Rug Hooked Footstool – Some tips for staining the wooden feet

Staining the feet of your rug hooked footstool

I am posting this so the posts will be in order. The videos are not complete yet but here are the written instructions and some photos. I stained my feet with Minwax Polyshades. It is a stain and Polyurethane in one step. I used several coats. The … [Continue reading]

Rug Hooking events in Northwest Ohio Spring 2012

Village of Pemberville hooked rug

Rug hooking events in Northwest Ohio:March 2, 2012 Hook-in at my home. Call for address. 419-287-3884 between 9am and 7pm eastern. Pemberville, OH is south of Toledo, OH and east of Bowling Green, OH on route 105. March 17,2012 Open rug … [Continue reading]

Corrected download link for Cape May Rug Camp Registration 2012

Cindi Gay teaching on the porch at Cape May NJ rug hooking camp

I spent the day in the dye pots and did not check my email. Thanks to a phone call from Gayle in Louisiana I found out about the error. Here is the corrected link. Cape May Rug Camp Brochure 2012In case you missed the prior post, you can … [Continue reading]

It’s time to register for rug camp in Cape May, NJ 2012

Rug hooking camp in Cape May, NJ at the Chalfonte Hotel

Here is the registration form for the Rugs by the Sea rug camp in Cape May, NJ. The location is magical. It has to be special to get me to drive that far every year. There's two weeks of camp, each week with a different line up of teachers.  Much of … [Continue reading]

Do you fuss over making your loops perfect? Don’t!

Deanne Fitzpatrick rug hooking

For all my rug hooking students who yearn to make perfect loops, watch a master, Deanne Fitzpatrick of Novia Scotia. Are perfect loops so perfect after all? Be careful what you wish … [Continue reading]

Field of Queens Stair Riser Pattern

Field of Queens rug hooking pattern in progress

It is amazing what a little rug hooking time can do! I hooked for two days at Sauder Village last weekend where I started the new stair riser, Simplify. This week I am at my friend, Sue Ellen's home in North Carolina. We used the snow yesterday as an … [Continue reading]