Our meetings are usually held on every third Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Parish Center next to St. Athanasius Church, 300 Haverhill Street, Reading, Mass. If the meeting place changes we will add that to our up coming meeting description as well as in the Newsletter. We usually know this in advance .
See our Meetings page for more information.
February 21, 2026 Flea Market
Today, will be our Flea Market, where members donate items to be purchased. All proceeds will be used for the guild. It will help pay for future presenters, workshops, and necessities such as rent. We each pick a number and that will determine what order you can shop the “market”. Once you pick what you want, the next person in line can then shop. Each person then can offer fair payment for the items they have picked out. (Usually payment is either cash or checks.)
What is usually available? Wool, books, frames to hook on, hooks, dyes, yarns and anything you can think off that is rug hooking related. Sometimes there are other fiber art related items as well. Many of us love doing other arts as well.
It will be a fun and relaxing day of doing what we love. Time to catch up and see what everyone is working on! Bring along of recently completed rug or rugs in progress to share. Enjoying hooking , shopping and munching on delicous snacks.. made by members.
Special Invitation this month: Antique Replicas
Special Invitation Show and Tell
As a reminder, we invite everyone to bring show and tell of recently completed rugs to each meeting, but we also have a special theme each month where people can bring older rugs that fit a theme. This way, new people can see rugs that they missed from the past, and others get second chance to see them!
- Feb ~ Antique Replicas
- Mar ~ Still Life
- Apr ~ Tribal/Indigenous
- May ~ Patriotic
This Years Challenge Rugs
It was decided that this year, and potentially future years, our challenge theme will follow that of the Bedford Hook-in (formerly the Westford Hook-In) held in the early spring. Nancy Jewett organizes this hook-in each spring and before the hook-in is adjourned, a theme is selected for the following year. So, this spring, the theme selected was “The Moon”. So, if you are interested in participating, please start giving this some thought. If attending the hook-in, the suggested size was around (9″ x 9″). So, you can make it that size if attending and if not, make it any size you wish!
Our Programs for the remainder of this year
- February 2/21~ Flea Market
- March 3/21~ Lisanne Miller- Interesting borders
- April 4/18~ Member Journey- Donna Allen
- May 5/15~ Member Sharing
- June 6/13~ Strawberry Festival (scheduled a week earlier due to avoiding conflicting with a Carlisle town wide event on the 20th). Which is being held at one of the members home.