No, sadly it still isn't done.... and I'm beginning to believe that my friend Lauren's Chicken Challenge rug must have been more like a 9" x 12" since she finished it in record time (love picking on your Lauren).
I've taken a couple different pictures, some with flash some without ~ some before changes and some after. There's sure to be mixed feelings on the background but I'm keeping on going on. I'll show you what it looks like right now and is a picture taken without a flash which is really more true to what the rug looks like in person albeit a little blurry.
Here is a picture with a flash which shows my patchwork background color in much brighter colors than in person and this is a situation we all have when taking pictures of our rugs.
And then....... a picture before I tried something different in the right flower. You know me, I'm not opposed to pulling out wool and trying something else to see if it will enhance the rug.
I'd be interested in your thoughts on the flower.....make the left one yellow in the center too? Or hook back the center like it was before and make it like the one on the left?
For those of you just checking out my blog for the first time tonight, if you scroll thru previous posts you can read how to participate in the free Chicken Challenge pattern as well as seeing another antique rug which inspired me to make this crazy background. Speaking of which, I'm sure my flash drive is full of antique rugs with a patchwork background and plan to designate a post showing what I've collected so far.
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday evening.
Saundra
...say that real fast 3 times. I just love it when people give me their opinion. Lots of times I asked for it but even if I don't, your thoughts are truly appreciated even unsolicited. Sometimes another eye sees something that mine don't. While the advice may not always be used, it is always welcome.
Goodness there were a lot of comments on the feet and did read them all. Yet when I saw the picture on the computer monitor my eyes were happier with the light feet as well.....so today I made that change.
Plus, I pulled up my big girl panties and made another change. While I was enamored with the rooster antique and had wanted to put the flowers in the upper corner using my wool closest to what the original hooker had....uh... just didn't do it for me. So today the leaves on the flower on the top left were pulled out and hooked using the green wool as in the trees at the bottom.
Wish there was more accomplished on the Chicken Challenge rug to show you but I had a Domestic Zoo pattern to draw out today as I'd recently sold the last one. Hey, gotta keep those hook'n hands busy. I know that when I want a pattern "I want it now". So I aim to please. Plus, these sales help subsidize my hooking habit....so thank you Rhea.
Now I want to discuss GUILTY PLEASURES. And this is my confession time so hope there's input from my readers about theirs. I have a food guilty pleasure but this isn't about that. When I'm hooking there is usually something I'm watching on TV that has been pre-recorded. Today I just watched the final episodes of The Bachelor. OMG!!!!!! I cannot believe that Nikki accepted his 'final rose'. And the one I was most worried about ended up being the one I was most proud of ~ Claire! Good going woman (Claire)!
Yes I DO understand that what the show is about is a short-time fantasy which doesn't last beyond the show. So then it becomes reality. But I (maybe we) have seen real love and marriage develop from the show.
All us females want our prince charming...the man on the white horse. I do believe it does exist as my step-father was one to my mother (God Bless you ECP). But what a piece of crap Juan Pablo is. Okay, I could rant all night in my frustration but Nikki will eventually have to learn on her own as did I.
Can't wait to read messages about the changes I made on the CC rug, guilty pleasures or The Bachelor.
BTW, my food guilty pleasure is pasta. OH but I could eat pasta and red sauce (known as gravy by Italians) 7 days a week. I don't, but could. Now I want some but it is soup and salad for tonight.
Have a great night everyone.
Saundra
