MICHELE WISE - SEABECK, WAART OF EMBELLISHMENTSLive by the phrase “what if” and find out over 60 ways to embellish your rug hooking or other projects. I will take you on a trip where some things may be familiar and other techniques will be new. In class, you will make a sampler of various techniques. We will explore how to incorporate findings from craft stores to hardware stores. I will contact each of you with a supply list and will provide a pattern to use as a sampler if you wish or you can bring your own blank foundation. There will be a nominal fee for items you use in your sampler.

Michele Wise is the owner of Wool Etc. Always a crafter; she found rug hooking while shopping for quilt material. She is the director of Western McGown Teachers’ Workshop, co-director of Puget Sound Rug School, director of the two yearly Reiter Retreats and past officer of Region XI ATHA board. She has been teaching rug hooking, wool appliqué and needle felting for the past 10 years. She has taught in the United States and Australia. Her “Ram Tough” rug was chosen for Celebration in 2012. She has written articles for Rug Hooking Magazine, Wool Street Journal, ATHA and TIGHR.

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THE SCHOOL OFFERS: 4 classes 4 talented teachers 30 hours of instruction A wonderful rug show (50+ rugs) Vendors with a variety of hooking

supplies An 8-inch mat exchange Garage sale Liaison with the Western Canada Rug

Hooking Education Association which provides

o Teacher trainingo Professional Development

THE FACILITY OFFERS: Tranquil lakeside setting Classes, accommodation, dining, and

lounging in one spacious building Fabulous food Private bathrooms Free wireless internet RV park

BEGINNERS ARE WELCOME.

Registration begins January 1, 2015. Forms available online.PLEASE VISIT

www.prairieharvestrugschool/wordpress/com

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACTSARA JUDITH917 Eleventh St, Nelson BC, V1L 7E1250-352-5218 orsara.judith1@gmail.com

Cedar LodgeOverlooking beautiful Blackstrap Lake

40 km south of

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Sunday to FridaySeptember 13-18

Prairie HarvestRug Hooking

School

2015

GAIL BECKER – TURLOCK, CA CREATING OPTICAL ILLUSION RUGS

Gail Becker is a fibre artist and crafter with broad experience in needle arts and fibre manipulations. Gail earned her McGown Certification in 2003 and has taught ever since. She is comfortable teaching fine cut shaded rugs to wide-cut (#10) rugs and everything in between. She continues to explore form, line, shape, color, texture, space, and value. Gail has written articles for Rug Hooking

Magazine and the ATHA Newsletter. For more information visit www.gailbeckerrughooking.com

LYNNE HOWARD – CALGARY, AB WIDE AND TEXTUREDThe characteristics of textures: their various weaves, densities, thicknesses, colour combinations, middle values, muted tones, which we appreciate, also make them more challenging to work with. The results of our perseverance are worth the effort. Though not exclusively, the class will focus on the use of textures and wide cuts (#6 and up). We will discuss various elements as they relate to the use of wide cut strips and textures: making sense of our pattern, choosing backgrounds, colour planning, the importance of contrast, and the challenges and pitfalls that using textures can present. Find it and Finishers will also be welcome in class.

Lynne Howard was first introduced to rug hooking in the mid 1980s and gained her McGown Teachers accreditation in the mid 1990s. For over two decades she has taught rug hooking in her local Calgary community, in various venues in western Canada, in the western U.S. and Mexico. She is an enthusiastic dyer of wool, marketing her wools from her dye kitchen in Calgary.

DORIS NORMAN – FREDERICTON, NB CELTIC ART AND HERITAGE

In this fun course, we will hook Celtic art and illuminated letters influenced by the Book of Kells, Lindisferne Gospels and other books decorated by the Celts. Learning about the history of the Celts, colour planning, hooking and finishing a Celtic piece of student’s design or a purchased design will be emphasized. Celtic formulas, patterns and dyed wool will be available from the teacher. Any cut of new or reclaimed wool flannel or yarn, as well as other fabrics is encouraged. There is no shading involved. Suitable for intermediate to advanced students.

Doris Norman is a skilled rug hooker and instructor having taught courses at schools and workshops in the United States and Canada for the last thirty years. She is a certified Nova Scotia and Pearl McGown Teacher, specializing in Celtic Art, William Morris, Jacobean and Pictorial. Her work has been featured in Canadian Living Magazine, Rug Hooking Magazine, Deanne Fitzpatrick’s “Hook Me a Story” and is

Do you want to create a rug that looks three- dimensional? Starting with quilt blocks we will design rugs that contain optical illusions. Special emphasis will be placed on color (hue, value and intensity) and repeated images to create the “illusion.” Students will choose a traditional quilt block (tumbling blocks, attic windows, or log cabin) as the basis for their design. These rugs may be hooked in the students’ chosen cut (from #3 to #10) and may be of any size. At the end of this class students will have a solid foundation for creating the illusion of depth in geometrics and will be able to apply what they’ve learned to other types of designs, such as landscapes and portraits.

included in several private collections. Doris enjoys sharing her enthusiasm and knowledge in this wonderful art/craft with others.Visit Doris Norman’s blog