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First Prize!    Louise G. de Tonnancour won first prize in the “Original Design of Alternative Techniques” during the OHCG Annual Show! Congratulations! Louise G. de Tonnancour won 1st Prize! Special Show & Tell_ Louise G. de Tonnancour Fancy stitches #1 This very small 100% wool tapestry, hooked with #3 cuts, is a sampler of fancy stitches taught by Mrs Lois Morris. Fancy Stitches # 1, hooked by Louise G. de Tonnancour

Cobourg Show by Lois Morris, Teacher and Founder of the Guild On April 30 th , Louise and I went to Cobourg to attend the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild Annual Meeting and Show. It was a busy weekend. Friday afternoon, Louise and I set up the Beaconsfield Guild display of 17 beautiful hooked rugs and wall hangings done by the 8 members of our group who also belong to the Ontario Guild. There were hundreds of pieces on display and most were to be judged in one of the 13 categories of hooking. There was a lot of  camaraderie and many mini-workshops to attend. Great fun for all. Saturday morning, the breakfast and annual meeting were held in the hotel ballroom. The prizes were awarded at this breakfast and our guild had a winner. Congratulations ...

Olde Forge Hook-In by Denise Vandenbemden Once again we were invited and attended the annual April hook-in hosted by the Ottawa Olde Forge Branch of the Ontario Rug Hooking Guild. Seventy persons socialized, hooked, laughed, and ate too much from the delicious and overflowing dessert buffet. Great friendship, great pieces and beautiful material offered by the vendors. The show and tell was pure pleasure. Many rug hookers are blessed with a great sense of humor and the stories behind their work were often very funny. The organizers did a wonderful job. Everything was perfect. We had a most enjoyable day. Thank you and congratulations to the committee and members of the Olde Forge. Folow the Link to see the Photo Album: Olde Forge 2010

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.  Click for a larger image. OHCG Newsletter Spring 2010, page 1 OHCG Newsletter Spring 2010, page 12

Geometric rug.  Hooked by Ailish O'Keefe Geometric rug Hooked by Ailish O'Keefe This rug was the result of a geometric class given by Judith Dallegret. The pattern is actually a quilting pattern which I always liked so I decided to use it as a really good example of a geometric design. These happen to be favourite colours of mine, and I hooked with number 6's. I chose the off-white background because I felt it would be the best way to highlight the main colours of the rug. Geometric Rug, hooked by Claire Fradette. Geometric rug Hooked by Claire Fradette This rug was started in a class taken with Judith Dallegret. I made this for my daughter who selected the colours. The rug measures 36 in. x 24 in. and was hooked entirely in no. 6 cut wool, some of which was dyed. Prairie  Vista, original by Lorayne Charenko. Prairie Vista Designed and hooked by Lorayne Charenko For this pictorial, I used a combination of wools. For example, t...

The Beaconsfield Rug Hooking Website is our little fish in the Internet sea. We need to help it to grow to enable it to swim from the shores of Lake St. Louis to our readers. We are always open to new ideas and suggestions to further develop this Internet project. We are continuously updating this site and m embers of the Guild can collaborate in many ways: by adding your comments, submitting rug hooking tips or pictures of your rugs or helping us to keep the Events Calendar up to date. Website committee: Maria M. Romero, Webmaster Rose Kandy, Editor / Translator

Scrolled Flowers, hooked by Sylvia Solomon. Scrolled Flowers Hooked by Sylvia Solomon This rug is a copy of a rug done in punch needle, which was in “A Passion for Punchneedle”. It was originally a pattern for a rug intended for a dollhouse. I enlarged it to 22 inches x 32 inches. I also changed the colours. It is done in a #5 cut and some #3. I used all recycled wool. Hamilton Lace. A  Joan Moshimer design hooked by Kay Cousineau Hamilton Lace Designed by Joan Moshimer, modified and hooked by Kay Cousineau The rug measures 24” x 64” and is in a design that was modified somewhat, especially in the scroll areas. The rug was started during a course given by our teacher, Judith Dallegret, and finished with the help of Lois Morris, our other teacher. The rug was hooked mainly in #5 cut, using a lot of leftover wool from previous projects. I really enjoyed hooking this rug, as it was a total departure from the oriental themes that I had been hooking up till t...

Fancy Stitches “101” with Lois Morris by L.G. de Tonnancour Anyone looking for something new and exciting to enhance a rug should take Lois Morris’s workshop on ‘Fancy Stitches”. Step-by-step, in her usual planful way, she led us into a whole new world of needlework – and each stitch is so beautiful! One of her rugs, now owned by her daughter, served as our reference point. I feel grateful and privileged to have had the opportunity to be one of her students on Saturday, October 17 th , at Centennial Hall in Beaconsfield , in what turned out to be a small, attentive group of rug hookers. Any chance for Fancy Stitches “102” in the near future?

September 21st, 2009  Hook-In From left to right: Ailish O'Keeffe, Betty Austin, Alice Hamilton Denise Vandenbemden and Lucie Lambert Denise Morissette Maureen Rowe Kay Cousineau and Alice Hamilton Mmm!

Work In Progress Show & Tell  by BHCG rug hookers of rugs in progress during Hook-In of September 14th, 2009. Ailish O'Keeffe Alcie Hamilton Alice Hamilton Audrey Colliss Audrey Colliss Barbara Kerr Barbara Kerr Denise Morissette Denise Vandenbemden Lois J. Morris Lois J. Morris Sally Perodeau Sally Perodeau Sylvia Solomon Sylvia Solomon

Oxen in Summer. A Maud Lewis painting hooked by Maureen Rowe. Oxen in Summer Designed by Maud Lewis and hooked by Maureen Rowe This was hooked from a Maud Lewis kit purchased in the boutique of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia where there is a permanent Maud Lewis exhibition. I was so taken with Maud’s primitive art and her colours that I decided to do this piece of “Oxen in Summer” with variegated wool in the same colours she used, rather than the solid house paint coloured wool that came in the kit, so it is hooked à ma façon. It was lots of fun to do as Maud’s subjects are always so whimsical. Sampler. Designed by Mary Lou Lais and hooked by Lucie Lambert Fall (sampler) Designed by Mary Lou Lais Hooked by Lucie Geneviève Lambert I used #6 cut and new and recycled wool on monks cloth. Jacobean. A Rittermere design hooked by Audrey Colliss, Jacobean A Rittermere Design hooked by Audrey Colliss This is a print I bought from Rittermere the late ...

Saint-Jean Baptiste Day 2009    by L.G. de Tonnancour    This year again, Centennial Hall was the meeting place for the Fête nationale du Québec in Beaconsfield . The sky was perfectly clear and live musicians filled the air with traditional Quebecois music. The old white building was decorated for the occasion with blue and white flags and on the grounds, sheltered under small kiosks, artisans of all trades were selling their wares or demonstrating their art. There was a great deal to see. Alice Hamilton, Ailish O’Keeffe, Sylvia Solomon and Louise G. de Tonnancour of the Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild gave rug hooking demonstrations throughout the event. It was a wonderful day filled with laughter and friendly conversation. Alice Hamilton and Ailish O'Keeffe with  some visitors  

A day trip in Ontario By Louise G. de Tonnancour Thursday morning, June 11 th 2009 , Sally Perodeau, Denise Morissette, Maria Romero and myself left Beaconsfield at 8:30 to attend the invitation for a picnic in Mallorytown hosted by the Brockville Thousand Islanders . Sally drove us there, in what was a very smooth drive, in exactly two hours and fifteen minutes.  The Library&Community Hall where the event took place was just ½ km or so off the 401.  We were gracefully welcomed and directed to the beautiful grounds surrounded by trees under which the rug hookers had found places to sit.  In the middle, a white gazebo sheltered one of the vendors, the others regrouped in the shade, along a rustic fence.  On that special day, hats were the theme of the day.  All colours, sizes, shapes and wonderfully decorated, they were everywhere to be seen and admired.  At 12:00 , we were invited inside to help ourselves to buffet tables very...

Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Picnic 2009 by Rose Kandy Saturday, May 23, dawned somewhat cloudy and cool – but a little weather has never daunted rug hooking aficionados. Tables and chairs were set out on the lawn at Centennial Hall with its beautiful view of Lake St. Louis . Refreshments and coffee were kept inside, away from feathered, furry and other creatures that always show up uninvited to picnics. Guests began arriving about 10 and were given badges and tickets. It was a pleasure to welcome  fellow crafters from North Hatley ,  Montreal , Pointe-Claire, and our own Beaconsfield , especially those rug hookers who work and are rarely able to join us on Mondays. The sun finally came out and warmed our chilled hands and feet and we all set to hooking. Soon it was lunchtime; the desserts and fruit brought by the hosts made a tasty finish to the meal. At which time, squirrels, a pair of ducks, the ever-present freshwater gulls and blackbirds came in to jo...