GETTING CRITICAL ...

Time is running out and soon will be completely done with the 1870 Horse.  So have gathered photos of old rugs which interest me, at this very moment.  But you know my attention and interest changes like the recent weather in Delaware.  

I've always had an interest in hooking an image of a cave drawing.  This horse rug below gives me that vibe.  Don't have a date on it but it does appear old to me.

During my most recent search through a few old thumb drives I saw this old rug of 2 masted ships dated 1875-1899 from the estate of Elizabeth Vaughn.  If I hadn't already hooked an adaptation of an antique rug with an image of The Ark, I might be interested in hooking it.  For those who may not have seen that Ark blog post, it was the sailing ship on which my ancestors sailed to America from England.  There were usually two ships which sailed together ~ The Ark and The Dove.  I'm wondering if this is an antique rug someone hooked commemorating that voyage of the two ships?  

Something about this big dog compared to the smaller house also piques my interest.  Oh, and let's not forget that interesting background.

Of course this Bluenose horse pattern is a contender as I've mentioned it previously. 

The old floral below is in the running once again, wonder if it will make the cut this time.

While I'm not crazy about the bright colors, think Lady on Horse is a hoot with her legs reaching the ground while supposedly seated on the horse.  It is a Canadian hooked rug circa 1920 (27 x 58.5).  The rug is presently up for auction again if anyone wishes to purchase it.

I also considered this geometric rug below to use up many of my woolie worms.  So you can see how desperate I've become.

Even if I was ready to print out my new pattern the Paint program isn't functioning properly.  I've tried to fix it per Microsoft's suggestions of clicking "repair", then "reset" if that didn't work.  Did both of those suggestions at least 4 times.  If those suggestions didn't work try uninstall and reinstall the app.  Did that as well and restarted mycomputer.  This is the new DELL with WIN11.

My sketch is on a one sheet 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper.  While I've had a variety of pages to increase 325% this is the latest saying it will fit with 10 by 9 sheets.  No way in hell does it take 90 sheets of paper to print out a 21 x 30 pattern.  If Microsoft doesn't fix this issue by Monday guess I'll be looking for a print place to do my pattern there.

Saundra