Heritage Rug Hooking Guild

A lovely winter photo, thanks Lorraine.

DID YOU KNOW - Krista Taylor - is a member of HRHG, she’s local and she invites you to visit her facebook Page- Get Hooked and her web page? - gethookedrughookingsupplies. Give her a call 596 260-9386

https://briggsandlittle.com/ Briggs and Little, New Brunswick. Wrap yourself up in the colors of your choice. (Shirley Joyce Publicity Director)

Let’s do another Facebook Challenge. We’ll call it the COVID Challenge. Send a picture of any mat you completed during COVID to [email protected] Don’t forget to give me the story behind your mat, this is most important. There will be no limit on number of submissions, no limit on size, no limit on subject....we are freeing ourselves from limits! I will begin posting the pictures on Facebook as soon as I get a dozen or so participants. ... There will be one ballot per mat submitted with a random draw on May 27 of a grand prize to be determined (rest assured it will not be a trip out of the province, lol). If we are meeting again by this time we will have an in person, show and tell. If you know a HRHG member who does not use Facebook or e-mail please let them know about this fun challenge. You could offer to take a picture of their mat(s) or they could snail mail me their pictures to: 374 Albert St. Fredericton, NB, E3B 2B6

I’m so excited to finally share our new frames with you! The floor stand has 3 different height settings and the opening is 12x14. They also swivel 360 degree...s. Our frames also comes with the lap frame so if you want to take your projects with you, you don’t need another frame!!! The price is $475 for the frame, floor & lap stands, plus applicable tax and shipping. *The frames are not listed on our website yet. Please contact me for shipping quotes*

The Heritage Rug Hooking Guild of New Brunswick was formed in 1982. They currently have a display of hooked rugs by NB artists at Old Government House.

RHGNS are thrilled to announce that the first Virtual Rug School will be happening in May 2021. IMPORTANT...... YOU MUST JOIN OR RENEW AS A MEMBER OF THE RHGNS NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 20TH, 2020.. In order to get all new members and renewed members into our system in time our cutoff will be December 20th for eligibility to register for our Free 2021 Virtual Rug school. There will be no exceptions.... Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Lil Gruntz Membership Director/Rug School Registrar RHGNS [email protected] 506-273-6979

Gallery On Queen is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Janice Wright Cheney and Maja Padrov. Opening November 20 @5pm, the work will be displayed at ...the gallery and available for viewing while following Covid-19 safety protocol. Janice Wright Cheney’s textile-based sculptures and installations explore the human-nature relationship. They consider the fragility of the present state, examine the loss of wilderness, and imagine ecological life in the future. Her works have been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Widow, her iconic sculpture of a grizzly bear swathed in roses, appeared in Oh Canada, a survey of contemporary Canadian art, held at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA in 2012. Her solo exhibition Cellar was presented at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery (2012), the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (2014), and at Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge (2015). Spectre, a polar bear made of suspended crocheted snowflakes, was included in the exhibition Aiviq and Nanuq: The Walrus and the Polar Bear, at the Anchorage Museum in Alaska (2018) and her most recent project, The Lucivee, appeared in the Fairy Tails exhibition curated by Anne Koval at the Owens Art Gallery, Sackville NB (2020). Wright Cheney has been elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and is a recipient of the Strathbutler Award for Excellence in the Arts, as well as the New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor's Award for High Achievement in Visual Arts. Her work is represented in the collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the New Brunswick Museum, the New Brunswick Provincial Art Bank, the Glenbow Museum as well as Telus Canada at Telus Garden, Vancouver. Janice Wright Cheney graduated from Mount Allison University with a B.F.A. in 1983, and completed an M.Ed. in Critical Studies at the University of New Brunswick in 2003. Wright Cheney lives Fredericton, N.B., where she teaches in the Foundation Visual Arts Program at the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design. Janice Wright Cheney Maja Padrov

Hello HRHG Membership. This Thursday, Nov 12 @ 10.00am we will hold our AGM. Attached please find the agenda. Two extra tables will be set up and a dozen chairs will be distanced around the room. I hope you are comfortable attending the AGM but certainly understand if you are not able to attend.... We will meet as usual at 9am, AGM WILL BEGIN AT 10:00. Wool Raffle draw will be made at 9:45. Remember to bring your own ‘Coffee Break’. Sent from my iPad

This a great purse that Paula has Made from found fabrics in her home!

A method of finishing a mat by rolling backing forward toward the front.

The Renforth Artisan Market is Back! To help ensure everyone's safety our November Christmas Market is being replaced by an Outdoor Fall Market on Sunday, Octob...er 4th (rain date Oct 18th). It will be held at the field adjacent to the Bill McGuire Centre. Great selection of work including pottery, jewellery, wood turnings, , fibre arts, home decor, handcrafted soap, paintings, garden art and much much more.....This is a great chance to get your Christmas shopping done early! As in the past No Admission fee : Cash Donations To Support KV Food Bank Appreciated. Unfortunately due to Covid 19 concerns coffee and sweets will not be served this time. For the Safety of Everyone Masks are Required

THE DAILY CATCH- this has gone through a number of changes! But so much fun. I lived in Newfoundland for 10 years and my husband is from St Anthony. While I hoo...ked this Cod mat as a wedding present, my husband was telling me stories about how no two cod jiggers are the same, his Uncle Albert had the mold and would pour molten lead into it to make the jiggers. How he as a young kid he would hang out on the wharf with carnation tins and gather cod tongues to sell in town.A carnation tin of tongues was a pound and he sold them for $1 a tin. And how his picture was in the paper because he caught a fish as big as him( it’s true I’ve seen it) This Mat was made with much love for his cousin who lived right across the road. It’s truly a story mat. See more

Finished my 2x3x1 foot stool - glad to put my feet up on my completed hooking project. This is my own design completed on linen with Briggs & Little wool.

I received my copy of this year's Celebration - the annual international publication of juried hand-hooked rugs - and I'm very pleased to share that my rug "Patrick's Fish" is one of the chosen rugs.

I’m excited to have a local Rug Hooking supply shop. Give Krista Taylor a call if you need anything.

August 9-16 is now BOOKED!!! Watch for more weeks to come in September and October! Thank you! The Salty Dog Cottage in beautiful Chance Harbour, NB features...: three bedrooms (sleeps 6), 1 1/2 baths a gorgeous deck with outdoor living room furniture to relax while enjoying the ocean views. the only outdoor antique claw foot tub and shower we know of in New Brunswick! Comfy beds with all new luxurious duvets, linens and feather pillows. all new appliances including a washer and dryer and outdoor fire pit and BBQ. Send us a PM or call (506) 921-0280 as this week won’t last long. We are offering a special introductory rate! Pets are welcome too! We are situated on a full acre just a short 20-minute drive from Saint John! If you must work while you play, we have wifi, tv and home phone included. Image credit: https://m.facebook.com/picsbycurbside/about/ #SaltyDogCottage #TourismNB #staycation

Done! Inspired by 2 stars colliding as watched by the Hubble telescope.

I'm working on a couple of new mats with a garden theme. I use photos (usually my own) as inspiration for the design. Below are the original photo and my work in progress.

I thought people would like to see this.

We just can't get enough of these beautiful hooked rugs! We have seen a definite serge in the rug hooking art! This stunning rug was traditionally hooked on Sc...ottish even weave by Julie Mosgrove from Corner Brook ,NL. Julie is a self taught hooker and has been hooking since 2008. The design was not a kit it was hand drawn for Julie. Thank you Julie for choosing B&L yarns for 99% of your project we love it!! See more

Just a few of the "My Canada" project that will part of the "Loops Through Time" Heritage Guild Exhibit in the Fall. I will show more in a few days.

This is a Hooking by Connie Haddad from the PLASTER ROCK LACEY LOOPERS AND THE HERITAGE RUG HOOKING GUILD . CONNIE would like to know the designer and the name of the design as she is recording all of her hooked pieces for posterity. Any one able to help Connie ?

Finished "Cherry Blossoms", my own design, 35" X 55". The flowers and leaves are hooked in a #6 and the background in a #8, Each flower was hooked higgledy, piggledy using 3 different coloured swatches to give a variegated effect.

Today's count.....101 mats sent to me!!

This is a punch needle hooking that challenged me to use various brighter yarns.