HOOKED RUGS OF 2010

Perhaps my hooking choices transitioned after seeing Domestic Zoo last year at Cape May and the subsequent friendship with Evelyn Lawrence who hooked it. The year 2010 started with a Magdalena design named McCue Eagle.  I tried using like colors of the original and that bold blue was close to the antique.

A Stag Chair Pad was hooked at home and inspired by an antique rug published in a book on my shelf.  

Matter of fact, while recently trying to organize my storage room of dolls and rugs I came across a drawn pattern which hadn't sold by the time I stopped vending.  It measures 14 x 16 on primitive linen, cost is $35 plus shipping.  If interested use the E-MAIL ME location on the top right side of my blog.

In a class with Barb Carroll Brave Hunter was next.  Barb showed me a photo of the original antique rug which inspired her design and the Indian was holding a rifle, not an arrow. 

Then it was Cape May rug camp time and a class with Kris Miller.  I liked my small stag chair pad but wanted something bigger.  So drew and took this to her class.  The antlers are hooked with antique paisley. 

After that rug was finished I wanted another Magdalena rug, so Dog and Crows it was.

Lucille Festa was scheduled to teach in Ocean City, MD so I drew an ES Frost Sheep design with birds and Flowers for her to color plan.

As a member of a Yahoo rug group, before Facebook was born, someone organized a challenge. She didn't say what the challenge subject was at the time but I joined anyway.  Well, it was an image of an elf.  Although I lost interest immediately I'd have felt like a jerk to drop out.

A jack-in-the-box for a kid's room was the only bit of creative juices I could muster.  It didn't sell (no surprise there, lol) by the time I stopped vending so finally gave it to the thrift shop about a month ago.

The Distlefink Purse was my last project for that year.  It is a design from the creative mind of Lori Brechlin and of course it sold.  No surprise there either, isn't it lovely????  

That was it for the year 2010, unless I missed something with my hit and miss disorderly record keeping.  The last couple years I've gotten much better documenting and labeling.

In my neck of the woods there were two days of brief rains this week.  The weekly drought report will be discussed on the local news tomorrow evening and will see if we are still in the critical stage.  If so, with the way it looks with a tropical event about to visit, guess we won't be drought-stricken for long.  Just hope I don't get the lake back or water in my crawl space again.

Happy hooking!!!!  I've got to get crank'n to finish my present Eagle before July 4th!!!!! 

Saundra

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