The Loopspring 2018

Volume 40 (2) The LoopSpring 2018

Magazine of the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia

The Loon by Don Tabor Visit the Guild website at rhgns.com Join our Facebook Group - Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia

RHGNS Mission Statement To encourage participation in the art and craft of rug hooking.

To foster a sense of originality and beauty in colour and design.

To provide support for the exchange of ideas and information among the members of the RHGNS.

To sponsor and financially assist specific programs for the membership, which are designed to promote excellence in the craft.

To promote public awareness through exhibitions and publicity.

To record and preserve the history of the craft.

This Issue’s Cover

The Loon by Don Tabor, Springhill, NS

Since Don began hooking in 2013, he has admired the work of Joan Moshimer. This is her pattern. The Loon, 2018... a new year! What do you do? Does a new year is an iconic symbol of Canada. When he saw this piece bring new resolutions or perhaps a promise to fulfill old in News and Views, he knew it was going to be his next ones? A member of my rug hooking group, The Rugg project. Bees, has resolved to FIFI, “find it and finish it”. So far, so good, she has completed at least three unfinished Don is a member of the Springhill Hooking Group and projects that she has FIFI’d. the Northport Loopers as well as RHGNS. What are your plans for this new year? Are you working on a group project? Perhaps a series of themed rugs? Our readers want to know. We welcome articles, photographs and submissions and would like to include them in upcoming editions of your magazine, The Loop.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any suggestons or questions. My resolution, if you will, is to keep your magazine interesting and relevant. We have so many talented people in the Maritimes and this magazine is here to feature them, inform them and encourage them. Always feel free to email me at [email protected].

Frieda Perry, Loop Editor The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 1 President’s Message Remembering Welcome! I am sure you will find lots of great articles tucked inside the following pages of our Spring issue. Loved Ones Our members have been busily hooking during the past winter months in the comfort of their own homes, at With caring thoughts to family and friends of: hook-ins and other social events. Thank you to the Jeanne Field members who have shared photos of your projects. They Katherine "Kay" Purdy are unique, beautiful works of art. Joan Bogle on the loss of her husband Carol Marie Thorne Several Guild members not only have been hooking, they Beverly Levine on the loss of her father have also been very active in volunteering their time and Rita Wojtyniak on the loss of her father-in-law effort into updating our Guild Guidelines, reviewing our Marie MacVicar on the loss of her mother-in-law, By-Laws, building our new website which was launched Edie Phillips, Life Member recently, organizing our annual Rug School and accepting Deborah Story on the loss of her father in January ideas for our 40th anniversary which is just around the and her mother last September corner in 2019! Carol Ann MacDonald on the loss of her husband Amy Verhagen on the loss of her husband To all of you who volunteer your time, your efforts and Ellen Tancock on the loss of her husband your expertise, the RHGNS membership says a loud and Barb Smith on the loss of her brother resounding THANK YOU!

I look forward to seeing many of you at Rug School in May as well as at the “Wonders of the Deep Hooked Rug Show” at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg between May and October.

Happy Hooking! - Sincerely, Linda Alderdice, President PS: Reminder: The registration date for the “Hooked Rug Truck Convoy 2018” is May 30, 2018. Be sure to submit your registration form before that date. Table of Contents President’s Message Page 1 Have you ever thought that Remembering Loved Ones Page 1 you would like to be Rug School Director Search Page 1 Loop Submission Information Page 2 Rug School Director? Membership Message Page 2 We are seeking interested people who may be Mom’s Kurelek Page 3 considering the position of Rug School Director for 40th Anniversary Notice Page 3 the 2020 Rug School. To find out more about the Director’s Reports Page 4 - 10 Director’s position contact Dwight Gallagher at Remembering Edie Phillips Page 10 [email protected] or Linda MacDonald at NB Mat Registry Report Page 11 [email protected] Fundy Region Report Page 11 RHGNS Rug School Classes Page 12 RHGNS Rug School Application Page 13 One-Day Workshops Page 14 One-Day Workshops Application Page 15 Director’s Reports Page 16 - 19 Ganong Chocolate Box Exhibit Page 19 RHGNS Membership Application Page 20 Rug Hooking Groups in Atl. Canada Page 21 - 22 RHGNS Directors & Officers Page 23 Stay In the Loop Page 24 Free Pattern Write-up Page 24 Free Pattern IBC Caroline Simpson’s Ganong mat 2 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018

The Loop Submission Deadline Dates Please Note - for 2018 When sending articles with photos, please do not send To ensure prompt delivery of our magazine to its photos embedded in the article. Please send the article readers, please have all articles, reports, ads, etc. and the photos as separate attachments via email. submitted BEFORE the following deadline dates. Digital photos should be high-resolution for the best results. • May 18, 2018 for the Summer issue Send submissions to: • August 17, 2018 for the Fall issue Frieda Perry, Editor • November 16, 2018 for the Winter issue Email: [email protected]

The Editor of The Loop Magazine retains exclusive control over the content and format. All information submitted for publication will be subject to and will be included or excluded in the magazine on the sole discretion of the Editor.

Placing an Ad in The Loop: Advertising Rates for The Loop 2018 To place an ad in upcoming issues of The Loop, the contact person is Claire Milton, Publicist. She will require Size Options Dimensions Fee the information for the ad and the ad size. If your ad requires logos or special graphics, it must be sent camera- Full Page 7 x 9.75 inches $140 ready. If you have any questions regarding placing an 1/2 Page 7 x 4.75 inches 70 ad, contact Claire by email: [email protected] 1/3 Page 7 x 3.25 inches 50 or phone 902-523-1937. 1/4 Page 3.25 x 4.75 inches 35 Claire will issue an invoice once your request has been 1/8 page (portrait) 2.25 x 3.5 inches 20 made. PREPAYMENT is required before placing an ad 1/8 page (horizontal) 3.5 x 2.25 inches 20 in The Loop. Cheques are to be made payable to the Business Card 3.5 x 2 inches 15 RHGNS. These details are included in the invoice Claire will send to you once you place your ad.

Message Regarding SPRUCE TOP RUG HOOKING STUDIO Membership Starting October 1, 2017, any members renewing or 255 Main Street joining the Guild after a Loop magazine has been issued, will receive the issued magazines in PDF Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia format only and the remaining issues for that Phone: 902-624-9312 membership year as requested. Toll Free: 1-888-784-4665 The RHGNS is working very hard on your behalf to www.sprucetoprughookingstudio.com modernize. As part of the modernization, we have a new pricing structure. Effective immediately, Membership cost for new and renewing members in Canada is $35 and for outside Canada, $50. Subscriptions to the Loop are not longer available. If you renew your membership after the printing of the Loop in the new year beginning 1st of October (first printing is in December), you will receive the electronic version of the Loop only. With our new website still under construction, we will eventually have the option of e-transfer and paypal as methods of payment. Designed and hooked by Shelly Atkinson , a member of the Colchester Heritage Rug Hookers The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 3 from “ LesHookeuses de Grande-Digue Hookers”, Mom’s Kurelek/ Le namely Marielle, Nicole, Sharon and Carmen, who have helped me with this project by offering precious guidance, tips, advice and some hooking materials. I have also Kurelek à Mamà used recycled materials from my husband’s Aunt Joan On his cross-country painting tour in the early 1970’s, Albert who is an avid hooker in Nova Scotia. William Kurelek stayed at my parent’s on Prince Edward - Submitted by Jeanne Maddix Island. Information on this artist can be found at http:// canadianart.ca/artists/william-kurelek/. Kurelek was a good friend of my brother Emmett. As a thank you gift, he gave my parents a painting entitled “Summer Kitchen”. Mom commented to Emmett that she could do “just as good as Kurelek” so Emmett challenged her to paint. The result of Mom’s painting became fondly known as “Mom’s Kurelek” and each of my 11 siblings has a copy. Basque Fairy Tale Pattern Available 82”x20” Emmett and I estimate that Mom probably did that michelemicarelli.com painting around 1975. This is a copy of the painting that 62 Elmwood Rd. New Haven, CT 06511 I have hooked over the last months, in memory of my 203-387-8690 [email protected] mother, Lucy Maddix, who passed away in December 1997. LinenLinen BackingsBackings For For Rug Rug Hooking Hooking UNBLEACHED HAIRLESS LINEN — 60” & 55” wide 60” 55” Per Yard $27.00 $25.00 Teachers’ Price $22.00 $20.00 5 yard minimum (5-14 yd) Bolt Price $20.00 $18.00 15 yard minimum (15-49 yd) Bulk Price $18.00 $16.00 50 yard minimum IVORY HAIRLESS LINEN — 56" Wide Per Yard $28.00 Teachers’ Price $23.00 5 yard minimum (5-14yd) Bolt Price $20.00 15 yard minimum (15-49 yd) Bulk Price $18.00 50 yard minimum Painting by Lucy Maddix c1975 Prices do not include shipping

HAVE YOU HEARD? The Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia will be having its 40th ANNIVERSARY next year.

Hooked by Jeanne Maddix 2017 Plans are being made to My hooked rug is made with new and recycled materials: CELEBRATE! knitted fabrics, hand-spun wool and fleece, woolens, yarn and cotton embroidery floss. It is 13”x13”, using #3-, 5- Contact your Regional Director to find and 7-cuts on linen. The hook shown in my project was one used by my mother many years ago. I thank my out how you can join in on the FUN. brother Emmett for providing me information and interesting conversations and also my “friend-hookers” 4 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 Annapolis Valley “Variety is the Spice of Life”. Considering the diversity in styles, techniques, approaches, materials and variety of items produced by rug hookers, it follows that we are a very spicy group of artists. At each monthly meeting in Centreville, I’m amazed at the stories of why and how projects are chosen. Here are a few examples worth sharing.

Margaret Tupper’s Silhouette Seascape A resident of Nicholsville, Margaret has been hooking for eight years as a member of the Rags to Riches group. What appealed to her was the notion of creating this piece with vivid but minimal use of colour; a monochromatic approach with a twist. Ensuring that Joan Albert’s Village the mountains stood apart from each other was a major Joan, a resident of Kentville and a member of the consideration for Margaret. Spinners has been hooking for more than twenty years. She has always enjoyed hooking, as well as quilting, street scenes. This Jeanne Field pattern appealed to her because it was a small, fun project that she could complete before starting a large geometric design. A new challenge was sewing the backing along the uneven- shaped top of the piece.

Charlotte Wood’s Tree of Life Charlotte has been hooking for ten years. Residing in Port Williams, she is a member of the Spinners. Charlotte chose this pattern for a class on how to hook Jacobean designs, taught by Doris Norman at Rug School. At Charlotte’s request, Doris kindly modified the design to include an ivy border. Deciding which colours would Mary Ellen Carpenter’s Tessellations complement each other and which ones should be emphasized took some planning. Duplicating the “mirror Mary Ellen, a resident of Wallbrook, has rug-hooked for image” of this large, traditional mat required creativity nine years. Always creative, she belongs to two groups, and new age technology. Charlotte solved the problem the Spinners and the Apple Blossoms. At Rug School by taking a photo of the first completed tree on her IPAD with Beth Calabrese as her teacher, she chose this and then referred to that photo as she hooked the second tessellations pattern. Used to hooking more flowing tree. designs, she found drawing and hooking such a precise pattern quite a stretch, but she stuck with it! The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 5

YARMOUTH RUGG BEES are pleased to invite you to

Sue Turnbull’s Fog Lifting 2018 Join us for a day of hooking, shopping, eating, sharing and fun! Saturday, June 9th, 9:30 a.m. NSCC Burridge Campus Gym 372 Pleasant Street Yarmouth Sue Turnbull of Kentville, rug-hooks with the Woolly Wanderers and the Valley Girls. Often, first choosing Vendors, Prizes, yarn that catches her eye for its colour and texture, she Rug Display then selects a pattern to suit it. Sue describes this design “Fog Lifting” by Deborah Sweet, as “quintessential Nova $25.00 registration fee includes Scotia”. It represents her pleasure at being back home refreshments, lunch, door after living in Alberta. She enjoyed adding the border to the pattern and the circular movement in the sky, just for RUG MUG EXCHANGE OPTIONAL fun. Bring One • Get One Each of us has our own reason for selecting or designing Any design, any size! one pattern over another. In that we are all different. However, the one thing we have in common is our love Send registration fee and form to: for the art form. Artistry, creativity and passion are Susan Moores always in fashion in the world of rug hooking. 3395 Main Shore Road - Submitted by Ann Marie Harley, Director Port Maitland, NS B5A 5V7 [email protected]

Prairie Harvest Registration Form Please include $25 registration fee Rug Hooking School Cheques made payable to Rugg Bees Edmonton, Alberta September 7-12, 2018 Name: Vendors, exhibits, banquet, wool swap, Community: garage sale: special 2.5 day option for beginners; teachers-Lynne Howard, Trish Rug Hooking Group: Johnson, Sara Judith, Holly Kingdon, Lynn Phone # Roth. Full room and board in mobility- friendly facility. Airport pickup and drop Email address: off. I will bring rug(s) for display. Please circle Y N I will participate in rug mug exchange. Contact: Myra Bielby at [email protected] or go to our Please circle Y N website: https://prairieharvestrughooking school.wordpress.com. Deadline for registration is June 2, 2018 fee is non-refundable after that date 6 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 Plans are in the works for a spring workshop with Susie Colchester Stephenson on hooking funky skies, seas and houses. Colchester Heritage Rug Hookers Sounds like a lot of fun with a very knowledgeable 2018 has arrived ...a new year with new opportunities to teacher. Some members are also looking forward to rug challenge ourselves while enjoying the social aspect of school... both the classes and the social events. What this wonderful fibre art we call rug hooking. happens at rug school stays at rug school! The one-day classes are a wonderful idea to make courses more We enjoyed a wonderfully festive Christmas lunch at accessible . the local Air Force club complete with colourful table A sad note, was the passing of Kay Purdy. A great loss decorations, snappily dressed waiters and a carol sing. to our group and the rug hooking community as a whole. Members also shared their good fortunes by donating A friend, mentor and teacher, genuine and kind, she will $50 and 24lbs of food to the Foodbank. be fondly remembered. Giving back to the community does not stop there. The - Submitted by Ursula Ryle-Gilliver work has begun on the annual hooked mat to be donated Friday Friends as a fundraiser to the Colchester-East Hants Hospital This winter has seen Friday Friends focus on Community. Auxiliary. The whimsical design was donated by group You may remember us mentioning last year about a tree member Shelly Atkinson. we had hooked for the local hospice society. Rug Hooking Magazine is doing an article about it in their Our International Rug Hooking Day event at the local upcoming issue, March/April/May and we are all excited library was an enjoyable experience. A few of the visitors to see the article. tried their hand at pulling some loops on a small wall hanging designed around the library’s motto of “love my library”. It was completed over the Christmas break and donated to the library. They have chosen to hang it in their adult community space. We have now been asked to put on a how-to demo sometime during their spring session. Another challenge! We are also tickled pink that Rug Hooking Magazine has asked to use our pics from the event in their coverage of groups taking part in this worldwide experience. Canada Mat in Place at Truro Elementary School Last August we hooked a map of Canada for a Canada 150 display at our exhibition. It is 2’x4’. Well, it has found a new home in the library of the Truro Elementary School. As an “official opening”, we went to the school for an afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed the classes who came to give hooking a try! We have been invited to make their library a regular place to hook!

A couple of years ago Truro revitalized a heritage building in the downtown core and moved the library into the International Rug Hooking Day Event 2017 wonderful “new” space. Fundraising, as with so many large projects now, is ongoing. One of our members donated a floor mat to the cause and tickets are being sold at the library.

One of our members will have her rug hooking shown at a local coffee shop, Novel Tea, for the month of March. Drop in if you are in the area, the drinks are yummy. Love My Library Mat - Submitted by Beverly Levine Economy Rug Hookers It has been a quiet winter for our group. With bad roads, flus, etc. we have had to cancel a few meetings.

We did have our Annual Christmas get-together though. We hooked for a couple of hours, and then enjoyed what The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 7 is always too much food! It’s amazing what these gals The St. Margarets Bay Schoolhouse Rug hookers have come up with - wonderful dips, snacks, sweets, etc. been working on designing and starting this years’group Things looked dismal when we realized we had no heat rug. They sell tickets on the rug to raise money for The in the room we usually occupy, but we just filled up our Bay Community Centre, at the Head of St. Margaret’s plates and moved to the larger, warmer hall. Lots of fun! Bay. This year’s theme is a geometric rug. A rug that As mentioned in the Fall issue, we can be worked on at any skill level. A press release was had a workshop on hooked Santas put in the local free paper, advertising for new members and each gal used her own variation to the group, and offering free lessons to get them started. of the pattern provided by Judy A great response was received from a similar ad on the Lewis of Bass River. The photo local buy and sell facebook pages. I expect there will be shows Mary Jane MacGregor’s a few new hookers joining us soon. The group also was Santa that she sent on to her Mum, the lucky recipient of an honourarium from The Bay Elsie, for Christmas. Elsie has joined Treasure Chest, a non-profit organization that allocates us for the past few summers hooking monies to quite a number of deserving groups in the area. at Ottawa House and is so All the hookers had to do was to provide four hookers to supportive of our group. help sort toonies for an afternoon. Quite a fair exchange I’d say. The money will be used to purchase a storage Hopefully weather will improve and cabinet to keep supplies safe and warm. There are we will have much more news next arrangements being made to bring in a local teacher to time. Happy hooking from Polly teach a class in early summer. Suttis and the Economy Rug Hookers All of the Halifax groups are working hard to come up - Submitted by Wendy Robichaud, Director with ideas of how the RHGNS can celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2019. More on that to follow at a later date. Halifax - Submitted by Patsy Gorveatte, Director We’ve been busy here in Halifax over the past few months.

The Kingfisher group has acquired quite a number of new members since starting up again in September and The Rug Hooking Guild of the number keeps growing. There are so many new members that they have re-implemented the wearing of Newfoundland and Labrador name tags diligently so they can all get to know each other better. There is nothing worse that seeing these new people and not knowing their names, nor do they Rug School 2018 know mine. The last week of January, the Kingfisher group also held a vendor day with 5 vendors on-site selling their crafty wares. A very success event again this year. Central Newfoundland Kingfisher Group also has a great line-up of workshops Camp Emmanuel Convention Centre and classes coming up. Stay tuned for the details in the Lewisporte, NL next issue. (just 45 minute drive west of Gander) August 16-20, 2018

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Contact Registrar - Helen Bouzane at [email protected] or Winnie Glavine at 709-699-1502 The St. Margarets Bay Schoolhouse Rug Hookers hard at work on a Sunday afternoon 8 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 At our last meeting we held our annual auction. In New Brunswick West addition to making money, this is a fun day and the Quoddy Loopers, St. Andrews, NB members have fun outbidding one another. There are The Quoddy Loopers are keeping busy this winter with not only items related to rug hooking but other items which their various projects. The Minister’s Island mat is almost the members may bring. Carol Williams is our auctioneer complete and it is hoped that tickets will go on sale soon. and does a commendable job. We are very grateful to We are happy to report that we have some new members have Carol do this for the guild. Looking ahead we have joining us this winter and that there are some familiar our “Soup Day” and our annual “Hook-In”. faces returning. It’s great to have everyone joining us. Congratulations to Erin McKenna on another successful Sandra Palmer and Lynn Kinsella are arranging another showing of the Ganong Rugs Exhibit at the AX in Sussex, bus tour. This time it is to Prince Edward Island. The NB. From the pictures it looks like there were a lot of brochure regarding this tour has been forwarded to all people at the opening. Members of the Quoddy Loopers our members and there is already a great interest being were sad to have missed it. shown in it. Evening Matters, Fredericton, NB It’s been a mixed bag of weather here in Fredericton with lots of snow, rain and fluctuating temperatures, hopefully providing lots of cozy hours for hooking. We’ve had lots of “in-house” workshops. Elizabeth Bastin led the group in making a sweet 3D hooked chickadee. Caroline Simpson, pending the availability of snow after the rain forecasted, will hold a “Snow Dyeing” clinic and Doris Norman will lead us in a “Hooked Brick Doorstop” in February. The guild continues to share the hooking on a rug planned by our dearly missed Gisele Bourque with the end goal of selling tickets to own the The exhibit at the AX Centre in Sussex, NB drew a finished piece. Proceeds will go to the NB Mat Registry large number of visitors and NS Mat Registry. A few of our members are looking Members are looking forward the next rug hooking bus forward to Villa Madonna in February, a welcome break trip in September to Prince Edward Island. Last years in winter months. For a small guild, the ladies never fail trip to Nova Scotia was a great time. to produce an exciting variety of personal projects. There’s always lots of inspiration to take in and admire. Quoddy Loopers are eagerly awaiting the next hook-ins in Fredericton and Saint John in April. Mark your calendars for the next Quoddy Looper’s Hurricane hook- in scheduled for November 3, 2018. Heritage Rug Hooking Guild, Fredericton, NB Evening Matters, The members of the Heritage Rug Hooking Guild have Diane Melanson had our rug show at Government House entitled “Loops working on her Through Time”. It was opened with a reception hosted Deanne Fitzpatrick by The Honourable Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, Lieutenant design Governor of New Brunswick. The show was held during the months of November and December, 2017. Each day we tried to have one of our members in attendance to answer questions regarding the mats. We also had a mat on a frame at the show and could demonstrate how rug hooking is actually done.

The mats that we had hooked for the 150th Anniversary of Canada were displayed on three frames. To see these Doris Norman at work mats displayed was very striking and received many with her Oxford positive remarks from the people attending the show. needle punch

We had our Christmas luncheon in December. The ladies from St. Peter’s Anglican Church women catered a delicious chicken casserole and dessert. This was enjoyed by our guild and was the closing of our meetings for 2017. The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 9 Carnegie Rug Hookers, Saint John NB The Carnegie Rug Hookers annual “Undecorate our Tree”, Christmas ornament sale at Saint John Arts Centre raised a total of $1,594.75. The proceeds go to SJAC toward upkeep of the beautiful building that welcomes us every Friday. Alan Tibbetts was featured in our “ Highlight a Hooker” day, in November. He brought in many of his mats, most of which he designed himself. We were fascinated with his creative process & imagination. He’s our go-to person for help with design and colour.

Carnegie Rug Hooker, Paula Weiss with her Ganong Chocolate Box Mat “ Ganong Golden Girls” We’re already into the planning stages for our next show Carnegie Rug Hooker, at SJAC, to be held in 2019. Imaginations are running Alan Tibbetts, with a wild. captive audience as he Save the date! Carnegie Rug Hookers annual hook-in explains his creative will be held on April 7th at SJAC. This year’s theme will process be “High Tea” & we are already busy with preparations. - Submitted by Edie Arsenault, Director

The Ganong Chocolate Box Hooked Rug exhibit opening was held on January 27th at AX Gallery in Sussex, NB. Nine members of our group have hooked mats for the show. The opening was very well received, with over 170 attendees. Thanks to Erin McKenna who has curated this show, which will close on March 10 and reopen in the spring at its permanent home at the Hooked Rug Museum of North America.

More Ganong Chocolate Box Hooked Rugs

Carnegie Rug Hooker, Lynn Kinsella with her Ganong Chocolate Box Mat “Flossie the Floozy”

In February, Sharon Bogle will be giving a tutorial on how to finish a hooked pillow. Our next “Highlight a Hooker’ will feature Anne Legere, in March. Many of us are signed up for a June class with Doris Norman in “Creative Rug Hooking Stitches”. 10 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 Cape Breton Despite nasty weather and a robust outbreak of cold virus, rug hookers continue to attend their perspective groups faithfully.

The passing of Edie Phillips raised discussions of the long history of rug hooking in the area and the handful of determined women who initially kept it vibrant and thriving.

The Down East Rug Hookers received the Boliver cutter for which they fundraised. Also accomplished since December, was a substantial donation to the Local Syrian Refugee effort. Lobster Under the Sea by Liz Samson of Spanish Bay Friendship Matters Two Cape Breton groups have welcomed new members and are providing support to help them enjoy the learning process.

Members received their verification for rug school the week of February 5th and are looking forward to it. - Submitted by Heather Brown, Director

Remembering Celtic 'W' by Charlotte Wood, Port Williams Edie Phillips, Country Lane Studio, Homeville, Cape Breton

On December 11th wes said good bye to Edie, she was 89.

Edie began rug hooking in the late 1970s, joined the Guild, was a director, attended Rug School and then taught a generation of rug hookers in Sydney, all she learned there.

She built Country Lane Studio in Homeville in 1999, which was active until last summer when she became ill. Edie had a profound effect on rug hooking in Cape Breton, a kind and generous teacher and friend. She was thrilled to be made a Life Member of the Guild in 2014. The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 11 New Brunswick Mat Fundy Region Registry Report The Fundy Hookers finished off 2017 with forty-four members attending a hook-in and fantastic meal at The New Brunswick Mat Registry has been busy Farmers Family Diner. Following the meal, members charting our direction for 2018, within our Sharing our enjoyed a gift exchange and a number of door prize New Brunswick Mat Hooking Heritage project. This draws. A floral arrangement was presented to Janet year we have 2 primary goals: Boates who had recently been named Canadian Rug Hooking Artist of 2018, by The Rug Hooking Museum (1) Launching a fundraising campaign to obtain the of North America. We are all looking forward to seeing financial resources to design and build a permanent her work displayed later this year at the museum and she will be there from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on September Virtual Exhibit to be hosted and managed by our partner, th the New Brunswick Museum. 29 . Be sure to drop in that day to hook with her.

(2) Our three educational modules being integrated into In January, the group donated over $100 and a quantity the NB school curriculum. of non-perishable goods to the Upper Room Food Bank in Kingston, as well as a donation of $200 to the Kingston Both the stories and the educational resources are Legion which provides our meeting room. accessible on our website under “Educational Resources”. You’ll see sample lesson plans to be used We were sadden by the loss of member Carol Thorne, in schools and under “Tell me a Story”, you’ll be able to who passed away after her courageous battle with cancer. choose an interview or two to hear these amazing men Our sympathy is extended to her family and friends. and women’s stories on how rug hooking has enhanced their lives. With January behind us we are in the initial stages of planning events and courses for this year. However, we dream BIG and want to take our website The Nicholsville Rugrats are busy planning their 2018 to the next level - an integrated site showcasing over th 450 registered mats with their images and the stories of Fall Fling. It will be held on September 8 from 9 a.m. their makers from all regions of NB. until 3 p.m. Application forms will be available on their site on April 1st so be sure to check that day, if you are In order to reach this goal, we’ll be fundraising over the interested in attending. Remember seats go quickly. next 3 years. I hope to see many from the Fundy Region at the Rug Each donation allows us to continue registering mats and School in May. It is such a great week!! No housework developing a virtual exhibit in partnership with the New or meals to make. A chance to make new friends or Brunswick Museum. Tax receipts are available for all renew old friendships, while having fun and hooking. donations over $50.00. - Submitted by Yvonne Graves,Director For more information on the NBMR project, and/or how to donate, please visit our website - http://www.mats-tapisnb.com or our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/mats.tapisnb/ R iver H ouse or contact one of our co-chairs: Rug Hooking and Fibre Art Judy Morison (506-379-6682) or Marielle Poirier (506-532-9578) 36 Petite Riviere Road Petite Riviere, NS B4V 5X6 Can we count on your support? Gallery • Gifts • Gatherings Jane Steele - Submitted by Lynn Kinsella, [email protected] NBMR coordinator -NBSW Phone: 902-693-3111 www.facebook.com/RiverHouseRugHooking 12 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 Nova Scotia Rug Hooking School May 6 – 11, 2018

Your rug school committee is pleased to announce the classes offered for the 2018 Rug School to be held at Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ten courses plus On Your Own are offered. Please read all of the information before completing the application form and consider your alternative choices carefully. Should none of your choices be available, you will be contacted by the Registrar to see if you might consider joining a class not yet filled. You will receive a letter of confirmation plus all other school information in late February.

Courses offered for 2018:

PERSONAL TOTEMS, Cherylyn Brubaker, Me; TESSELLATION: NEW GEOMETRICS FROM OLD, Beth Calabrese, NS; DESIGN FOR RUG HOOKING, Joanna Close,NS; PORTRAITS, Ruth Downing,NS; CREATIVE STITCHES & 3D PRODDY, Donna Gass, NS; MODERN LANDSCAPES, Tanya Graham, BC; DYE CLASS, Carol Harvey-Clark, NS; WINTER WHITES, Linda Marchbank, PE; IS IT JACOBEAN OR CREWEL, Doris Norman, NB; FANTASY FOLK ART, Susie Stephenson, Me; ON YOUR OWN, No instructor.

PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CLASSES ARE FULL: Winter Whites; Modern Landscapes; Is It Jacobean or Crewel

Photograph, course description and teacher biography available on RHGNS website – www.rhgns.com

School Fees: Tuition: All classes except On Your Own $285.00 On Your Own $185.00 Room and Board $350.00

Fees are to be paid in Canadian Funds ONLY. Payment may be made by cheque or money order. You must submit your tuition and a post-dated cheque for room and board with your application. Post-dated cheques are to be dated no later than March 1, 2018. Money orders should be for the full amount owing. Fees are payable to “Nova Scotia Rug Hooking School”. Mail to the Registrar no earlier than January 1, 2018.

Registrar: Helen Serrao, 650 Ketch Harbour Road, Portuguese Cove, NS, B3V 1K1 Phone: 902-868-2954 Email: [email protected]

Refund Policy: If you cannot be placed in a class, you will receive a full refund. If you withdraw before March 1, 2018, funds paid will be refunded less a $50.00 cancellation fee. There will be no tuition refund after March 1, 2018, unless your space can be filled and it is approved by the instructor. A $50.00 cancellation fee will apply. There will be no room and board refunds after April 1, 2018 unless your space can be filled or cancelled without penalty to the NSRHS. A $50.00 cancellation fee will apply.

Director: Linda MacDonald, 902-485-9270, Email: [email protected]

Accommodation: Westwood Residence. Apartment style with four bedrooms and two bathrooms in each. Once all apartments are full, single rooms with shared bath (not in room) will be assigned. Westwood Residence has an elevator for your convenience.

Classes will be held in Rosaria, McCain and Evaristus buildings. The vendor, rug display, silent and/or live auction, evening activities (except Wednesday) and assemblies will be held in the Multi-purpose room in Rosaria. The dining hall is also located in Rosaria as is Vinnie’s Pub where the Wednesday evening get together is held. The theme for 2018 is “Get Creative Wearing Black and White”.

In addition to the five day classes listed, we will be offering four one day workshops. One-day workshop photo, description and registration form will be posted separately. Students taking five day classes with instructors will not be eligible to take one day workshops. For more information go to website rhgns.com The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 13 THE RUG HOOKING GUILD OF NOVA SCOTIA PRESENTS Nova Scotia Rug Hooking School May 6-11, 2018

Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS

Applications are invited from 2017-2018 members of RHGNS. – http//rhgns.com/membership/ The Registrar will accept applications by Canada Post only; no earlier than January 1, 2018

Name: ______Home Phone: ______Mailing Address: ______City/Town: ______Province/State: ______Postal/Zip Code: ______Email: ______Cell Phone: ______Emergency Contact: ______Phone: ______

______I AGREE to have my confirmation and registration packages sent by EMAIL. (Confirmation package sent in February, Registration package sent in April.) ______I wish to have my confirmation package sent by Canada Post.

Please indicate your first, second and third class choices.

1.______

2.______

3.______

Fees Enclosed: Payment in Canadian funds ONLY must accompany this registration, payable to: “Nova Scotia Rug Hooking School” 1) Tuition: ______$285.00 (Non-refundable after March 1, 2018) ______$185.00 On Your Own 2) Accommodations & Meals: ______$350.00 Dated: March 1, 2018 (Non-refundable after April 1, 2018) Total enclosed $______

Please complete the following: Please check if this is your first time at rug school: ___ Yes ___ No List dietary restrictions, allergies or other needs (if any): ______For those staying on campus — Do you have a preference who you share an apartment with? __ No __ Yes If possible, please place me in the same apartment with: ______NSRH School reserves the right to cancel a class. Mail application with payment to: Helen Serrao, Registrar, 650 Ketch Harbour Road, Portuguese Cove, NS, B3V 1K1 There are no tuition refunds after March 1, 2018; no balance-owing refunds after April 1, 2018. See refund policy on information sheet. This application must be signed.

Signature______Date______14 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 FELTED ZIPPER BROOCHES, WEDNESDAY, ONE-DAY MAY 9, 2018 ZIPPETY DOO-DAD. Zip Zip Hooray! In this one- WORKSHOPS day workshop you will learn how to make a colourful, NOVA SCOTIA RUG HOOKING SCHOOL, MAY 2018 swirly, needle-felted zipper brooch. (P.S. You will also learn to keep your fingers away from the barbed felting NEEDLE PUNCH, MONDAY MAY 7, 2018 needle. Ouch!) If you zip right along, you might even Time to learn something new? make two brooches. You will definitely take home one There are many different ways and many different ‘Zippety Doo-Dad’ because we all love instant materials to make rugs and wall hangings etc. Punching gratification. Zippety Doo-Dads look great pinned on has been around for many years. Depending on the size shirts, sweaters and suit jackets. A fun one-day of your punch needle you can use thick and thin wool workshop that you can finish lickety-split! No experience yarn, pearl cotton, embroidery floss, sparkly yarns, or necessary. (Band-Aids not included) Kit: $35 (includes: art yarns. You can create textures with different sizes of brightly coloured roving, zipper, felting needle, sewing loops or shearing the loops. In this workshop you will needle, thread, felt for backing, brooch pin, felting square). start with a simple pattern (yours) and build a good foundation so you can experiment with some or all of the INSTRUCTOR: ROBERTA HANCOCK, NS above materials. The emphasis will be on learning the One day in 2009, Roberta Hancock found a dusty old technique of using a punch needle. As they say “the sky button box at the back of her closet and opened it to see is the limit”. So come and try something new to you, what was inside. Nestled among the vintage buttons you never know where it will lead. was her namesake grandmother’s beautiful rug hook with a red-painted ‘R’ carved on top. Roberta has been rug INSTRUCTOR: MARILYN GAZELEY, NS hooking ever since! Shortly after, she discovered the Marilyn is well known in the region as a rug hooker, dangerous art of needle felting. Born in Sydney, Cape organizer, past school director and teacher. Breton, Roberta worked as a writer for radio stations in London (Ont.) and Toronto and then worked for 20+ PENNY RUGS, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2018 years as Creative Director for ad agencies in Toronto Wool Appliqué is an incredibly relaxing and enjoyable and Montreal. In 1992 she returned home to Nova Scotia art form for creative expression; combining wool cloth and worked for CBC Radio/TV in Halifax and and embroidery techniques. If you have wanted to try subsequently became a national CBC trainer, giving your hand at wool appliqué; a penny rug workshop is a creativity workshops to CBC hosts and producers from great start. A chance to learn a no fuss approach, you coast to coast. In 2005, she left CBC with another will be exposed to different methods of transferring a producer to start their own video production company as pattern and a stitching/joining technique that is strong well as haligonia.ca, an online social media site. Semi- enough for hundreds of “pennies” to be joined for table retired, Roberta now devotes her time to fibre arts and runners or hearth rugs. From monochromatic and 2 silver jewellery-making. colour combinations to a scrappy, primitive style, your options are endless. Layout options allow for hexagon FINISHING WORKSHOP, THURSDAY, MAY 10, styles, diamond shapes, even a Christmas tree! The 2018 construction technique used allows for the beauty of a For many of us hookers it can be a challenge to finish favourite piece of wood furniture to emerge through the our rugs. After taking this workshop and learning these design. The most tedious part of penny rug construction finishing techniques there will be less hooked pieces is the cutting of the wool pennies; as we only have a day stashed away waiting to be finished. In this workshop together, that work has been done for you. The kits will we will learn to do a traditional finish (whipping, cording include die cut wool pennies that allow you to get to the and binding), Doris Eaton Edge and other finishes for fun part, stitching and creating your rug. You will be wall hangings, trivets and chair pads. able to choose the size of your project as well as being able to choose colours. INSTRUCTOR: DEBBIE LESSARD, NB Debbie has been rug hooking since 2005. She is always INSTRUCTOR: SANDE GUNNING, NB challenging herself by designing and creating her own Sande Gunning is the owner the River Gallery, a work. She is a certified RHGNS teacher and has taught combination rug hooking, quilting and wool appliqué shop numerous workshops in her home province of New in Glenwood, NB. She has been teaching and sharing Brunswick. One of her rugs “The Journey” is owned her enthusiasm for wool appliqué and penny rugs across and on permanent show at Kingsbrae Garden in St. Canada for the last eleven years. A former community Andrews, New Brunswick. college teacher (for 17 years); she brings an appreciation for and is respectful of different adult learning styles. She sees wool appliqué as the wonderful merger of her love of traditional rug hooking and quilting. The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 15

THE RUG HOOKING GUILD OF NOVA SCOTIA NOVA SCOTIA RUG HOOKING SCHOOL MAY 6 - 11, 2018 MOUNT Saint Vincent UNIVERSITY, HALIFAX, NS ONE-DAY WORKSHOP APPLICATION Please read all information carefully before completing your application.

Name: ______Home Phone: ______Mailing Address: ______City/Town: ______Province/State: ______Postal/Zip Code______Email: ______Cell Phone: ______Emergency Contact: ______Phone: ______

Please check your workshop choice(s) below. You may apply for one or more.

Monday, May 7, 2018 - Punch Hooking with Marilyn Gazeley Fee: $60.00______Tuesday, May 8, 2018 - Penny Rugs with Sande Gunning Fee: $60.00 ______Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - Felted Zipper Brooch with Roberta Hancock Fee: $60.00 ______Thursday, May 10, 2018 - Finishing with Debbie Lessard Fee: $60.00 ______

Lunch* How Many: ______at $14.66 each ______

Total Enclosed in Canadian Funds Only payable to “Nova Scotia Rug Hooking School” (No refunds after March 1, 2018) $______

*Lunch - There is a designated area for those who wish to bring their own lunch. If you wish to purchase lunch from the cafeteria it must be preordered and prepaid through the registrar. If you make arrangements to stay on campus and wish to purchase meals other than lunch please contact the registrar for more information prior to submitting your application.

Accommodations are not provided for students enrolled in a one-day workshop. Should you wish to take more than one one-day workshop and stay on campus for a night or two, please contact Mount Saint Vincent University’s reservation department by phone at 902-457-7776. Indicate that you are with the Nova Scotia Rug Hooking School to ensure you are added to the appropriate room block. Students enrolled in the five-day classes with instructors are not eligible to take one-day workshops. Students enrolled in “On Your Own” may take the one-day workshops. Fees for one-day workshops must be paid separately from regular school fees and included with this application. Accommodation fees to be included with your “On Your Own” application.

Mail application with payment to Helen Serrao, 650 Ketch Harbour Road, Portuguese Cove, NS, B3V 1K1 This application must be signed. The Nova Scotia Rug Hooking School reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to insufficient enrolment.

For additional information or questions please contact one of the following: Registrar: Helen Serrao Email: [email protected] Telephone: 902-868-2954 Director: Linda MacDonald Email: [email protected] Telephone: 902-485-9270

Signature: ______Date: ______16 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 door. Many thanks to our vendors, Edie Arseneault, Pat Pictou/Antigonish/ Winans, Catherine Seely and Marianne Beckwith. It was a lovely day!

Guysborough January has been an exciting month for our group. Our meetings have resumed as of January 8, 2018 and Through the fall and winter we have had a number of we had our Christmas Dinner on February 5th at the new members join us and they are very eager to learn. Maritime Inn. A donation was given to the Antigonish Many thanks to members Glenna Cameron and Alyson Food Bank by our members. MacArthur for organizing a rug hooking program to teach the important basic skills for our beginners. I have now added a second contact person for back-up to our seven groups in our region, so that information Also in January, the Ganong Chocolate Box Exhibit was gets to the members when the main contact is away for launched at the Ax Gallery in Sussex. There are 11 a while. Only one name appears still in the Loop members of our Sussex Tea Room Rug Hooking group Magazine but is updated when needed. who have mats displayed in this gorgeous exhibit. Many thanks to Mary Williams and especially her son Kevin, The Hector Hookers will be hosting a “Regional Hook- the fabulous oyster “Shucker”, for doing the honours, as in”, on October 27, 2018 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the we enjoyed Little Shemoque Oysters paired with Royal Canadian Legion, Pictou, right next door to Sobeys. delicious Ganong chocolates on our opening day. This The Legion is accessible with an elevator to the second afternoon event was a huge success and the front desk floor where the hook-in will be held. Our vendor is Under reception committee claimed they were so busy greeting the Rug. We hope to see you there. patrons that they honestly lost count somewhere after the 170th attendee came through the door. It was a fine The group continues to merrily hook along on Mondays time and a great launch for our exhibit. at the New Horizons Seniors Club, from 9:30 am -1:00 pm. - Submitted by Diane D. Penney, Director New Brunswick East The Sussex Tea Room Rug Hookers have had a very eventful last few months. In late November, we hosted our annual hook-in at Jubilee Hall with well over 100 attendees from all over the province. Keeping with the spirit of Canada’s 150th birthday, our theme was an “Old Fashioned Christmas”, with special period decorations in place. The food served was prepared with this theme in mind, including rich creamy soups, fancy sandwiches and a special culinary treat of molasses sticky date pudding for dessert. I must say that this special dessert was received with many delighted “oohs and ahhs”! Ganong Exhibit Photo: Left to Right Beverley Floyd, Barbara Long, Joyce MacQuarrie, Erin We were honoured to receive two very special visitors McKenna (Curator) and Mary Alexander at our hook-in, from the Kings County Historical Society. Both arbiters of fashion, Lord Vail donned his best formal The Ganong Exhibit is on display in Sussex until March tailcoat suit and top hat to greet us, while Lady Cynthia 10th, ending it’s successful travelling show that debuted wowed us all with her luxurious and historically replicated in August at the Garceleon Center in St. Stephen, ballgown. Their visit was very educational and we all followed by a month at beautiful Kingsbrae Gardens in agreed that they made a very fine couple. Like every St. Andrews. The Ganong Chocolate Box Exhibit will hook-in, there was lots to do that day, with a beautiful then travel to it’s permanent home at the Hooked Rug rug display to view, baskets to buy tickets on, cute Museum of North America in Queensland, Nova Scotia snowmen to also buy tickets on and the always popular and will celebrate it’s opening launch there on June 29th, silent auction. As with all good things, the day passed 2018. far too quickly and it seemed like it was no time at all - Submitted by Erin McKenna before we were bidding “Merry Christmas” and “adieu” The Riverview Rug Hookers are turning one year to our many rug hooking friends as they headed out the old in March with much to celebrate . The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 17 We are still pouring over our first issue of the Loop and She formed the Heritage Rug Hookers to help Northern are looking forword to attending this years AGM and Arm celebrate its 125th Anniversary. She coordinated a reconnecting with the friends we made at Lutz Mountain display of fibre art and art of the town. She says “at the last fall. time I started the group, we did not have a local group. My friends and neighbours volunteered their time. We We were invited this month, by the Town of Riverview, taught some how to hook and everyone wanted to to participate in the 4st Annual Winter Carnival, by continue with the group and we have welcomed more hosting a rug hooking workshop. new members. The group is made up of ladies from Northern Arm and Botwood and most are members of the Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland and Labrador.” Her civic mindedness matches the philosophy of the Riverview Rug Hookers and we wish her the warmest of Maritime Welcomes. - Submitted by Marie Trueman Cumberland A new year brings new challenges, what is on your bucket list? I have a few in regards to rug hooking. I am going to try and fulfill some of these this year. What new Riverview Rug Hookers group project creative techniques will you be learning and sharing this We watched in amazement at the response as e-mail year? after e-mail poured in with folks from ages 9-80+ clamouring to join our session. With such overwhelming The Hook Nook Friends of Springhill have been lucky interest, our one day event, to be held at the Riverview weather-wise thus far, with only one Wednesday being Fire Station, soon turned into a second session to be held cancelled due to weather. Our group is expanding in in the boardroom of SouthEastern Mutual Insurance numbers and we can usually find 26 plus members Head Office. The generosity of the donations of these gathering weekly. We have a challenge out to our two locations was greatly appreciated, as were the members to hook an 8” x 8” mat of choice. These will refreshments donated by McDonalds Restaurant and then be framed and on display in time for the hook-in on Damascus Coffee Shop. May 16th. Also, the members are sharing ideas and techniques on a bi-weekly basis. So far we have shared how to make dryer balls, a dyeing technique, and next up is punch hooking and herringbone whipping. We do these 20 minute talks are for sharing and they add fun as well as learning.

Snowman Mug Rug The Amherst Town and Country Thrummers continue Class Project to meet on Tuesday evenings at the Bridge workshop in Amherst. We are a small group, but mighty. We continue to purchase the Rug Hooking Magazine and have it delivered to the Library for all to view. Already we are discussing our hook-in in the fall and the rug show, which will be held during the week of Fibre Fest in the fall. It’s never too early to make plans. A few of the members The enthusiasm of the participants as they worked on are going to Rug School and have heard this week on their Snowman Mug Rugs made for a fun-filled which courses they will be taking. experience for all involved. Registrations are already coming in for the Town’s Maple Festival event in April. The Northport Loopers, have settled into the winter It definitely took a lot of helping hands to prepare for the location at the Lornville Church on Monday afternoons. events but we were able to professionally accommodate This has been well attended and new friends are always the demand, due to the arrival to our group of our newest welcome. A few of the ladies took advantage of an member, Vida Black, from the Heritage Hookers of Embroidery Punch Hooking Course taught by yours truly Northern Arm, Newfoundland. Many of you may already and Nancy Burke. I think it went well. Now that the know Vida from meeting her at Rug Schools and as a groundhog promised us an early spring we will be looking member of the Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland and forward to our summer friends, warmer weather and Labrador. lots more hooking. Several of the members are planning 18 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 on attending a retreat at Villa Madonna mid-February in For her fellow members, Dawn Sweeney showed how Rothsay N.B. to dye for the marble effect, which she uses in her beautiful hooked works. The Remsheg Rug Hookers have met a few times this winter. It seems that Thursdays are the day of storms and if no school then no hooking. A lovely donation of an overhead projector has encouraged people to do their own drawings onto their backing. There have been lots of newcomers trying hooking for the first time, another expanding group, how wonderful.

It was decided to have monthly classes to share knowledge. The first will be led by Sarah Ladd, Pulling Loops, covering very basic first steps and items like reverse hooking. This will be held February 22nd.

What an exciting time to be involved with these wonderful groups. The wealth of information that is available from our membership is priceless. I feel blessed Dawn Sweeney demonstrates marbling to to be a part of this wonderful world of hooking. Can’t fellow Island Matters members wait to see you all in May at School. The Shady Ladies continue to meet weekly at the West - Submitted by Donna Legere, Director Royalty Centre and everyone contributes $2 weekly for a charity. Last year the group bought feminine hygiene products which were donated to the local food bank for Prince Edward Island distribution. With the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, weren’t we Many members of the Lady Slippers group have been inspired to hook faster, higher, harder? working on their Maude Lewis mats, and they are looking great. In February, they had a silent auction to start Well, anyway, wasn’t it a great excuse to sit in front of raising funds to support needy families at Christmas and the tv and hook for hours, as we did our national duty to for a hooking course in the summer. A new informal support our Canadian athletes? Every loop was for hooking group has started in Stratford, and the Learning Canada: True patriot love in all of us command! Elders Arts Program (LEAP) in Kinkora had twenty learning to hook. We can thank the volunteers and There are many good things to report from PEI. The community for support of such events. Island Matters group are now numbering about fifty members. At the February meeting Joan Kays, a local Enjoy the spring and hook like it’s the Olympics! framer, gave a talk on framing your hooked pieces. She provided great samples and information for choosing frames and stretchers, and tips for framing your own hooked pieces.

Shirley Good, Shelagh Lindley and Pat Blackett show how different one pattern can look

- Submitted by Bette Jeanne Young, Director

Joan Kays with rugs she framed for Shirley Good, and Lynn Cudmore with her custom framed oval The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 19 Dartmouth The Dartmouth Heritage Matters began their monthly learning sessions in February, with a session on finishing mats. Five of our members who are “strong finishers” demonstrated finishing methods, such as, the Doris Eaton edge, the herringbone edge, whipping with yarn, whipping with a cord, and whipping with sari silk. Members visited the centres that interested them and learned new ways to finish their mats and picked up many tips from the demonstrators. Everyone found it to be a relaxed and fun way to learn. Our upcoming sessions include coluor and how to use it, creating perspective in your design, making your mat into a pillow, designing a mat and embellishments.

We have been working on making our group library more Ganong Chocolate Box Exhibit opening. Pat Neill, accessible to our members. To accomplish this a digital Lynn Kinsella, Paula Weiss list of our books and magazines, sorted by subject matter, was given to all our members and they can request to borrow a book that interests them. Also, a sampling of our books is brought in each week for our members to peruse.

We are excited to say this is a year of learning and sharing for the Dartmouth Heritage Matters.

The Eastern Shore Matters have returned to the newly refurbished Musquodoboit Library with a room full of windows. We had been using the Old School House for the past 5 months while the renovations were being made. To celebrate the opening of the new library, an exhibit of rugs hooked by our members is on display for visitors to see. When viewing this display, you cannot help but be impressed with the vast talent that exists in A selection of mats at the exhibit our group. - Submitted by Deborah Story, Director Ganong Chocolate Box Exhibit Opening -

Two of the chocolate box mats in the show Another interesting grouping 20 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 Membership Year: RUG HOOKING GUILD OF NOVA SCOTIA October 1 to September 30 Membership Application Form All renewal applications and payment are due SEPTEMBER 30 Name: ______

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Note: Please send any changes to the Editor @ Country Lane Studio Fundy [email protected] Meet year round, Wed. 2 - 4 pm at Sobeys Crafters Ferguson Lane, Homeville Meet Oct. to April, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Thursdays Contact Marie MacVicar 902-539-7440 of the month, 1 - 4 pm at Sobeys, Greenwood NOVA SCOTIA ContactCindy Noble 902-825-6314 Wild Wooly Women [email protected] Annapolis Valley Meet Sept. - Apr., Tues., 10 am - 3 pm at Apple Blossom Rug Hookers Mira & Seniors Pensoners Club, Marion Bridge Nicholsville Rugrats Meet Sept. to May, Wed. 9:30 am - 12 pm at Contact Diane Harris 902-562-5780 Meet Sept. to June, Tues. 10 am - 12 pm at Individual homes from Windsor to Berwick Nicholsville Community Hall Contact Donna Bentley 902-542-7516 Women’s Winter Workshop Contact Valerie Despres 902-847-1001 Meet Sept. - May, Tues. 10 am - 2:30 pm at Loft Rug Hookers Gabarus Fire Hall Bridgetown & Area Meet year round on Wed. 10 am - 2 pm at Contact Marie Jaarsma 902-884-2544 Meet year round, Thurs. 10 am - 2 pm at the Lloyd Memorial Centre in Kingsport Anglican Church, Bridgetown Contact Golda Kelly 902-582-3079 Colchester Contact Sandra Sampson 902-665-2193 Colchester Heritage Rug Hookers Rags to Riches Meet Sept. - June, Wed. 9:30 am - 2 pm at Sea Gull Rug Hookers Meet year round on Wed. 9 am - 12 pm at Douglas Street School, Truro Meet Sept. to June, Mon. 9 am - 1 pm at Windermere Hall, Windermere Contact Ursula Ryle-Gulliver 902-843-6857 Superstore Community Room, Digby Contact Edie McRoberts 902-375-2088 [email protected] Contact Joan Donnelly 902-245-2491

River Street Hookers Friday Friends Brickton Meet year round on Friday, 10 am - 2 pm at Meet Sept. to June, Fri. 12:30 - 3 pm at Meet Sept. to July, 2nd & 3rd Wed., Lynn Denney’s Studio in Kentville Douglas St. School, Truro 10 am - 2 pm at Brickton Community Hall Contact Lynn Denney 902-692-8118 Contact Beverley Levine 902-893-2640 Contact Sue Russell 902-765-2880

Spinners Economy Rug Hookers Fundy Group Meet from Sept. to May, on Tues., 10 am - Meet year round, Tues. 10 am - 2 pm at Meet 1st Wed. of every month, 10 am - 2 pm 2 pm at Sobey’s Community Room, New Minas Economy Recreation Centre, 3315 Hwy. 2 at Kingston Legion Contact Donna McGrath 902-678-2279 For up-to-date info and summer location, Contact Yvonne Graves 902-847-9398 [email protected] Contact Micheline Beaton 902-647-2985 Habitation Hookers Wooly Wanderers Cumberland Meet year round, Thurs., 1 - 4 pm Meet year round on Thurs., 9:30 am - 1’ish Remsheg Rug Hookers 1st Thurs. of every month at Moose River at Atlantic Superstore Community Room, New Meet year round, Thurs., 10 am - 2 pm at Studio in Clementsport; 2nd, 3rd & 4th Minas. Contact Cathy Oomen 902-542-0224 Wallace & Area Museum, Wallace Thurs. of each month at Lower Granville Hall, Contact Sarah Ladd 902-257-3435 Port Royal for the summer and at members’ The Valley Girls houses during the winter. Contact Nancy at Meet year round on Tuesday afternoons at Beach-Side Hookers ecosmiths.ca or Carol Thorne 902-532-2257 various members’ homes. Contact Sue Turnbull, Meet July & August, Wed., 10 am - 2 pm at 902-599-3525, [email protected] Ottawa House, Parrsboro Clementsport Hookers & Friends Contact Dwight Gallagher 902-597-8715 Meet year round, Mon. 1 - 4 pm at Downtown Hookers Moose River Hooking Studio, Clementsport Drop in Tuesdays 1 - 3 pm at Town of Friends Hook Nook Contact Krystyna King 902-638-8433 Kentville Recreation Centre, Kentville. Meet Sept. to June, Wed. 10 am - 2 pm at Contact Lynn Denney 902-692-8118 All Saints Parish Hall, Main St., Springhill Tuesday’s Hooking Group [email protected] Contact Don Tabor 902-694-0168 Meet year round, Tues. 10 am - 2 pm at [email protected] Moose River Hooking Studio, Clementsport Cape Breton Contact Nadine Wright 902-638-8813 Spanish Bay Friendship Matters Northport Loopers Meet year round on Tues., 10am - 4 pm at Meet year round, Monday 10 am - 2 pm at Halifax Dobson Yacht Club, Westmount Rd., Sydney Northport Community Ctr., Northport The Kingfisher Group Contact Mora Ballantyne 902-270-5931 Contact Polly Verstraten 902-661-9534 Meet year round, Mon. 9 am - 1 pm at Calvin Presbyterian Church, 3311 Ashburn Down East Rug Hookers Town and Country Thrummers Ave., Halifax. Contact Faith Piccolo 902- Meet Sept. to May, Wed. 10 am - 3 pm at Meet Sept. to June, Tues. evenings 7 - 9 pm 445-5739 [email protected] or CB Centre for Craft & Design (downstairs) at Bridge Workshop, Station St., Amherst Roberta Palmer 902-832-6642, 322 Charlotte St., Sydney Contact Lynne O’Brien Lines 902-676-2233 [email protected] Contact Mary Munson 902-567-5122 [email protected] Dartmouth Hooked Rug Museum of North America Dartmouth Heritage Matters Meet June to Sept., Thurs. 10:30 am - 3 pm Boularderie Meet Sept. to June, Thurs. 9 am - 12 pm at at 9489 St. Margaret’s Bay Rd. Hwy 3, Meet Sept. to June, Mon. 1 - 4 pm at South End Baptist Church, 60 Hastings Dr. Queensland/Hubbards, $3.00 drop-in fee. Boularderie East, phone for directions Contact Charlene Carpentier 902-435-7469 Contact Suzanne Conrod 902-275-5222, Contact Marilyn Gillan 902-674-2119 www.hookedrugmuseumnovascotia.org Eastern Shore Matters The Wooligans Old Schoolhouse Rug Hookers Meet. Sept. to June, Tues., 12:30 - 4 pm at Meet year round, Wed. 9 am - 2 pm at Meet Sept. - June, Wed. 10:30 am - 4 pm at Musquodoboit Library, 7900 Hwy. 7 955 Bedford Hwy. Contact Marilyn Gazeley Big Bras d’Or Hall, 1390 Old Rte. 5 Contact Sheila Livingston 902-845-2407 902-835-9471, [email protected] Contact Marilyn Gillan 902-674-2119 22

St. Margaret’s Bay Schoolhouse Rug Hookers Hebbville Past Time Matters Eve. Rug Hooking Group Meet 2nd & 4th Sun., 1 - 4 pm at The Bay Meet Thurs., 10 am - 2 pm at Hebbville Fire Hall Meet 1st & 3rd Mon. 7 - 9 pm at Community Community Ctr., 11 Station Road in (Bring your lunch.) Contact Jean Wentzell College, Rm. 117, 505 College St., Dieppe. Head of St. Margaret’s Bay 902-354-3550 Contact Margie Whyte 506-855-9041, or email Contact Patsy Gorveatte 902-858-2157 [email protected] Lots of Loops Lighthouse Rug Hookers Monthly Hook-in Kent Hookers/Hookeuses de Kent Meets Jan. to June and Sept. to Nov., every Meet last Thurs. of each month 10 am - 2 pm, Meet Thurs. 1 - 3 pm bi-weekly at Club d’Age other Thurs. 7 - 9:30 pm at Sobey’s North & except July, Aug. & Dec. at St. Paul’s Lutheran d’Or, Main St., Richibucto. Contact Marsha 506- Windsor Sts. Halifax. Contact Kathy Burton Church, Phoenix St., Bridgewater. Contact Joan 523-0896, [email protected] email [email protected] (resume Jan. 4/18) Young 902-644-2765, [email protected] or Judy Nelson [email protected] Miramichi Rug Hookers Pictou/Antigonish/Guysborough Meet Thurs., 10 am - 3 pm Seniors Rm. in Lions The Hector Hookers Shelburne Bldg., 234 Morrison Lane, Miramichi. Contact Meet Sept. to June, Mon. 9:30 am - 1 pm at New Meet Tuesday 10 am - 2 pm, (bring your lunch) Marg Bertrand, [email protected] Horizons Seniors Club, 14 Kempt St., Pictou at Yacht Club (upstairs). Contact Pat Nickerson Contact Ruby MacKenzie 902-351-2411 (h) 902- 902-575-2021, [email protected] Riverview Rug Hookers 485-1266 (c) [email protected] Meet Wed., 10 am - 2 pm at SouthEastern Mutual River House Rug Hooking Ins. Co., Head Office, Riverview. Contact Marie Bluenose Rug Hooking Group Meet year round Sun., 2 - 5 pm at 36 Petite Trueman, [email protected] Meet Thurs., 10 am - 1 pm at Pharmacy First, Riviere Rd., Petite Riviere. July & Aug., Mon. Foord St., Stellarton. Meeting cancelled if 7 - 9 pm on the deck. Various groups meet also. NEW BRUNSWICK WEST school is. Contact Carol MacDonald 902-752- Contact Jane Steele 902-693-3111 Quoddy Loopers 1974, email [email protected] Yarmouth Meet year round, Wed. 6:30 - 8:30 pm at Catholic Church of St. Andrews Parish Ctr. (basement) Bluenose Descendents Rug Hookers Carpetbaggers corner King & Parr Sts., St. Andrews. Contact Meet Sept. to June, Wed. 7 - 9 pm at Sobey’s Meet year round Thurs. 10 am - 1 pm at Mary Jones 506-529-3790 (h) 506-529-9020 (w) West Side, New Glasgow. Contact Debbie Beacon Church Parlor. Contact Shirley Bradshaw Russell 902-752-6039, [email protected] 902-742-2468 Carnegie Hookers Meet Sept. to mid-June, Fri. 9:30 am - 12 pm at Little Harbour Rug Hookers Rugg Bees St. John Art Centre. Contact Lynn Kinsella Meet Sept. to June, at each other’s homes Mon. Meet year round Wed. 11:30 am - 3:30 pm at [email protected] mornings. Contact Carol Cochrane 902-755-5376 Yarmouth County Museum, Collins St. Contact Elaine Howatt 902-742-7017 Heritage Rug Hooking Guild Melrose Loopy Ladies Meet May to Oct., every 2nd Thurs. 9 am - 2 pm Meet Mondays 1 - 4 pm at Greenfield Oldsters The Harbour Hookers at St. Peters Hall, 2365 Woodstock Rd. Contact Club, Hwys. 7 & 348 Meet year round Thurs. 1 - 4 pm at Acadien Ellen Phillips, [email protected] Contact Dianne Richard 902-867-1579 Museum. Contact Dorothy Cameron [email protected] 902-723-2660; Bernice d’Entremont 902-762-3380 The Cathedral Matters Guild NEWFOUNDLAND Meet every other Tues. afternoon at Christ Arisaig Shoreline Friends Church Cathedral Memorial Hall, 168 Church St. Meet Sept. to June, Tues. 1-3 pm at each other’s The Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland & Contact Doris Norman 506-454-3855, homes. Contact Marsha Wong 902-863-2868 Labrador (RHGNL) hosts various hook-ins [email protected]. We hook as volunteers throughout the province during the year. We to provide funds for the restoration of the Antigonish Highland Hookers welcome you to come and join us. For more Cathedral since 1992. Meet Sept. to June, Mon. 6:30 - 9 pm at Sylvan information visit www.rhgnl.ca Valley Seniors Pl., 12 Sylvan Valley, Antigonish NEW BRUNSWICK EAST Evening Matters Contact Diane Penney 902-863-3133 Hookeuses de Grande-Digue Hookers Meet Sept. to May, Tues. 7 - 9 pm at Cathedral No Trump Hookers Meet Sept. to May, Tues. 9 - 11 am at Notre Hall, Church St at Brunswick, Fredericton. Meet Sept. to June, Thurs. 1:30 - 4:30 pm, from Centre. Contact Marielle Poirier 506-533-9578, Contact Kimm Moore 506-474-2710 house to house. Contact Andrea MacKenzie [email protected] [email protected] 902-485-8303, [email protected] Les Hookeuses de Bouctouche Plaster Rock Legacy Loopers South Shore Meet Wed. 10 am - 2 pm at various locations. Meet every 2nd Tues. 1:30 - 4pm at Plaster Rock Main Street Hookers Visitors call Carmella LeBlanc 506-872-2275 Public School Library, Plaster Rock. Contact Meet 1st & 3rd Wed., 7 - 9 pm at Encompassing or Irma 506-525-2566. Everyone welcome. Connie Haddad, 506-356-8607 Designs, Mahone Bay. Contact 902-624-0370 or [email protected] www.encompassingdesigns.com Sussex Tea Room Rug Hookers Meet year round Mon. 4 - 6 pm and PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Spruce Top Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 pm at Sussex Island Matters Meet Sun. 12 - 4 pm at 255 Main St., Mahone Seniors Ctr., Jubilee Hall, 50 Perry St., Sussex Meet Sept. to June, 2nd Sat. 10 am at Farm Bay. Contact Carol Harvey-Clarke 902-624-9312 Contact Beverley Floyd [email protected] Ctr., 420 University Ave., Charlottetown. or Erin McKenna [email protected] Contact Shelagh Lindley 902-963-2622 Liverpool Meet Sept. to mid-June, Tues. 10 am - 1:30 pm at Past Time Matters Shady Ladies Superstore Meeting Room, Liverpool. Contact Meet Wed. 10 am - 2 pm at Resurgo Place, 20 Meet Sept. to June, Wed. 10 am - 2 pm at West Audrey Fralic 902-683-2711, [email protected] Mountain Rd., Moncton. Contact Marylou Bath, Royalty Community Ctr., Charlottetown. [email protected] or Helen Dunstan- Contact Anne Lockhart 902-629-0249 Trinity, Rose Bay/Riverport Group Blackie, [email protected] [email protected] Meet Sept. to April, Tues. 1 - 4 pm at Trinity Un. Church, Rose Bay. Contact Carol Harvey-Clarke Lady Slipper Rug Hookers 902-624-9312, [email protected] Meet Sept. to June, Wed. 9:30 am at Lefurgey Cultural Centre, Prince St., Summerside. Contact Carolyn MacKean 902-836-4238 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 23 Barss Corner NS B0R 1A0 RHGNS Regional Directors 2018 902-644-2765 Nova Scotia Dartmouth: [email protected] Annapolis Valley: Deborah Story 5 Horizon Court, Apt. 922 Yarmouth: Ann Marie Harley Dartmouth, NS B3A 0C4 Meredith Burton 491 Gabriel Rd. RR #2 902-446-6053 • 902-809-6053 57 Highland Drive Falmouth NS B0P 1L0 [email protected] Milton Highlands, NS B5A 5K1 902-798-4679 902-881-2343 [email protected] Fundy: [email protected] Yvonne Graves Cape Breton: 2893 Hwy 221 RR # 3 New Brunswick Heather Brown Aylesford, NS B0P 1C0 New Brunswick East: 185 Villa Drive 902-847-9398 Helen Dunstan-Blackie Little Bras d’Or, NS B1Y 2Y8 [email protected] 47939 Homestead Rd. 902-736-1850 Lutes Mtn., NB E1G 2M2 Halifax: [email protected] 506-961-0269 Patsy Gorveatte [email protected] 8252 St. Margaret’s Bay Road Colchester: Black Point, NS B0J 1B0 Wendy Robichaud 902-858-2157 New Brunswick West: 240 Gorman Rd. [email protected] Edie Cole Arsenault North River NS B6L 6E6 15 Donald Rd. 902-895-7757 Pictou/Antigonish/Guysborough: Rothesay NB E2S 1A7 [email protected] Diane Penney 506-847-5603 12 MacInnis Way [email protected] Cumberland: West River NS B2G 0B4 Prince Edward Island Donna Legere 902-863-3133 [email protected] Bette Jeanne Young 99 Fenwick Road, 100 Ashbury Lane Nappan, NS B0L 1C0 South Shore: Summerside PE C1N 6A4 902-667-4276 Joan Young 902-432-0200 [email protected] 411 Salmon Rd. [email protected]

RHGNS Officers 2017 - 2019 Membership Director: President: Linda Alderdice Past President: Dwight Gallagher Judy Sadler 66 Shelby Drive 19 Morris Street, P.O. Box 2184 331 Lacewood Dr., Apt. 416 Hammonds Plains, NS B3Z 1M6 Springhill, NS B0M 1X0 Halifax, NS B3S 1K6 902-443-3366 902-597-8715 902-457-1993 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Vice-President: Ann Jones Archivist: Cathy Lowe Teachers’ Branch President: P. O. Box 167, Lakeside Road 21 Glen Lane Ruth Downing Hebron, NS B0W 1X0 Middleton, NS B0S 1P0 1725 Cow Bay Road 902-742-1978 902-363-2157 Eastern Passage, NS B3G 1M3 [email protected] [email protected] 902-462-2554 [email protected] Secretary: Chris Hay Publicity/Web Liaison: 46 Braeside Court Claire Milton Heritage Rug Registry: Dartmouth, NS B2X 3M9 12 Herbert Road Linda MacDonald 902-462-5539 Halifax, NS B3N 1W8 Box 281 [email protected] 902-523-1937 Pictou, NS B0K 1H0 [email protected] 902-485-9270 Treasurer: Charlene Carpentier [email protected] 236 Colby Drive Editor: Frieda Perry Dartmouth, NS B2V 1K1 184 Highway 1 Rug School Director: 902-435-7469 Dayton, NS B5A 5A1 Linda MacDonald [email protected] 902-742-6300 Box 281 [email protected] Pictou, NS B0K 1H0 Fairs & Exhibitions: 902-485-9270 Vacant [email protected] 24 The Loop RHGNS Magazine • Volume 40 (2) Spring 2018 Stay In The Loop Free Pattern April 7, 2018 - Carnegie Rug Hookers annual hook-in Fun Floral by Abby Cameron will be held at St. John Arts Centre. This year’s theme will be “High Tea” Abby Cameron began hooking in the early 2000s and with the decision to purchase Under the Rug rug hooking April 14, 2018 - 5th Annual Catherine Mercer Memorial studio last year, she has been developing her style ever Hook-in, 10 am to 2ish at Shubenacadie United Church. since. The fee is $10, which includes a salad plate lunch (all proceeds go to the church), as well as door prizes, hooked Now living in Fall River, NS, Abby is currently longing rug raffle, rug display and vendor “Under the Rug”. for the end of winter and is ready to celebrate the spring Please RSVP to Teena by April 7th, 902-758-1354 or with this light and fun floral pattern. [email protected]. Visit Abby at - June 9, 2018 - Yarmouth Rugg Bees Spring Fling. See registration form on page 5 in this issue.

September 8, 2018 - The Nicholsville Rugrats Fall Fling, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Kingston Lions Hall, 1482 Veterans Lane. Application forms will be available on their site on April 1st - www.nicholsville.net.

October 27, 2018 - The Hector Hookers will be hosting 754 Fall River Road a Regional Hook-in, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Fall River, Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Legion, Pictou, right next door to Sobeys. Join her Facebook Page or Phone: 782-234-1016 November 3, 2018 - Quoddy Loopers “Hurricane Visit the website - undertherug.ca Hook-in, 10 am to 3 pm, at the Catholic Church of St. Andrews, Parish Centre, corner of King & Parr Streets. Get on Board For the Maine Fibre Frolic

From May 31st to June 4th, 2018. Travel from various pick-up points in Nova Scotia to Bangor, Maine and Augusta, Maine, with 2 full days (June 2nd & 3rd) at the Maine Fibre Frolic at the Windsor Fairgrounds in Windsor, Maine. Shuttle service will be scheduled to provide transportation through out the day between the hotel and fairgrounds. Returning home on June 4th. Tour Package Includes: Transportation by highway motor coach; Services of a TayMac Tours Tour Director, four (4) nights accommodations; four (4) deluxe continental breakfasts; all applicable taxes. COST PER PERSON - Canadian Funds SINGLE T W I N TRIPLE QUAD Minimum of 25 $965.00 $716.00 $633.00 $592.00 Minimum of 35 $859.00 $610.00 $527.00 $486.00 Minimum of 45 $801.00 $552.00 $469.00 $428.00 Please contact TayMac Tours for more details: Phone: 902-422-4861 / 800-565-8296 or Email: [email protected] A deposit of $50.00 (refundable if tour is cancelled) is required to ensure your spot and so we can get numbers to see if the tour will operate. If you don’t register, we don’t know you are interested and will have to cancel so PLEASE register. Cancellation date for the tour is April 25, 2018 Fun Floral Feel free to re-size. This pattern is for by Abby Cameron personal use and not for resale. Gallery If you have a special or recent rug to share, send along the photo.

Karen Stratton - Whale by Alan Syliboy

Northern Scene by Bella Bleu - Karen Veinotte, Berwick hooked and designed by Rachel Hamilton, Westville, NS Maud Lewis’ Yellow Birds by Shirley McNutt

Sunshine Song by Janet Boates, Champagne, by Nicholsville Therese Gilbert, Leone Cox- Happy Springtime Canning

Original Landscape Geometric Sunflowers, designed & hooked by Stained Glass by Judy Langille by Tanya McNutt Alan Tibbets