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Register your rugs for Sauder Village. This picture is during 2008’s show and tell. This is where you eat breakfast if you are staying at the Heritage Inn.

One of my favorite passages from Pearl’s book: Many women have said to me: “I’ve always wanted to hook a rug and I’m going to some day.” But it is the woman who says: “I want to hook a rug. How shall I start?” that I am most interested in. The first is usually a…

I worked up these stair risers today, but I ran out of creative juice when it came to their names. Any suggestions?[clear] This one is just for pure fun. I designed it to be used as a stair riser or above a doorway. Just have fun with this one. I plan to hook it someday…

Janice asked me on Facebook about selling 1/2 yard pieces of wool.  I’ve decided to give it a try.

Many thanks to everyone who offered comforting words during the difficult time of my brother’s passing. I have been late in sending out orders and negligent in returning phone calls and emails. He passed on Friday after a difficult 11 day hospital stay. I will slowly work my way to current. I could not have…

2009 Rug Camp at Sauder Village was very inspiring. My class was with Diane Phillips.

Tell me what you are looking for in a rug hooking website. Some items may be limited by resources (equipment or knowledge of the technology) but ignore that. The sky’s the limit, dream big. Tell me what you need.

Kim Nixon lost her fight to cancer on February 15, 2011. We became friends several years ago while teaching together. We quickly discovered that our approach to our personal work was similar. We were both trying to find a way to duplicate the effects we could get with paint in rug hooking, especially lost edges….

I am so tired of winter. If you are around me during the winter, you are probably tired of hearing me say that. I think that is why I am so looking forward to the informal hook-in this Friday and Saturday at Sauder Village. If you are attending, please be sure to say Hi and…

Break up the winter and come hook. Join me for an informal rug hooking hook-in on March 2, 2012 at my home. See the full article for more details.

A while back I asked you which rug hooking websites you visit. Thank you to everyone who responded. I quickly realized that listing them in the format that I had planned was not going to work. It would be a huge list, that would become more and more impossible to navigate as it grew. To…