Show & Tell / Debra Séguin

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In Memory of Debra Séguin (April 3, 1960 - June 21, 2026)

Respectfully submitted by Sylvia Solomon


Debra Séguin (1960-20260)

My friend Debbie was kind, generous, honest and fun. She loved her church and got great comfort from it. She loved her family and was so proud of her grandchildren.
I will miss her at rug hooking on Mondays and trying new restaurants for lunch. Rest in peace my friend—I will never forget you.
Sylvia


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Debbie joined the Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild in 2003, while continuing her nursing career. She volunteered as President from 2004 to 2005. Always smiling, she made everyone feel welcome, offered great ideas, and participated in all our guild activities including our yearly Fête nationale booths.

Debbie, seen here in 2024 with MP Francis Scarpaleggia, now Speaker of the House of Commons

And here in 2023 Fête nationale

Debbie shows her Welcome mat at the summer hook-in in 2021..

..and her Moose.

Meeting at Centennial Hall during Covid in 2020

Fête nationale 2019: Heather, Jane, Isabelle, Candace, Emmy and Debbie


In June 24, 2017 for the Québec Fête nationale two of Debbie's rugs were displayed to the public - i.e. "My First Rug" and "Boats in Harbour in Nova Scotia".

Debbie's My First Rug is the beautifully hooked rug of the house and trees.

Debbie's Boats in Harbour in Nova Scotia
She described the story of this rug in this heartfelt tribute to Alice Hamilton linked here.

Debbie smiling beside Carolyn at the same event.

With her fascinator, top-right, at our latest Easter party

Happy with her door prize at a December 4th event in Martintown


For our latest June picnic, I took this photo of Debbie and Carolyn with Leslie and another fellow rug hooker. I wanted to capture the event and share the wonderful day with all of you.
When I asked if I could take a picture, Debbie was, as always, ready with her beautiful smile. 
Every time I asked for help as a newer rug hooker, she went out of her way to help me. And if she couldn't, she would point me to the right person who could.
She even lent me her rug hooking frame so I could measure it and make my own. I still remember showing it to her when I had finished it. She told me it was great. Of course it wasn't—she was simply being the kind, generous, and beautiful soul that she was.
It was a great pleasure to have known her, even if only for a short time. You will be deeply missed, Debbie.
Laura

Debbie sitting with Carolyn at our latest picnic held in June 2026.


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Show & Tell / Debbie Séguin

This is a compilation of rugs hooked by Debra Séguin and featured in our Show and Tell pages between 2020 and 2026.


BHCG Virtual Celebration: Gallery 5 / November 2020


Virtual Gallery_Gallery 5/ Debbie Séguin 



Debbie Séguin, My First Rug. Adapted from a Stencil for Tole Painting

My First Rug
Adapted from a Stencil for Tole Painting
2003
38 ½ x 24 inches

This is my first rug. I had a stencil for tole painting from a craft magazine which my husband used to paint the two doors of our dining room cabinet. I decided to make a matching rug. Lois taught me how to hand dye the wool for the sky, which I cut into #6 strips. The clouds are hooked with yarn. For the house, I used an old jacket which a friend gave me. And the grass is wool I purchased at the Guild. The rug hangs in our home.

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Debbie Séguin, Town. A Rittermere pattern

Town
Rittermere
2004
32 ½ x 5 inches

This was, I think, the second rug I hooked. I loved the pattern. I have it over my bedroom door. I used #6 cut.

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Debbie Séguin, Friends are Forever. A Rittermere pattern


Friends are Forever
Rittermere

I made this for my best friend Sue. I hand-dyed some old woollen clothes. The blue in this rug was left over from what I had dyed for my first rug.

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Debbie Séguin, Woolly Sheep. Original


Woolly Sheep
Original
2011
12.5 x 9 inches

I wanted to hook my sister Susan a little rug. While I was at the Pointe-Claire Shopping Center, I went into the wool store and there I spotted this Icelandic wool. I knew then I was going to hook a sheep with it! Susan was very delighted when I gave it to her. I hand dyed Dorr wool for the sky and for the grass, and I used a #6 cut.

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Virtual Gallery 6 : Christmas Challenge / December 2020


Debbie Séguin Virtual Christmas Challenge Celebration ornament



Show & Tell : Marinas & Boats / June 2020 

Boats at Harbour in Nova Scotia, by Debbie Séguin


Debbie Séguin
Boats at Harbour in Nova Scotia
Adapted

Our family went to Nova Scotia and we bought a magnet for a souvenir. I had it on my fridge and decided one day that it would make a great rug!  Alice and Betty, two former hookers, came to my house.  Alice had prepared four squirt bottles of sky colours.
On our picnic table in the backyard we squirted the sky colours on my prepared Dorr wool.  The outcome was beautiful!  I hooked the sky in order of the way it was dyed! So much fun,such great memories!  I made it for my Mom!  I enjoyed hooking every loop!  She loved it!  It hung in her living room!  She has since passed, so it now hangs in our hallway.

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Show & Tell / December 2024

Angel Blowing Horn, hooked by Debbie Séguin.


Debra Séguin
Angel Blowing Horn
10” x 35.5”
2018
Adaptation – from a wooden angel which my friend Sue had in her living room.
Primitive style and Folk style
Hooked with #6 cut on linen using recycled wool, dyed wool, yarn, and velvet
Whipped edge using a velvety yarn 

I had seen my friend Sue’s wooden angel in her living room, and immediately asked if I could trace the wood and make a hooked rug! I love the results!

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Show & Tell / January - March 2025


Wildflowers in the Glen. A pattern designed by Deanne Fitzpatrick, hooked by Debra Séguin.

Debra Séguin
Wildflowers in the Glen
16.25” x 35”
2022
Pattern designed by Deanne Fitzpatrick
Hooked with #6 cut of new and dyed wool, velvet, and yarn on linen.
Whipped over a cord edging

I took this on-line course with Deanne Fitzpatrick during the pandemic. I chose to pay just for the on-line course, not for the stamped pattern – too expensive. I drew the pattern free hand, looking at the picture on the computer. It was a challenge – I really like the end result! I hand-dyed some of the Briggs and Little yarn. The poppy-coloured yarn was purchased from Deanne Fitzpatrick.

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Show & Tell / July - September 2025


Flat Roses. Design by Deanne Fitzpatrick, hooked by Debra Séguin.


Debra Séguin
Flat Roses
21" x 28"
2022
Adapted, design Deanne Fitzpatrick
Hooked with yarn on linen
Finished with recycled wool braiding

During COVID, I took 3 courses with Deanne Fitzpatrick, one of which was Rebooting Tradition which included this rug pattern. The courses helped me out with stress and being stuck at home.

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Show & Tell / April 2020

Debbie Séguin
Hit and Miss Birds, by Debbie Séguin


Debbie Séguin
Hit and Miss Birds  

My husband and I love birds, in fact one of our spare bedrooms is called the Birdroom. I decided to hook a bird rug with scraps of wool I had. It’s hooked with strips of wool blankets, recycled clothing, and leftover worms from previous rugs hooked.
I really enjoyed hooking it!

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During our Guild's 45th Anniversary celebrated on-line because of COVID, Debbie wrote this in our Virtual Guestbook:

Debra Seguin / Beaconsfield, Qc
Maria, you did a wonderful job putting everything together! Loved reading the old articles, and newspaper clippings about the guild.
I’ve been a member since 2003, I love rughooking, the fellowship, the stress it releases as I pull each loop, the wool, admiring everyone else’s work, it’s a great fibre art!
Loved the rugs displayed, beautiful! Wherever rughooking ends up with Covid-19, whether we end up meeting in a hockey arena, Zoom, outside Centennial Park, let’s continue to pass on this beautiful craft on to further generations.
God Bless.
September 23, 2020 - Website Guestbook


These are some of the links:

Virtual Gallery 5 / Debbie Séguin
Christmas Challenge 2020
Show & Tell / April 2020
Show & Tell / June 2020                                                                                                                                           
Show & Tell / Christmas 2024
Show & Tell / Jan - Mar 2025
Show & Tell / July - Sept 2025





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