Board
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Emily Robertson |
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"Rug hooking found me around 16 years ago. Its addition to my life has opened up opportunities and experiences that have been some of the best parts of my entire life. I have found the medium of rug hooking allows me to try virtually any idea that comes to mind (some with better results than others). Recently I changed my rug hooking focus from houses and gardens to rugs with a message. It's fun to try new paths,but retain the fundamental principles of rug hooking. |
Suzanne Dirmaier |
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"I am happy to be back on the board after a long hiatus. My hooking life dates back to 1985 when the guild was a very different organization. It has been exciting to see the growth and positive changes that have occurred since then. I can’t wait to shake my day job someday and hook full time. In the meantime I will steal away as much as I can. I live in Waterbury Center with my husband Greg and tons of wool just waiting to be hooked."
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Elizabeth Morgan |
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"I have been hooking rugs for 12 years and am a certified MGown instructor and Oxford Punch Needle instructor. I teach in my home studio in Wallingford, Vermont. The Heddwch Farm Hookers meet at my home every Wednesday from 10-4. I enjoy stretching myself with every rug I make and love to keep learning. My other craft interests include knitting, needle felting, mini punch, penny rug making, and spinning. I live with my retired husband on a farm where we raise sheep and llamas. There just isn't enough time to do all I love to do."
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Mary
Lee O'Connor
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Mary Lee says, “I live in Charlton, New York with my husband, Dave, our daughter Katherine, son Ian, and our dog and two cats. I stumbled into rug hooking nine years ago when I inherited one of the rugs my Grandmother hooked. At a luncheon I was attending, I mentioned the rug and that I needed to clean it, but did not know the best way to go about it. A lovely older woman told me that she knew a wonderful rughooker from Charlton (I live in Charlton!) and that she lived on Sweetman Road (I live on Sweetman Road!!). She gave me her name and encouraged me to contact her. I did and now I am one of the few, and very lucky students of Jule Marie Smith. Jule has so lovingly encouraged me. I could not imagine me not doing this amazing art for the rest of my life. I have volunteered as a treasurer for more than seven different organizations, many involving my children's schools, a summer pool, Herb Group, and currently, an Education Foundation which gives educational grants for our local children.” |
Shirley
Zandy
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Shirley says, “I began hooking rugs in 1998. Shortly thereafter, I became involved with the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild. I co-chaired the Education Committee for four years (with Loretta Bucceri). Being Membership Chair is another opportunity to serve the Guild. Shirley lives in Tinmouth, Vermont
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Jule learned at her grandmother’s knee about painting and looking at nature and, like her grandmother, she is a gardener, artist, teacher, musician, traveler, and reader – a person thirsty for knowledge and experience. As an artist, Jule creates her own designs using multiple colors and textures available from the wool she dyes. She works in her studio at home and is demand countrywide, as a teacher and colorist. She writes, “Could I ever become a person of three reds, two purples, and one yellow? It’s doubtful. I enjoy creating with those 20 reds, 30 purples and 40 yellows.” |
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Lisa
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Lisa has been hooking rugs for about 4 1⁄2 years. She was so happy to participate in the “Art of Playing Cards” exhibit (Lisa designed and hooked the “suits” shown in her photo) and has introduced her Girl Scout troop to the joy of rug hooking. Lisa will be teaching rug hooking at her daughter’s school to children in the fifth through seventh grade, and hopes to have them complete a raffle rug to benefit the school’s art program. She will also be teaching a children’s class at a local museum in her town, Flemington, New Jersey. Lisa has been traveling to Vermont with her family since she was a child, and hopes to have a home there one day. | |
Karen Quigley |
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"I have been involved with rug hooking for about 8 years. I became a member of the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild at the urging of my best friend early on. I had no idea the fellowship of this wonderful group of rug hookers and fiber artists. The talent, the comraderie, and the group as a whole has enriched my world more than I thought possible. And then add the wool, the backings, the colors to this mix and my world is even better. This guild is a wonderful place to call home." |
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Cheryl
Connor
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Cheryl says, “I am a judge at the Addison County (Vermont) Fair in the arts and crafts department. It was there that I met up with Amy Oxford judging hooked rugs. I was so amazed at the beautiful rugs and the artistic abilities of the rug hookers that I signed up for Amy's class at Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center. I made my first rug, a chicken and eggs rug. The second class I took with Amy, I made a five foot window seat rug I called the "view out my window." This rug won a grand prize rosette at the Addison Fair. Since then, I have taken courses in traditional hooking during the “Hooked in the Mountains” Show. I have been sharing my love of rug hooking with children by teaching classes at St. Mary's School in Middlebury, VT, at their summer camp program. I am thrilled that my students have entered their rugs at the Addison Fair and won blue ribbons each year. This year I hope to influence guild members to teach children and to spread their love of hooking.” Cheryl lives in Bridport, Vermont. In addition to Cheryl’s rug depicting a Vermont farm, examples of pieces hooked by her students are also shown (below). The student pieces shown here were hooked with kits provided by the Education Committee of the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild. |
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