January/February 2023

Volume XXXIV, Number 4

In 1993, Catlett’s series of block prints known as “I am the Black Woman” was published in the book Lift Every Voice and Sing, illustrating the words of that beloved anthem. In 2020, that book inspired a group of rug hookers across the U.S. and Canada to embark on an ambitious project to adapt Catlett’s prints for hooked rugs, bringing her work to the attention of the broader public in general, and the rug hooking community in particular. We are pleased to present a generous sample of those rugs in this issue, along with reproductions of the Catlett prints that inspired them.

Middle Age Marvels

Celebrating Medieval Tapestries with Modern Interpretations

by Judith M. McLean

Lift Every Voice

Elizabeth Catlett’s Trailblazing Prints Inspire a New Generation

by Maddy Fraioli

The Incredible Shrinking Food

Use Up that Leftover Linen by Hooking Mini Morsels

by Kelly Laaper

Beautiful and Broken

Rug Hooking Enables Artist Judith Strickler to Express Both Hope and Despair

by Rebecca Martin

Get Cosy

Hooking Tea Warmers Helps Keep a Guild Connected

by Betty Giroux

Perfect Harmony

Making a Bag to Match the Outfit

by Tatiana Knodel

Blast from the Past

How to Hook the Barn: A Pastoral Scene for Primitive or Traditional Hooking

By Jane Olson

Designer Showcase

The Heart of San Miguel de Allende: Inspiration from South of the Border

by Victoria Rudolph

From My Dye Pot

Creating Iridescence in Hooked Rugs: May Your Butterflies Glow

By John L. Leonard

Artful Color

January Journal: Collaboration Kindles Creative Inspiration

by Wanda Kerr

First Rug on the Last Page

Leaves/Karen West

by Karen West

ON THE COVER

Circle of Life by Wanda Kerr