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Deb Szwed, Michigan

Deb always had a love for fabric and dabbled in many fabric arts all her life About ten years ago, she started to learn about traditional rug hooking The first rug she hooked was an adaptation of a quilt pattern and she also made the quilt Deb read everything she could that pertained to rug hooking and took classes from numerous rug hooking teachers. In 2017, she became a Certified McGown Teacher. Deb has taught classes in and outside of her home and has won numerous awards for her hooked pieces. She tries to learn something new with every piece that she creates and especially enjoys incorporating alternative fibers and objects in her work Deb started out hooking patterns others had created but finds the most pleasure in creating and then hooking her own pattern designs debszwed