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Outdoor Poster Exhibit    July 22, the City of Beaconsfield’s “Happy Hour by the Water” event marked the official opening of our outdoor poster exhibit. Almost 900 people showed up for the concert and also viewed the poster display. Julie Poirier-Monette, co-ordinator for Beaconsfield’s cultural life, announced the poster exhibit to the public and read out a heartfelt message from our Guild thanking the City for creating this beautiful poster display of our work and inviting those drawn to our craft to visit our website and Facebook page and join us in September for Monday meetings.   Panels 1 and 2. Photos courtesy of Emmy Maten. As one tours the exhibit, the first poster describes our Guild and its history, and shows our Centennial Hall Tile rug, which is currently hanging in the Beaconsfield Library. The posters which follow display some of our members’ rugs (chosen by the photographer) and various rug hooking techniques. Panels 3, 4, 5, 6. Photo courtesy of the City of Beaconsfield

Fête nationale 2023      In Beaconsfield, the Fête nationale is usually celebrated outdoors in Centennial Park. Despite a long stretch of beautiful sunny weather, June 24th happened on a rainy day, so festivities were moved inside to the Beaconsfield Recreation Centre. Attendance was certainly not dampened! The centre was packed with a steady stream of visitors throughout the afternoon and the city provided live music and mime entertainment. All set-up to greet the public (Chris and Debbie). Member of Parliament for Lac St. Louis, Francis Scarpelaggia, stopped by to visit our booth. (sitting: Emmy and Debbie). Our booth was set up beside the Quilters’ and Artists’ booths. To the other side was the live reptiles and small mammals exhibition! While the children were thrilled to hold the snakes, we were drawn to the adorable little hedgehog which periodically came out of hiding. Cute little hedgehog. Several visitors stopped to sit at our booth and try rug hooking. One visitor signed u

Annual Picnic 2023    June 3rd, 2023 Our annual picnic was once again great fun! It was fabulous to meet friends we hadn’t seen for several years and also meet new ones. We received 24 guests from 8 different rug hooking groups plus we were 27 from our own guild. Thank you for travelling out to join us and making the day so memorable.   Great to meet together again. Many thanks to our vendors and their vast selection of beautiful wares, opportune for everyone to stock up on supplies for summer projects. Thank you to all those who donated items, prepared door prizes, created complimentary wool flower brooches for each attendee, made lovely appliqué kits to raise funds, brought delicious snacks and lunch platters, coordinated and oversaw activities, and helped set-up or clean-up (thanks to a few husbands also). M’s fundraising table for Therapeutic Paws of Canada. Isabelle’s rug patterns. Isabelle’s and Jacques’ tables of fabulous hooking artifacts. Ti’s stretch velvets in every colour i

Special presentation to Mayor Bourelle and the City of Beaconsfield – our Centennial Hall Tile Rug    From 2019 through 2020, twenty-seven of our members created a unique tile rug, conceived, and designed by M. McMurray. This rug represents the Centennial Hall building which has been our weekly meeting place since many, many years. Our beloved home will be replaced in the near future by a new community centre which will better meet the community’s needs. We kept this rug a secret until 2 pm during the afternoon of our April 29, 2023 rug exhibition! Our special guest Mayor Bourelle attended our exhibition for the grand unveiling of our gift to him and to the City of Beaconsfield. M. McMurray spoke to the mayor and to the public about our special gift and its creation. It was so well received! Our rug will hang in City Hall and will eventually find its permanent place in the new Community Centre, preserving the memories of Centennial Hall for all those who loved it. The unveiling of

April 29, 2023, BHCG Rug Exhibition    Saturday, April 29 was a grand day for our Beaconsfield Guild! Finally returning from the pandemic to more normal times, it had been five and a half years since we held a rug exhibition. It was high time indeed to have one again! Despite our Rug Exhibition being only a one-day show, we estimate that we had 150 visitors, if not 200! We were delighted to greet visitors from numerous rug-hooking groups, some travelling for as long as a 2-hour drive. Many visitors had received invitations or heard of the show through Facebook. Others read about it in the Beaconsfield Spring contact magazine, noticed the Beaconsfield electronic billboards, saw our little display in the library advertising our event, or simply saw the signs on Beaconsfield Boulevard. Many were also our own friends and family. We exhibited about 120 rugs, displayed over five different theme rooms and the two hallways. From Canadiana and Landscapes on the main floor to Art, Florals and A

AGM 2023    April 24th, 2023 Our AGM was held April 24 with in-person attendance reaching 60 percent of our membership. The president’s report covered the year’s events: The Culture and Inclusion workshops, the Artisan’s Fair, funds raised for several charities, International Rug Hooking Day celebrated with the Martintown Wild and Woollys, acclamation of our webmaster and 15 years on the web, planning for our Rug Exhibition, and the workshops and celebrations we shared together. It was a full year! The Treasurer’s and Librarian’s reports were presented, and the election of the executive was held. All motions passed. The executive committee remains the same as last year. Here is your team for 2023-2024:  Top Emmy, Chris, Dawna. Bottom Juliet. Thank you all for your hard work, and for continuing on for another year!

Easter Hook-In    April 3rd, 2023    Some pictures from our Easter Hook-In! Yummy Easter Treats. Great turnout for our Easter Hook-In. Claire’s Easter Egg Tree decorates the door prize table. Close-up of Claire’s fibre eggs. Our Sizzix machine is getting plenty of use! Helen, Leslie, Carolyn E, Chris, and Carolyn M. Helen, Emmy, Sue, and Leslie wearing Easter bonnets! Happy Easter everyone!