Hooked, Line and Sinker rug hooking group reels in Sue!
I pouched this picture and caption off of Facebook. Hilton Head Hookers got together last Friday and had a special surprise guest. Sue Cunningham (Encompassing Designs) came from Nova Scotia to thaw out. Zta Lacey (right) was able to show Sue how she interpreted her designs. Below is the link to the Hooked-Line & Sinker group.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hooked-Line-and-Sinker-Rug-Hooking-Club/227113965276
A rug hooking group meets at the Bluffton Library on the 2nd Saturday of each month. The Bluffton Library is located at 120 Palmetto Way in Bluffton which is over the bridge from Hilton Head. If you go over the Cross Island Parkway and continue straight you will come to Rte 46. Take a left on Rte 46 and continue until you reach the roundabout. Continue straight on 46. Palmetto Way will be on your left. Continue on that street and take a right at the end. The library will be straight ahead. We meet at 1:00 tomorrow. The group leader is Deb Walland who is an owner of Seaside Rugs.
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Today’s blog is a special treat. It comes all the way from Hilton Head, South Carolina and all due to a chance phone call last Thursday.
The phone rang and I chatted with Carol Izzo as she ordered two of Sue Cunnningham’s designs, Bottom’s up and Buoyant Beauty. We talked about how much fun Sue's, Women of Abundance designs are and how other women in her group have hooked a couple of them. We get to the part of the order where I ask for the mailing address and when she says Hilton Head, I thought wow….what a small world and definitely less than six degrees of separation for this coincidence!
I informed Carol that Sue was in her neck of the woods at this very moment, escaping the bite of our Nova Scotia winter for a bit fun in the sun. She told me there was a large hook-in the very next day and I asked her to send the information to me so I could forward it to Sue because I knew she would love to drop in to say hi!
Sure enough, Sue and long time artist friend, Jane Rowberry, also vacationing in Hilton Head, dropped by the hook-in. While Jane is an artist of acrylic on canvas, she is known in the rug hooking community for her delightful dory designs which we produce on backing for the shop and are listed on Sue cunningham's page of designs. http://www.encompassingdesigns.com/sue-cunningham.html
The stage was set for a fun day and I’m trying not to think of all the excitement I missed or I might have to wrestle with a little green monster! Really, could there be more fun that meeting a great group of rug hookers under sunny skies and across ocean views?
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hooked-Line-and-Sinker-Rug-Hooking-Club/227113965276
A rug hooking group meets at the Bluffton Library on the 2nd Saturday of each month. The Bluffton Library is located at 120 Palmetto Way in Bluffton which is over the bridge from Hilton Head. If you go over the Cross Island Parkway and continue straight you will come to Rte 46. Take a left on Rte 46 and continue until you reach the roundabout. Continue straight on 46. Palmetto Way will be on your left. Continue on that street and take a right at the end. The library will be straight ahead. We meet at 1:00 tomorrow. The group leader is Deb Walland who is an owner of Seaside Rugs.
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Today’s blog is a special treat. It comes all the way from Hilton Head, South Carolina and all due to a chance phone call last Thursday.
The phone rang and I chatted with Carol Izzo as she ordered two of Sue Cunnningham’s designs, Bottom’s up and Buoyant Beauty. We talked about how much fun Sue's, Women of Abundance designs are and how other women in her group have hooked a couple of them. We get to the part of the order where I ask for the mailing address and when she says Hilton Head, I thought wow….what a small world and definitely less than six degrees of separation for this coincidence!
I informed Carol that Sue was in her neck of the woods at this very moment, escaping the bite of our Nova Scotia winter for a bit fun in the sun. She told me there was a large hook-in the very next day and I asked her to send the information to me so I could forward it to Sue because I knew she would love to drop in to say hi!
Sure enough, Sue and long time artist friend, Jane Rowberry, also vacationing in Hilton Head, dropped by the hook-in. While Jane is an artist of acrylic on canvas, she is known in the rug hooking community for her delightful dory designs which we produce on backing for the shop and are listed on Sue cunningham's page of designs. http://www.encompassingdesigns.com/sue-cunningham.html
The stage was set for a fun day and I’m trying not to think of all the excitement I missed or I might have to wrestle with a little green monster! Really, could there be more fun that meeting a great group of rug hookers under sunny skies and across ocean views?
Below are three of Sue's patterns the gals have hooked or are in process of finishing. Beach Blanket Beauty (top left), Beach Ballet (bottom left) and Full Moon (bottom right).
Left to Right: Carol Izzo (she invited me via email) yours truly, Zita Lacey (she calls my women of abundance the "maidens of menopause") and Deb Walland far right, the group leader and the owner of Seaside Rugs. She's working on her own rug design...a wonderful bright tropical fish as pictured.
These are the other hookers I met at the hook-in who allowed me to take photos of their work. Subject matter ranged from alligators to rabbits, flowers, sun, cats, fish, and women of abundance. A range of own designs, teacher-designed, fine cut and primitive. The thing that struck me at once was the difference in their colour palettes. For the most part, their colours were incredibly bright and cheerful...reflecting the part of the world they take inspiration from...ie the south. As Deb Walland put it "we're all about colour down here". I asked if they did much thrift wool shopping or was most of their wool new? As might be expected, the availability of wool garments is slim here because of the southern climate but once in a very long while, one can come up with an item of wool.
Everyone was extremely warm and welcoming to me as can be expected...that southern hospitality thing. I didn't bring my hooking with me this year, but I will next year as the gals have invited me to join them. They meet at the Bluffton Library every 2nd Saturday. Their space is large, lots of windows and great lighting. I felt right at home and missing my hooking!
Everyone was extremely warm and welcoming to me as can be expected...that southern hospitality thing. I didn't bring my hooking with me this year, but I will next year as the gals have invited me to join them. They meet at the Bluffton Library every 2nd Saturday. Their space is large, lots of windows and great lighting. I felt right at home and missing my hooking!
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Last evening I Googled Hilton Head and noted a lovely, unique looking light house that screamed to be put in a design. So I arrived at work this morning and whipped up with this lovely little pillowtop pattern, size of 18" x 18", with two bathing beauties and the Harbour Town Lighthouse. I've called it Bluffton Bathers. I'm making this hot of the drawing table design, PATTERN OF THE WEEK and if ordered we pay the shipping. To view details on my new designs page click the link: http://www.encompassingdesigns.com/new-designs.html
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