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Everyone is Irish on St Patrick’s Day!    Monday, March 13th 2023 Hook-In Happy St Patrick's Day! Thanks to the imaginative preparations done by several busy leprechauns, Green Day was fun for all: yummy cookies, great door prizes, a guess-how-many-gold-coins in the pot o’ gold contest, and 20 trivia questions about all things Irish. We all learned that one person in particular is very good at trivia!!! Always a joy to see what everyone is working on, Jacques directed a Show and Tell to finish off our day. Laura with her very Irish tea towel door prize. Sue with a gold coin earned for a correct trivia answer and her green wool door prize . Maureen showing her beautiful floor rug in progress. Isabelle showing Jacques’ work in progress of the latest edition of his “ Les Anciens ” series.

Our Rug Exhibition is announced by the City of Beaconsfield!    We are thrilled that the City of Beaconsfield has shared the news of our upcoming April 29th Rug Exhibition. Our announcement is posted on page 27 of the March edition of Contact Magazine and will be posted on the City’s electronic billboard prior to our event. Follow the link: Contact / Vol.18, No 2, March 2023   BHCG Exhibition Adverting. Contact, Vol. 18, No. 2, March 2023,  Detail from Page 27 .  Contact, Vol. 18, No. 2, March 2023, Page 27.  Contact, Vol. 18, No. 2, March 2023. Cover.

Happy Valentine’s Day!    Monday, February 13, 2023 We had a great turnout for our second general meeting of the year, with special emphasis on our 2023 rug exhibition planning details. To create some fun, we continued our tradition of wearing red for Valentine’s Day. Several members brought door prizes and we were treated to Helen’s delicious home-baked cookies! Maureen, Laura, and Carolyn E. Isabelle, Jacques, Sue, and Helen. Sylvia, Carolyn M., and Chris (sitting). Jacques, Debbie, and Karen (sitting) Candace, Juliet, Emmy, and Ti.

Our BHCG website is 15 Years on the Net! 15 Years On The Web!. Illustration: Maria Romero. I really got to know Maria when working with her for our 45th anniversary celebrations, all done virtually on our website throughout 2020, with 85 posts exhibiting many of our Guild members’ talents. Maria is meticulous and has endless energy, enthusiasm, ideas, and creativity, not to mention a heart of gold! To mark our website’s 15 years on the Web, we would like to celebrate Maria, who dreamed it all and made it a reality.  With sincerity and respect, Emmy Maten /  President Meet Maria, our webmaster Maria’s story starts in Venezuela, her country of origin. She studied Visual Arts, earned a diploma, and taught Drawing and Art History to Graphic Design students at the University. In 2001, she emigrated to Canada, making Dorval her new home at the time. In 2004, when driving her visiting relatives along the beautiful Lac St Louis lakeshore, they happened upon a sign announcing a BHCG rug exhibit

Happy Holidays! The Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild executive sends out warm Season’s Greetings to all our members and friends. Christmas Card 2022 created by Emmy Maten. Illustration: Maria Romero. This pinecone decoration was made by Emmy at Claire’s November 21 workshop.  Related Posts : Workshop

Christmas Party    December 12, 2022 The Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild celebrated the Holiday Season with a surprise-filled Christmas party this past Monday. Penny-baubles. The room looked festive, especially with Karen and Harold’s Pink Christmas Tree with ornaments! To everyone’s delight, Santa suddenly arrived, a large sack slung over one shoulder, and he danced around and said how HAPPY he was to see us all and handed out crackers and patties for each. Santa makes a surprise visit. Then, the big reveal! It was Ti! (She had arrived on the weekend from “North Pole” Toronto, after a grueling 14-hour drive in a snowstorm along the whole of highway 401!). It's Ti! Mary set up her baby grand electric keyboard, and the fun Christmas singing began, popular songs with the lyrics changed to Hookin’ Words. Mary offered some prizes to those who could come up with more songs with Hookin’ lyrics! Our members delivered: Chris, Helen, and Dawna came up with a song, and then so did Isabel

International Rug Hooking Day with the Martintown Guild    Sunday Dec 4, 2022    Martintown Wild and Woolly Rug Hookers. Yesterday, our rug hooking guild was treated to a wonderful International Rug Hooking Day celebration organized by our dear friends the Martintown Wild and Woolly Rug Hooking Guild and held in South Lancaster, Ontario. The last time we enjoyed this shared event was in December 2019, making this reunion particularly special. We met in the Hall of St Andrew’s church in South Lancaster. The Martintown Guild had plenty of surprizes for us – a silent auction, a live auction, a $5 table, door prizes, pizza lunch for all, and a sweet table! All proceeds will go to charity. To everyone’s delight, our Dawna, Isabelle, and Jacques were the vendors present and our guild brought numerous great door prizes to add to the fun. We are grateful to the Martintown Guild for inviting us and for all the behind-the-scenes work they did to make this all possible. Dawna and her beautiful wo

Monday November 21 Hook-In Pinecone workshop The Festive Season has arrived! There was an enthusiastic response to Claire’s idea of a pinecone workshop, the instructions for which appear in the November-December 2022 issue of Rug Hooking magazine. Participants were delighted to each receive a kit, instructions included, carefully prepared by Claire. We simply had to bring glue or a glue gun, sharp scissors, and $5 to cover supplies. Those who had time also made some lavender branches, created in a similar fashion. Wool fabrics were donated by Kitt, Claire, and Dawna. Thank you, Claire, for a wonderful workshop!   Pinecones and branches. Juliet, Barbara, and Carolyn E. Barbara and Carolyn E. Sylvia and Debbie . Karen and Dawna. Emmy, Sylvia, Debbie, Denise, Harold, and Karen. Denise . A very happy group!