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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 to enlarge. OHCG Newsletter - Issue 1, Spring 2016, Cover OHCG Newsletter - Issue 1, Spring 2016,  page 10:  Reports by Branch OHCG Newsletter - Issue 1, Spring 2016, page 25 Keywords: Hooking with Children

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 to enlarge. OHCG Newsletter, Issue 1 Spring 2016, Cover OHCG Newsletter, Issue 1 Spring 2016, page 10 Our morning of hooking and punch hooking with a level 6 class was a huge success. In more ways than one! OHCG Newsletter, Issue 1 Spring 2016, Page 25, About Our Community Project Our First Rug Hooking Retreat! OHCG Newsletter, Issue 1 Spring 2016, Back Cover: Rug Hooking Retreat

Show & Tell Show & Tell  by BHCG Rug Hookers of rugs in progress during Hook-In of  February 22nd, 2016. Kitt's Rug Hooked Collection Kitt brought in some gorgeous primitive style rugs made by her mum. All are recycled material on a latch hook backing. Brenda Brenda is also working on a piece that is solely sourced from recycled wool. Sylvia Sylvia's cats are getting the final finishing touches. A huge crowd pleaser! Claire Claire determined to finish her Maud Lewis piece before Doug Rankin arrives to teach a Wide Cut Shaded Flower class. Monique Monique making good headway on her 2nd piece - great colours   Barbara Barbara's crows are a true delight both on the canvas and in her back garden Monique Colourful rug for our colourful character Monique Terri Terri's first footstall project underway Cathy Cathy's Scrappy Rug near completion, from Judith Dallegret's Scrappy Class in March ...

Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild Rug Hooking Retreat Ermitage Sainte-Croix  Pierrefonds, Quebec May 13-15, 2016   After Hooking Comes Braiding Teacher: Kris McDermet Kris's recent awards include 2015 Rug Hooking Magazine's celebration - Finalist in the Original Category for "Prints", August 2014 Sauder Village "Prints" Mixed Media, October 2014 GMRHG Hooked on he Mountains Viewers Choice for "Passion" and "Prints". More details about Kris can be found at www.krismcdermetrugs.com   CLASS: Learn how to add a Braid to any round, oval or square cornered hooked pieces. Plus how to Braid within a hooked piece. You will also be shown: - Straight Braiding around a circle and oval; - Padding and lining hooked pieces ; - Sewing and lacing on the first row of Braid to a hooked piece ; - BUTTING - that is joining the 6 raw ends of the braid to make a perfect Circle or Oval; - How to Braid  and  lace a PICOT edg...

Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild Rug Hooking Retreat Ermitage Sainte-Croix  Pierrefonds, Quebec May 13-15, 2016 Shaded Flower - Wide Cut Teacher: Doug Rankin Shaded Flower - Wide Cut with Doug Rankin Doug is a Certified McGown Teacher who has taught workshops in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Ontario.  Doug and his wife Anne, own and operate the Rug Hooking Studio “Highland Heart Hookery” located in their home in Clayton Park, Halifax where he teaches monthly rug hooking classes to beginners and experienced rug hookers. CLASS: You will learn how to shade flowers (Rose; Iris; Poppy) using a six value swatch with a # 6 cut. Two six value swatches should complete one flower.   PATTERNS:  Choose one of the following:  Rose; Iris or Poppy         Web:    www.hookarug.com Email:  dougmarlee@gmail.com Phone: (902) 445-4644 WOOL: Anne Rankin will be there with her wool t...

Rug Hooking Retreat May 13 - 15, 2016 Ermitage Sainte-Croix,  Pierrefonds, Québec BHCG Rug Hooking Retreat

Members at BHCG, encouraged by recent classes or years of experience, have started a new initiative "Show & Share". Denise Vandenbemden kick started the sessions with a Sculpting demonstration. I'm up next, How to Create Your Own Family Plaid, from a workshop taught by Laurie Wiles at TIGHR 2015, called Playing with Plaids . Ti Seymour - President BHCG Ti Seymour. Family Plaid.

OPEN CLASS with LOIS MORRIS Where:    Centennial  Hall, Beaconsfield Price:   $150.00 Members  or $185 for Non-Members Class:  6 Weeks :  Anything you want to do Primitive, Contemporary, Stained Glass, Pictorial,  Fifi (find it, finish it)  Any cut, Any material.. We will discuss color and how it works.  Also, how to use the fabrics you have to achieve the color scheme and look that you want. Date :   Mondays   10:00 am  - 2 :00 pm;  February:   22/16 – April  4/16 Register:     Monday,  February 8th, 15th or 22nd. Register intent to attend by Monday, February 15th at e-mail or telephone number below. Teacher:    Lois Morris: e-mail:   lomohook@bell.net  or   lomohook@icloud.net Phone :   450 – 834 – 6912 Student will bring to class: A pattern or a design of your own.  Keep in mind copyright regulations if th...

Emily Urquhart wrote an interesting  article on the 150 years of Canadian Hooked Rugs , in exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada. Enjoy! Textile Museum of Canada Home Economics: 150 years of Canadian Hooked Rugs Date: September 24, 2015 – February 8, 2016  **** Home - Life - Home & Design - Design Handicrafts Modern hookers A show at the Textile Museum of Canada shines the spotlight on rug hooking’s surprising range. Emily Urquhart reports on how the old domestic craft has found its way into many talented new hands. Hannah Epstein’s Animal. EMILY URQUHART Special to The Globe and Mail Last updated: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 3:28PM EST  Last fall, in a church hall in Victoria, 20 women ranging in age from 30 to 60 gathered for a workshop in rug hooking. Midway through the class, organizer Sheila Stewart, owner of the Blue Heron Rug Hooking Studio in Victoria, leaned over and gave me an impromptu demonstration. “You...

A great project_ Work currently underway on the Friendship Rug in Montreal. Looking forward to seeing the completed piece at OHCG's 50th Anniversary Exhibition! Dawna Matthew, Claire Fradette and Isabelle Rollin hooking the Frienship Rug.  Jacques Lepage was supervising. LOL!

2015 The Year of the Craft _ By Ti Seymour Invitation sent out to any rug hookers in Montreal tomorrow. Your chance to hook a hand on this Friendship Rug. A bit of background into …. The idea for the Friendship Rug was initiated by the Marketing Committee to celebrate “2015 The Year of the Craft” as promoted by the Craft Council of Canada. Branches are invited to hook their hands on the rug which is to be circulated throughout the province. When completed, it will be displayed at the 2016 Annual conference in honour of the 50th Anniversary of the OHCG. It became apparent that one rug would not suffice, so a second rug began circulating in Eastern Ontario to give opportunity for as many branches as possible to participate. After the 2016 Annual at Deerhurst, the rugs will become part of the historical artifacts of the OHCG. There are a few items such as a lovely silver punch bowl donated by Mary Sheppard Burton to the OHCG and the large hooked OHCG logo which is displayed ...

Article in ATHA        By Dawna Matthew In October, 2015 our guild president, Ti Seymour, attended the TIGHR triennial in Victoria, B.C. She met Gene Shepherd there and was able to show him the Sherwood Forest Elementary School’s finished project which was inspired by his ATHA article “Teach a Child to Hook”. And that resulted in a new ATHA article, “Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild of Canada Teach a Child to Hook”, in the Feb/Mar issue which you can see below. ATHA, Art of Rug Hooking Issue 217 February-March 2016 Beaconsfierld Hooking Crafters Guild of Canada "Teach a Child to Hook", by Ti Seymour Pages 28 - 31 Website Link: Association of Traditional Hooking Artists (ATHA) ATHA, Issue 217, February-March 2016 ATHA, Issue 217, February-March 2016, page 28 ATHA, Issue 217, February-March 2016, page 29 ATHA, Issue 217, February-March 2016, page 30 ATHA, Issue 217, February-March 2016, page 31 Keywords: Hooking with Children

Snowboard Denise Morissette My rug represents a skier practicing snowboarding. It was made for my grandson who enjoys this sport. For the design I was inspired by a picture seen on the internet. I used both new wool I dyed and some recycled woolens, cut in #6 for most of the hooking, with #3 for the details. Denise Morissette - Snowboard Winter Scene Hooked by Kay Cousineau Adaptation of Winter Landscape, Baie-Saint-Pau l, a painting by Clarence Gagnon This pictorial was inspired by a Christmas Card I had received, which represented an oil painting of a colourful winter scene by Clarence Gagnon. For this project I used new and recycled wool and met the challenge of finding the exact colour I was looking for by dying and overdying until I got it right. Lois Morris helped me to achieve this. Very fine cuts of #2 and #3 were used throughout. Winter Scene Hooked By Kay Cousineau Polar Boys By Lorayne Charenko These two eskimo pieces are not rugs but...

2016 is Here! May each day of the New Year bring you pleasant surprises! Sudoku Rug by Brenda Ticehurst, Illustration by Maria Romero This piece has been featured in our Show & Tell / April 2009! Sudoku Designed and Hooked by Brenda Ticehurst When planning my next rug, I wanted to do something that would be more interactive for viewers. In the summer at the cottage our family does Sudoku contests. It gave me the idea to hook one. I chose a puzzle that was symmetrical. It is a medium difficult one. To make it more colorful I assigned a consistent colour to each number. At the bottom I made a pocket to hold pencils and a paper copy of the puzzle for those who wanted to try it. I also hooked a few individual numbers that could be pinned in place when viewing the work. It is hooked on burlap with #6 Wool strips. Sudoku Rug by Brenda Ticehurst

Happy Holidays! Illustration: Maria Romero

Photo Album / 2 As part of our On-Line Celebration, we have created a Photo Album Page. Here you have the pictures from 1993 until 2003. BHCG 40th Anniversary - Website - Photo Album Page Part 2: 1993 - 2003  1993- Winter Carnival Show 1995_ Lakeshore Hooking Craft Guild 20th Anniversary - Display at Beaconsfield Library  1995_ Lakeshore Hooking Craft Guild 20th Anniversary - Display at Centennial Hall 1995_ Lakeshore Hooking Craft Guild 20th Anniversary - Remembrance Showcase at Centennial Hall 1995_ Lakeshore Hooking Craft Guild 20th Anniversary - Xmas Showcase at Centennial Hall 1995_ Lakeshore Hooking Craft Guild 20th Anniversary - Pictorial Workshop with Lois Morris 1995_ Lakeshore Hooking Craft Guild 20th Anniversary Demonstration during the 1995 Show, 1995_ Lakeshore Hooking Craft Guild Show 20th Anniversary Show, September 30- October 1st, 1995 May 1996 - Trip to Prescott...