Eaton Edge Rug Hooking

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Eaton edge rug hooking. Doris also shares some of her tried and true techniques including her famous eaton edge. In this video doris eaton author of a lifetime of rug hooking explains and demonstrates how to finish a rug using her method called the eaton edge th. Doris also shares some of her tried and true techniques including her famous eaton edge for finishing a rug. She was an icon who established our nova scotia rug hooking guild that just celebrated its 40th year.

See more ideas about rugs rug hooking hand hooked rugs. She was known all over the world respected loved and admired for her contribution to rug hooking. Hope this video helps you to create a be. The way to evaluate a finish is to ask where is the knife fold edge.

Simply turning back the edge with sewn on rug tape is not a long wearing finish because what causes our backing to fail is the sharp fold and time. There have been a lot of questions on how to create a herringbone whipped edge on hand hooked and punch hooked rugs. Thanks to heather horsfall for the footage. I m coming back to rug hooking after a very long absence.

Doris eaton demonstrates the eaton edge for finishing a hooked rug in this video doris eaton author of a lifetime of rug hooking explains and demonstrates how to finish a rug using her method called the eaton edge this is an easy and efficient way to finish a hooked piece. Doris emily eaton age 91 passed away september 29th. The eaton edge developed by east coast hooker doris eaton seems brilliant to me. She basically sews on binding and hooks a line next to it on the reverse side.

Nova scotia s doris eaton has been hooking rugs for nearly 50 years and is one of the region s most well known rug hookers. Honey bee hive offers more than 2 800 rug hooking patterns including our charco pattern line which contains desings by pearl mcgown and jane mcgown flynn our primco pattern line is an exclusive collection of rug hooking designs by dozens of additional artists including kim nixon s under the rug pattern line of footstool chair pad and stair riser patterns. A lifetime of rug hooking features over 80 of doris s colourful and lively rugs and the inspiration and materials behind her art. With a foreword from fellow nova scotia rug hooker and artist deanne fitzpatrick a lifetime of rug hooking is a marvellous visual tour of the work of an influential east coast folk artist.