Ali Strebel Workshop

Our guild just finished up a wonderful three day workshop with Ali Strebel, who came from Ohio to teach. She was our very first national teacher and it was a very memorable event. Besides all the learning that was going on, the theme and decorations for the festivities made it even more special. (Alice in Wonderland)

A luncheon that was provided on the first day was over the top with an 18' table set with linen table cloths, glass dishes and antique tea pots filled with lemonade. Croissant sandwiches, eclairs, scones and clotted cream were on the menu.

Ali's chair was beautifully embellished and worthy of royalty, and there were wonderful name tags for each of us to wear - with treats delivered every day.

We were given darling pincushions embellished with silk ribbon embroidery that were made in china tea cups as a keepsake of this event.

Each person attending purchased one of two different kits from Ali, and she jumped right in to show us the different techniques that she used on them. Things like standing wool circles, wool applique, needle felting with wool roving, and beading.

These are HER rugs that were taught in the class.

She wandered around the room for three days, stopping to explain, demonstrate, teach and suggest.

On the second day of the workshop, she asked the guild members to bring show & tell so she could see our group's talent - of which there is PLENTY!

On the last day, we lined up our class projects so we could see how much had been accomplished.

And here is a group shot of the workshop attendees (minus a couple gals who had to leave early)

The event was considered a smashing success, and we look forward to the next one. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Cache Valley Hookers

The rug hooking group that meets monthly in the Logan area seems to be one of the fastest growing groups in the state. Surely that trend will continue after some of their members took part in a demonstration at a local quilt store. You can read more about this event HERE.

Group Meetings

Listed below are the different rug hooking groups who meet locally - along with contact information in case you're interested in joining with them! The more the merrier!

The Cache Valley Hookers meet on the 2nd Friday of each month from 12-3 at Sandy's home in Wellsville. Please contact her for the address at tdlewis63 (at) gmail (dot) com

This group meets in Davis County on Tuesday evening every single week at 7pm. Please contact Rebecca at rlemperle (at) comcast (dot) net

The Plum Alley Hookers meet on the 3rd Saturday in downtown SLC at the Rio Grande train depot. Please contact Londi at londirowley (at) comcast (dot) net   ~or~  Lisa at lisawooly4ewe (at) aol (dot) com  for information on how to gain access to the building.

Nancy hosts a rug hooking meeting each month on the 2nd Wednesday from 10-1. Email her at nancyraybould (at) gmail (dot) com to get her home address.

A daytime group meets in Clearfield on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 10-1. Please contact Marliss at motivated5 (at) yahoo (dot) com  ~or~  Gayle at dyeing2hook (at) msn (dot) com  for the location.

If there are any other groups we're not aware of, please leave a comment below with the information and will be happy to include it here!

January Meeting

Our Quarterly meeting was held on January 7th and we learned how to make rug hooking journals. The guild provided small photo albums and each member who attended then decorated the journals to reflect their own personality using scrapbook paper and rubber stamps. We were instructed on how this will be a great place to keep pictures of our rugs, along with pertinent information about them - such as their size - who they were made for - what kind of backing was used - and when they were hooked. It will be so nice to have this record at our fingertips for future reference! Pictures of the albums are shown below.