SMORGASBORD RUG SHOW

 A little bit of everything ~ folk art, floral, critters...well the works.  But first, for those of you who commented on Donna Beaupre's works on Happy Mail , go back and look at the reply she made to each of you.  She doesn't have your email address but wanted to acknowledge she read your comments.  Now on to the show.

Are you looking forward to spring like me?  Here is a stylized robin hooked 19th century and measures 18 x 31.

Interested in doing a hand torn floral?  Not a complex floral, but a simple design which could easily handle a hand torn or very wide cut.  No date but it does appear to be old to me,

These furry friends appear to be a cat and dog.  No date was provided but dimensions are 18 x 19.

Just found this NGS (Nancy Gertrude Scott) hooked mat of Jamaican kids  listed on ebay.  For those of you who may not know, she was the daughter of Barbara E. Merry (BEM) of whom I've posted many rugs.  Barbara had a farm and had Jamaican farmhands.  So often Nancy will hook this type folk art from her memories as a child.  This one of Nancy's is listed for $1,250.  Although a cute folky piece, I don't think it will have any takers for that price.  

I really like this landscape but wouldn't care to hook it.  Look at all the detail of the home.  No information at all as it was borrowed from FB.

Can't recall where I found this handsome rooster either.

And then there's these folk art primitive roosters.  It must have been a printed pattern years ago as I've seen numerous variations hooked of the design.

A lamb dated between 1864-1876 which is most likely an E.S. Frost design.

No info on this old horse rug but I like it.  Most likely I found it on FB.

Kissing hearts said to be hooked in the 1900's but no indication if that is early or late 1900's.  If you need a Valentine piece to hook before Valentine's Day, here ya go.

So much for the short-lived acceptable winter weather yesterday.  The arctic air, wind and frigid low temps will be arriving this evening and hang around until about the middle of next week.  Don't know how you folks up 'nawth' manage to live in these and worse conditions?  It has been so cold and with frozen snow that I haven't picked up pinecones from my yard in weeks.  There will be several hundred to pick up by the time I can see them.

Meanwhile, I'll be happily hooking inside until then.  Stay warm and happy hooking to you as well.

Saundra

HAPPY MAIL

In January I posted a Barbara Merry rug I'd not seen on auction sites before.  Donna Beaupre purchased a group of old rugs then searched the internet looking for a name to match those initials.  And it was serendipitous that her search led to my blog.  If you would like to see that post and group of rugs she purchased you can find them HERE.  The rugs and more info about Donna is toward the end of that post.

Now to my happy mail ~ it was a photo of a whimsy lady cut out hooked by Donna and the matching "Give Beauty" poem below was written by her as well.  

Give Beauty, by Donna Beaupre ... 

She also hooked another cut-out of Lady Liberty.

And these whimsical faces of kids.

This antique rug was once owned by Donna's grandmother who lived in Louisburg Nova Scotia before moving to Boston.  It is not known if her grandmother hooked the rug or if she just took it with her when she moved.   Sorry the photo is a tad blurry, but you can still capture it's beauty.

Donna said she just drew a memory rug of her aunt and her youngest son from stories she used to tell him.  Am looking forward to her sharing that with me later as hooking ensues.  Wish she had a blog so I could put a link to it on my side bar and she could share with many more people.

Sometimes keeping up a blog seems like having a job, but I'd miss the opportunity to meet wonderful new friends and get happy mail without it.  Happy hooking everyone.

Saundra

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