June/July/August 2017

Summertime hooking is light and breezy! Take a look at what we are offering for your warm weather entertainment. Looking for a patriotic-themed project? We have two great ones for you. Check out the Readers’ Choice winners from Celebration 26 and be prepared to be inspired once again. A Texas cowgirl graces our pages and a sweetly nostalgic group of hooked chocolate box designs will have you thinking sweet thoughts. Those intriguing articles and so much more—we hope you enjoy this summertime issue!
 
Feather Your Nest: A primitive bird for summer hooking
by Lucille Festa
 
Stars, Stripes & Sparkle: A New Year’s resolution rug with fireworks and flags
by Staci Shuck
 
Land of Liberty: Hook a patriotic landscape
by Janine Broscious
 
Copyright Laws and Rug Hooking
by Green Mountain Hooked Rugs
 
Readers’ Choice Winners from Celebration 26
 
A Rug Hooking Master: The sweetest way to earn an advanced degree
by Victoria L. Rudolph
 
Texas Ann: A cowgirl’s love story
by Punkin Patch Craft Designs
 
The Orphan Train Rug: Hooking a piece of history
by Hazel Almendinger
 
A Rug Hooking Exclusive
Good Morning!/Joan Moshimer
by Lisanne Miller/W. Cushing & Co
 
Beyond Our Borders: Flower mug rug
by Neysa Russo
 
Ask the Experts: Add some pizzazz to your dyed wool!
by Jane Anderson and Marjorie Gilbert Anderson
 
Canadian Connection: Sweet Nostalgia: Ganong Chocolate Box Exhibit, 2017
by Erin McKenna
 
Dear Beginning Rug Hooker: Designing 101: Use templates to design your rugs
by Sharon A. Smith
 
Reader’s Gallery: Dolores Wiemann
by Lynn Soule
 
From My Dye Pot: Casserole Dyeing Revisited
by Loretta Scena
 
First Rug on the Last Page: WOOF/Susan Smith
by Melinda Russell