We held the following meetings during the 2020-2021 year.
This gallery page has slideshows with rugs and some of our other fiber art displayed at these meetings.
September 19, 2020
Guest Speaker: Susan Clarke
Topic: Influences on my work
This meeting was on Zoom and well attended. Susan Clarke was the guest speaker and gave a great presentation on her rug hooking journey and work.
She is passionate about color and fibre arts. Susan is an Ontario Hooking Craft Guild Certified Teacher, and has been a member of the OHCG since 2006. Her work is regularly shown at the OHCG Annuals, where she has won awards in the following categories: Original (2014), Theme Award (2016 and 2020), Wide Cut (2018), and Fine Cut (2019). She has published articles in the OHCG Newsletter and contributed a chapter in Rug Hooking Magazine’s, “Hooked Carpetbags” publication (2017).
Susan has also been a member of the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists (ATHA) since 2018, and a member of the National Guild of Pearl K. McGowan Hookrafters, since 2020. She is currently working towards her McGown teacher’s certification. Susan’s website is here.
We also viewed a slide presentation with photos of work from members during the past month (on the gallery page). Thank you Ildi!
October 17, 2020
Guest speaker: John Sullivan
Topic: Hooking with yarn
John Sullivan was the guest speaker at the October Mayflower meeting via Zoom He did a presentation on hooking with yarn. Everyone that joined was thrilled to see his presentation.
Several members asked him what some of his favorite yarns were, and he mentioned Margaret Arraj at Mill River Rugs. You can check out her website here.
We also viewed a slide presentation with photos of work from members during the past month. You can view the show and tell on the gallery page. Thank you Ildi!
November 21, 2020
Guest speaker: Benita Watford Raleigh
Topic: Monochromatics
This meeting was via Zoom.
Many thanks to Benita for speaking to us about monochromatic and achromatic color planning in rug hooking. “Color gets the glory and value does the work.”
We also viewed a slide presentation with photos of work from members during the past month. You can view the show and tell on the gallery page. Thank you Ildi!
December 12, 2020
This meeting was held via Zoom.Ildi demonstrated how to make a quillie Christmas tree. This PDF contains detailed instructions. The complete PDF with the show and tell is here.
You can view the show and tell on the gallery page. Thank you Ildi!
January 16, 2021
This meeting was held via Zoom.
Catherine Flowers held a (virtual) mini workshop on making zipper heart pins.
Members also submitted online rug hooking sites and resources, which are posted here.
You can view the show and tell on the gallery page. Thank you Ildi!
February 20, 2021
This meeting was held via Zoom.
Ania Knap was our guest speaker, and gave an outstanding presentation on the history of stained glass windows and demonstrated techniques for creating stained-glass hooked rugs.
You can view the show and tell on the gallery page.
March 20, 2021
This meeting was held via Zoom.
Lisanne Miller of W. Cushing & Co. conducted a (virtual) wreath kit class. She also showed slides of her wool and other items in her shop.
You can view the show and tell on the gallery page.
April 17, 2021
This meeting was held via Zoom with a hook-In and show and tell (on the gallery page). We also held our election of officers (listed here).
May 15, 2021
At our May meeting, Donna Allen held a virtual Waldoboro workshop. She provided a history of Waldoboro rugs with an emphasis on the sculpting technique that they have become synonymous with. Donna also demonstrate the sculpting technique that she uses and guided participants in completing the rabbit and flower featured in the patterns sent to all members.
June 19, 2021
We owe a huge thank you to Ildi Tary for hosting this year’s Strawberry Festival. In addition to providing us with a beautiful location, Ildi baked lots of delicious breads, scones and muffins and made salad with grilled chicken. We all enjoyed the sandwiches and strawberries with angel food cake!