Show& Tell / May 2022

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Featured Rugs Gallery      

In this Gallery, you can tour a selection of rugs from our last Exhibition, held in September 2017 at Centennial Hall. Explore our Blog to see the rugs showcased in the past. 

Special Show & Tell : Mother's Day 

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers…Thank-you for all the love and inspiration you have given us.

Featured today, are two rugs hooked by Carolyn Ells’ grandmother. Each rug is followed by a mini-rug version which Carolyn punch-embroidered herself.


BHCG 2017 Exhibition



Blandford Geometric. Linoleum floor pattern. Hooked by Margaret Ells.



Margaret A. Ells' Rug. Detail.
Margaret A. Ells
Blandford Geometric
Design based on a linoleum floor pattern
Hooked in the 1960’s
Wool on burlap
29.5 in. x 22.5 in.

Blandford Geometric was based on a linoleum floor pattern, popular in Lunenberg County in Nova Scotia. The original was hooked with wool on burlap by my grandmother Margaret A. Ells in the early 1960s. I always remember this mat at the entrance to the parlor of my grandparents' farmhouse.



Blandford Geometric mini version, punch-embroidered by Carolyn Ells.

Carolyn Ells
Blandford Geometric mini version
2017
Punched with cotton on weavers’ cloth
6.25 in. x 4.5 in.







BHCG 2017 Exhibition


Owl. Bluenose pattern. Hooked by Margartet A. Ells.



Margaret A. Ells
Margaret A. Ells' Rug. Detail.

Owl
Bluenose pattern #641
Hooked in the early 1960’s
Wool on burlap
31.5 in. x 19 in.


Owl is a Bluenose pattern, number 641. The original was hooked in wool on burlap, by my grandmother Margaret A. Ells, in the early 1960s. This mat was often at the entrance to the family living room, sometimes in front of the fireplace, of my grandparents' farmhouse.



Another detail from Margaret A. Ells' Rug.


Owl mini version, punch-embroidered by Carolyn Ells.

Carolyn Ells
Owl mini version
2009
Punched with cotton on weavers’ cloth
5 in. x 3.25 in.

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