Wendell, Massachusetts Library

Several members from the Brattleboro Rug Social group have their rugs on display at the

Wendell (Massachusetts) Library
7 Wendell Depot Road
Wendell MA 01379

Facilitated by Phyllis  Lawrence , the show is available through the month of February.
Call to confirm hours:  978-544-3559

LIBRARY HOURS:

Sunday Closed. (look forward to a return of
Sunday hours in the Fall)
Monday Closed
Tuesday 2:00-7:00
Wednesday 10:00-5:00
Thursday Closed
Friday 1:00-5:00
Saturday  10:00-3:00

 

Randolph Ruggers

A gallery in Randolph called ART, etc. is just down the block from the Library where the new hooking group, the Randolph Ruggers meet on Wednesday mornings.

At 26 N. Main Street in Randolph, their February show includes Abstract Artist Amy Schachter and the The Randolph Ruggers.

Yes, that’s Mary Jo Child’s rug in the poster.  She’s been joining the Randolph Ruggers whenever she can.

Hours at the Gallery are Wed-Sat 10-5:00 and Sunday 11-2:00

802-279-5048

Contact Deb Campbell re: the meetings at the library on Wednesday mornings.

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!

 

Please submit articles and photos to barb@gmrhg.org  as early as possible but absolutely by February 15.    Content that arrives late will be filed for the following newsletter.

Are you part of a local hooking group?  If not for this issue, can you commit to submitting an article for July, September or December Newsletters?  If each group “claimed” an issue, we’d have some newsy content throughout the year.

Do you know about Hooking Events of interest to our members in New England?   Please send details so we can list them in Newsletter, AND get them added to the gmrhg.org Events Calendar**

A few people volunteered to help with editing, and we’ll need time to pass stuff around and get it back to be assembled into the newsletter.

The Newsletter was a topic that generated a fair amount of discussion at the Zoom meeting on January 28.

Do you read it?   If not, why not?   The question of whether it was worth the time and effort came up.  If you weren’t at the meeting and have thoughts on this, please email  barb@gmrhg.org.  Or if you’d like to help!

PHOTOs of rugs for March Newsletter  don’t have to be your most recent rugs.  We’re trying a theme of  “Thinking About Planting”  —  seeds, bulbs, gardens, farms, farming, sugaring — focusing on the spring end of the cycle, not the harvest.   

Send photo and caption that includes title of rug, name of hooker, name of designer, dimensions, cuts used, and and any other interesting info you care to share.

All submissions (for now) go to barb@gmrhg.org.

 

**If you’re running an event,  please also list it at https://RugHookingRoadTrip.com,  a site Barb Ackemann started last March with maps and listings for People and Places,  Events, and Groups.  Free listings put your shop, group and events on the map.  Event listings are listed below the map in date order, and past events are cleared a few days after they happen.

The agenda was emailed to 293 members last week, and is now available on the members’ only Newsletter page.

The meeting was held.   39 members registered but only 24 attended.   Minutes and video of the Zoom session will be made available in the next week or two.

Your December 2022 Newsletter is ready to be viewed online or downloaded and printed — pick your preferred way to get the news.

Members:   Log in and get the Newsletter from the Members Only page:  Newsletters and Surveys

Guests:  You can view our newsletter in exchange for your email address here:   Guest Access

 

Mark your calendar for an important Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild business meeting via Zoom — January 28, 2023 at 10:00 am.  We’ll elect new officers, and discuss the show and plans for the coming year.

Registration will be necessary to get the link for the Zoom meeting.

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.

Note:  you can zoom in on whole page with your browser’s zoom commands or click image to open in new tab and then zoom on one image at a time.

 

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

 

Putting on the show is a labor of love — but it costs money, too!   Click to make an Online Donation.  GMRHG is a non-profit 501c3 organization.

Members, please access from the Members Page of Newsletter links.

Non-members:   guest access from this page: Newsletters for non-members

see post in the Members in the Media section!

A lovely profile of Sandy Ducharme and her studio in Cabot.

We’re SO Excited to be having a show again!

Welcome visitors, members, and would-be-members!

• Show Overview – NEW!
• Opening Reception Wed, Nov 2, 5-8
• Admission to the Show
  Thu,Fri,Sat, Nov 3-5, 10-6,
  Sun Nov 6, 10-2:00
• TICKETS via EventBrite – Share with your friends!
• Show Workshops: Teachers, Topics, and Dates
  • Workshop Registration closed on October 7.
• Covid Considerations
• Vendors
• Raffle Page
• Raffle Tickets
• Rug Registration –  closes October 15!! —  This page  includes Rug Drop Off Info (October 29, 9-2:00 at Alumnx Hall, VCFA, Montpelier)
• Consignment Form for hooking and fiber-arts tools and supplies, but NOT WOOL!
• Hotel Rooms / Dormitory Rooms  including dorm room request form 
• Volunteer to help with the show
• Posters to download for email or printing
• Sample Press Release – NEW!  Please email barb@gmrhg.org with names of papers / media outlets you send this to.  Feel free to edit, add or delete.   Adding images of local hookers and their rugs might boost local press — or not.
• Show Sponsors –– NEW!
• Sponsor the Show
• Donations in support of the show
• Join the Guild
• Map showing VCFA campus and our buildings

Click here. 

Note:  You’ll need your membership log-in username and password.

 

See  About –> Board Documents  for all agendas and minutes, of board meetings and general membership meetings, organized by date.

Our “Door Prize” winners were Pam Finnegan, Pat Dodge, and Fern Strong.  Congratulations!

 

The teachers and topics are:

• Diane Burgess- Learning to Hook Rugs (1 day)
• Judith Hotchkiss- Punching with Novelty Yarns and Wool Strips (1 day)
• Deana David- Art Deco-style Proddy Bouquet with Confetti Background (1 day)
• Davey Degraff- Country Landscapes (2 days)
• Rose Raymond- Hooking a Purse (2 days)
• Ania Knap- Torn Strip Poppy Rug (2 days)

The vendors are:

• Sandy Ducharme  Vermont Rug Hooking Studio
• Gina Konakis  The Dorr Mill Store
• Nancy Jewett   Fluff and Peachy Bean Designs
• Lucille Festa    American Country Rugs.com
• Stephanie Krauss   Green Mountain Hooked Rugs
• Mary Lee O’Connor   Hooked in the Mountains Wool
• Susan Snider       Mad River Fiber Mill
• Judith Hotchkiss   Judith Hotchkiss Designs and Dyeworks

We’re working hard to get all the details together so we can get you as excited about a show next November as we are!

The March Newsletter should have lots more details about registering for the show and for the classes,  and signup forms for volunteering to put on the show.   Watch for the email on March 1 telling you the newsletter is ready to download!

Not a member?   Now would be a great time to join or re-join!

Membership is a requirement for showing your rugs in the show.

We have set two challenges for our members this year:

1.  Hook a Door  –  see details of this challenge.
2.  Hooking in Public in all 251 towns in Vermont.   One or more members can host an outdoor hook in at a park, town green, gazebo, or other space.  Share your plans on our Facebook Group, and then, on the day, take a photo with some identifying landmark.  Submit photos, and town locations to barb@irislines.com for inclusion on a web page.  — Our version of the 251 club.

 

The 251 Progress Report:

Members have hooked in  35 towns  that we know of!   But we think there are more to be reported.   Send your reports  of  “hooking in public”  to barb@irislines.com.    Our goal is to be seen doing our art to raise awareness and interest.

 

We’ve posted minutes and copies of the “sticky notes” posted on “jamboards” during the meeting.

A jamboard is a collaborative tool that allowed many of the 30+ members in attendance at our Zoom meeting to respond to a few requests for input.

You’ll find the minutes and the jamboard notes linked on our About / Board Documents page.

The Board (including our FIVE new board members !) will meet via Zoom this Saturday to follow up on all the ideas generated at the January meeting.   Bookmark this home page, and watch for new initiatives and projects.

GMRHG Challenge 2021:

hook a door:   

·         any size

·         decorate it anyway you want – Christmas, spring, etc

·         can be your door or a door you saw in a magazine, your mother’s door,etc.

·         any color

·         with or without a house/barn/shed etc.

·         could be one you saw leaning on stuff at an outdoor flea market (like Brimfield)

·         Use your imagination

Once you are finished, post a picture to the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild group on FaceBook. Let’s see how many doors we can get hooked in 2021.

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

 

All content for Newsletters should be sent to Barb   barb@irislines.com  (with GMRHG in the subject line, please!)

Newsletters for 2021 and 2022  will come out early March, June, September, and December.

Deadlines are the 15th of the month before:  so….  February 15,  May 15,  August 15, and November 15.

For each newsletter, we’ll do a random drawing from the member contributors for a great “door prize”.

Send YOUR ideas for collaborative “articles” to barb@irislines.com.

All kinds of content are welcome.  Please include photo of project, photo of yourself, and at least a caption, if not a paragraph or whole article.

• Recently finished rugs

• Works in progress

• Results of a recent day of dyeing

• Great new finds for your stash….. or stash busting projects….  or organizational tips!

 

 

 

 

Our president has challenged all of us to get Rug Hooking into our local news papers.

Click here to see a recent posting featuring our member Lynn Soule and her RBG rug that is part of our virtual rug show.

 

 

The Hooked in the Mountains 2020 online Show is available to view NOW! 

Go to

https://rugshow2020.gmrhg.org/

and enjoy.

Doing an online Show is a new venture for the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild and we have a lot of content for you. There are videos, essays, featured artists’ work and of course the members’ rugs themselves.

There are 3 jurors’ awards and 3 honorable mentions. We hope to return to an in-person show but we also hope this format helps get our work out there and maybe make it available to more people than ever.

Please send out the link to everyone you can think of, and share via facebook, pinterest, twitter or the platform of your choice.

The Show will be up and available for about a year.

The newsletter went out this week with a list of Local Hook ins.   We did indeed scare up another that hasn’t been on our website:

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Green Mountain Hooked Rugs, Montpelier, VT:

First Saturday of the month, October to June 1:00-5:00.

Free and open to all. Tea, coffee & snacks. For more information, contact Stephanie Allen-Krauss, 802-223-1333

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Please send any additions / corrections to barb@irislines.com and she’ll get them in the calendar, and in this update.

Note: You can click on any image to open it in a larger format.

Juror’s Awards:

The juror was Katie Kirschoff, a curator at the Shelburne Museum.

Viewer’s Choice Awards:

 

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