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Sauder Village
22611 St. Rt. 2
Archbold, Ohio 43502
In Northwest Ohio
1-800-590-9755
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Date: Afternoon – Saturday, August 18, 2012 – 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Description: "A Journey" is a series of photos the two sisters, both textile artists with different specialties have taken and collected while working on their latest three books and magazine articles. The slideshow will show hooked rugs (and lots of them), Laurie's wonderful quilts, stitchery projects, and some travel and decorating pictures shot at interesting sights and at their homes. You will also see pictures that haven’t been published. This lecture and slideshow is a great way to see what the sisters have been working on, hear how they develop and work on their textile arts together and individually, and gain insight on how they achieve their truly Americana folk art look. Realizing fiber art is so visual - they are trying to capture and document slices of all their work. Level: No Experience Necessary. Everyone welcome, no prior rug hooking knowledge or experience required. Laurie is the author of "Modern Primitive Quilts: Redefining Country Style." The co-author with sister, Polly Minick, of Folk Art Friends: Hooked Rugs and Coordinating Quilts, Everyday Folk Art: Hooked Rugs and Quilts to Make, and the most recent publications “Victory Girls: Patriotic Quilts and Rugs of WWII”, released in September 2011, and “American Summer” released January 2012. Laurie is also a Moda Fabric designer and was featured in the book "Designer Quilts: Great Projects from Moda's Best Fabric Artists." Other publications such as Country Home, Coastal Living, Architectural Digest, American Patchwork & Quilting, McCall's Quilting, and the Wool Street Journal have featured Laurie’s work. She resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband Bill. They share their home with a happy menagerie of two cats and a dog. Polly Minick started hooking rugs in the late 70’s, when she wanted to hook two rugs for her home. What began as a one-time project ended with being “hooked” on the art. The ambiguity of Polly’s motifs and patterns is understandable given her aim to stick with her goal of making her rugs primitive and naïve. She describes her drawings as“childlike” which places strong emphasis on her respect and appreciation for early-American creations. Polly’s enthusiasm for the art has led her to national acclaim as a creator of primitive style rugs and she enjoys traveling the country speaking to
Sauder Village 16th Annual Rug Hooking Week
2012
Workshops: (1/2-Day, 1-Day & 2-Day): Wednesday - Saturday, August 15 - 18, 2012
“A Journey”
Lecture and Slideshow with Polly Minick & Laurie Simpson
Class Fee: $25.00 / Members $23.00
Kit Fee: None
Location: Founder’s Hall – Center Stage
Website: www.minickandsimpson.com
Bio: Laurie Simpson has delighted others with her quilts for over 30 years. Her work graces galleries and private collections. A patchwork quilt in a magazine inspired Laurie to make her first quilt at the age of 14. Drawn to traditional themes and techniques, she pieces, appliques, and quilts by hand. "I quilt in the car and at hockey games. Handwork is calming and meditative.” It is the way she was meant to work. 
others who love this art.She has written TheAmericana Collection: Hooked Rugs and coauthored anumber of books: Sand Pail Encyclopedia: A Complete Value Guide for Tin-Litho Sand Toys with Karen Horman, and with her sister, Laurie Simpson, a Moda Fabric Designer and Quilter, Folk Art Friends: Hooked Rugs and Coordinating Quilts, Everyday Folk Art: Hooked Rugs and Quilts to Make, the most recent publications are “Victory Girls: Patriotic Quilts and Rugs of WWII”, released in September 2011, and “American Summer” released January 2012. Polly and Laurie were also featured in “Designer Quilts: Great Projects from Moda’s Best Fabric Artists.”
Her work has received praise, thanks to magazine articles in Country Home, Coastal Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Architectural Digest, Victoria, Colonial Homes, Early American Life and American Patchwork and Quilting. Newspapers such as The New York Times, Houston Chronicle and the George Towner have also written of Polly’s achievements.
Like many primitive rug hookers, Polly draws inspiration from her love of home, family, country and nature. Polly and Tom, her husband of 45 years, have three grown sons, three great daughters in law and seven grandchildren. Her patriotic works were inspired as their youngest son, Jim, was commissioned an officer in the United States Marine Corps; he is currently a Lieutenant Colonel serving in Iraq as a Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Army. 