PEARLS

Time to think about gifts for the holidays.  If you're really not sure if you know which pattern might be next, why not choose a gift certificate.  We'll wrap it up pretty with a personal message and get it in the mail in plenty of time.  Email us or order it through Google Checkout.

Labels

Label your rugs.  With just your name and date.  Or add a title, with the designer's and your teacher's names.  Or add a short story of why you hooked it, what the design means to you. Or add a dedication.  Some keep a little card with the dye shades listed or a bag of extra wool strips for repairs (which is way to organized for me).  But label your rugs with things you may forget and things that others may never know.- Debra

Words of wisdom

"Congratulate yourselves if you have have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of a decorous age." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."--Emile Zola

"It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else."--Erma Bombeck

Links

LINKS to our favorite Suppliers, Artists, and Associations 

ATHA - www.atharugs.com - Association of Traditional Hooking Artists -The goal of publishing both the ATHA Newsletter and this ATHA Website is to inform and educate members and, soon-to-be members about rug hooking happenings around the world. We are a close-knit group (all 3500 of us)! We travel, and we love to stop in and visit rug hooking shops, teachers, designers, groups, rug shows, etc. We often plan a trip JUST to work in a visit or two with a new friend, an ATHA Chapter or school. Our Resource link gives travelers information on where to locate teachers, designers, rug hooking studios and shops.

Dorr Mill Store - wonderful wools and fabrics www.dorrmillstore.com

1840 House,  Jackye Hansen - our Mentor and Designer www.rughookersnetwork.com/jacqueline-designs/index.htm

National Guild of the Pearl McGown Hookrafters - The purpose of the National Guild of Pearl K. McGown Hookrafters Inc. is to educate and inform the public about the craft of rug hooking. We hope that you will enjoy exploring more information about the craft  www.mcgownguild.com

Jon Ciemiewicz teaches traditional rug hooking with a non traditional flair. www.anajon-hooking.com

Virginia Rugfest Rug Show and Hook-in web site.
 www.geocities.com/varugfest/