ARTIST- painter turned rug hooker using wool as my medium. Studied Fine Arts at Boston Museum school.Teachers diploma @ Montreal Museum school.
4th generation Nova Scotia rug hooker.Certified NS rug hooking teacher.MArried to artist François Dallegret.www.arteria.ca Mother of twins Elissa and Justin . . .grandmother of Raphaël (4)and Justine(2.5) Live between Montreal-Paris-and Nova Scotia . . . . . . .Love Cooking !. . . .Colour, Dyeing and Hooking rugs!
Feeling Good
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There is something rather satisfying about finishing up a batch of wool -
rather like tying a big bow on a package. One feels like they have
accomplished...
This time of year I need more green
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I was tempted today to buy primroses to add a splash of color to my winter
table. But then I thought about how I don’t like to plant them in my garden
afte...
At the frame
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Dear Diary, I spent today at the frame hooking a red background in a round
rug of circles for a chair pad to greet you when you walk I the studio
door.It i...
african food
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The markets and small vegetable stands along the red clay roads around
Matangwe have tomatoes, sweet potatoes and sukuma wiki for sale. This last
vegetable...
French Handwriting
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When you see this guess where you are?
In France of course. What if blackboards/*ardoise* were outlawed, would we
stop going to France? Maybe...
French ...
A few of MY favorites
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Saturday, blogless Sandy and I headed to Lenexa, Kansas
for the annual Rock Creek Hook-In.
In an effort to stay true to myself, I decided this year to ta...
MIXED MEDIA RUGS…
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Yesterday I posted a picture if my mini chicken rug with the carved
chickens on the frames. Reminded me that our friend Donna is an amazing
carver and ove...
Weekend update
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I found this on pinterest today and thought it summed up the weekend quite
nicely.
The storm we were supposed to get didn't really materialize as predicte...
A Japanese Twist on Pastries
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Tokyo-born patisserie maestro Sadaharu Aoki combines traditional French
technical savoir-faire with Japanese ingredients in his four Parisian
boutiques fo...
Things are Hopping Around Here!
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I know I've been absent from blogging for awhile! Things have been hopping
around here getting ready for the first session of my beginning rug hooking
c...
Having a Two-terful Time
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I think that is one up from wonderful, right?
And I blame my lapse in posting on all the eating, drinking, swimming in
the sea and exploring the island. It...
Week 37: 77.875 square feet
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This week's recap is a bit early, since I'm heading out early tomorrow
morning and won't get another chance to hook again until it's 'next' week.
Despite ...
Moving right along...
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I snapped this pic late last night before pushing the frame aside...I plan
to pull a few more loops this evening after the dishes are done. It's
always a ...
BIG RUG ~ ~ ~
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Just a quick post to let you know I'M BACK!!!! We got home late last
Thursday night from our 16 day Florida adventure! I was a slug all weekend
~ re-ent...
I can't believe a week has gone by
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This has been a busy week recouping from my last workshop and preparing for
the Lenexa hook-in and Yellow Rose.
This morning we went to a coffee roasting t...
Remembering Kilims
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If you have been following me you know that I LOVE Kilims....
This is a Kilim that I designed in a class with Anne Boissinot...awhile
ago...the hooking ha...
My favorite color
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Have been hooking more colors in the *Palette Constellation* rug.
Marguerite's big frame is allowing me to hook two rows at once. This seems
to be maki...
Rug of the day-Jaunary 22nd
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*Thank you for all your kind comments about "Rug of the Day." I am humbled
knowing that I had many readers coming back each day to see what was next.
I a...
New things
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Here are some things that I have finished up recently. "The Prairie Fox"
is found in 'The Rug Hook Book" by Thom Boswell. It was designed by Kathy
Mor...
Stealing Beauty - I
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*Sois belle et tais-toi *
When I was looking for a videographer in 2006 to record the art openings I
was having, *Susie Hollands* of Ivy Paris (now *Vingt ...
Cooper visited the Studio to get some Burlup
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Little Cooper was up for a visit last night to get some Scottish Burlap,
he rolled around on the floor and found the perfect spot to watch us finish
dyin...
Where have I been, you ask?
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I've been working on stuff to take to be a vendor at the First Annual
Truman Lake Rug Show and Hook In that was put
on by Patty Wallace and her "flock" from...
Maureen's batch of mats
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The fantasy mat on the right I call "tall skinny crewel"; it was hooked in
wide-cut bright colours right into a fairly loosely woven Cottage Craft
wool, t...
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