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WHAT'S
NEW AT BIG DOG RUGS?
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FEATURE RUG
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Yum Yum Cakes
24" x 24"
Hand dyed fabric strips, novelty yarn hooked on linen
Hooked by Linda Anderson, Eureka, California
Design by Big Dog Rugs
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Photo courtesy Linda Anderson
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Detail cupcake frosting hand hooked with novelty yarn.

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UPCOMING
EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS and WORKSHOPS
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The Heritage Rug Hooking Gallery and Supply Shop,
Salt Spring Island
NEW on the rug hooking scene is the Heritage Rug Hooking
Gallery & Supply Shop on Salt Spring Island where
rug hookers and textile lovers can learn about rug
hooking, view and purchase beautiful rugs in the gallery
space, and buy rug hooking supplies. Cindy and Lidia
are planning their first juried exhibition of hand
hooked rugs which opens Saturday, January 31st, 2009.
They have put out a call for entries, deadline January
15th. To learn more about the exhibition and the shop
contact Cindy Brooks and Lidia Pearson at bee.present@shaw.ca.
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Hand Hooked Rugs - Heart Mat(ters)
A one day introductory level workshop organized
through Place Des Arts in Coquitlam, BC.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Instructor: Michelle Sirois-Silver.
Hook
By The Sea Rug Hooking Retreat and Workshops, Nanaimo,
BC
September 25-27, 2009
To learn more or to register contact: Lynne Smith smithng@shaw.ca |
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Prairie
Harvest Rug Hooking School, Meunster, Saskatchewan
September 20-25, 2009 at St. Peter's Abbey
Classes:
Beginners & Find It/Finish It - Open with
Lynne Howard
Traditional Primitive with Bea Grant
Hooking With Anything Other Than Wool with Laurie
Wiles
Fine Shading Of Flowers with Ann Taylor
Pictorials with Carolyn Clemens
William Morries with Tanya Graham
Contact: Dorothy Oltsher, 1-306-373-3040, doltsher@shaw.ca
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Rug
Hooking at The Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Vancouver,
BC
Come join us at the Silk Purse in West Vancouver the
third Saturday of every month. Noon to 4pm. We will
not be meeting in December and January. See you in
February. Everyone is welcome.
1570 Argyle Avenue, West Vancouver BC. www.silkpurse.ca
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Gone Hookin' meets every Wednesday
in Pitt Meadows.
For more information contact: Freda Jackson freda33@telus.net.
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Maiwa Handprints founder Charlotte
Kwon actively supports artisans in India and other countries
working closely with hand embroiderers, blockprinters, weavers,
and natural dye producers. Charlotte organizes a series
of textile related workshops every fall in Vancouver and
the Maiwa Symposium every two years (2009).
To learn more about Maiwa visit:
http://www.maiwa.com/about.html
Maiwa Symposium and Workshops Fall 2009 – check for listings
in the Spring
http://www.maiwa.com/symposium/index.html
Voices on Cloth – Maiwa podcasts
RSS Feed Available
http://www.maiwa.com/rss/maiwa_podcasts.xml
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The International Year of Natural Fibres
http://www.naturalfibres2009.org/en/index.html
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Upcoming
Workshops
2009
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Hand
Hooked Rugs
Heart Mat(ters)

Workshop Fee: $82.55 includes supplies.
Date: Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Location: Place Des Arts, 1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam,
BC
Time: 9:30am–4:00pm
To register for this workshop use the
Online registration at www.placedesarts.ca.
Phone 604-664-1636.
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