I recently attended a paper weaving class co-taught by my fabulous weaving neighbor at the local library. We made a woven heart from two-sided paper strips, the glued it into a card frame. The pattern is called a Cherokee Chief‘s Heart, but of course those of us without registered Cherokee heritage were making these weavings in the style of the pattern, as a learning exercise. My neighbor is a registered Cherokee and an awarded weaver and artist and is so generous with her teaching and knowledge.

We did have to use copious amounts of glue to keep the unwoven sections of the sampler in place. The weaving is neat in that the back image is the same as the front, just with the lines going a different way.