News, weekly blog posting from Della's Rug Hooking.

This story is about fear, or rather overcoming fear.

In 2018, I began planning a trip to Manitoba to see my brother and his family.  What better gift for each of his grandchildren than a photo-based hooked pillow by (great) Auntie Rennie! My ambition was greater than my skill as a new rug hooker.  I had never hooked a face before.  Could I actually replicate a photograph to capture the love I had for these children?  I had to.  And I did!   Ten months, many tears and six pillows later, I...

It has been a year of many changes, for everyone, in the entire world! How often does one get to say that I wonder? I know my own household has gone through many changes due to the Coronavirus. We don't realize how much we can change until we have to. I would have never said I could only go to the grocery store, once a week! I would never have dreamed trying to coordinate a face mask with my cloths. No spur of the moment drives to the next province, exploring...

With each rug we create, we put a bit of our heart into it… be it a special person who will receive the rug, or a precious memory or emotion.  Let us continue to look through our photographs to remind us of a sweet, perhaps forgotten, memory.  Tell stories through the rugs we create.  And sew in / hook in a little love.

Let us be intentional in adding special memories as we hook.  Why do you love turquoise?  Did you have a special dress or sweater that colour years ago? ...

I'm sure most of you have experienced 'failure' or 'falling down' and having to get back up. My earliest memory of being told 'if at first you don't succeed, get back up and try again' probably was when I was maybe 10 years old. My neighbor had small horses, their daughter 'Janice' would take the neighborhood kids under her wing and let us ride the horses from time to time. I can remember being so excited at the prospect of being able to get up on one of the horses. Reality...

Have you ever done those silly little `first words you see` type thing? At the beginning of the year I saw one and did it and my words were, power, gratitude, strength and love. I don't believe I am superstitious but I do believe we are what we think, eat and do. Let's face it, I need all the help I can get to be a better person not only for myself but for my family and friends. We all have the 'power' within us to make changes, to do whatever...