What’s Happening

My children amaze me. My daughter, Jennifer, is a high school biology and chemistry teacher with three beautiful children. My son, Bob, is a carpenter and lives in NYC. He usually works behind the scenes building sets for CBS. He’s even built some beautiful furniture for the conference room for the Colbert Report. Recently he [...]

I don’t know about you, but the middle of February is the worst. Sauder Village has announced a hook-in which should brighten up that miserable time of year. I’m not a winter person if you haven’t noticed already. Pam, my Sauder roommate for the last 10 Sauder Village Rug Camps, and I will be attending. [...]

My son, Robert Gay is a carpenter in NYC, but loves the country. This video was posted on Facebook and I had to share it. He is building a tree house in West Virginia. Sorry for the departure from rug hooking. That was hard to watch because I have a problem watching people in high [...]

Looks like this book came out in June 2010, but this is the first I’ve heard of it. I got a phone call tonight from my good friend, Sue Ellen Fox, in Canton, NC. This book is a beautiful cocktail table book. I haven’t seen it yet. Have you? I provided a link below to [...]

I changed the look of the website. If you see anything odd, PLEASE let me know. It is more streamlined behind the scenes, but you should be able to find everything in the same spot as before.  The site should look like the picture below:

BIG News in the Rug Hooking Community! BEE LINE ANNOUNCES AN AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE THE TOWNSEND FABRIC CUTTER. Bee Line Company, of Bettendorf Iowa, is pleased to announce the agreement to acquire the rights to manufacture and market the Townsend fabric cutter from Townsend Industries of Altoona Iowa. The Townsend fabric cutter is the premium [...]

Our prayers are with you, Sharon. Here is a link to a news article I found. Does anyone know if the cutters will go on?

I changed my email address to cindi at cindigay dot com Anything you send to my old address @verizon.net will not be delivered. The one thing they were efficient at was cutting off the email…… You can always reach me through the contact form on my website.

I am shocked at the ease of use and the comfort of my new Wacom Bamboo Tablet.  I bought it to make designing patterns easier, but it is turning into a necessary everyday thing because it is soooo much more comfortable than my mouse!  Who knew? I need to go into therapy for my Apple [...]