I am very proud to introduce to you a budding new talent in the world of rug hooking pattern design…my daughter Carla. Carla is a university student majoring in fine arts and it was during her reading week or as some know it as spring break that I challenged her to design a rug pattern. She sketched a …
If you haven’t browsed through the pattern pages for a while, you may find that a number of new patterns have been added to the website. Among them and pictured here is “Sarah-Leah” (5×7) which I designed for my bedroom and just completed. Prancer, also pictured here, is a new addition and the first design of a new holiday collection …
Mother Nature was not our friend on the sale weekend. The two days were grey and foggy but the big tent, filled with over 250 hooked pieces was the promised riot of colour. It may have been dull outside but inside was anything but. From orientals to vintage Cheticamp, from square hooked footstools to round …
Canadian Artisan Martina Lesar Kumer Creates Vintage-Inspired, Hand-Hooked Rugs Drawing on a longtime love of textiles, Canadian artisan Martina Lesar-Kumer creates unique, vintage-inspired, hand-hooked rugs. by: Leah Kerkman | Timber Home Living | View this article as a .pdf Hooked on Rugs: Working with textiles is more than just a job for Canadian rugmaker Martina Lesar-Kumer; it’s …
This article appeared in the Orangeville Banner – Friday, September 30th, 2005 Martina Lesar-Kumer’s interest in rug hooking began with a course — and is now a pursuit which includes commissions. A passion for rug hooking CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY, Special to The Banner After a successful career as an interior designer, which she gave up …
