Man made me a bed desk this summer and I loves it, I've had foot surgery and I'm not to bear weight. And I have shit to do. ...

Wow! I'm getting some excellent colour transfer on wool flannel! This is not the usual "shades of brown" eco dyeing results...

You can get this great magnet here A lot of rug hooking connectivity takes place online theses days. I thrilled about this because ...

Exciting News I've just thrown open the front doors of my online classroom The WandaWay Studio Anyone can go anytime to the Wanda...

   January Journal Rug In a Word, 2014 27"x 50" #8 and #6 on linen In a Word  Journal project:  A word(s) encapsulates ea...

We would love to see you in our Poppy Passion Class , my 3 month online class this summer.  We are learning new ways with colour, dyeing ...

This is a closeup of one of my poppies from my "and the day came" rug Our online class for Summer 2014 is  Poppy Passion.  ...

I love when people ask questions! Yesterday a great one came up on The Mat while we were talking about hooking vast negative spaces and ho...

Marjorie Duizer's Peace on Earth Are you free for a week during June, the 16 to the 20th to be precise? There is a wonderful opp...

You can see why we need to learn more about colour to help us achieve our goals in rug hooking. So tricky! You might find my onli...

 It is April and I've just solved a problem in my January Journal Rug that I wasn't willing to move to solve. It meant I had to ...

This rug - what a great idea and a new twist on our old ideas! Colourfully spring fresh, an ogee and using up scraps, a powerful triumvirat...

These are the Pantone spring colours I'm replicating in the kitchen this week. Cayenne, the 4th from the right is a beautif...

Yes a live buzzing fly and that can only mean SPRING. It's time to blossom This is the rug I learned to dye on. I still lov...

A study rug I punched with yarns of all sort from ribbon to sock, bulky weight to fine. I'd like to return to this subject again fo...

Use the following as required, expect to see blossoming in one or two minutes: Look Don't rely on instruction or the object of your h...

Yup I'm still doing it... my Jan. Journal. I'm dogged if nothing else.  I really like seeing photos of my rugs in progress t...

This week we created pin cushions as part of our weekly lesson on the Welcome Mat . We want to keep our minds open and ideas flowing and ta...

Some journalists have completed their wonderful rugs. This wonderful portrait with embroidered scrappy insets  is the work of Diane...

http://jamesdjulia.com/auctions See these beautiful turn of the century hooked rings? I love the way the striped background plays the...