Preserving the Past in Primitive Rugs

The author, Barbara Brown employs rug hooking, a timeless early American craft, to preserve the landmarks of her historic town and the memories of her family. You too can hook an heirloom that will be treasured by generations to come.

With each pattern and full-color rug shown Barbara discusses her choice of colors, design decisions, and fabric selection — even what she would change about a completed rug. Through her experiences you will learn how to find sources of inspiration, determine a point of view, and select the elements of a design. She guides you step-by-step through the process of drawing a pattern.

Barbara uses the warm antique hues and primitive, unregimented hooking style of our forebears. Learn how to hook a house, a fond recollection, or a relative’s fading memories.

Preserving the Past in Primitive Rugs, brought to you by Rug Hooking magazine, provides an easy-to-understand approach to hooking primitive rugs. Author Barbara Brown will start you on a journey that will result in rugs that will be cherished by generations to come. Filled with tips on the importance of proper placement of motifs in the design–what the focus is, why one object is larger than another, and how to design a rug from past memories.

56pp, color photos. Third printing.