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OHCG Newsletter / Winter 2019       The Art of Rug Hooking event was a first at the June 6-9, 2019 Ormstown Fair. Isabelle Rollin’s and Jacques Lepage’s rugs won 1st and 2nd place awards. Congratulations! Their rugs and BHCG’s presence at the Fair are featured by the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild Newsletter Issue 4 Winter. See page 31. See related articles: OHCG Newsletter / In the News     Dawna, Emmy, Candace, Claire and Ti / In the News OHCG Newsletter, Issue 4, Winter 2019, page 31 Up: Beaconsfield demonstration table; Left: 1st place: Isabelle Rollin and Jacques Lepage; Right: 2nd place: Jacques Lepage OHCG Newsletter, Issue 4, Winter 2019, Cover

Special Show & Tell / And the Winners are... Grandfather's Fox by Isabelle Rollin  Grandfather's Fox by Isabelle Rollin My first rug was inspired by my Mother who told me that her Father had designed and maybe even hooked a rug with a fox and flowers. Together, my Mom and I spent many precious moments trying to recreate this design. This has a great deal of 'doing and undoing' as I was learning to hook. Thank you all for your advice and encouragement. Thanks Mommy. The rug is 26-5/8"x38", wool cut no. 6. Original design hooked with recycled material from blazers, skirts and shared wool. Le Draver/The Logger by Jacques lepage Le Draveur/The Logger  By Jacques Lepage  The image of a happy man, working  his hard and dangerous trade, in the rageing wilderness of spring.  While I was hooking this rug, many stories were shared to me, souvenirs of people who had the chance to know one of these brave and proud men. What a...

Rug Hooking at the Ormstown Fair – a First!_ By Emmy Maten June 6-9, 2019 Desjardins Expo Ormstown 2019  The Rug Hooking Event at opening night of the Ormstown Fair captured a lot of attention from the public, as many had never seen this art before. Our own Charlene was in the Parade playing the bag pipes! Charlene was in the Parade! It was the first time that rug hooking was an official event at the Fair and two rugs of our members, Jacques and Isabelle, tied for the 1st place award and another of Jacques’ was awarded 2nd place. Jacques' Logger tied for 1st Place Isabelle's Grandfather's Fox Rug Tied for 1st Place! Jacques' Snowshoes was awarded 2 nd  Place Heather Wright from the Hemmingford Rug Hookers (and North Hero) was awarded 3rd place with her rug. Heather Wright won the 3 rd place!  Other participating guilds were the Martintown Wild and Woolies and Les Joyeuses Houkeuses de la Chateauguay Vall...

OHCG Newsletter / Summer 2018 Claire Fradette won the Craft  Ontario Affiliate Award at the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild 2018 Annual Exhibition. Her work has been featured by the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild Newsletter.  Congratulations Claire! At the top: Claire Fradette won an award! 

OHCG 2018 Annual Exhibition Claire Fradette won the CraftOntario Affiliate Award! Claire Fradette showing her diploma We are so proud of our member Claire Fradette who won the Craft  Ontario Affiliate Award at the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild 2018 Annual Exhibition. Craft Ontario is a not-for-profit service organization that works to have craft recognized as a valuable part of life. We promote and celebrate professional craft through providing member opportunities, and advocate for craft practice by educating and empowering diverse audiences. Chosen and presented each year by our Affiliate Organization Members, the Craft Ontario Affiliate Awards help celebrate excellence in specific craft disciplines. Award criteria varies with each organization, but generally recognizes innovative use of materials or theme and best standards in quality and technique. Congratulations Claire! Rug hooekd by Claire Fradette Claire Fradette

Candace won a prize! On August 10 to 13, 2017 Williamstown held their Annual Fair. This Fair is the oldest in Canada and has been a tradition that has continued for over 200 years. The Fair has an exhibit class for Traditional Rug Hooking. Beaconsfield member, Candace Fradette, entered her rug, “Lighthouse on a Stormy Day”, in the Primitive class and was awarded 2nd place. Congratulations, Candace, on your beautiful work! Lighthouse on a Stormy Day, hooked by Candace Fradette Candace Fradette 

Award winning rugs from the 2016 Annual OHCG Newsletter - Summer 2016 By Dawna Matthew For those of you who subscribe to the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild you will have received your Summer 2016 issue which features all the award winning rugs from the 2016 Annual. Lois’ winning “Shaggy Bark River Birch” and Ti’s honourable mention “Richly Renaissance” in the Alternate Fibres & Techniques category are shown on page 11.   And then on page 12 you can enjoy Brenda’s “Golden Eagle”!  We are very proud of you, our Beaconsfield Hookers, and OHCG certainly knows we exist!!! OHCG Newsletter - Issue 2 Summer 2016. Cover Lois Morris and Ti Seymour - Alternative Fibres & Techniques OHCG Newsletter - Issue 2 Summer 2016. page 11 Golden Eagle, hooked by Brenda Ticehurst. Adapted with permission of a photograph OHCG Newsletter - Issue 2 Summer 2016. page 12

Celebration ensued at Beaconsfield, Lois Morris and Ti Seymour brought their OHCG ribbons to Show and Tell. Winning Team at OHCG 50th Annual Conference See Related Post: Lois Morris and Ti Seymour / In The News

We are so proud to announce that two of our members received. special recognition at the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild’s annual rug show which was held in May at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario. Lois Morris, our founder, won first prize in the Alternative Fibres and Techniques category and Ti Seymour, our president, was awarded the ribbon for honourable mention in the same category. Congratulations Lois and Ti! Lois Morris wins Alternative Fibres and Techniques Category Ti Seymour receives and Honourable Mention in the Alternative Fibres and Techniques Category

On Monday, October 19th, the members of the guild presented our president, Ti Seymour, with a gift as recognition for all her hard work during the 40th anniversary celebration activities, especially the preliminary show and the full exhibition. All her special touches made the events a huge success! She was extremely active promoting our Guild and her enthusiasm in all rug hooking activities is very contagious. Thank you, Ti and we know we can count on your hard work to close the anniversary year with joy and fun-filled activities. Below you can see Ti wearing her gifts, a lovely silver shawl pin and a felted scarf in her favourite blue tones. Ti Seymour, BHCG President, wearing the felted scarf created by Dawna Matthew

40th Anniversary Exhibition September 25-27, 2015 Centennial Hall, Beaconsfield By Ti Seymour President, BHCG “This is the greatest show we’ve ever had in terms of Rugs and Attendance” were the words told to me by Kay Cousineau who has been a member of the Guild since 1976.  While the photos give you a sense of what was displayed they fail to capture the beauty of Centennial Hall and its surroundings, which lends itself as the perfect backdrop to our art.  We thank the staff of the City of Beaconsfield for their unwavering support and professionalism. It was an honour and a privilege working with the Executive (Jacqueline Bouchard - Treasurer and Dawna Matthew - Secretary) along with the members who ALL played a role in pulling together this amazing feat.  Thanks to their efforts and contribution to Guild activities, it gave us an incredible edge when it came to “hooking” a journalist.  We thank the following journalists for their genuine interest and outstandi...

Hooked In The Mountains XVII       “Viewer’s Choice Award”         Congratulations Louise!     Louise G. De Tonnancour   We’d like to congratulate Louise De Tonnancour on her  Hooked In The Mountains XVII “Viewer’s Choice Award” for her beautiful rug, Anny with her Daughters . Amazing work, Louise! We’re all very proud of you! BHCG Executive *** SPECIAL SHOW & TELL _ Louise G. de Tonnancour Anny with her Daughters Original This tapestry was hooked and sculpted with 100% wool cuts #2-3-4 and 6. A braided wool contour line was sewn  in the center. It represents my Irish grandmother with her three daughters, in 1938, on the grounds of her house on the edge of river Des Prairies in Ahuntsic. Anny with her Daughters, by Louise G. De Tonnancour Keywords: Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild

OHCG Fall 2013 Newsletter    Our President, Riitta, informed the group that our guild has been mentioned several times in the most recent  issue of the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild's quarterly magazine. We are on the "Reports by Branch" pages with two pictures (pages 22-23), a Jeanne Osler Rug is on page 4, Brenda Ticehurst is on page 34, and Carolyn Ells is mentioned on page 14 ("Celebration" Magazine at Sauder Village). Kay Cousineau and Rose Kandy were thanked for their editorial work. Congratulations to all! Click for a larger image. OHCG Newsletter, Fall 2013 OHCG Newsletter, Fall 2013, p.4. Jeanne Osler's Rug OHCG Newsletter, Fall 2013, p.14 OHCG Newsletter, Fall 2013, p.34, Brenda Ticehurst's Rug

Ginger, original by Carolyn Ells Celebration of Hand-Hooked Rugs XXIII "Ginger", an original design by Carolyn Ells,  is one of the 17 rugs that received  an Honorable Mention  by the judges: April DeConick, Jon Ciemiewicz, Laura Pierce, and Katie Hartner. The rug will appear in Celebration of Hand-Hooked Rugs XXIII , magazine to be published in August! Congratulations Carolyn! Follow this link: http://www.rughookingmagazine.com/product/celebration-23

Beaconsfield Centennial Celebration    Honoring Lois Morris      Founder of the Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild    by Rose Kandy     As part of the city’s centennial celebration a cocktail party was held on Friday September 24 th 2010 to honor the founders of the Beaconsfield Associations. Mayor, David Pollock, presented the honorees with a picture of the Old Grove Hotel (now the Beaconsfield Yacht Club) and the book “Beaconsfield and Beaurepaire” by Robert L.Baird and Gisèle Hall.

Congratulations to Louise De Tonnancour who won first prize in the “Original Design of Alternative Techniques” at the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild Annual Meeting and Show. OHCG Newsletter Summer 2010 _ page 1 OHCG Newsletter Summer 2010 _ page 16 OHCG Newsletter Summer 2010 _ page 17 OHCG Newsletter Summer 2010 _ page 18 OHCG Newsletter Summer 2010 _ page 19