Events and Photos

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March 2024

ATHA members display March 1 - March 31
at the Monmouth County Library, Eastern Branch
1001 Route 35 Shrewsbury, NJ 07702-4398
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April 2023

The group enjoyed Gail DuFresne's

Prody/Hooked-Flower workshop!
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October 2022

ATHA members rug display at the

Wainwright House and Museum

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July 2018

ATHA members teaching the next generation about rug hooking at the Monmouth County Fair

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Sunday, June 3, 2018

Shore Fiber Arts hosting Spring Lake ATHA

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April 2018 Rug Camp

JThe ATHA Spring Lake group had a 2 day rug camp to learn how to hook fancy stitches that can be incorporated into our hooked pieces. The teacher was Benita Raleigh....Thank you very much, Benita !

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March 2018

Joan Hamelberg gave a wonderful presentation with some antique quilts from her collection.

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July 2017

demonstration at the

Monmouth County Fair

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January 2017

Debbie Walsh's wonderful collection of rugs she has hooked

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November 2016

Colleen Minis gave a wonderful presentation on needle felting at our meeting.

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(Finished Work & Samples below)

October 2016

Some of our first rugs

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January 2016

Pictures of Lydia Brenner teaching us to make "Quillie" Snowmen

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May 2015

Two pictures of a display that we just put in the Monmouth County Library, Shrewsbury, NJ.

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March 2015

Picture of table with rugs...

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and tables of wool, (taught by Gail Dufresne)

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December, 2014

"Chubby Santa" (Taught by Kay Leisey)

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and "Mitten" (Taught by Barbara Kimbrough)

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October, 2014

Picture of Barbara Kimbrough hooking the black crow.  (taught by Barbara)

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February 13, 2012

Talk on Nova Scotia rug hooking and demonstration of the "Eaton Edge" by Nina Seaman.

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  As part of Monmouth County's activities, some members meet at Long Street Farm.  Here is one of their helpers, Riley.

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February 2015

Pale green whipping with rooster picture and blue backing with white buttons (taught by Julienne Stewart)

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November, 2014

Picture of the easel ( taught by Janet Bosshard)

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January 9, 2012
Margaret Dickerson was our featured artist. Her rugs, spanning decades of rug hooking, were on display.       

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February 4, 2012

Here are some pictures of members of our Chapter at the Brielle Library on Saturday February 4, 2012. We were there for a rug hooking demonstration. We have rug hooked items in two display cases at the library.

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