WHAT'S NEW AT BIG DOG RUGS?

FEATURE RUG
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
Photo courtesy Linda Anderson
	Detail cupcake frosting hand hooked with novelty yarn.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS and WORKSHOPS 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.
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 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 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
Gone Hookin' meets every Wednesday in Pitt Meadows. For more information contact: Freda Jackson freda33@telus.net.
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
The International Year of Natural Fibres http://www.naturalfibres2009.org/en/index.html

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