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Come and hear the youto feel you must go,the I’dword liketo you feel you go, I’d like you feel you must go, I’d like toto inviteIfIfyou help usmust spread talent that could come to an RV invite youto helpus usspread spreadthe theyou word invite you help word invite you toto help us spread the word about South Texas to everyone park near you! about South Texas everyone you about South Texas everyone you about South Texas toto everyone you meet along the way andto those you see We follow thethe Showcase up with meet along the wayand and those youto see meet along way those you see meet along the way and those you see every day back home. Invite them not one, butback two,home. Winter Texan every day back home. Invite them them every day back home. Invite them toto joinevery you day next season! WeInvite would loveto Expos! McAllen’s Expo will be the joinyou you next season! We would love next season! We would love join you next season! We would love to join have them join us. The more have themjoin joinus. us.The The more the to them totohave have them join us. The more the January 16-17, and we’ll bemore in the merrier! merrier! January 18. Admismerrier! merrier! Brownsville sion to the Expos is free! So come This September, we will host our This September, we will host our This September, we will host our This September, we will host our on out and join us for a great time. second, not so annual (thanks to the second,our not so annual (thanks the second, not so annual (thanks to second, not so annual (thanks totothe the Lastly, Bayside Music Story and Photos by Eryn Reddell Wingert pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion Festival will bealso held attoLouie’s Tour, so we’d like invite you Tour,so sowe’d we’dalso alsolike liketo inviteyou you my Canizales just goes for it. When she wanted to grew, and so did the need for more space. She thought, Tour, Tour, so we’d also like totoinvite invite you Backyard 24. Tickets are to to join usJanuary at one of of our stops. open a crafting studio in McAllen, she did. When she “I’m just going to go for it, open a second location.” tojoin join usat atone one ofour our stops.Stay Stay us stops. Stay to join us at one of our stops. Stay available. WARNING: We expect tuned as as wewe announce our travel In the history of rug making, which dates back tuned as we announce our travel wanted to learn how to tuft rugs, she taught herself… tuned announce our travel tuned as we announce our travel this to be a sold-out show. plans. Special to Welcome Home RGV plans. plans. plans. 4,000 years, hand tufting is a more modern approach, then offered it as a class. When that took off, she Specialto WelcomeHome HomeRGV RGV Special Special totoWelcome Welcome Home RGV You can find information on all opened a second studio devoted solely to the fuzzy craft. according to rugartisan.com, developed in the late has been ainreal pleasure toto serve of Itour events newspaper like only yesterday we has been real pleasure toserve serveCanizales founded Craft Social after the pandemic It been aaaour real pleasure ItIthas has been real pleasure to serve 1800s. Canizaleswe says it’s also different than rug as like seems like onlyyesterday yesterday we IIttttseems seems only seems like only yesterday we youyou this year. We will work throughout and on our website at welcomeyouthis thisyear. year.We Wewill willwork workthroughout throughout you this year. We will work throughout were celebrating the long-awaited hooking or latch hook; it’s easier and faster, depending a way to bring people back together, creating new, fun were celebrating the long-awaited were celebrating the long-awaited were celebrating the long-awaited thethe summer months onon allall ofof our homergv.com. We hope to see the summer months on all our summer months our the summer months on all ofof our on the design. memories. The first studio, located inside the Mercado return of so many of our friends. returnof ofso somany manyof ofour ourfriends. friends. return return of so many of our friends. programming next season will bebe you at one--orsoall--of our events programming sonext next season will be programming so season will programming so next season will be Designs are transferred onto a stretched canvas or District on 23rd Street, offers classes for Now, all ages--no here we are bidding you Now, here we are bidding you Now, here we are bidding you even better than this one! Now, here we are bidding you this season! evenbetter betterthan thanthis thisone! one! even even better than this one! backing; a mechanical tufting tool is threaded with skills required. She offers classes she enjoys, from farewell and safe travels. All of farewell and and safe safe travels. travels. All All of farewell and safe travels. All of ~We're just connecting the dots. • yarn, which is punched through the canvas as the artist seasonal gingerbread houses and ornament-making to Safe travels, Y’all! • Safetravels, travels,Y’all! Y’all!••• us Welcome Home RGV look Safe Safe travels, Y’all! us at at Welcome Welcome Home RGV Home look us at Home RGV look follows theRGV design lines. The yarn forms loops on the fleece pillows and canvas-painting workshops. forward your return. Plans are forward to your return. Plans to your return. Plans are forward to return. 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