Cape May Rug Show

There were many rugs in the show and don't think I captured a photo of all of them.  The show is open free of charge to the public and people in the area look forward to seeing the show.  So walking space is precious and move to make way for others to see as well.  While I have intentions of going back to take a photo missed, I forget or get distracted.  Here are 14  rugs for you to look at and enjoy.

The Goat and Pumpkin below was hooked by Cindy Harpring.

The Country French Pig was also hooked by Cindy Harpring.

If you tap on the photo it will enlarge and you may also be able to see who the designer is in the event you want to hook one yourself.  Below is a rug hooked by Karen Buchheit.

Fluffy the sheep was hooked by my tablemate Weslee Hursh.

 The rug below was hooked by Carol McKey.

Pumpkin and fall leaves hooked by Kathy Mullaly.

Lucille Festa hooked the Chicken and Stars below.

Since you've seen this rug below previously you probably remember it is a design by Bev Conway named On the Loose and was hooked by me.  I started it last year at Cape May with Cammie Bruce.  Who, by the way was supposed to teach at Cape May last week but due to the hurricane which hit North Carolina was unable to attend.  No water got into her home but they were hit hard nonetheless, which made her travel a no-go.

Rising Sun is a mat hooked by Bob Strunk.

I believe the halloween rug was hooked by Kathy Mullaly. 

"Trust Me" is a design by Norma Batastini and hooked by Cynthia Stinson. 

The Welcome mat was also hooked by Cynthia Stinson. 

In a previous antique rug show I posted an antique rug design like the one below.  Weslee Hursh adapted it and did an awesome job of hooking.  

Below is Lucille Festa's adaptation of the antique Double Horses.  I took a photo of the left side........

 ....and the right side.  There are plenty more rug photos to share from the show, plus the 'throw down' and winners of the Sheep at the Beach event.

Okay Margaret, true to my promise I weighed 127.5 Saturday morning after arriving home from camp.  Today (Monday morning) my weight is 126 and plan to work at getting that other pound off soon.  But it sure was great indulging in all that great food for a few days.

Saundra

Yup, even more rugs from Cape May

Okay, I have to admit to being a wide cut primitive hooker.  I have done narrow cut and have proved that I can do it but my heart is with the olde looking (some say ugly and dark) rugs that I was used to seeing in the former and good Country Living magazines and often in the Early American Life magazine. 

Anyway.......while my love of primitive wide cuts is my favorite, I do truly appreciate the work involved with narrow cuts and orientals.  It takes a lot of work with the shading, color design and hooking.  So the appreciation is there.  So now I'm going to show you some rugs that are diverse and the creativity of some of these hookers just took my breath away.

Here is a rug called Mountain Mama.  Can you see the image of a woman in the mounds of the mountain?  Now THAT is creativity!!  Wish I had some of that.

And my dear dear friend Char ~ the same one who did the Wedding Rug with the tree.... this is her original design entitled "Full Beaver Moon".  The story behind it is that each November the area where she and her husband have a cabin, the owners can put out traps for beavers.  As you can see there is the full moon behind the beaver, the shadow of the beaver and then the moon shining on the earth on the sides.  It has teeth and toes made of femo.  Let me tell you this is one very talented woman.  Why she hangs around with me I have no clue because I do not have that kind of creativity in my bones.

This next one I thought was extremely creative and could use up wool strips we all collect from our scrap basket.  Uh, except I don't think that I am creative enough to make something this well executed either.  This was done by Judy Quitman which I'm guessing was a challenge of sorts with a group she belongs to because of the name "Scrap Challenge".

And this one was very interesting as well.  For some reason I'm intrigued with the Mola's.  Perhaps it is because my friend Deb introduced me to the real thing and now maybe I could do it in a hooked piece.  My pal Deb has real Mola prints hanging in her studio and when I go there I just walk by and enjoy every piece and the work it involved.

The rug below is a Karen Kahle design Flower Box.  I love that rug and have hooked it but in more primitive (okay, dark) colors.  I enjoy seeing it every day as I walk from the kitchen to my computer room.

This one was started in a class with Kris Miller last year by Jeri Livingston and I was looking forward to seeing the finished project since it is a free pattern in a Polly Minick book that I have.  As you can see it was incorporated with fur locks.  You could write Kris at http://www.spruceridgestudios.com to find out what was used as she had different locks providing critters which could have produced this look.   And, since it is just about that time of year thought I'd post it here to get you thinking about gifts to give or to hook for yourself. 

And....yes, there are more rugs that I haven't posted yet but I need to keep you coming back for more and don't want to bore you with numerous rugs which you eventually don't even notice.

Mini Rug Show

It is always a treat to see the rug show at Cape May and each year I look forward to seeing what Evelyn Lawrence brings, as I love her style and see more antique rugs she has discovered.  She hooked Animal Farm and the Hen and Chicks and I just love the Hen and Chicks but the photo just doesn't do the colors and hooking justice.

My friend Deb hooked Magdalena's Double Horses brought it for the show. 

And here is Magdalena's Dog, a rug hooked by Pat Foster.

And since we are making representations of the wonderful designs of Magdalena Briner, even tho I have posted it previous, here is the one I took to Cape May because I finished it during the past year.

I've more rug pictures to post and will do those in the next day or two.  Hope you enjoyed the mini rug show from Cape May.