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The Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild is a non-profit organization which was founded as a guild in 1975. Our objective is to keep rug hooking alive as a fiber art form.
Beaconsfield Hooking
6d ago
In Memory of Sally Perodeau (October 10, 1933 to October 3, 2024)
Respectfully submitted by Emmy Maten
Sally Perodeau (1933-2024)
We are saddened by the recent passing of one of our founding members, Sally Perodeau. In 1978, she joined the Guild which was just three years in existence at the time. Sally was keen to learn how to rug hook after being inspired by seeing a friend’s rug. She became a skilled rug hooker and made many fine and beautiful rugs, usually using narrow cuts of wool which allows more precision and detail.
Sally was a wonderful organizer and was generous with h ..read more
Beaconsfield Hooking
6d ago
North Hero Fiber Fest 2024 By Laura D.
On the 10th of August, I had the pleasure of driving down to North Hero, Vermont, as did some other members of our Guild to attend the Annual Fiber Fest, hosted by the Champlain Islands Fiber Bees.
I was pretty excited since I had never participated before, and I was not disappointed! The ladies there were really welcoming, and they organized a teacup auction, a silent auction, and door prizes with everything from wool bundles, baskets, rug wool hooking tools, punch needle sets, books and much more. In the large, packed room almost everyone was working ..read more
Beaconsfield Hooking
2w ago
OHCG Newsletter / Winter 2023
Ontario Hooking Craft Guild
Outdoor Poster Exhibit / In the NewsOur Beaconsfield Outdoor Poster Exhibit is featured on pages 12 and 13 of the Winter edition of the OHCG Newsletter. Every poster is displayed, and includes the titles and authors of each rug. Congratulations to: M. McMurray, Carolyn Ells, Jacques Lepage, Claire Fradette, Isabelle Rollin, Brenda Ticehurst, Emmy Maten, Sue Rolland Dawson, Barbara Silver, Dawna Mathhew and Helen Radford.
OHCG Newsletter. Issue 4, Winter 2023. Cover Page.
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Beaconsfield Hooking
2w ago
“More than Just Rugs” exhibitionOctober 1, 2024
From left to right: Laura, Marie-Annick, Emmy, Chris, Leslie, Gaétan.
We invite you to visit the Discovery Room of the Beaconsfield Library to enjoy our “More than Just Rugs” rug hooking exhibition from October 1st to 30th!
At the entrance to the library on the right, you will be greeted by a glass cabinet showcasing several unique and delightful 3-dimensional pieces hooked by Karen and M.
Once inside the Discovery Room, almost 50 more pieces hooked by 21 of our members are beautifully exhibited on the three walls and insid ..read more
Beaconsfield Hooking
2w ago
Visit to the Brome County Hookers
September 15, 2024
Our friends, the Brome County Hookers, held a rug exhibit on Sunday, September 15, in the charming town of Stanbridge East near Brome Lake. Their rug hooking group started in 2010 and has been growing since. They held their first rug show at the well-known Brome County Fair. Today’s rug exhibition was held in the beautiful, almost 200-year-old Gothic-style St James the Apostle Church, which was restored in 2010.
So many rugs to see in this small church.
Susan Baker is the driving force behind this talented group of rug hookers. S ..read more
Beaconsfield Hooking
2M ago
In memory of Nancy (Farnam) Thompson (1947 - 2024) Respectfully submitted by Emmy Maten
Nancy Thompson (1947-2024)
The guild was saddened to learn of the recent loss of Nancy Thompson, member of our guild since the early 2000’s. Our guild member Cathy was a good sailing friend of Nancy’s and introduced Nancy to rug hooking and the Beaconsfield guild. Judith became her rug hooking teacher and helped her with most of her rugs.
Nancy is remembered as generous, caring, giving, discreet, upbeat and happy. She had a good sense of humour. From 2019 to 2022, Nancy was an excel ..read more
Beaconsfield Hooking
2M ago
Featured Rugs Gallery
In this Gallery, you can tour a selection of rugs from our last Exhibition, held in April 2023 at Centennial Hall. Explore our Blog to see the rugs showcased in the past.
Summer - Canadiana
July 1st brings us Canada Day, a time to celebrate our country, leading to our summer Show and Tell theme, Canadiana.
The essence of this nation's greatness lies in its uniquely Canadian lakes and forests, with the Jack Pine holding an iconic status.
Tom Thomson, one of Canada’s most influential painters of the early 20th century, used brush stro ..read more
Beaconsfield Hooking
2M ago
Diane Rennie Featured in OHCG Newsletter
OHCG Newsletter / Spring 2024, issue #1Artists we Love to Hook - Maude Lewis
In this issue, on page 17 we see Diane Rennie’s Truck and Dog rug of one of Maud Lewis’s paintings, design by Highland Heart Hookery.
OHCG Newsletter. Issue 1, Spring 2024. Cover Page.
OHCG Newsletter. Issue 1, Spring 2024. Page 16.
OHCG Newsletter. Issue 1, Spring 2024. Page 17.
Diane Rennie's piece is featured at this page! Congratulations, Diane ..read more
Beaconsfield Hooking
2M ago
OHCG Newsletter / Winter 2023
Ontario Hooking Craft Guild
Workshops for registrationTi Seymour is teaching a design workshop titled Neurographic Art at the 2024 OHCG Annual Conference in London Ontario in April. You can see the details on page 36.
OHCG Newsletter. Issue 4, Winter 2023. Cover Page.
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Beaconsfield Hooking
4M ago
OHCG Annual 2024 “Onwards and Upwards”
April 19 – 21, 2024
London, ONTARIO
By Emmy Maten
2024 OHCG Conference and AGM - Onwards and Upwards Logo.
Image Source: OHCG Website.
It has been our guild’s tradition for several of our members to make a trip to the OHCG annual conference each year, members’ cars loaded down with rugs for our substantial Beaconsfield Branch Displays of the past. Then came COVID, and 3 consecutive annuals were virtual. This year marked the first return to an in-person conference, and my own first time attending such an event. O ..read more