Dear Friends,
Does anyone share the desire to turn off the television, put down the newspaper, and slip into the wool room? Could there be a better time to give ourselves over to making a rug? Let's all do that, shall we?
But first, take a minute to scroll and savor our favorite fiber art and remember why we love it so much. This letter includes some wonderful memories of 2019, as well as a preview of what's to come this year. And some amazing rugs, of course! We're Midwest Rug Hookers, and like you, we love and practice the art of traditional wool rug hooking.
ABOVE: Need some color? Some of us are looking out at a late-season snow, but here's Holly McMillan's brilliant impressionistic garden, designed by Deanne Fitzpatrick.
About Holly's Impressionistic Garden Rug
and our Deanne Fitzpatrick Online Class...
It had been two years since a few members of Midwest Rug Hookers purchased this Deanne Fitzpatrick pattern and online course (some got the kit, too). In January of this year, we finally had time to gather and spend a couple days watching the videos and hooking together. Of course there was a little wine and cheese involved. Holly was the first to finish--nice work, Holly. It's beautiful. We intend to plan another get-together for Deanne's Sea Garden Abstract. Anybody want to join? Write to
tammypav@cox.net
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MRH Fall Classes with Laura Pierce and Theresa Rapstine
Before we get too far, we invite you to take a look at our last newsletter, published in January, about our fall workshop offerings. You can take either workshop immediately following the Nebraska Fall Hook In on September 25th.
Don't miss out on these talented teachers.
Laura Pierce
hails from Petaluma, California, and that's her self-portrait below. She's an expert in portraits, landscapes, floral designs, and much more, but she can help you with any kind of rug.
Theresa Rapstine
will travel to Omaha from Colorado to teach us how to use torn strips (put the cutter away!) in our rugs. Theresa loves giving rugs the soft look of an heirloom. Imagine hooking this plush floral rug above. For more information about these workshops and lodging, just click on the link below:
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Midwest Rug Hookers 2020
Meeting Dates
POSTPONED--we have decided to reschedule our Spring Meeting for later in the year... Stay Tuned!
Spring Meeting,
Sunday, April 19
, at Gatherings on the Blue, Milford, Nebraska. Hooking 10:00 to 3:00, sandwiches and fruit for lunch, provided by our hostess, Judy Roth. Meeting at 2:00 pm.
Summer Meeting, Saturday, June 6
, at Comfort Inn conference room, 108th and L Streets, Omaha, Nebraska, Lunch on your own, hooking 9:00 to 4:00, meeting at 1:00 pm. Bring snacks to share! We'll put out a reminder and request for RSVP's later on.
Fall Meeting, Saturday, September 12
, at The Rug Hooking Store in Valley, Nebraska. Hooking from 9:00 to 4:00, with the meeting at 1:00. Lunch provided by our hostess, Janice Lee. We'll put out a reminder and request for RSVP's later on.
We're still discussing the idea of a winter meeting.
Below, we include photos of our fall meeting at the Rug Hooking Store, with lunch and the program provided by Janice Lee. We hope you can join us for as many meetings as possible this year. We don't restrict our meetings to members, but welcome everyone for an opportunity to hook together!
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ABOVE: Our fall meeting hostess and presenter, Janice Lee
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We had a great fall meeting at the Rug Hooking Store, with a very nice lunch and a program from our hostess, Janice Lee. I'll bet we all found at least a couple pieces of wool we couldn't live without!
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ABOVE: Later in our letter, we'll share more about our 2019 Members Retreat last November.
Gratitude to Our Members...
When we started our little chapter of ATHA a few short years ago, we imagined a smallish membership, and yet, today we have nearly 80 member to thank! Our hearts are full of gratitude for all that our members have done. For taking our workshops, supporting our hook in, for helping to teach beginners, for volunteering to help with events, for sharing your thoughts at our meetings, for making our First Annual Member Retreat
such
a good time, and for simply supporting our chapter of ATHA, we thank you!
Our
Heartfelt
Thanks to These Members of
Midwest Rug Hookers
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Georgia Adams
Terri Bangert
Jean Bartel
Marilyn Becker
Rosie Beekman*
Kathy Berkshire
Pat Bock, Membership Chair
Ginger Bode
Linda Boehle
Luci Bolding
Max Bowers
Sandra Breach
Susan Bryan
Regina Busboom
Jennifer Cantrell
Laurie Christiansen
Nancy Clancy
Marne Close
Annette Cochrane
Francie Conrad*
Linda Cookman
Ginny Crabtree
Alice Cunningham
Pat Dougherty
Kathy Duda
Ann Eastman
Karla Egger, Education Chair
Victoria Green
Karen Greenfield
Flona Halley
Cynthia Henning*
Karolyn Haugland
Anne Hoffman
Dennie Hoffman, Treasurer
Patty Hoffmeyer
Jodi Isom, President
Joleata Kent
Elaine Koenig
Kathy Koester
Karen Krebsbach
Sandy Krumwiede
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Judy Larsen
Janice Lee
Lori Lindenmuth
Dani Little*
Libby Lundgren
Mary McAlpine
Holly McMillan, Vice President
Pam Mostek*
Marsha Munter, Secretary
Donna Nino
Mary Norfleet*
Jenifer Noss
Jennifer Parmeley
Brenda Patterson
Tammy Pavich, Newsletter
Becky Pearson
Sherrie Petersen
Lilly Phillips
Rhonda Ragle
Marianne Relka
Pat Richardson
Pam Robbins
Kristi Roberts
Laura Schram
Marie Schropp
Linda Sharpnack
Mary Lou Sherrod*
Sally Speer
Deb Stachon*
Robin Stewart
Diane Thiese
Joanne Thomason
Laura Thompson
Joyce Weese
Paulette Wentzlaff
Sue White
Lynne Woody
Dixie Wulf
Patty Yates
Thirza Youker
Tana Zentner
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* These members are in the process of joining ATHA.
New Membership Chair
for MRH--THREE CHEERS FOR PAT!
In November at the retreat, Pat Bock stepped into the Membership Chair position. Karla Egger had taken it from Dennie Hoffman; however, Karla has a lot with our workshops--four of them this year! So we are deeply grateful to Pat for volunteering to keep track of our memberships!
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We Warmly Invite You
to Renew Your Membership or
Join Midwest Rug Hookers ATHA Chapter?
Members, March is the time to renew. Do make sure that your national ATHA membership is current as well.
If you're joining for the first time, first you need to join ATHA, the national organization. If you're already a national member, please feel free to join our chapter for only $12 per year.
Click below for your membership form, and mail it to Dennie with your Retreat Registration. And if you have questions about joining the national organization, Dennie can submit that registration for you.
Talk with her at 402-297-3996!
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Our guild normally asks that memberships be renewed in early March, but our newsletter is late this time. I promise to do better next year, and let's all try to renew sometime this month.
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BELOW:
Giant Snowflake
, 40” X 46”, #8, 8.5, and 9-cut wool on linen, designed by Cathy Stephan of Red Barn Rugs, hooked by Jean Bartel, Mantorville, Minnesota, 2019.
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For Your Reading List...
RHM Member Jean Bartel
has recently been featured in Rug Hooking Magazine, in the January/February issue. Jean always puts "A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi" into any rug she hooks! Congratulations, Jean! Readers, you can find the issue right here...
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ABOVE: G
alopp
, adapted and hooked in a 9-cut by Jean Bartel, Mantorville, Minnesota, 2011. “This is a Norwegian tapestry weaving adaptation,” Jean said, “circa 1960s.” And also pictured above is Jean with her tour de force, My Gramma. Loosely based on the "Big-Boned Women" series of Deanne Fitzpatrick, this rug includes a recipe for fudge, hooked in her grandmother's handwriting, no less! Jean is featured in the January/February issue of Rug Hooking Magazine.
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Magnificent Hooked Rugs by Janet Conner
has been published by Rug Hooking Magazine this year. The author takes inspiration from the Art of Western Civilization, and you will marvel over rugs adapted from or inspired by prehistoric art, ancient civilizations, and every art movement from the Renaissance through Modern Art!
Quite a few Midwest Rug Hookers are featured.
Thirty free patterns are included, and hundreds of rug photos, too!
Janet is a beloved teacher of Midwest Rug Hookers. Last March she traveled from her home in Hiram, Maine, to teach a workshop in Aboriginal Art, and this month, she was to join us again to offer two back-to-back workshops on Van Gogh Rug Hooking. With heavy hearts, we have postponed these workshops until March of 2021.
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ABOVE: Empress Theodora Mosaic, designed and hooked by Janet Connor with hand-cut wool, 2018. And BELOW: My 14X Great Aunt Agnes by Midwest Rug Hooker Marilyn Becker of Wisconsin, included in the section on Medieval Art in Magnificent Hooked Rugs.
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Remembering Our
(Awesome)
First-Annual MRH Members Retreat!
For those members who couldn't join us in November at the beautiful St. Benedict Retreat Center in Schuyler, Nebraska, we hope you'll try to make it this year. While almost everything our guild offers is available to members and non-members alike, our retreat is a great value for just our members. The guild subsidized the retreat, reducing the cost to
only $100 per person
. That's two nights lodging, six hearty meals, and a lovely, well-lit hooking room, plus a lot of laughs, good advice, and friendship for a whole weekend. Here are a few memories of the Midwest Rug Hookers Member Retreat....
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Our vendors, Bryce and Judy Cripps, worked very hard to help us plan our next projects. When we needed a stretch, we wandered out to their booth to browse the wool, and sometimes we got involved in color-planning with a friend.
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Three guilds were represented at the first annual Midwest Rug Hookers retreat--Central Iowa Rug Artists, State Line Hookers, and MRH!
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The meals at St. Benedict were more than generous, and in fact, we learned not to take everything on the buffet!
But the best part of our retreat was the camaraderie. Until next time, friends, thank you for your good company!
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ABOVE: We took this group photo on Sunday, and we missed a few retreaters who had to leave earlier. We all loved the peaceful, art-filled environment of St. Benedict, and we look forward to returning in November of this year!
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Top Three Winners
of
Our Prairie Flower Challenge
There were very few rules. All you had to do was hook a one-foot-square mat showing a prairie flower, a group of flowers, or, as our winner decided to do, a whole meadow of flowers. Does it sound easy? Well, it was a challenge, all right, and thank goodness we kept the dimensions small. Our thanks to Carrie Martin for blind-judging the challenge. It turned out to be the very nudge some of us needed to try our hands at designing! Without further ado, here are the top three winners!
(
Applause, applause! They're gorgeous!)
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ABOVE: Nebraska Meadow, designed and hooked by Terri Bangert
FIRST PRIZE!
Judge Carrie Martin fell in love with
Terri Bangert
's mat. "When presented with the Prairie Flower rug challenge," Terri said, "my mind immediately went to a Nebraska meadow in the summer. Mixed among our amazing blue skies are purple salvia, black eyed susan and Husker Red penstemon." Congratulations,Terri!
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ABOVE: Coneflower Garden, designed and hooked by Laurie Christiansen
SECOND PRIZE!
Coneflowers captured
Laurie Christiansen
's imagination, and she began to look at photos for reference and inspiration. "I had never designed a rug and planned the colors myself," she said. She went for it, and earned the second-place ribbon for her creativity!
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ABOVE: Coneflowers, designed and hooked by Dennie Hoffman
THIRD PRIZE!
Dennie Hoffman has always loved this prairie flower. "I took a little liberty with color," she said, "and used some roving I had on hand. The centers are sculpted." Just beautiful, and how nice to have made a pillow!
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Many Thanks to Our Judge
Carrie Martin
and to Everyone Who
Hooked a Prairie Flower!
RIGHT: The judge of our challenge rugs, Carrie Martin on the right, shown here with MRH Secretary, Marsha Munter.
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Looking Ahead to
the 2020 Nebraska Fall Hook In...
In our next issue, we'll publish more lovely memories of our 2019 Hook In, our biggest event of the year! Last year's rug show was both huge and inspiring, and we'll be asking you to bring your latest again! Our vending committee met in January, and we'll have a few surprises for you on the list of 2020 vendors, coming soon. We'll have some new and exciting educational talks at the Hook In and the usual plethora of lovely door prizes. For now, we hope you have the details in your diary...
Friday,
September 25th
9:00 to 3:00
St. Robert Bellarmine Church,
118th and Pacific Streets, Omaha, Nebraska
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ABOVE: A crowd gathered in the lobby for Beth Bellairs (Ewe and Eye), who spoke to us about hit-or-miss hooking in our motifs, backgrounds, and borders.
BELOW: We had fourteen vendors, and this is the booth of Victoria Green, whose yarns are spun from the "critters" on her Nebraska farm! Amazing colors.
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People's Choice
WINNERS
(pictured below)
at the Nebraska Fall Hook In!
Judy Wilcox on the left won FIRST PLACE for her rug, Best Foot Forward!
Libbey Lundgren on the right won SECOND PLACE for Coral Reef!
And
Pat Bock in the center won THIRD PLACE for Christmas Eve!
These ladies won ribbons and vendor bucks. Warmest congrats to all three, and thank you to everyone who brought a rug for the show. It was the best show we've ever had.
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Thank you to Laurie Christiansen for photographing the entire rug show! We include photos of the People's Choice Winning Rugs below. In some cases, the rugs were hanging, maybe curling a little, so we cropped the photo to show the rugs at best advantage. More rug show photos to come in our next issue.
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Southwest Iowa Art Tour
Just letting our membership know that we represent you every fall at the Southwest Iowa Art Tour in Council Bluffs. Our main goal is to attract beginners, but you should know that our Vice President, Holly McMillan, offered eight or ten hooked mats for sale at this event, simply as a fundraiser for our guild. We thank Holly for her generosity!
BELOW: Here is our booth at the Harvester Artist Lofts Gallery Space on the main floor, where we greeted many art appreciators who had never seen the art of rug hooking before. That is President Jodi Isom, ready to demonstrate our favorite fiber art!
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ABOVE and LEFT: Just two of the charming mats that Holly offered for sale to benefit our guild.
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Workshop in Wisconsin, with Red Barn Rugs
Thank you, Wisconsin friends, for sending the photo below of your early 2020 workshop at Red Barn Rugs. Teacher Cathy Stephan must have been the photographer!
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ABOVE: Marilyn Becker in red sent this photo of a "group of 5, who are all Marilyn's," she said. "There are three Marilyns, one Mary-Lynn and one Lynn. To distinguish each other, our nicknames are Bad Marilyn, Good Marilyn, The Other One, Little Lynn, and The Last One). We sure have fun." We'll let our readers guess who's who.
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Gatherings in December
On a little farm in the country near Milford, Nebraska, there's a whole lot of hooking going on. Hostess Judy Roth invites rug hookers once a month, and she teaches beginners too. Cozy corners everywhere. Hooked rugs on the walls. Antiques for sale. It's hooker heaven. Thanks to Midwest Rug Hooker Lorie Lindenmuth for sharing the fun photos below!
LEFT: Marsha models a vintage wool coat at Gatherings. Notice that wall of wool, too!
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Psst!
An upcoming meeting of Midwest Rug Hookers will be held at Gatherings, and you can hook all day! Please stay tuned for that date.
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This Just In....
Diane Stoffel Workshop Pics!
Thanks to Jodi Isom for texting a few pics of the Diane Stoffel Workshop at the Rug Hooking Store in Valley, Nebraska! These are from Saturday...
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We Miss You,
Mary Jo!
On January 27th, our guild lost a good friend and talented rug hooker and teacher, Mary Jo Lahners of Lincoln, Nebraska. It's difficult to summarize the accomplishments of someone like Mary Jo, but we'll try. Mary Jo's obituary in the Lincoln Star Journal (link below) briefly stated that she had "
won several ribbons on a national level. She had news articles written about her skills in rug hooking and was honored in the Celebration special edition of rug hooking magazine for two of her designed rugs. Most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her friends from all activities including her close friends from... rug hooking."
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ABOVE: Mary Jo Lahners, our teacher and friend, who won many a state fair with her rugs and was selected twice for the annual Celebration issue of Rug Hooking Magazine.
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ABOVE: Mary Jo taught beginners for our guild. In the class pictured above, she joyfully taught a class of eleven.
BELOW: Mary Jo at the Minglewood Lodge, with her dear friend Holly McMillan.
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ABOVE: One of the weekends of rug hooking at Minglewood Lodge. That's Mary Jo, front row, far right, in the flowered shirt.
BELOW: "My Friend Willie" is one of Mary Jo's Celebration-winning rugs. Donna Hrkman was her teacher for this one. In her design, Mary Jo paid tribute to her friendship with Willie, who is very patriotic. Hence, a section of the American flag in the background.
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BELOW: Mary Jo hooked many rugs that won ribbons at the Nebraska State Fair, and this one was hooked for her son, a portrait of his dog, Bacon.
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We honored Mary Jo at the 2017 Nebraska Fall Hook In--for her leadership in our Midwest communities, for her teaching, and for the wonderful award-winning rugs she has hooked. A lot of us took photos with her on that happy day.
We are thinking of her devoted husband Ron and all her family. We include the link to her obituary for our readers, below.
To all her dear friends and students, may your fond memories be a great comfort to you!
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BELOW: Mary Jo on the right, with her fellow students Terri Bangert and Judy Larsen. This was taken on a September Saturday when Nebraska was playing--Terri and Mary Jo wore their red. The clock reads a few minutes before 9:00 a.m. A workshop with Michele Micarelli was about to begin.
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Next Time...
MORE Photos of the Nebraska Fall Hook In
and
Our List of 2020 Vendors
and
Photos of our Carrie Martin Workshop
and
The Cowboy Series of Janice Lee
and her article on the value of
hooking a series
and
Our Next Midwest Rug Hookers Challenge,
pattern included!
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You'll find our regional calendar of events below, including events of Midwest Rug Hookers. All of Janet Conner's Van Gogh students should have received an email from Karla Egger last night, with news of the postponement of these workshops until the same time next year. We're sorry we won't be seeing you next week, but it can't be helped.
That's all for this letter, friends, and please feel free to share news from your guild or your part of the Midwest. We want to include your events and photos. Though we may not be seeing each other face-to-face for a while, let's be in touch. Until next time, Keep Calm (Stay Joyful) and Hook On.
All our best,
Midwest Rug Hookers
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The Lincoln Hook In, April 3--
Cancelled.
Darn, we love this spring hooking event in Lincoln, Nebraska, but we understand it has been cancelled for 2020.
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MIDWEST RUG HOOKERS
MIDWEST CALENDAR OF HOOKING EVENTS
POSTPONED TO MARCH, 2021
3/25- 3/27,
Van Gogh Rug Hooking with Janet Conner, Midwest Rug Hookers, Omaha, Nebraska, Karla Egger,
karla.egger@gmail.com.
POSTPONED TO MARCH, 2021
3/27,
An Afternoon of Art, Wine, and Wool with Janet Conner (FULL), Midwest Rug Hookers, Omaha, Nebraska, Karla Egger, karla.egger@gmail.com.
POSTPONED TO MARCH, 2021
3/28- 3/30,
Van Gogh Rug Hooking with Janet Conner, Midwest Rug Hookers, Omaha, Nebraska, Karla Egger,
karla.egger@gmail.com.
3/27-3/29,
Diane Stoffel FINE SHADING WORKSHOP (many small patterns will be available), The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska. Contact Janice Lee,
janicelee@me.com, 402-359-2699.
4/3,
Lincoln Hook In, Lincoln, Nebraska—
CANCELLED
4/17-4/19,
Finish Your Projects Weekend, The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska. Contact Janice Lee,
janicelee@me.com, 402-359-2699
POSTPONED
4/19,
Midwest Rug Hookers Chapter Meeting at Gatherings on the Blue, Milford, Nebraska, hooking from 10:00-3:00 p.m. Meeting at 2:00. RSVP to Holly McMillan, hollymcmillan@mac.com.
WATCH FOR A RESCHEDULED DATE.
4/23,
Cream City Rug Hooking Guild’s 31st Annual Hook In
, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Contact Joyce Krueger, creamcityrhguild@outlook.com
4/24-25,
Eureka! Fiber in the Ozarks, sponsored by Hardcastle Folk Art, with two-hour classes and vendors. Eureka Springs, Arkansas, contact Vicki at hardcastlefolkart@gmail.com.
4/26-4/30,
Get your Kicks with the South Dakota Chicks, 3rd Annual Rug School, Brandon, South Dakota. Teachers, Aileen Anderson, Donna Hrkman, Laurie Lausen, Kathy Morton. Contact Sandy Krumwiede at 218-398-7181 or by email at prairieprimitiverugschool@gmail.com.
5/1-5/3,
Annual Spring Hook In, Baymont Inn & Suites, Owatonna, Minnesota, Preregistration Required, Contact Joyce Weese,
StraightRiverRugHooking@gmail.com, 507-413-0130,
5/2,
Annual Spring Vendor Show & Hook In, Pillsbury College Dining Hall, Owatonna, Minnesota, Open to the Public, Contact Joyce Weese, 507-413-0130,
StraightRiverRugHooking@gmail.com.
6/6,
Midwest Rug Hookers Chapter Meeting at Comfort Inn, Omaha, Nebraska, hooking from 9:00-4:00 p.m. Meeting at 1:00. More info to come.
6/7-6/11
Strawberry Point Rug Retreat (formerly the Decorah Rug School), NEW LOCATION in Strawberry Point, Iowa (an hour from Cedar Rapids). Teachers Carol Kassera and Kathy Morton. For more info, Dorothy Huse,
Dothuse@aol.com, (715) 723-1455
6/12-6/14,
Finish Your Projects Weekend, The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska. Contact Janice Lee,
janicelee@me.com, 402-359-2699
6/26-6/28,
Cheryl Bollenboch Workshop, The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska. Contact Janice Lee,
janicelee@me.com, 402-359-2699
7/24-7/26,
Diane Stoffel Workshop, The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska. Contact Janice Lee,
janicelee@me.com, 402-359-2699
8/7-8/8,
Maggie Bonanomi Rug-Hooking Workshop, The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska. Contact Janice Lee,
janicelee@me.com, 402-359-2699
8/9,
Maggie Bonanomi Wool Applique Workshop, The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska. Contact Janice Lee,
janicelee@me.com, 402-359-2699
8/11-8/15,
Sauder Village Week, Ohio, 800-590-9755,
9/12,
Midwest Rug Hookers Chapter Meeting at The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska, hooking from 9:00-4:00 p.m. Meeting at 1:00. More info to come.
9/25,
Nebraska Fall Hook In, Omaha, Nebraska, sponsored by Midwest Rug Hookers, contact Dennie Hoffman for more info,
denniehoffman71@gmail.com, 402-297-3996.
9/26-28,
Concurrent Workshops with Laura Pierce (California) and Theresa Rapstine (Colorado), sponsored by Midwest Rug Hookers, Omaha, Nebraska, contact Karla Egger,
karla.egger@gmail.com.
10/2-10/3,
Pris Buttler Workshop, choose either open class or Master Class on the art of George Caitlin. The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska. Contact Janice Lee,
janicelee@me.com, 402-359-2699
10/23-10/25,
Diane Stoffel Workshop, The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska. Contact Janice Lee,
janicelee@me.com, 402-359-2699
11/6-11/8,
Donna Hrkman Workshop, The Rug Hooking Store, Valley, Nebraska. Contact Janice Lee,
janicelee@me.com, 402-359-2699
11/13-11/15,
Midwest Rug Hookers Annual Members Retreat, Schuyler, Nebraska. Contact Luci Bolding, lucibold@gmail.com.
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As ever, our thanks to Cathy Stephan, Red Barn Rugs of Wisconsin,
whose star runner is pictured in our masthead above.
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