May 13-18, 2025

Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild Rug Show / School  at Sugar Bush, in Warren, VT.

1.  Get this on your calendar
2. Think about how you can help the Guild — from publicity to hanging the show,  we’ll need lots of volunteers.
3. Watch for details in our quarterly newsletter and on this website.

Visit the virtual show, which launched after lunch at our Hook-in on November 18, 2023.

https://rugshow2023.gmrhg.org/

• 57 artists
• more than 135 rugs
• four featured collections

 

Hilary Farquhar is taking over the Newsletter, starting with the December issue.

News items, recent projects, etc. should be sent to  newsletter@gmrhg.org, which will forward to her.

Basic deadlines remain the 15th of the month prior, but we’re adjusting the publication date to the 15th of December, March, June, and September.  If you have content you want to share but can’t quite make the deadline, just drop an email to newsletter@gmrhg.org with your intentions, and she can save space for late arriving content.

Pending the voting on Saturday, November 18, Hilary will join the Board as a Member at Large, and this will give her inside access to the Guild news to share with all of you.

But the newsletter can also be YOU sharing with us….   Everyone is interested in what’s happening in other parts of the state.  Consider having someone from your local hooking group report out once or twice a year.

Barb Ackemann remains the Communications Chair and will focus on the website and improving the Wild Apricot integration.

The following  new board members were voted in at our  meeting on November 18 at Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, VT.

Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild Board of Directors:

 

President:    Sharon O’Neill    2 year term

Treasurer:   Deb Campbell      2 year term

Membership: Biffie Gallant    2 year term

Education:     Sandy Grant      2 year term

At Large Member: Kris McDermet    1 year term

At Large Member: Suzanne Dirmaier    1 year term

At Large Member: Stephanie Allen-Krauss    1 year term

At Large Member: Patty Pirog      1 year term

At Large Member: Hilary Farquhar    1 year term

Remaining on board for second year of 2-year terms:

Vice President: Jen Davey

Secretary: Fern Strong

Communications: Barb Ackemann

Programs: Belinda Whipple Worth has agreed to finish out the term for Programs pending Board approval.

• We’ll have a business meeting, hear from committees, and elect new board members — we have a terrific slate lined up by Sue Girouard and Davey Degraff — watch for an email on October 18th!
• We’ll have two vendors on site:   Sandy Ducharme, and Mary Lee O’Connor.
• We’ll have door prizes for folks who show up for the meeting.
• We’ll have a “Red Solo Cup Auction” – which is really a multi-prize raffle — you put your tickets in the cup next to the prize you hope to win.
• Barb Ackemann will do a demo of making a double zipper / double pouch purse using a small piece of hooking. You need to be registered for the event and send an email to barb@gmrhg.org.  The first 10 emails will be in the morning demonstration.  If there’s more interest, she’ll do another demo in the afternoon.   The demo is on the sewing / construction of the purse, not on the hooking!  She’ll have zippers and pulls available for sale for your project.
• We’ll have a “throw down” area for show and tell of your recent projects.
• We’ll have a nice lunch, and coffee / tea / etc. and snacks throughout the day.
• We’ll have lots of fun!

Are you registered yet?   Do it here! Registration Deadline: November 9th.

The Resort charges us per person for the room, beverages, snacks, and lunch, and we’ve discounted that cost for members.

The event is open to guests, but we’ve priced that to actually cover our cost per person — and to encourage membership! Bring your friends.  It will be a great introduction to a great group of people.

 

Our Hook-in / Meeting at Lake Morey Resort is just 12 minutes away from the Rug Show at Pompanoosac Mills in East Thetford.

We have two vendors for the event, but if you need to visit Dorr Mill Store, it’s just an hour away.

Maybe you can’t do everything in one day – call the Resort 802-333-4311  and ask for the GMRHG rate  ($169 classic/$179 lakeside) and stay Friday or Saturday night – or both!

 

 

We just had a very successful weekend at the Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival and now turn our attention to the upcoming 1-day Hook-in and Business Meeting coming up next month.

This will be Saturday November 18 at the Lake Morey Inn in Fairlee, VT from 9-3.

Sandy Ducharme and Mary Lee O’Connor will be our on-site vendors so you can shop for that specific color and pattern that is missing in your stash.

We will also have our infamous “Red Solo Cup Auction”.  For those of you new to the “Red Solo Cup Auction” experience—you bring your fibery/crafty related items and we auction the goods off.  Funds raised help to offset the cost of GMRHG events and programs.  Please bring items to add to this fun-raising opportunity (and don’t forget your money).  Contact Kris McDermet (kmcdermet1@gmail.com) if you have any questions or just bring your goods to donate to the fun!

Registration is open at  https://gmrhg.wildapricot.org

$35 for members

$65 for non-members

Covers cost of the venue and includes a nice lunch.

Want to make a weekend of it?  We have a block of rooms saved at discounted prices:

$169 classic/$179 lakeside

Make your reservation and mention GMRHG:  802-333-4311

 

Members can retrieve the .pdf file of the September 2023 Newsletter by visiting the members-only  archive page.

Non-members can view our current newsletter from this page.

 

Announcing the Anne Ashworth Scholarship for 2023!

Tricia Miller was selected for the 2023 Anne Ashworth Scholarship.   Please see June 2023 newsletter for more about the scholarship and the winner.

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A link to the video recording of the Jan. 28th meeting is in the Member’s Only section – listed with Newsletters and Surveys.

Thank you to Sharon for facilitating the Zoom call, AND for taking the time to clean up and post the video!

 

a video shot and edited by Barb’s husband Scott Ainslie:

For the 2022 Hooked in the Mountains Rug Show we had two jurors who together selected 3 Juror’s Awards and 3 Honorable Mentions. They took a long time deciding and looked closely at every single rug! And they wished they had been allowed to honor more rugs and artists.

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Juror’s Awards

Happy to See Ewe by Mary Jo Childs

Brown Barn by Davey DeGraff

The Bridge at Cushendun by Barb Ackemann

 

Juror’s Honorable Mentions

For the Love of Mother Nature by Kathy Hutchins

Playing Sea Tag by Phyllis Lawrence

Dad by Suzanna Brown

 

Viewer’s Choice Awards

 

 

Happy to See Ewe by Mary Jo Childs

The Greys (63 Shades of Grey) – by Sandy Ducharme

Sand Sea Boardwalk and Me by Nancy Thun

Beach Perspective  – by Judy Hotchkiss

Garden Bird Trio – by Tricia Miller

Eurasian Blue Tit “Reflections” – by Sandy Ducharme

Awakening – by Kris McDermet

Green Mountain Tapestry – by Stephanie Alllen-Krauss

Perfectly Paisley – by Gail Lapierre

Vermont Portraits – by Jenn Davey

For the Love of Mother Nature  – by Kathy Hutchins

 

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We just launched this the end of January and already have over 100 people joining us on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/greenmountainrughookingguild/

Don’t “DO” Facebook?   We’ve brought the most recent posts to you on this page of this site:  Our Facebook Group

 

Click read more to see pictures of the award winning rugs from the show in 2018.

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Jennifer Davey remembered and then found the video made at the show in 2011. See it here!

Hundreds of rugs and 3-D fiber art pieces were on display at the XVIII Hooked in the Mountains Rug Show and Fiber Arts Exhibition.   After all the votes were counted, the following winners for Viewer’s Choice were announced (in no particular order). Continue Reading