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Featured Rugs Gallery

Four times a year, we like to display a selection of rugs from our latest exhibition, which marked our 50^th Anniversary, held October 2025 at Centennial Hall. 
Please search our Blog (Show and Tell) to see rugs showcased in the past.

Next update April 2026

50 mini-rugs for our 50^th

M inspired our guild with a creative challenge to mark our 50^th anniversary: to craft a vibrant collection of 50 mini rugs. 
We were hooked on her idea! 
Participants received black 4.5” x 6.5” frames, providing some uniformity for the project, and ideas started to flow. Some members expressed “Canada Proud” with a rich tapestry of national themes, from Canadian flags and a brilliantly hued maple leaf, to an Inukshuk, a sailboat flying the Acadian flag, a Moose Crossing sign, a pair of Canada geese, and a host of other delightful Canadiana scenes that captured the spirit and diversity of our country.

The range of fibre-art techniques showcased was impressive. Intricate Yorkshire buttons were arranged into floral motifs and an abstract composition. Several artists experimented with three-dimensional effects, using textured yarns, Proddy, and even a hooked ear sewn onto a sheep for added whimsy. The collection also featured a felted country landscape, a wool appliquéd bird, and a striking Costa Rican blue butterfly hooked with luxurious velvet. Also remarkable were 2 contrasting pieces, each a majestic koi fish, one hooked with #4-cut wool strips and the other punched with fine DMC embroidery floss, achieving a visual contrast.

The collection of mini rugs was cleverly arranged and mounted onto 2 boards by Leslie and Sue. M brought the project to a heartfelt conclusion by adding several celebratory mini rugs, each conveying congratulations. 
 
Below are several of the mini rugs to enjoy up close.

Ozzie Ostrich

Barbara Silver

Ozzie Ostrich
5.5”x 3.5”
2025

Adapted with permission from Bug Art Cards, Design by Jane Crowther
Hooked with #4 cut wool, eyelash yarn on painted Monk’s cloth Bird partially painted
Background embellishments using gel roller pen
Framed

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Field of Lupines

Dawna Matthew

Field of Lupines
4” x 6”
2025

Adapted after seeing a similar design by Robin Whitford.
Hooked and punched on painted linen with hand-dyed Briggs and Little 2 ply yarn, crocheted in chain stitch before hooking
Framed

“I followed a lesson on painting linen before hooking with Robin Whitford. She had done a sample with lupines which I loved and wanted to try to do one myself.”

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Floral Still Life

Karen Vaage

Floral Still Life
5.5” x 3.5”
2025

Original

Yorkshire button flowers, French knots, and mini-punch embroidery punched from the good side (loops in the back) 

Framed

“I learned how to make Yorkshire buttons at hooking and thought they would make nice flowers. This is my own rendition of a floral still life.”

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Smiling Sunflowers

Liz MacRae

Smiling Sunflowers
4” x 6”
2025

Original
Prodded petals and hooked with #6, #7 cuts of recycled wool on linen
Framed

“This is my first piece, and my first original design. Sunflowers are such happy flowers, I love them. This will be kept by me as it is my first piece.”

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La Maisonnette de la Caleta

Yanick Duchesne

La Maisonnette de la Caleta
3.75” x 5.75”
2025

Original
Punched with wool and cotton embroidery flosses, and hooked with cuts #3, #4, and #6 of new and recycled wool on Monk’s cloth
Framed

“Charming house in La Caleta, Trinidad, Cuba, among bougainvillea.”

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Great Blue Heron

Carolyn Mungall 

Great Blue Heron
6”x 4”
2025

Original
Punched with yarn on linen
Framed

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Ewe in Bloom

Janet Round

Ewe in Bloom
6” x 4”
2025

Adaptation from a Pinterest photo
Hooked on linen with yarn and #8 cut new and recycled wool
Ear hooked separately then sewn in place at the base. 
Framed

"I love sheep! Especially Herdwicks. I was in England and had a wonderful experience meeting and spending time with them at one of the Beatrix Potter’s farms. I’ll never forget it. This looks like Twink, who fell asleep next to me. Memories." 

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Flower of Scotland

Elizabeth Craig-Henry 

Flower of Scotland
6” x 4”
2025

Original

Hooked on rug warp with yarn, some of which is hand-dyed

Framed

“I have wanted to hook a thistle for a while, representative of my Scottish father and family. It seemed an appropriate thing to hook while watching the Outlander spinoff – Blood of My Blood.”