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International Rug Hooking Day Event On December 4, our Guild hosted the annual International Rug Hooking Day event in South Lancaster, ON. The Saint Andrew’s Church Hall buzzed with excitement as people gathered from 6 different rug hooking groups from Quebec and eastern Ontario. One room was filled with cheerful sellers, their tables adorned with handmade crafts and vibrant rug hooking supplies. Another room displayed the paper bag auction items. Dawna’s beautiful wools.      Claire’s clever crafts. BHCG 50 th   anniversary cards. Denise, Kris, and Jane and crafts.   Elizabeth’s craft table. Isabelle’s and Jacques’ table. As the day unfolded, everyone’s anticipation grew as door prizes were handed out, followed by a pizza lunch. The snack and dessert tables were fabulous! The many winners of the paper bag auction were announced, followed by the raffling of three fabulous gifts, each one met with cheers and applause from the crowd. The day concluded with th...

International Rug Hooking Day in South Lancaster 2023    An overnight storm hit Montreal with 30 centimetres of snow, forcing us to postpone our International Rug Hooking Day event in South Lancaster to Tuesday, Dec 5. Despite the last-minute date change, our celebration was a wonderful success. We certainly are one big happy rug hooking community! Many thanks to our vendors, to those who provided door prizes, and to the organizers and bakers who made it all happen. Our Vendors – Tree House Creations. Our Vendors – Isabelle and her hand-painted wooden ornaments. (Missing from photo - Jacques selling his frames and other wooden supplies.) Our Vendors – Dawna and her beautiful wools and crafts. Our Vendors – Ti wearing her new elf hat, knitted by Mary, stands beside her colourful velvets. Many items in our paper bag auction. Participants look to the stage as door prizes are handed out. Audrey and her door prize. Barbara and her door prize. Claire, wearing her new apron created b...

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 a...

Dec.4th, 2021    Winter Wing Ding        BHCG members send out a big THANK YOU to the OHCG Wing Ding team! You entertained us with virtual rug shows, greetings from rug hookers around the world, guest speakers, and kept us laughing with a wonderful story teller. What a great job and a creative way to celebrate International Rug Hooking Day! OHCG Winter Wing Ding / International Rug Hooking Day, December 4th, 2021 

International Hook-in Day    Happy Rug Hookers Day! International Hook-In Day. Illustration: Maria Romero

OHCG Newsletter / Spring 2020 Ontario Hooking Craft Guild - Reports by Branch Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild (Area 1) This is the Quarterly Activities Report published in the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild Newsletter. There are 5 BHCG pictures in this issue. On page 4, see Candace, Dawna, and Cathy in Williamstown for International Rug Hooking Day, and see a group picture celebrating Ti’s OHCG Teacher Graduation. On page 6 with our Branch Report, see a picture of Kitt and one of Claire at Ti’s Yarn Painting Workshop. On page 31, see a picture of Dawna at the November OHCG Teachers’ Workshop on colour theory. OHCG Newsletter, 2020 Issue 1 - Spring, Cover OHCG Newsletter, 2020 Issue 1 - Spring, page 4 Up and left: (From left to Right) Candace, Dawna, and Cathy during International Hook-in Day; Center-Right: OHCG Teacher Graduation Celebration for Ti Seymour OHCG Newsletter, 2020 Issue 1 - Spring, page 6. Up: Kitt and Claire during Ti’s Yarn Painting Workshop ...

International Hook-In Day 2019_ Susan  L. Feller talks about us in her Blog  A rtWools Studio .   See the red arrow and follow the link to read the entire article:  Getting Together for International Rug Hooking Day Susan L. Feller's Blog - Post "Getting together for International Rug Hooking Day" Susan L. Feller's Blog -  Screenshot (detail)

December 4th_ By Dawna Matthew  Wednesday, December 4th 2019, International Rug Hooking Day was a huge success! Beaconsfield co-hosted with Martintown’s Wild and Woolly Rug Hookers and welcomed 100 rug hookers from all over OHCG’s Area 1 to St Mary’s Community Centre in Williamstown, Ontario. We had 5 vendors, a huge variety of delicious soups and sweets to tempt our guests. Plus there were wonderful door prises to win. Thanks to everyone who worked to make this such a successful day and to everyone who came with their smiles and hooking!!! Here you have some pictures. Follow the link to visit our Facebook Page and see the complete  December 4th Photo Album International Rug Hooking Day 2019 The BHCG Soup Kitchen Isabelle and Jacques participated as vendors Our raffle rug, donated and hooked by former BHCG member Alice Hamilton Carolyn Ells Sylvia Solomon Having a wonderful time! Terri and her angel!