Article: Rag rugs, 1988-style; they're tailored, color-coordinated.

Article: Art students exhibit their rag rugs
The Northern Echo;  May 14, 2009 ;     452 words ... ... schools have contributed to an exhibition of rag rugs - either of the traditional hooky or proddy ... concludes at the end of the month, the rag rugs will be laid across the floor of the centre ... Cathedral chapter steward Anne Heywood said rag rugs are indigenous to the NorthEast, ...

Article: Rag rugs revel in recycling old cloth
The Press;  April 14, 2005 ;     408 words ...Making rag rugs is relatively easy to learn and ideal for people who have little time ... clothes being rendered back into a rug." Since learning how to make rag rugs two years ago from a woman living in a house truck, Cook has been captivated ...

Article: Embroiderers talk rag rugs
The Northern Echo;  May 21, 2007 ;     271 words ...RAG rugs created by a dales woman are the theme of an open meeting organised by needleworkers ... at 7.30pm. Heather Ritchie, from Reeth, in Swaledale, who makes rag rugs, many depicting dales scenes, will talk about her work and light refreshments ...

Article: Housewives were hooked on rag rugs
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 2, 1986 ;     543 words ...Hooked rag rugs are an American creation based on thrift and talent. Used pieces of ... of burlap was available to housewives in the 1850s. The interest in rag rugs continued through the 19th century. The later rugs often were designed ...

Article: Rag rugs weave a story of harder times.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  January 21, 2005 ;     288 words ...Two rag rugs completed during the Spirit of the Blitz exhibition at Merseyside Maritime Museum have gone on display. The rugs - made by a reminiscence group - enjoyed popularity during the Second World War when materials were in short supply CAPTION(S): Picture: COLIN LANE

Article: Scattering Rag Rugs and Old Quilts at Uptown ...
The Washington Post;  September 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... 1994) is widely credited with popularizing the American country look, with its familiar antiques, hand-stitched quilts, rag rugs, wicker, folk art, baskets and needlepoint pillows. When designer Albert Hadley joined her in 1962, their New York design ...

Article: Workshop on rag rugs aid
The Northern Echo;  October 31, 2009 ;     293 words ...A WOMAN who teaches blind people in The Gambia how to survive by making rag rugs will hold a workshop in North Yorkshire. Heather Ritchie, whose Rug Aid Project gives many poor Gambians an alternative to begging ...