Show & Tell / Nancy Thompson
In memory of Nancy (Farnam) Thompson (1947 - 2024)
Respectfully submitted by Emmy Maten |
| Nancy Thompson (1947-2024) |
Nancy is remembered as generous, caring, giving, discreet, upbeat and happy. She had a good sense of humour. From 2019 to 2022, Nancy was an excellent secretary for the Beaconsfield Guild. Yet she preferred rug hooking to naming and dating her rugs; In her daughter Katie’s words “she would tell you that the rugs were finished long after they were started”. Katie continues “She loved rug hooking and the camaraderie of your group; I know she missed it when she became sick.”
Judith reflects “Nancy was a dear friend - she had a great sense of humour and was the salt of the earth. I will miss her very much.” And so will all our members who knew her.
Link to Nancy’s obituary: Nancy Farnam | Obituary | Montreal Gazette (remembering.ca)
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| July 13, 2015. Nancy holding her Katie's Cat rug. Photo credit: Tom Thompson. |
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| February 13, 2017. Celebrating Valentine’s Day. Nancy is seen in the second row from the top, just right of the balloons. |
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| September 30 - October 1, 2017. BHCG Exhibition. At the bottom center of the image, The Farm, hooked by Nancy. |
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| Nancy was our BHCG Secretary from April 9, 2018 to May 2, 2022. Executive 2018, from left to right: Emmy, Candace, Nancy and Dawna. |
Gallery
This is a compilation of rugs hooked by Nancy Thompson, plus a review of her pieces featured in our Gallery Website Page (Show and Tell) in 2020.
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| Primitive Flowers, hooked by Nancy Thompson. Photo Emmy Maten, with the permission of the Thompson familly. |
Primitive Flowers
Design unknown
2004
Approximately 13” x 13”
Whipped edge
Nancy’s first rug.
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| Broken Dishes, hooked by Nancy Thompson. Photo courtesy of Katie Thompson. |
Broken Dishes
Traditional Quilting Pattern (known as Orange Peel)
2009
Whipped edge using multi-coloured yarn
Judith Dallegret gave a course using this design, which
is drawn on linen using a bowl. Nancy hooked this
using mostly plaids.
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| The Katie-Anne, original by Nancy Thompson. Photo Emmy Maten, with the permission of the Thompson familly. |
The Katie-Anne
Original, with help from Judith Dallegret
2019
Approximately 14” x 16”
Whipped edge
This rug shows Nancy’s husband’s boat,
the Katie-Anne, so named after their
daughters.
Show & Tell
These rugs were part of the Guild's Exhibition, which took place at Centennial Hall in September 2017.
Show & Tell / April 2020 : Easter
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| The Farm, A Deanne Fitzpatrick pattern hooked by Nancy Thompson |
The Farm
This piece is a very early Deanne Fitzpatrick pattern which I modified to add our two dogs. This rug is on the wall in my grandson’s room.
Show & Tell / August 2020 : Special Show & Tell - Cats
International Cat Day was created in 2002 by IFA (International Fund for Animal Welfare) to promote help and protection of these animals. It is celebrated on August 8.
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| Katie's Cat, hooked by Nancy Thompson. |
Katie's Cat
2015
From a free pattern in Rug Hooking Magazine
This piece was a present for my daughter Katie who is a “cat” person. Her father, sister and I are dog people. There is both recycled and new wool in the rug.
Keywords: In Memoriam
