our work as having value in the market place. I am in awe at times how many of you work so hard to get the recogni-tion you deserve.

Now I doubt that I will ever be a fiber “artist.” I see my weaving as recreation, a creative expression and a hobby. But I can still promote my fellow guild members who are artists. Being an active member of the Guild is my way. I call it “Supporting Berthe Morisot.” So how do you support Berthe Morisot? I would love to hear how you support the artist in you. Please email me or better yet send in your ideas and comments to Fiber Focus.

Kathi Grupp


body of the email. If you can’t email material, you may snail mail it to me at the address given on p. 2. And if you have any suggestions for improving the newsletter, I’d be glad to hear them.

Janice Edens, FF Editor






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and start planning your entries now for the

2006 Members’ Showcase Exhibit at the Mable House Cultural Center

Exhibit Dates: January 27 - March 7, 2006

Opening Reception: January 28, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Applications will be available starting in the October newsletter.

Representatives: First of all, a very special thank you to Judie Dysart, who has retired as the HGA Representative for Georgia. Her hard work and years of ex-perience will be sorely missed! My name is Suzi Gough and I am the new HGA Repre-sentative for Georgia. I’m new to Georgia (we have been here one year now) but do have experi-ence as a representative, as I held the post in the UK for many years. Please contact me if you have any HGA-related questions or concerns: Suzi Gough 1112 Peacock St. Cochran, GA 31014 478-934-1594 [email protected]

Spinning and Weaving Week: Weaving and Spinning Week is the perfect opportunity to share your love of fiber arts. Join hands with fellow weavers, spinners, dyers and basket-weavers around the world, en-joy the pleasure and the oppor-tunity to learn, as well as to teach. Enjoy the thrill of seeing someone spinning or weaving for the first time. Teach them the pleasure of using their hands to create yarn from fiber, to create fabric from yarn, and to make dyes and baskets from the nature around them. Teach them the cultural heritage of all nations!

Small Expressions 2005 Exhibit: Our guild is hosting HGA’s Small Expressions Exhibit this year at the Mable House Cultural Arts Center (5239 Floyd Road, Mar-bleton, GA). The exhibition will

HGA News—September 2005



run from October 1 through No-vember 7, with a Gallery Talk from 7:00-9:00 PM on opening night presented by the juror, Mi-chael W. Monroe (Executive Di-rector and Chief Curator for the Bellevue Art Museum). Convergence: It’s never too early to start planning for Con-vergence 2006! HGA’s interna-tional fiber arts conference will be held in Grand Rapids Michi-gan at the De Vos Place Con-vention Center from June 25 through July 1, 2006. There will be over 200 Workshop, Seminar and Lecture topics presented by experts from all over the world, an incredible Vendor Hall, a pro-fessionally produced and juried Fashion Show, as well as Fiber Art Exhibitions and Tours and Excursions around Grand Rap-ids. See HGA website at www.weavespindye.org for up-to-the minute news, information, exhibit prospectus information and information about volunteer-ing during Convergence. Regis-tration information will be avail-able in the Fall issue of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot.

Suzi Gough, HGA Representative

Photos from a Summer “Chair” Caning Class

Photos by Terri & Ken Bryson

Websites of the Month

The following web-sites were found and passed on by Peg Carpenter, who has, unfortunately for us, moved to South Carolina. We wish her the best , but certainly will miss her (fortunately, she plans to re-main a member of our guild). The first site is a blog by a fiber enthusiast who muses on the value of fiber work in her life. It also con-tains some lovely and fasci-nating photos of her work. http://saralamb.blogspot.com/

The second site has met its demise since Peg sent it to me, but I found an article published at http://www.wellesley.edu/Physics/Rberg/papers/RDS-JSET-final.pdf, which shows a working loom made of Legos.

This is the loom described in the defunct website.

Some members of the Weave Structure Study Group; pho-tos by Maggie DeFilippo

http://www.weavespindye.org

http://www.wellesley.edu/Physics/



Reed Hook for Sale: Schacht Auto Reed Hook $25.00 call Dinah Rose 770-516-5846 or [email protected]

Loom For Sale: LeClerc Nilius loom 36" wide, 4-shafts, 6 treadles, high castle. Comes with lease sticks, reed hook, 2 reeds (8-dent and 12-dent), shut-tles, supply of yarn. $600 for all. This is a good loom for a beginner. Call Millie at 770-469-5925 or email [email protected]. Table Loom for Sale: 4-shaft table loom, probably a LeClerc, side levers, 20" weaving width. Comes with lease sticks and 2 reeds (10-dent and 12-dent), shuttle, yarn. $100.00. A good loom for samples or demonstrations. Call Millie at 770-469-5925 or email [email protected]


Loom for sale: 4-harness, 6-treadle, 40” Harrisville Loom. 2 reeds: 12 dent and 15 dent carbon steel, castle tray, 800+ wire heddles, lease sticks, 2 boat shuttles, warping card-board, Handweavers Pattern Book, $550. Call Janice at 706-692-4314 or email [email protected].

Spinning Wheel for Sale: Parlor spinning wheel, made in Austria about 1947. It is both functional and decorative. Can be used to spin wool and flax. It is light and portable. $225.00. Call Joan, 404-816-4417







October 2005



Next Meeting: Friday, October 28

7:00 p.m.—refreshments 7:30 p.m.—program

From the President

Elaine Bradley sent me the Long Range Planning Com-mittee report from June 2003. It was interesting to see the rec-ommendations from this group of dedicated guild members. Not only was I impressed by the suggestions but more impor-tantly how many had been carried out. As the board firms up their ideas for the guild’s future, it was timely to look at the past ideas and the reasoning behind them. One recommendation was to increase membership by retention of old members as well as adding new members. The committee proposed that the board support the website with funding and increased improved information channels. This action is as important today as then. The current board has been charged with getting more information to Susan Pittman for the website. I have gotten several e-mails asking why specific information was not posted on the CHG web. I encourage more members to ask that question. If you notice information that should be on the website, please contact someone on the board. We have a wonderful and active guild. We need to make sure that we are getting the word out and lets make sure the we are using one of our most powerful tools. As this goes to print, the exhibition Small Expression will have opened at the Mable House. Hopefully the entire guild will have a chance to see this wonderful show. What a great addition to the 50th Anniversary Celebration. Our thanks go out to Judy Dysart for her work with HGA on this show. Just a reminder if someone calls to ask for help with a committee, please say yes. Or better yet, volunteer to join a committee that looks interesting to you!

Kathi Grupp

NOTE: The October meet-ing will be on Friday night, Oct. 28, to allow our work-shop presenter to speak to us. We will meet at 7:00 p.m. in the library meeting room.

October Program

Beth Johnson will give a lec-ture entitled Kasuri: A Con-tinuing Inspiration, which will focus on the fabrics she has been weaving since 1976 that are based on the traditional folk textiles of Japan. She will show her work and inspira-tions as they developed from her two extended stays in Ja-pan.

Reagan Costen, Program Chair

Time to Renew Your Membership— See enclosed form

November Program Let’s go out with a bang! Christine and Lynn will be hosting a brunch and hands-on-project to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. Two Places Left!

There are still two places left in Beth Johnson’s workshop. Contact Lisa Ellis at 404-370-6131 or [email protected] if you’re interested.


FIBER FOCUS

Editor Janice Edens Board President Kathi Grupp Fiber Focus is a publication of the Chattahoochee Handweav-ers Guild. Fiber Focus is pub-lished 10 times a year (monthly except for July and December) by the Chattahoochee Hand-weavers Guild, Inc., P.O. Box 889244, Atlanta, GA 30356. Entire contents copyrighted 2004. All rights reserved. Advertisements Current members of the Chatta-hoochee Handweavers Guild may place non-commercial ad-vertisements (personal for sale, wanted, etc.) of up to 10 lines at no charge. Non-members may place ads at a charge of $10 per issue. Commercial rates available on request. Where to Reach Us: CHG, PO Box 889244 Atlanta, GA 30356 Editorial Office Janice Edens, 1080 Upper Sassafras Pkwy., Jasper, GA 30143. 706-692-4314 email: [email protected] Guild Meetings The Guild meets regularly on the third Saturday of each month, except for July, August, and December, at the North DeKalb Cultural Center, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia. Meeting time and date may vary to accom-modate programs. Visitors are welcome. Membership Membership in the CHG is open to any person with an interest in textiles and fiber arts. For membership information, con-tact : Ruth Hough at 404-636-4123 Email: [email protected]



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GEORGIA NATIONAL FAIR Don’t forget the Georgia National Fair which runs Octo-ber 7-17. You will be able to see the work of some of your fellow CHG members. Winners are listed in the minutes of the September meeting elsewhere in this issue of Fiber Focus. Go to www.georgianationalfair.com for details. STRUCTURE STUDY GROUP We will meet on Octo-ber 15 at 10:00 AM. The topic will be Overshot lead by Dinah Rose and Kathy Grupp. STANDARDS AND RATINGS For those wishing to sign up the Apprentice or Jour-neyman program, you can read the requirements on our web-site www.chgweb.com. The applications form and other ma-terials will be online soon. Any questions? e-mail [email protected]


Standards and Ratings 50th Anniversary An-nouncement

The end of our 50th Anniversary year is coming to a close. We continue to have baby blankets made by our members. This has been a very successful project and I would like to thank everyone for participating. We would like to finish this year with a grand finale for our membership. The No-vember meeting will be a final celebratory event. We look forward to having a great time at the meeting. Lynn Nicker-son will be chairing this event. There will be more info in the November newsletter.

Christine Stanton, 50th Anniver-sary Committee

Yarn Sale

Yarn sale at November meeting, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Our annual yarn sale has been moved to November so that we can buy yarn to make holiday gifts. Bring your sale yarn to the November meeting. Ta-bles will be available in Room One. Price your own yarn and have plenty of change avail-able for the shoppers. Great bargains always available!!!! Call Judith Krone if you have questions: 770-938-8001.

New Place to Shop Margaret’s Yarns Down Un-der (Downtown Monroe) 10 am – 6 pm Tuesday through Saturday (until 8 pm on Tuesday and Thursday). 770-207-6613 [email protected]




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President, Kathi Grupp called the meeting to order and distributed a welcome letter and the roster of the 2005 Board of Directors and Committee Chairs. She emphasized how important it is to form a committee immedi-ately—this will help get neces-sary jobs done and is also a way to involve other members of the guild in maintaining a vital or-ganization. Maggie will submit the 2005-06 budget as posted in the September newsletter for ap-proval. She asked that we all remember to submit requests for expense reimbursements in a timely manner. Reagan talked about the upcoming programs: the yarn sale—possibly after the Novem-ber meeting. The October meet-ing will be at 7:00 pm, Friday, October 28. The November meeting will be a hands-on mini project and will be the last of the 50th celebration events. Sharon Alderman will be here in Janu-ary, and Neil Howard will do the February program. In March, Janet Stolnitz will be here. In April or May, Lois Forrester (Lord of the Rings cloaks) and Dot Moye will do the programs. June’s program will be the tradi-tional picnic/fashion show. There was a discussion about keeping the web site up-to-date and getting Susan Pit-man what she needs to post. We need to have the member-ship form in a more obvious place. Janice announced that to get the newsletter out earlier,

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she will need to move the deadline up. She will begin with the November newsletter. Equipment Rental


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September 16, 2005

Show and Tell Wilhemina Blitz showed fashions she had woven for her home: dining room panels, in-spired by painting of houses along Amsterdam canals, cot-ton and linen dining-room chair covers, a monk’s belt runner, and pillows to compliment por-traits of her children. Anne Wolf showed us beautiful scarves she had woven with ribbons. Dianne Totten modeled her completed vest from the Daryl Lancaster workshop last winter. It was made from pieces of a Kasuri Ikat sampler and a pair of her daughter Kelly’s old jeans. It was lined and trimmed with silk Kelly had brought her from Thailand. Maggie Bryson (new member and daughter of Terri Bryson) showed the strong and flexible warp-faced bands she had made with the card-weaving loom her dad made her—very portable and more convenient than tying to a door-knob! Ellen Levy presented a sample of a 6-shaft waffle weave she wove for study group. For the 50th anniversary lunch-eon, Nancy Fajman talked about goals for the guild—where we would like to be heading in the future. She put together a little booklet (50


October 28, 2005 7:00 p.m.…General Meeting November 19, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting December—no meeting

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Membership Renewal

It’s that time again—time to renew your member-ship. You will find a mem-bership form in this issue of Fiber Focus.

Weaving Arts Studio

Invites you to whet your appetite for Convergence at

Tellico Does Textiles: Aprons With Attitude

Tellico Plains, TN’s premier fashion and food extravaganza Friday, November 11, 2005

Contact: Geri Forkner, [email protected]

Opportunities for individual and group entries at www.weavingschool.com

The Handweavers Guild of America along with the Chat-tahoochee Handweavers Guild presents its annual international fiber exhibit, Small Expressions. Held at the Mabel House Arts Center in Mableton, GA, from October 1 to November 12, 2005, this prestigious show is celebrating its 23rd year and has been previously featured in gal-leries throughout Canada and the United States. The opening reception will be held on Satur-day, October 1, 2005, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm and will feature a gallery talk by juror, Michael Monroe, Executive Director of the Bellevue Art Museum. CHG is the host of Small Expressions in connection with its Fiftieth Anniversary year-long celebration. We hope you will all mark your calendars and plan to attend this event. Easy direc-tions to the Mable House can be obtained from their website at www.artshow.com/MableHouse/map.html. If you would like to volunteer to bring refreshments to the opening reception, please contact Judie Dysart at the Sep-tember CHG meeting or e-mail her at [email protected]

Small Expressions

TIME'S FLYING! Before we know it, it will be February 12, 2006, the day of our next open house. This one will be the same in one way as all the others have been: it won't be the work or project of any one per-son. It will be a day made possible by keeping the tradition that has made CHG the wonderful guild that it is---a lot of members working together to make the event happen. We will need help with: door prizes, refreshments, set up, clean up, demonstrations, probably other things as well. Keep in mind that many hands make light work. Door prizes don't need to be elaborate or even necessarily related to weaving. If you have anything you would like to donate, please be sure and label it. If you would like to coordinate door prizes or be in charge of any one part of the open house, please let me know. Contact: Terri Bryson 404-634-9657 [email protected] Thanks to all of you for making the Guild the wonderful organization it is!

Member Feature Several people have suggested we revive having an article on a specific CHG member in each issue of Fiber Focus. I’m sure all of you have enjoyed hearing about our past presidents. We’d




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Exhibit Congrats to Pat Wil-liams and Tommye Scanlin for their joint exhibit at The Cen-ter Gallery at Sautee-Nacoochee Center in Georgia. Show dates Sept. 16 - Nov 5, 2005, plus demos: Oct. 1, 8, 22, 29.

Yarn SALE! A sale of yarn and other fiber related items will be held on November 19, 2005 from 9-10 am in the Chattahoochee Handweav-ers Guild room located at the North DeKalb Cultural Center (5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd. • Atlanta, GA) next door to the Dunwoody Library.

Clean out your stash and make room for more! Spin up that fiber and bring handspun skeins! Got a shop, we’ll help decrease your inventory!

Fine Print - The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild will provide ONLY tables for those wishing to sell yarn and other fiber related items. Scales, change, calculators, and sanity must all be provided by the seller.

Questions contact Reagan at [email protected]

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Yarn Circle—New Shop Looking for knitting, spinning, and weaving supplies? The Yarn Circle in Murphy, NC, near John C. Campbell Folk School has it all. Opened earlier this year by Campbell knitting instructor Martha Owen and weaving instructor (and former CHG member) Pam How-ard, the shop has luscious yarns for knitting by Louet, Green Moun-tain Spinnery, Himalayan Yarns, and others, including locally hand-spun yarn. They carry a wide variety of knitting accessories and pat-terns as well. In addition, the shop has new and used spinning wheels and looms, plus supplies for both. They have raw fiber for spinning and weaving yarns from UKI, Jaggerspun, MoPurl, Louet, Great Northern, and Henry’s Attic. Another plus is the growing col-lection of new and used fiber books for sale. They’re located on Highway 64 East just out of Murphy and about thirty minutes from Blue Ridge, Georgia. You can check out their hours as well as their offerings at www.yarncircle.com.


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CHG Board: 2005-06

President: Kathi Grupp, 404-329-2021, [email protected] Vice-President, Programs: Reagan Costen, 404-556-7030, [email protected] Vice-President, Workshops: Lisa Ellis, 404-370-6131, [email protected] Vice-President, Exhibits: Cindy Fox, 404-367-9132, [email protected] Secretary: Mary Zurn, 404-261-7093, [email protected] Treasurer: Maggie DeFilipo, 404-636-5744, [email protected] Properties: Jo Karst, 770-617-1457, [email protected] Newsletter: Janice Edens, 706-692-4314, [email protected] Standards & Ratings: Dinah Rose, 770-516-5846, [email protected] Co-workshops: Pam Olinto, 678-305-7484, [email protected] Co-exhibits: Terri Bryson, 404-634-9657, [email protected] Membership: Ruth Hough, 404-636-4123, [email protected]

things bound together with a gold thread) to capture these thoughts many guild members had con-tributed. She passed the booklet around for those who had not yet done so to add their thoughts and goals during the meeting. Having to look after five grandbabies inspired Dodie Proctor to put on long warps and weave several beautiful, long scarves of mixed fibers. Lynn Nickerson had Joan Kaufman’s finished project from a previous Beth Johnson work-shop and more baby blankets to


share. She talked about the suggestion of extending the baby blanket project to include “scarves for mom.” Maggie DeFilippo and Janice Edens showed the mo-hair scarves they wove in Bar-bara Flexnor’s summer work-shop on weaving with mohair. Nancy Kreidler, a new member, showed a perle cotton and rayon scarf she had woven for travel. After Show and Tell, the meeting was called to order by President Kathi Grupp. She introduced the new board to the membership: Programs – Reagan Costen Treasurer – Maggie DeFilippo Secretary – Mary Zurn Exhibits – Cindy Fox Co-Exhibits – Terri Bryson Membership – Ruth Hough Properties – Jo Karst Workshops – Lisa Ellis Co-workshops – Pam Olinto Standards and Ratings - Dinah Rose Newsletter – Janice Edens Kathi also presented thanks and a present to the out-going president, Mary Zurn. Reports: Treasurer: Maggie asked for knowledgeable volunteers to help maintain our nonprofit status. Lynn Nickerson volun-teered to help. Maggie re-minded everyone that forms for expenses incurred to conduct guild business are on the web A motion to accept the budget for the 2006-06 year as pre-sented in the newsletter was made, seconded, and approved by a vote of the membership present. Membership: Ruth reminded the membership of the $5.00

cost savings by renewing mem-berships by October. She also introduced new members: Lynn Lowance, Anna Varinsky, and Nancy Kreidler Workshops: Judith made report for Lisa. Twelve of the 20 places for the Beth Johnson workshop are filled. If you need a guild loom for the workshop, let Lisa know immediately. Co-workshops: Pam an-nounced mini-workshops begin-ning with the one by Elaine Brad-ley after the meeting. Judith Krone (how to enter shows) and Ann Doherty (how to set up a home studio) will do workshops at dates to be announced in New Year. Exhibits: Cindy described the 2006 Members Show: January 28-March 7 at the Mable House in Mableton. Applications will be on-line and in the newsletter. The deadline for entries will be in early January, and you only have to be a CHG member to enter. Co-Exhibits: Terri is searching for 2007 gallery space for next juried exhibit. She needs help. Programs: Reagan is asking for support, suggestions: [email protected]. Program cal-endar will be on web site. The October meeting will be October 28th at 7:00 in the library. Yarn sale may follow; stay tuned. Newsletter: Janice announced that in order for everyone to re-ceive the newsletter earlier, she is moving up the due dates. Oc-tober 25th will be the deadline for the November issue. She needs accurate email addresses for everyone including new mem-bers. [email protected] Properties: Jo Karst announced the donation of a tabletop tapes-try loom. If you are doing a dem-

















Fall Classes 2005

Starter Class: Learn to Weave** **This class is approved for Georgia Department of Education SDU Credit. Contact us for details. Learn to weave on a simple table-top rigid heddle loom. Complete a wool scarf, then learn fancy hand-manipulated techniques. This is a good introductory class if you have no weaving experience. There will be homework between the classes. Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. October 27 & November 3, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $70 *Supplies: $20 Chair Caning Weaving is not just for yarn anymore! Learn the basics of cane seat weav-ing. In this one day class you will com-plete an oak footstool that is also just the right height for threading your loom. Participants can select from a variety of twill patterns or create one of their own. Saturday December 10, 2005 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Jennifer LeCroy Class Fee: $42 *Supplies: $35 Beginning Crochet Learn basic stitches to create cro-cheted projects, including textures, lace and nets. This class introduces the student to basic and combination stitches and following patterns to com-plete crochet heirlooms or decorative edges for your handwoven fashions. Lefties welcome. Bring to first class: Size J (10) 6mm Crochet hook and a 2.5 ball of 4-ply cotton yarn similar to Sugar ‘n Cream, Peaches and Cream, or Kitchen Cot-ton. Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. October 18 – November 8, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $65





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Crochet Basics Learn basic stitches to create cro-cheted pieces. This class intro-duces the student to reading pat-terns to complete crochet heirlooms. Lefties welcome. Bring to first class: Size J (10) 6mm Crochet hook and a 2.5 ball of 4-ply worsted weight cotton yarn similar to Sugar ‘n Cream, Peaches and Cream, or Kitchen Cotton. Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. November 10 & 17, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $35 Crochet Beyond Beginnings Increase your crochet repertoire with three-dimensional forms and cutting edge techniques. Must have com-pleted Beginning Crochet or equiva-lent knowledge (basic stitches and experience following patterns.) Bring to first class: Size J (10) 6mm Crochet hook and two 2.5 balls of 4-ply cotton yarn (similar to Sugar to Sugar ‘n Cream, Peaches and Cream, or Kitchen Cotton) in con-trasting colors. Additional supplies discussed at first class. Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. November 15 – December 6, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $65

The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Education Committee welcomes propos-als from fiber instructors. New class proposals may be submit-ted by e-mail to [email protected] or may be mailed to: Education Com-mittee, PO Box 889244, Atlanta, GA 30356.

Please include the follow-ing: 80-word class description; 80-word bio; class outline: sup-plies and equipment; schedule preference; resume; any addi-tional information that would be helpful to the committee.



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Celebrate Spinning and Weaving Week October 3-9, 2005

Join fellow weavers, spinners, dyers and basket-makers around the world, enjoy the pleasure and the opportu-nity to learn, as well as to teach. Enjoy the thrill of seeing someone spinning or weaving for the first time. For more information, visit http://weavespindye.org/pages/?p=sww.html&loc=1-50-00 Download your Spinning and Weaving Week poster at http://weavespindye.org/pdf/SWWEEK05.pdf (see bottom next left column)

Editor’s Note If you want to place an article in Fiber Focus, be sure to get it to me by the deadline, which from now on will be the 25th of the month preceding. I pre-fer that items be sent as email attachments in either Word, WordPerfect, .rtf, or .txt format rather than in the body of the email. If you can’t email ma-terial, you may snail mail it to me at the address given on p. 2. And if you have any sug-gestions for improving the newsletter, I’d be glad to hear them.


November Fiber Focus Deadline: October 25, 2005

onstration, the guild has a loom available for no charge. See Jo. Standards and Ratings: Will make information and applica-tions available on the web site for Apprentice and Journeyman ratings. Georgia National Fair Winners were announced: Apprentice: Nancy Fajman Peggy Coutwright Linda Lowance Journeyman: Kay Guilmet Ann Doherty Masters: Christine Stanton Dianne Totten Judith Krone Education: Elaine announced upcoming classes and that Spin-ning and Weaving Week is the week of Oct. 3rd and she has posters and opportunities to demo. See Elaine if you are par-ticipating in the HGA LXs: Twills and Thick & Thin. Elaine also announced that the Spruill Cen-ter was having an anniversary open house and invited mem-bers to come by and demo in the weaving classroom Friday, Sat-urday, or Sunday (Sept. 23rd , 24th , and 25th). Hospitality: Wilhemina sent a sign up sheet around for October and January. November refresh-ments will be provided as part of the 50th Anniversary grand finale. Historian: Leslie still needing articles by past presidents. HGA: Judi Dysart for Suzie Gough - HGA Small Expressions juried Exhibit will be held Oct. 1st – Nov 14th at the Mable House in Cobb County. CHG will sponsor an opening reception Sat., Oct. 1st, 7:00-9:00. Need volunteers to unbox and box exhibits, as well as food and beverages for the reception. See Judi. 50th Anniversary: Christine an-

(Continued from page 6) nounced that Lynn Nickerson would be hosting the November meeting as a grand finale for the 50th anniversary celebra-tion. It will be a hands-on party and brunch that she and Lynn are planning. Stay tuned for details. Announcements: Christine Stanton announced she will be a juror at the “Creative Aprons” Exhibit in Tellico Plains (home of Geri Forkner). There will be a luncheon in conjunction with the exhibit on Friday, Nov. 11 in Tellico Plains which is approxi-mately 2 ½ hours from Atlanta. See the website, weav-ingschool.com, for details. Christine is overseeing the new Display Cabinet outside the weaving classroom and would appreciate any ideas for the next one. Program: Regan Costen, our new Programs Chair, led us in a fun getting-to-know-you activ-ity. Dinah Rose won a certifi-cate to Earth Guild for finding out the most information about CHG members.

Respectfully submitted, Mary Zurn

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Fiber Events Exhibits & Shows

January-August 2005 (Held Over till end of year) A Rich Tapestry: The History of Handicrafts at Berry. Relive the Handicrafts era (1910-2003) at Berry College near Rome, GA., through an exhibition of photographs, looms and other artifacts, including woven mate-rials made by former Berry stu-dents. The Martha Berry Mu-seum. For more information, call 706/291-1883. August 9 – October 31, 2005 Crossing Boundaries: Main-taining Traditions, Teaching Artists of the Southeast . This is an exhibition of work by 22 fiber artists, who also teach in colleges, universities, and schools in the Southeast. From traditional to contemporary fiber expressions, these artists are mentoring the fiber artists of the future. Catharine Ellis, fiber fac-ulty, Haywood Community Col-lege Professional Crafts program and CCCD board member or-ganized the exhibition that clearly demonstrates, fiber art teachers and artists have moved from college home economics departments into the fine arts programs. Hours-Tues-Sat, 1-5pm UNC Center for Craft, Creativity and Design(CCCD) 1181 Broyles Road, Henderson-ville, North Carolina Georgia Artists in the Exhibition Cayewah Easley, Savannah College of Art and Design Junco Sato Pollack, Georgia State University

Opportunities To Enter: Tellico Does Tex-tiles Deadline for entries, October 15, 2005 Tellico Plains, Tennessee’s premier fashion and food ex-travaganza, held on November 11, 2005. 2005 theme: Aprons with Attitude. Submit entries using aprons as a metaphor for women’s work. Open to all fiber artists in the southeast. Jurors, Christine Stanton, Am-ber Williams, Entry fee: $10 For application contact: [email protected], www.weavingschool.com

November 12, 2005, 10:00 a.m.-3 p.m. Huntley Hills PTA Elementary School Fall Festival and Arts and Crafts Show We are looking for artists to join us. Our school is located just inside I-285 in Chamblee. The table rental is only $20.00. This is a well attended fair; lower end priced items will sell. For an application, please call Heni Sandoval at (770) 455-0191 or email at [email protected]

September 1-October 28. Harmony with Nature: Ai-zome Textiles from Japan Schatten Gallery (Corridor Part), Robert W. Woodruff Li-brary, Emory Univer-sity. Free. Exhibition will focus on contemporary indigo-dyed textiles by Takaaki Yatsuya-nagi. Pottery by Yasuyuki Ta-mura will be displayed in con-juction with the textile art. Sponsored by the Emory University Dept. of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cul-tures and the East Asian Stud-ies Program. Co-sponsored by Nippon Express USA Inc., At-lanta Branch. Visit http://web.library.emory.edu/libraries/schatten/ for details. September 7-October 23. Dolls of Japan: Shapes of Prayer, Embodiments of Love Schatten Gallery, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory Uni-versity. Free. Japanese dolls reflect the customs of Japan and the inspirations of its peo-ple, possess distinct regional attributes, and over the centu-ries have developed in diverse forms. Dolls also provide a showcase for traditional Japa-nese crafts, such as tex-tiles. Come experience Japa-nese culture through this age-old art form. Co-organized by the Consulate General of Ja-pan in Atlanta, the Japan Foun-dation, and Emory University Dept. of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cul-tures. Visit http://web.library.emory.edu/libraries/schatten/ for details.

September 19-December 22. Kyoko Ibe: An Installation Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking at Georgia Tech. Kyoko Ibe is one of Japan's most innovative paper artists, creating large-scale in-stallations using 'washi', tradi-tional Japanese paper. Visit http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/amp/ for details.




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“Small Expressions 2005” opened October 1 at the Mable House Arts Center. The exhibition will remain open until November 13, so don’t miss your chance to see the many wonderful pieces. Contact the Mable House (770-738-0188) for opening hours and directions. October also brings us Spinning and Weaving Week, October 3 through the 9. Take some time to share your crafts with family, friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. You’ll be joining weavers, spinners, dyers and basketmakers around the world in celebration of our common heritage and, per-

haps, bringing some new converts into the fold. It’s also time to start planning for Convergence 2006, which will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from June 25 through July 1. Workshop, studio, and semi-nar schedules are being fi-nalized, and registration in-formation will be available in the Fall 2005 issue of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. In the meantime, the exhibit pro-spectus information is avail-able from the HGA Web site (www.weavespindye.org) or by mail by sending a self ad-dressed stamped envelope to the HGA Office (1255 Bu-

ford Highway, Suite 211, Su-wanee, GA, 30024). The cost is $5 for all eight juried exhibit prospectuses. To get your creative juices flowing, here are the titles for the eight exhibits: Small Expressions 2006:

Small scale fiber art, Gerhardt Knodel, Juror

Make a Grand Entrance: Wearable Art Fashion Show and Exhibit, Melissa Leventon, Ju-ror

Great Lengths: Yardage Ex-hibit, Margaret Dunford and Anna Zaharakos,


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Jurors Spin a Grand Strand: Hand-

spinning Exhibit, Kaye Collins, Juror

Cutting Edge Grandeur! Mul-timedia Fiber Art, Ur-ban R. Jupena, Juror

The Grand Welcome: Multi-media and Dyeing Ban-ner Exhibit, Joseph Be-cherer and Caleb K. Brennan, Jurors

Creative Grand Crossings: Multimedia Interlace-ments Exhibit, Carol Stangler, Juror

Celebration!: Spiritual Fiber Exhibit, Mary Fisher, Juror


(Continued from page 10) CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR HERITAGE DAY

AT THE WILLIAM HARRIS HOMESTEAD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

I’m Dotty Zazworsky, and would like to introduce you to my great-grandparents’ homeplace, the William Harris Homestead, which is located just 45 miles northeast of Atlanta, in Walton County, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2001 it became the William Harris Homestead Foundation, a charitable 501© 3 organization, with its mission to provide heritage education. Over the past ten years, it has given tours to over 30,000 school chil-dren as well as adult groups from Atlanta and across the state. We offer a field trip program, “A Day in the 19th Century,” that fits very well with the Georgia history curriculum for elementary schools (our program is detailed on the website, www.harrishomestead.com ). As part of a tour of the log house at the Homestead, I demon-strate spinning on a “walking wheel” and weaving on a wonderful an-tique loom, purchased years ago from Betty Smith. Linda Jarrett knows this loom very well, since she helps me keep it in working or-der. During our field trip programs, I talk in detail about cotton pro-duction in the South in the 19th century, and use these machines to demonstrate the making of cotton cloth. Children and adults enjoy this very much. The Board of the William Harris Homestead and the Historical Society of Walton County are planning a big fundraiser, HERITAGE DAY… “A Day in the 19th Century,” on Saturday, October 22, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Homestead. The proceeds from this fundraiser will be applied to the continuing restoration of the buildings at the William Harris Homestead. During the day, participants can tour the log house and the grounds as well as enjoy an array of festivities showcasing life in the 19th century. One highlight of the day will include a Civil War Reen-actment of a “Camp of Instruction”. There will be demonstrations, such as spinning, cloth weaving, basket weaving, candle making, chair caning, blacksmithing, and sheep herding. The Georgia Old Time Plow Club will demonstrate 19th century farming methods, Whippoorwill Farms will have fresh, organic produce on hand. A local archeologist will demonstrate and explain ongoing archeological activities at the Homestead. There will be a quilt exhibit/raffle, art shows, hayrides, and old-fashioned barbeque. There is a nominal fee for entrance and the barbeque lunch. Please volunteer to help us with the spinning, weaving, bas-ket-weaving, open-hearth cooking, chair caning, or candle-making demonstrations. It should be a beautiful day in the country to share our knowledge of “making life work” in the 19th century. Of course, the event would be free and a barbeque lunch would be provided to all volunteers. I will have volunteer shifts, so that you can enjoy the festivities, too. If you would like to be a part of this day of heritage education and fun, please call me at 404-816-2943 or email me at [email protected] .

Dotty Zazworsky Managing Director, William Harris Homestead Foundation

also enjoy hearing about how each of you got into weaving, what your main focus has been, what you value in fiber work, etc. So write an article about your weaving life or in-terview someone else in the Guild about his or hers. It will help us get to know each other better and inspire us in our fiber work.



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ADS Current members of the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild may place non-commercial advertisements (personal for sale, wanted, etc.) of up to 10 lines at no charge. Non-members may place ads at a charge of $10 per issue. Commercial rates avail-able on request. Ads will run for only one month unless renewed by phone (706-692-4314) or email. Editor’s note: Please send ads directly to me at 1080 Upper Sassafras Pkwy., Jasper, GA 30143, or to my email address [email protected]). Mail sent to the P.O. Box may not get to me until after Fiber Focus has been printed.

Loom For Sale: 48” AVL Compu-Dobby 16 Harness Modular Loom with built in bench. Compu-Dobby sys-tem, New automatic Cloth Advance System. Bottom swing Beater, ½ Yard Sectional Beam and Plain Beam, Automatic Warp Tensioning, Automatic Cloth Storage System, Apron with Apron Rod, Warp beam Flanges, Soft grip beam cover, Chenille beam Cover, Polyester Heddles, Built in Raddle, Reed of your dent choice, Complete Instruction Manual. $5600.00. Con-tact Nancy Ratliff: 770-483-8990, [email protected].


Loom for sale: 4-harness, 6-treadle, 40” Harrisville Loom. 2 reeds: 12 dent and 15 dent carbon steel, castle tray, 800+ wire heddles, lease sticks, 2 boat shuttles, warping cardboard, Handweavers Pattern Book, $550. Call Janice at 706-692-4314 or email [email protected].

Loom for Sale: 8-harness Loomcraft Loom 45” weaving width, 12 treadles, 2 reeds $2,100.00. Judie Dysart, 770-386-0020, [email protected]

Loom for Sale: 40” Glimakra Loom. 4 harness with 6 treadles. Traditional Scandinavian design with overhead beater. Easy to assemble. Well loved. Must Sell! Price in-cludes adjustable bench, 6- & 8-dent reeds, polyester hed-dles, lease & warp sticks, warping board, wooden umbrella swift, 4 wooden boat shuttles, instruction. New $2250. Asking $950 or OBO. Contact Jane in Asheville, NC 828-687-8757 or [email protected]







November 2005



Next Meeting: Saturday, November 19


From the President

I am sitting here watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!”. I love this show. “I got a candy bar!” “I got a candy apple!” I got gum!”……” I got a rock.” Boy, ain’t that the truth sometimes?

I had to take a lot of philosophy classes in college, and unfor-tunately, I don’t recall a thing. Now, with all my life’s “experiences and wisdom,” I follow the teachings of Charlie Brown. Sometimes you get a rock, even the pathetic tree is important, and Lucy will al-ways pull away the football. That just about covers most life’s ques-tions, don’t you think?

Since I am in this very profound mode, let me share with you this story just in time for the holidays!

When my three older brothers married and began their fami-lies, I had this fantasy of being an incredible aunt. I had visions of all my nieces and nephews hanging out with me, and I would be The Favorite Aunt! Well, life happened. I moved seven hours away, we saw each other just on holidays, and my picture of the perfect aunt didn’t quite develop. When I saw my nieces and nephews, I knew little about them, and they weren’t too sure about me.

While visiting a couple of summers ago, my niece, Kari saw my little table loom. She asked a few questions and said she wanted to try her hand at weaving. I assumed this would last all of two min-utes before she would zoom off to her beloved video games. An hour and half later we were still weaving! We just sat together and got past the “how is school” conversation. It was wonderful to watch her learn how the loom works, to solve problems, and to choose her next color of yarn. She was a natural. Her selvages put mine to shame.

Every time she would visit, her parents made her promise she would wait until she was in the house at least ten minutes before she would ask about the loom. She was so eager to finish and have something she made. I was reluctant for it to end because then what would I do with her? Over the course of a year and a half and several visits, she finished the scarf. I had to give up the idea of being Super Aunt, but I love it that we shared that one thing. I have no idea what happened to the scarf and I don’t care. Maybe when she grows out of the “whatever!” phase, I can lure her back to the loom and another scarf. Happy Holidays to you all!

Kathi Grupp

November Program

Please join us for a holi-day brunch on Saturday, Novem-ber 19, our regular meeting date for the final celebration of our fiftieth year. Several of our members will host the brunch so come prepared to enjoy a casual party time together. As part of the celebration, we’ll make a little beaded holiday gift for ourselves. If you have a beadwork memory metal cutter or beadwork needle-nose pliers, please bring them to share for the project. Remember that we’ll also have our yarn sale that day so you can spend the morning eating, beading, shop-ping, and socializing with your friends.

NOTE: Remem-ber there’ll be no meeting and no newsletter in De-cember.

FIBER FOCUS

Editor Janice Edens Asst. Editor Mary Fleming- Netland Board President Kathi Grupp Fiber Focus is a publication of the Chattahoochee Handweav-ers Guild. Fiber Focus is pub-lished 10 times a year (monthly except for July and December) by the Chattahoochee Hand-weavers Guild, Inc., P.O. Box 889244, Atlanta, GA 30356. Entire contents copyrighted 2004. All rights reserved. Advertisements Current members of the Chatta-hoochee Handweavers Guild may place non-commercial ad-vertisements (personal for sale, wanted, etc.) of up to 10 lines at no charge. Non-members may place ads at a charge of $10 per issue. Commercial rates available on request. Where to Reach Us: CHG, PO Box 889244 Atlanta, GA 30356 Editorial Office Janice Edens, 1080 Upper Sassafras Pkwy., Jasper, GA 30143. 706-692-4314 email: [email protected] Guild Meetings The Guild meets regularly on the third Saturday of each month, except for July, August, and December, at the North DeKalb Cultural Center, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia. Meeting time and date may vary to accom-modate programs. Visitors are welcome. Membership Membership in the CHG is open to any person with an interest in textiles and fiber arts. For membership information, con-tact : Ruth Hough at 404-636-4123 Email: [email protected]



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STANDARDS AND RATINGS For those wishing to sign up the Apprentice or Jour-neyman program, you can read the requirements on our web-site www.chgweb.com. The applications form and other ma-terials will be online soon. Any questions? e-mail [email protected]



January Fiber

Focus Deadline: December 20, 2005

Yarn Sale

Yarn sale at November meeting, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Our annual yarn sale has been moved to November so that we can buy yarn to make holiday gifts. Bring your sale yarn to the November meeting. Ta-bles will be available in Room One. Price your own yarn and have plenty of change avail-able for the shoppers. Great bargains always available!!!! Call Judith Krone if you have questions: 770-938-8001.

Spinning and Weaving Week and Beyond

Carole Hall observed Spinning and Weaving Week (Oct 2-9) and a bit beyond by weaving on a rag rug at the Mable House Storytelling Festival October 8, and dem-onstrating spinning on an antique great wheel and weaving on a barn loom at New Echota’s Frontier Days October 15. A few people picked up CHG brochures both places.

Congratulations Georgia National Fair

Winners! Our congratulations to this year’s Georgia National Fair winners. Awards of Excellence went to Ann Doherty for her Mac-Gregor Tartan at the Journey-man level and to Diane Totten for her poncho and slacks set at the Master Level. Judith Krone won the CHG Award for her wed-ding shawl. Other winners were Sally Kemph, Lynn Lowance, Nancy Fajman, Kay Guilmet, and duo Christine Stanton and Judith Krone. These members were recognized for many pieces in many categories. To see all the specifics go to www.georgianationalfair.com/galivingcen-ter/05GLCwinnerindex.htm. We’re really proud of all our winners!






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Before the meeting, Dinah Rose asked all Georgia National Fair winners to come up for a special Show and Tell. Ju-dith Crone (jacket), Ann Doherty (scarves and blanket), Kay Guil-met (table runners, purses), Nancy Fajman (shadow weave gamp table runner) and Dianne Totten (shirt) showed off their winning entries. The meeting was then called to order by President Kathi Grupp. Motion was called for, made, and seconded to accept the minutes for the last meeting as posted in October Fiber Fo-cus newsletter. Treasurer: Maggie reported that we currently have $18,000.00 in our checking account. Membership: Ruth reported 107 paid up members. New mem-ber, Julie, introduced herself. Workshops: Lisa reminded eve-ryone that applications for work-shops would be accepted by postmark— first to arrive→first in. Co-workshops: Pam an-nounced workshops scheduled for 2006-07. Exhibits: Cindy reminded every-one that the 2006 Non-juried Members Show will be January 28-March 7 at the Mable House in Mableton. Applications will be online and in the newsletter, and you only have to be a CHG member to enter. The deadline for entries will be the January 13th meeting. We will be hanging our own show and the Margaret Mott Award will be given. There will be no December meeting to remind people, so please weave away and plan to help.

Minutes of General Meeting October 28, 2005

Co-Exhibits: The 2007 Exhibit will be a juried show. Programs: The November meeting will be an end-of-anniversary year brunch with yarn sale beforehand. Some spinners from Spinners Guild will also be selling their yarn. Reagan can provide tables only—no change or signs. Newsletter: Janice reminded everyone that she has moved up the deadline for getting arti-cles in the newsletter. October 25th will be the deadline for the November issue. There will not be a December meeting or newsletter. Standards and Ratings: In-formation and applications available on the web site for Apprentice and Journeyman ratings. Education: Elaine announced upcoming classes (e.g. crochet, chair caning). Terri announced that the Open House will be February 12, 1:00-4:00. Please plan to attend and demonstrate if possible. She needs door prizes—they don’t have to be weaving related. For example, Reagan plans to donate some sports event tickets. Terri will be asking for volunteers to help with the Open House at the No-vember meeting. Demonstrations: Kathi asked for volunteers for the open Demonstrations position. Re-sponsibilities would be to con-nect people with events where weaving demonstrations are requested. Publicity: Zing began by thanking Christine, Catherine Neiner’s mother, and asking for


Equipment Rental


November 19, 2005 9:00…………..Board Meeting 10:00…………...Refreshments 10:30………...General Meeting December—no meeting

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Membership Renewal

It’s that time again—time to renew your member-ship. Don’t miss out on exciting workshops and Fiber Focus information.

Weaving Arts Studio

Spend some quality studio time in the mountains of east Tennessee

Gift certificates available

Contact: Geri Forkner [email protected] www.weavingschool.com

The Handweavers Guild of America along with the Chattahoochee Hand-weavers Guild presents its an-nual international fiber exhibit, Small Expressions. Held at the Mabel House Arts Center in Mableton, GA, from Octo-ber 1 to November 12, 2005, this prestigious show is cele-brating its 23rd year and has been previously featured in galleries throughout Canada and the United States. The opening reception was held on Saturday, October 1, 2005. CHG is the host of Small Expressions in connec-tion with its Fiftieth Anniver-sary year-long celebration. We hope you will all mark your calendars and plan to attend this show. Easy direc-tions to the Mable House can be obtained from their website at www.artshow.com/MableHouse/map.html.

Small Expressions

Open House Update Time is flying as we have fun with meetings, workshops, and just our everyday things. Before we know it, February will be here and we will be having yet another open house. So far, we have four instructors and one door prize donated. These are the people who deserve a special thanks already: Rhetta Grey-demonstrating inkle weaving AND donating a woven rag purse! (our first door prize donation) Carol Hall-demonstrating tapestry weaving Allyson Archibald-willing to demonstrate a variety of fiber techniques Elaine Bradley-demonstrating rigid heddle weaving. Kay Guilmet-demonstrating floor loom Ann Doherty-demonstrating floor loom There are as always with a guild project a variety of ways to participate. We will be needing help with set up, clean up, publicity, door prizes, membership tables and other tasks that haven't become evident yet. Please be considering what you would like to do to help. As always, when the time draws even closer, sign up sheets will be sent around. The pay for this job is fun, an opportunity to get to know other guild members better, and an opportunity to be in-spired by guild talent. We appreciate your participation. A special thanks again to


Member Feature Several people have suggested we revive having an article on a specific CHG member in each issue of Fiber Focus. I’m sure all of you have enjoyed hearing about our past presidents. We’d


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spective on her development as a fiber artist.

Respectfully submitted, Mary Zurn

Yarn SALE! A sale of yarn and other fiber related items will be held on November 19, 2005 from 9-10 am in the Chattahoochee Handweav-ers Guild room located at the North DeKalb Cultural Center (5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd. • Atlanta, GA) next door to the Dunwoody Library.

Clean out your stash and make room for more! Spin up that fiber and bring handspun skeins! Got a shop, we’ll help decrease your inventory!

Fine Print - The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild will provide ONLY tables for those wishing to sell yarn and other fiber related items. Scales, change, calculators, and sanity must all be provided by the seller.

Questions contact Reagan at [email protected]

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someone to volunteer to help her this year with the idea of taking over next year. HGA: The HGA Small Expres-sions juried Exhibit will continue until Nov 14th at the Mable House in Cobb County. Judie thanked the Guild for the turn-out and support for the recep-tion. Suzi announced that the Convergence 2006 Brochure is out. 50th Anniversary: Christine announced that the November meeting will be our last official event of our anniversary year.

(Continued from page 3) We will have an informal, cas-ual party brunch catered by a committee of guild members. Everyone will be able to partici-pate in a hands-on beading project and yarn sale that will begin before the brunch. If you have round-nosed pliers or special wire cutters for beading, please contact Lynn and plan to bring them with you to the meeting. Program: Reagan Costen in-troduced our speaker, Beth Johnson, who gave us a retro-

Christine & Linda at last year’s Weaving Arts Studio fashion show.


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CHG Board: 2005-06

President: Kathi Grupp, 404-329-2021, [email protected] Vice-President, Programs: Reagan Costen, 404-556-7030, [email protected] Vice-President, Workshops: Lisa Ellis, 404-370-6131, [email protected] Vice-President, Exhibits: Cindy Fox, 404-367-9132, [email protected] Secretary: Mary Zurn, 404-261-7093, [email protected] Treasurer: Maggie DeFilipo, 404-636-5744, [email protected] Properties: Jo Karst, 770-617-1457, [email protected] Newsletter: Janice Edens, 706-692-4314, [email protected] Standards & Ratings: Dinah Rose, 770-516-5846, [email protected] Co-workshops: Pam Olinto, 678-305-7484, [email protected] Co-exhibits: Terri Bryson, 404-634-9657, [email protected] Membership: Ruth Hough, 404-636-4123, [email protected]

The Guild is proud to have Sharon Alderman as our January 2006 Program lecturer and Workshop teacher. Her lecture will fo-cus on the introduction and main points of her workshop, which is entitled, Combining Weave Structures in One Cloth. The basic premise of the workshop and the topic of her lecture will be the process of figuring out how to make cloth in which differ-ent areas weave differently and the weaving of exam-ples of some of the possibili-ties. According to Sharon Alderman, there are a few ways to go about obtaining the draft that will produce the cloth which the weaver is seeking. Ms. Alderman’s workshop will be an on-loom workshop with 16 looms pre-warped for samples for 16 workshop participants. Sharon Alderman has been weaving nearly every day since 1970. Specializing in fabrics to wear, upholstery and other interior fabrics and color studies woven of cotton sewing thread, she was awarded the Governor's Award in the Arts, Artist Category in January 1996 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her work has been shown in competitions and invitational exhibitions all over North America. In 1993, she was represented in the National Museum of Women's Art in Washington, D.C. Her work

is in private, corporate, city, county, state and federal col-lections. Ms. Alderman was one of the first weavers to apply for the Certificate of Excel-lence in Handweaving when that program was founded by the Handweavers Guild of America. At the first judging, in 1976, she was awarded the Certificate of Excellence; her special in-depth study focused on apparel textiles. That same year she began to teach, first locally and then throughout the United States, Canada, and in the United Kingdom. Additionally, she lectures, gives keynote ad-dresses, acts as a juror and leads workshops for guilds, art center, colleges, and state, regional and national confer-ences. Her writing and work have appeared in many weav-ing magazines: Shuttle, Spin-dle & Dyepot, Interweave, Textile Artist's Newsletter, Weavers, and Handwoven. She designs and weaves the Swatch Collection series for Handwoven magazine. Her books include Handwoven, Tailormade, A Handweaver's Notebook, and Mastering Weave Structures, all pub-lished by Interweave Press, Inc. For the past ten years she has woven prototype fab-rics for engineering firms. Among the exotic materials


those who volunteered al-ready! Also, a special thanks to Sandi Petty and Elaine Bradley for their support in working on this project. They were there for us making sure the Open House wasn't neglected as we experi-enced a family loss. Please contact Terri Bry-son at: 404-634-9657 or [email protected] with suggestions, door prize do-nations, or especially to volun-teer to help. The date is February 12, 2006.

Terri Bryson


January Workshop with Sharon Alderman















Fall Classes 2005

Crochet Basics Learn basic stitches to create cro-cheted pieces. This class intro-duces the student to reading pat-terns to complete crochet heirlooms. Lefties welcome. Bring to first class: Size J (10) 6mm Crochet hook and a 2.5 ball of 4-ply worsted weight cotton yarn similar to Sugar ‘n Cream, Peaches and Cream, or Kitchen Cotton. Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. November 10 & 17, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $35 Crochet Beyond Beginnings Increase your crochet repertoire with three-dimensional forms and cutting edge techniques. Must have completed Beginning Crochet or equivalent knowledge (basic stitches and experience following patterns.) Bring to first class: Size J (10) 6mm Crochet hook and two 2.5 balls of 4-ply cotton yarn (similar to Sugar to Sugar ‘n Cream, Peaches and Cream, or Kitchen Cotton) in contrasting colors. Additional sup-plies discussed at first class. Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. November 15 – December 6, 2005 Elaine Bradley Class Fee: $65 Chair Caning Instructor: Jennifer LeCroy Saturday, December 10, 2005 Fees: Tuition - $42.00 (Pay to CHG) Supplies - $35.00 (Pay to instructor) Time: 09:00 am to 5:00 pm Weaving is not just for yarn any-more! Learn the basics of cane seat weaving. In this one day class, you will complete an oak footstool that is also just the right height for thread-

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Winter Classes Winter classes will be posted online in late November and will be listed in the January Fi-ber Focus. For more informa-tion, see http://chgweb.com

The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Education Committee welcomes propos-als from fiber instructors. New class proposals may be submit-ted by e-mail to [email protected] or may be mailed to: Education Com-mittee, PO Box 889244, Atlanta, GA 30356. Please include the fol-lowing: 80-word class descrip-tion; 80-word bio; class out-line: supplies and equipment; schedule preference; resume; any additional information that would be helpful to the commit-tee.


HGA-Learning Exchange Study Group

If you are weaving in HGA's LX Twills or Thick-n-Thin and want to participate in CHG's study group, contact [email protected] by No-vember 19. For more informa-tion visit http://chgweb.com/Class%20&%20WorkS/LXstudy.htm

Spinning and Weaving Week Demonstrations

Thanks to the following members for promoting fiber arts during Spinning and Weaving Week 2005: Carole Hall at Mable House Anna Varinsky and Elaine Brad-ley at Dunwoody Library Elaine Bradley at Sandy Springs and Northeast/Spruill Oaks Li-braries Plan to demonstrate next year, the first full week in October.

ing your loom. Participants can select from a variety of twill pat-terns or create one of their own.

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Website of the Month Frayed Edges was cre-ated by ten graduates in Hand-loom Textile who formed strong friendships that encouraged them to continue weaving to-gether. From that association came Frayed Edges, whose members come from all over Britain and (one member) France. According to the web-site, their spread out location ”brings a wide variety of ap-proach and style to our work adding interest and vibrancy to our exhibitions. We also have a wide range of experience; some of us have been weaving and selling items for several years whilst others are venturing into the market for the first time but all have achieved a high stan-dard of skill and design ability. “

Thanks to Peg Carpenter for suggesting this site.

Editor’s Note If you want to place an article in Fiber Focus, be sure to get it to me by the deadline, which from now on will be the 25th of the month preceding. I prefer that items be sent as email attach-ments in either Word, WordPer-fect, .rtf, or .txt format rather than in the body of the email. If you can’t email material, you may snail mail it to me at the address given on p. 2. And if you have any suggestions for improving the newsletter, I’d be glad to hear them.


used in these prototypes are nylon monofilament, metal filaments, fusible materials, and nickel-plated carbon fi-bers. Sharon's background in the sciences has made her uniquely qualified to construct unusual cloth made of un-usual materials. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California and studied Basic Design in the Graduate School of Archi-tecture at the University of

(Continued from page 6) Utah. The program will be on Friday, January 13, at 7:00 pm in the Public Library at the Spruill Center. The workshop will be at Spruill on the following Saturday and Sunday. All are welcome Friday night, but advance registration and payment are required for the workshop as instructed on the enclosed registration form.

Lisa Ellis, Workshop Chair

Treasurer’s Report August 2005 7/31/05 Balance in Checking Acct: 16,514.63 Deposits/Credits: 540.00 Checks/Debits: 3,203.79 Interest Earned: 6.62 8/31/05 Balance in Checking Acct: 13,857.46 Uncleared Transactions: 3677.73 Register Balance: 10,179.73 Treasurer’s Report Sept 2005 8/31/05 Balance in Checking Acct: 13,857.46 Deposits/Credits: 1,595.00 Checks/Debits: 572.02 Interest Earned: 6.30 Service Fee: 36.00 9/30/05 Balance in Checking Acct: 14,880.74 Uncleared Transactions: 4,730.71 Register Balance: 10,150.03


Treasurer’s Reports for August and September 2005

Condolences Our sympathy goes out to Terri and Ken Bryson, who lost Ken’s mother last month.



Fiber Events Exhibits & Shows

January-August 2005 (Held Over till end of year) A Rich Tapestry: The History of Handicrafts at Berry. Relive the Handicrafts era (1910-2003) at Berry College near Rome, GA., through an exhibition of photographs, looms and other artifacts, including woven mate-rials made by former Berry stu-dents. The Martha Berry Mu-seum. For more information, call 706/291-1883. September 19-December 22. Kyoko Ibe: An Installation Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking at Georgia Tech. Kyoko Ibe is one of Japan's most innovative paper artists, creating large-scale in-stallations using 'washi', tradi-tional Japanese paper. Visit http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/amp/ for details.

ADS Current members of the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild may place non-commercial advertisements (personal for sale, wanted, etc.) of up to 10 lines at no charge. Non-members may place ads at a charge of $10 per issue. Commercial rates avail-able on request. Ads will run for only one month unless renewed by phone (706-692-4314) or email. Editor’s note: Please send ads directly to me at 1080 Upper Sassafras Pkwy., Jasper, GA 30143, or to my email address [email protected]). Mail sent to the P.O. Box may not get to me until after Fiber Focus has been printed.

Wanted to Buy: Dorset Loom. Betty Smith of Jekyll Island. Email [email protected] or call 912-635-3329. Will pick up.


Loom for sale: 4-harness, 6-treadle, 40” Harrisville Loom. 2 reeds: 12 dent and 15 dent carbon steel, castle tray, 800+ wire heddles, lease sticks, 2 boat shuttles, warping cardboard, Handweavers Pattern Book, $550. Call Janice at 706-692-4314 or email [email protected].


Judy Yingst


Opportunities November 12, 2005, 10:00 a.m.-3 p.m. Huntley Hills PTA Elementary School Fall Festival and Arts and Crafts Show We are looking for artists to join us. Our school is located just in-side I-285 in Chamblee. The table rental is only $20.00. This is a well attended fair; lower end priced items will sell. For an ap-plication, please call Heni Sandoval at (770) 455-0191 or email at [email protected]

Vertical (Schacht) Warping Mill for Sale: . 2 yards around; fully assembled; completely adjustable for any warp length up to 18 yards; folds for storage. Can also be used to wind 2-yard skeins. Many weavers say mills are easier and quicker then conventional warping boards. Excellent condi-tion. Includes one lesson. (Selling because I have upgraded to a larger mill.) $150. Contact Elaine at [email protected]

Aprons with Attitude The fashion show at Geri Forkner’s Weaving Arts Studio will take place on Fri-day, Nov. 11 (sorry, folks, it’s all sold out), and the show will open the next day, Nov. 12, at 5:00 p.m. with a lec-ture at 10:00 a.m. Though focusing on the apron en-tries, other garments will also be displayed. If you want to go, contact Geri at 423-337-3958 or [email protected] to be sure the studio will be open when you get there. On Nov. 17 the show will move to Margaret’s Yarns Down Under in Monroe, Ga. For more information about Margaret’s shop and the hours of the exhibit call 770-207-1300.

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There is still time to see HGA’s Small Expressions 2005 at the Mable House Cultural Arts Cen-ter in Mableton as it will be on view through November 13th. For those that won’t be able to see the show in person, photo-graphs of the entries are in the current issue of Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot (Fall 2005). The Michigan League of Hand-weavers and the Michigan fiber guilds are gearing up for Conver-gence. Pre-conference work-shops begin June 25th and Con-vergence continues through July 1st. Last month I listed the Con-vergence exhibits to enter, so this month I’ll tell you about some of the other exhibits/events that will be happening.

Informal Fashion Shows – Any-one from beginner through advanced can model their wearable art or show their functional art to fellow fiber enthu-siasts. There will be two informal fashion shows during Conver-gence, one on Thursday and one on Friday, both beginning at 4:00 pm.

A Mitten For Michigan – The challenge is to design and send ahead a pair of handmade mittens to Grand Rapids in any fiber technique and any material. Make the mit-tens the size of your hand, or a child’s hand. You can even make just

one mitten instead of a pair if you are producing an “art” mitten. The mit-tens will be displayed at Convergence for all to admire and enjoy. Then, a silent auction will be held from Thursday until noon on Saturday when the highest bidder on each pair will be able to take his or her mitten(s). The proceeds and any unsold mittens will be do-nated to a local charity.

American Tapestry Biennial VI – This juried tapestry ex-hibit is open to all tapes-try artists and is spon-sored by the American Tapestry Alliance. For a


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prospectus or more infor-mation, go to the Ameri-can Tapestry Alliance Web site at http://www.americantapestryalliance.org/NandR/ATB6EntryForm.pdf.

Small Format GRAND IDEAS – An unjuried international small format (100 square inches or less) tapestry show sponsored by the American Tapestry Alli-ance will be at Kendall College from June 18 through July 28, 2006. The entry deadline is January 15, 2006. The prospectus may be downloaded from www.americantapestryalliance.org or send a SASE to Priscilla Lynch, PO Box 340, Saugatuck, MI 49453.

Community Exhibits – There are too many to list! Exhibits are planned in the greater Grand Rapids area as well as throughout the state of Michigan. Many colleges, local galleries, historic sites and art insti-tutions will celebrate Con-vergence with HGA by exhibiting fiber art during the summer of 2006.

Showcasing Grand Inspirations – This is an invitational ex-hibit of work created by Convergence leaders, speakers and jurors. It will feature the recent work of those who teach and inspire in all areas of the fiber arts.

HGA’s Certificate of Excellence (COE) Exhibit – This ex-hibit will showcase the work of recent recipients

(Continued from page 10) of the COE in hand-weaving, handspinning, dyeing and basketmak-ing.

The Convergence Registration book is in the current Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot. Registra-tion (by mail, fax, or online) be-gins December 16, 2005!


also enjoy hearing about how each of you got into weaving, what your main focus has been, what you value in fiber work, etc. So write an article about your weaving life or in-terview someone else in the Guild about his or hers. It will help us get to know each other better and inspire us in our fiber work.


Review of Your Handweaving by Elsie G. Davenport First published in 1948, this little gem of a book should be one of the first books in a new weaver’s library. How I wish I’d had it when I started out! Elsie Davenport begins by showing you how to build your own frame loom and weave on it. What’s especially valuable is that the parts she has included show you the ba-sic principle of loom construc-tion and weaving as you move from a simple frame loom all the way to the 4-harness floor loom. For instance, the frame loom has a warp rod and a cloth rod plus a raddle (which she calls a reed) for spreading the warp. She shows you how to weave both plain weave and

twill on this loom, how to bubble the weft thread to allow for take-up, and how to finish off your work. Next she shows you how to add pieces to the frame loom so you can make a longer warp. A later chapter illustrates making a simple rigid heddle loom with nails through the warp and cloth beams and stop pins to act as brakes. This will accommodate a much longer warp. However, what you see as she moves from the simplest to the more compli-cated looms is that the process remains the same. It’s just that more complex looms allow you to weave longer cloth and do it more easily. But if you learn the process well on the frame loom, you can apply that process to more elaborate looms. Finally, when she arrives at the 4-harness floor loom, she shows that you can not only weave more efficiently on it but can also create more complex designs than the others allow. The warp and cloth rods of the frame loom become the warp and cloth beams of the floor loom, the nails and stop pins in the rigid heddle loom become the brake and take up rachet. The raddle becomes the reed. Her discussion of warp spacing is particularly interesting, as she discusses the various ef-fects possible by varying the epi across a single warp. You can find copies of this book at Amazon.com, both new and used. Copies also turn up on eBay, which is where I got mine.

Janice Edens

NOTE: If you have a book you particularly like, old or new, send me a review of it for Fiber Focus.


Documents

chgweavers.org · Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Fiber Focus 1 January 2005 Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild From the President Dedicated to the promotion and preservation of fiber