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Re: Rugmaking examples and history

From: Iteachart7
Date: Fri Jan 21 2000 - 17:34:19 PST

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    In a message dated 1/21/00 7:31:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, AALBAINY
    writes:

    > << 'm teaching a lesson next week for 5th grade on rugmaking and am looking
    > for some artists names or background info. >>
    > Martha Stewart just had a show on hooking rugs...featured an artist who
    did
    > wonderful work....done with scraps of fabric......design sketched on to
    the
    > fabric before the scraps are hooked through....looked do-able for 5th
    > grades...would take several sessions though..Allison
    >
    >OHHH! I loved rug hooking! When I was first married, my very elderly
    neighbor taught a rug hooking class. I bought all my wool fabric from the
    goodwill and just cut it up and ran it through the shredder! Very
    economical. She was in her 80's and had been teaching for over 60 years. and
    this was 20 years ago. It's a very "colonial craft" Lots of history there.
    She even had t-shirts made that said "Ms. Fitz and the Happy Hookers" I
    always got a raised brow with that one!
    Thanks for the memory!
    Peace
    Gabrielle 

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