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Show & Tell

In this Gallery, you can tour a selection of rugs from our last Exhibition, held on April 2023 at Centennial Hall. Visit our Blog to see the rugs showcased in the past.

Next Update:  April 2024

 

Winter – Let’s Get Cozy

As the cold winter days approach, we pull out our oversized sweaters and warm socks, sip a hot drink, and get lots of rug hooking done. May the rugs in this Show and Tell warm your imaginations and inspire your craft.

Christina Delaney
The Winter Journey. A Karla Gerard pattern hooked by Christina Delaney.
Detail
Fox Detail.

Christina Delaney

The Winter Journey
Karla Gerard pattern
Purchased from Hooked on the Lake
2021
Cuts #4, #6, #8 on linen
25” x 30”
Whipped edging

 

The whimsy and the fox sold me on this delightful pattern. It is my winter rug which I hang in my entrance.


Jacques Lepage
Les Éboulements – Hiver (Les Éboulements - Winter). Designed by Isabelle Rollin, hooked by Jacques Lepage.
Detail.
Detail

Jacques Lepage

Les Éboulements – Hiver (Les Éboulements - Winter)
Design by Isabelle Rollin
2019
Cuts #4, #5, #6 on Verel
14” x 16.5”
Framed

 

This is one of a series of “Houses and Barns in Québec”. Les Éboulements is a municipality in Quebec on the north shore of the St Lawrence, past I’ile aux Coudres. It is a very hilly region, with typical old Quebec houses and barns.

 


Isabelle Rollin
Watching the Game. Original by Isabelle Rollin.
Detail
Detail

Isabelle Rollin

Watching the Game
Original
2023
Punch needle, yarn on Monks cloth
17.75” x 33.75” plus frame
Framed

 

On our way to a hook-in, we drove by a Beaconsfield elementary school, and I caught a glimpse of children playing in the snow. The colours, the movements, and the joy inspired this design. It was giggles to hook, imagining all the different characters, the little stories going on, and working with all these colours.


Helen Radford
Chickadee. A Lisa Ferguson pattern, punched by Helen Radford.
Detail
Detail

Helen Radford

Chickadee
Lisa Ferguson pattern
Purchased from Hooked on the Lake
2020
Miniature punch needle
Hand-dyed Valdani cotton threads on Weavers cloth
6” x 8”
Folded-over edging

 

The chickadee is one of my favourite birds. When I saw Lisa’s rendition, I found it charming and knew I needed to try and punch her painting.


Carolyn Mungall
Winter Sun. Pattern by Isabelle Rollin, slightly modified by Carolyn Mungall.
Detail
Detail

Carolyn Mungall

Winter Sun
Pattern by Isabelle Rollin, slightly modified
2022
Mini-punch needle
Silk yarn (some white, and some I dyed), cotton and silk embroidery floss, cotton Valdani yarn on Weavers cloth
7.5” diameter plus frame
Framed

 

I love the pale winter sun, especially when it is snowing. Isabelle Rollin gave me the round wood frame. Jacques Lepage helped me to mount my rug into the frame. I matted it with my own hand-dyed wool.


Emmy Maten
Houses in Winter Night. Pattern by Karla Gerard, punched by Emmy Maten.
Detail
Detail

Emmy Maten

Saisons
Houses in Winter Night
Pattern by Karla Gerard
Purchased from Hooked on the Lake
2019
Mini-punch needle, Valdani floss on Weavers cloth
5.25” x 4.25” + frame
Framed

 

Loretta Moore was vending at the Martintown International Rug Hooking Day Hook-in in 2018 and I was curious to try a mini-punch rug. I like Karla Gerard’s art and saw this particular pattern for sale. Loretta helped me to choose the 8 shades of Valdani embroidery floss needed and I also bought an “Ultra-punch” needle from her.


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