Dee-Dee Patrick The Rug Hookers of PebbleCreek closed out the old year with an election of officers. Except for the office of president, all officers are new to the positions they will be filling. 2017 has the Rug Hookers Club adding an additional member to the executive board in the role of vice-president. Her duties,…
Dee-Dee Patrick Several years ago Priscilla made a commitment to hook a rug for each of her nine grandchildren to give to them as a high school graduation present. This rug was the third of a total of nine and was presented to granddaughter Madeline who resides in Indiana. The design is a Pearl McGown that…
Dee-Dee Patrick Saturday, March 12 marked a milestone for PebbleCreek and for the Rug Hookers of PebbleCreek. The club hosted our first Hook-In! Many weeks of planning and sleepless nights passed before this event was a reality. However, from the response of the attendees, it was worth it all! This was truly a group effort…
Dee-Dee Patrick Several members (eight in total) of the Rug Hookers of PebbleCreek hit the road again this past month to widen their horizons and hone their skills. They did not venture as far this time, only traveling to Glendale, but this involved full day classes on four consecutive days. The instructor for the program…
Dee-Dee Patrick As we have for the past several years, members of the Rug Hookers of PebbleCreek car pooled to Tucson for a day long hooking event. Actually, not much hooking gets done as there are many desirable distractions including: meeting up with others from around the state, admiring others’ works of art, purchasing fabric…
Dee-Dee Patrick Previous photos and articles have shared some of the hand hooked rugs made by members of the club but most of them have not been within the context of the article’s new location. What better way to celebrate the addition of a family heirloom than to toast with champagne and invite a few…
Dee-Dee Patrick Once again Karen Bogadi was kind enough to open the doors to her home for the holiday festivities. Over twenty members of the group were in attendance. The luncheon began with a toast to the holidays with champagne to which fresh pomegranates had been added. The entrée consisted of five different homemade soups…
Karen Lubahn What do rug hookers do when they get together? Hook, of course. The four women took advantage of classes with nationally known teachers in the field covering many aspects and techniques of traditional rug hooking. All was not work as there was time for a barge cruise on the river, sightseeing and shopping…
Dee-Dee Patrick You can always count on Sally Holmboe bringing her smile and creativity to our PebbleCreek rug hooking sessions. A part-time resident of PC for 10 years, this retired nurse has been hooking for almost that long. Sally describes being introduced to this fiber arts craft observing members of the club demonstrating at a…
Dee-Dee Patrick 5 Pumpkins for Pat, designed by Darlene Nelson, is the name of the rug featured. This was painstakingly worked by Karen Lubahn, our club president, over a course of several months. Not that the work was that difficult or Karen was not interested in this motif, but she is a perfectionist and ripped…