Our meetings are usually held on Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Parish Hall behind St. Agnes Church, 186 Woburn Street, Reading, Mass.
See our Meetings page for more information.
March 15: Sue Barry ~ Torn strips heart workshop
We are looking forward to our program this month by Susan Barry. She will be sharing some of her own torn-strip work and leading a workshop for those who signed up using torn strips to create a double-sided heart pillow. Students should bring scissors and a primitive hook with a wide shaft if they have one. Some hooks will be available for use during the class.
In addition, she will be talking about working with templates, preparing raw-edge foundation fabrics for hooking, establishing designs on backing, and various finishing techniques including mounting your piece if you choose to hook it flat.
Sue’s love of rug hooking began when she happened upon a rug pattern and made a visit to a rug hooking shop. All other crafts were packed up and put away and Sue followed her bliss to become a Certified McGown Teacher and Oxford Punch Needle Instructor.
Sue is President of the Charles River Rug Guild, a Boston area ATHA chapter, Vice President of Norther McGown Teachers Workshop and current Treasurer of Oxford Punch Needle Instructors Guild (OPNIG ). She teaches classes and provides individual instruction in both traditional and punch needle hooking at her home and enjoys combining both techniques in the same piece.
The Special invitation theme: for March is 3D items (purse, pillow, etc.).
Hospitality: This month, we invite people with last names beginning with H-P to bring a snack to the meeting, either sweet or savory.
April 19: Zinnia workshop with Pam Bartlett
In April, Pam Bartlett will join us in for a hands-on workshop featuring a scaled down version of her beautiful hooked Zinnia. Prior to the workshop segment of the program, Pam will provide a short presentation regarding her design and implementation concepts for this piece and how they can be applied to your own work. If you’d like to join in the fun, the cost is $75 for both the pattern (14 x 14) and one-half yard of hand-dyed wool. Pam will have different colors for students to choose from. If interested, please pay a deposit of $25 at the March meeting.
We will be meeting in the first floor meeting room instead of the second floor room of the St Agnes Parish Hall.
The special invitation theme for April is bugs/insects.
May 17: Hook-in
The special invitation theme for May is trees.
June 14: Strawberry Festival
Strawberry Festival at Debbie Power’s home in Carlisle.
Please note date change: There is a town-wide celebration on the third Saturday of June in Carlisle, so Debbie suggested we move our date a week earlier.
Summaries of meetings back to 2010 are here.