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Wildfowl Carving Magazine Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Spring 2025 Issue April 15 , 2025

Northbrook, IL–Wildfowl Carving Magazine proudly marks its fortieth anniversary with a special Spring 2025 issue, celebrating four decades of

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Ampry Publishing Launches Digital Magazine We Like Rug Hooking January 01 , 2025

Northbrook, Illinois — Ampry Publishing LLC, the publisher behind the long-running Rug Hooking magazine, proudly announces the launch of W

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Katlyne Danko Named New Editor at Ampry Publishing May 06 , 2024

Ampry Publishing is proud to announce Katlyne Danko as the new editor of Wildfowl Carving Magazine and Rug Hooking magazine. Danko officially as

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Rug Hooking Magazine Releases Hooked on Words

May 31 , 2018

Northbrook, IL—Rug Hooking magazine and Ampry Publishing are excited to announce the release of their latest book, Hooked on Words, written by accomplished rug hooker Ellen Banker. Ellen showcases her graphic design experience in this book with her artful arrangement of graphics, text, and colors.

Hooked on Words offers insight into how artists can incorporate words–from accents to phrases–into their hooked rugs. Banker discusses font choices, visual balance, contrast, flow, and so much more. Chapters are accompanied by a wide array of hooked rugs with words on them to provide inspiration to the readers. The book comes with three sample patterns in the back.

Hooked on Words is available now for book club subscribers. It is also available to order on Amazon and will be released on June 1, 2018.

Rug Hooking magazine produces four books per year. They most recently released The Color Lab on February 1, 2018. Celebration 28 will be released in September 2018.