Antique Rug Show

Who doesn't love to look at an antique rug show?  It's quite possible you will see some which have been posted before, but hey, it's always nice to see them again, right?

I think this one has been shown before, now I recall because of the braided border.

Below is a needlework of some kind, per comment made on the location it was found, which I can't remember now.

Oh, but I want to hook this rug below one day too.

 

Horse and rider which was probably hooked to honor the jockey and horse on their win.

This rug below has a multicolored scroll design.  When working on my E.S. Frost Sheep rug and having Barb help color plan the scrolls, she mentioned about how years ago the scrolls used multi-colors....and right she was.

 And below is that rug she help color plan ~ I LOVE those scrolls and would have been terrified to tackle that challenge without her guidance.  Can't wait to be in her company in less than two weeks.

Have a great evening.

Saundra

Anniversary of Ben

It is hard to believe that I have had Ben for a whole year now.  I'm as happy (actually happier) today than the first day I brought him home.  He was 3 years 7 months then so is now almost 5 years old and just a sweet gentle giant of a boy.  He still has a lot of puppy in him but then the bigger the dog the longer it takes for them to mature (this from a vet and Rottweiler owner).

Dr. Lewis also said that Rottweiler's are big babies and this is evident when his huge paws step on an acorn in the driveway and he turns and comes to me with a pitiful look as if to say 'make it stop hurting mommy'.  So I rub his 'toe-toes', talk to him to console him and then off we go back on the walk.

Here is a picture of Ben intently watching the squirrels outside and when they get out of eyesight from this window he darts to the guest bedroom to keep a closer eye on them.

Ben likes to play with his toys, particularly the squeaky toys, loves his Kong with the challenge of getting cookies out of the center and also loves his big bone when it is filled with peanut butter.  Here he is trying to get those cookies out and if this technique doesn't work he stands up and tosses the Kong so that it bounces on the floor and hopefully something will be jarred loose.

On another note, today I updated my patterns page to post pictures of Melinda's hooked Frost Sheep rug as well as Auntie Peanut which was hooked by Lauren; thanks gals, I'm very proud to post your pieces on my web site .

Thanks for stopping by.

Saundra

Cape May Rug Show

There were lots of wonderful rugs on display for the show this past week, too many for me to put here so will be posting more tomorrow.  This is a proddy baby bear rug that my friend Char did.  It was done with all the bad wool that one starts saving when they first start their stash, thinking that any wool is good to use.

Two years ago Char also hooked a larger Mama bear for their mountain cabin and it was on display at Cape May.  So Joann Hendrix captured it in her rendition of the Chalfonte and outside rug display, you can see it among the rugs in the foreground.

Since I'm on the theme of animals I'll post a few here and hopefully you will be able to see the hooker's name and design on the tag.  Just double-click and it will enlarge the rug.

The eagle rug was wonderful but since it was on a table was hard to get the whole rug in the photo, so took two other pictures of them.

This pup with his ears blowing in the wind was adorable!!!!!

There were two of us who hooked the E.S. Frost sheep rug and this one was by Susan Foley.

This one was by me.

There are more rugs to show and I'll post them tomorrow.  Hope you have enjoyed the show so far.  Thanks for stopping by.

Saundra

Another day closer to Rug Camp

For some reason I just don't feel like much has been accomplished toward my preparation for rug camp (could it be because I'm on the computer AGAIN?).  Today I plan to sew the rows around my rug and cut away the excess  backing on my last remaining rug to be bound.  Since my girlfriend is driving to Ligonier I will while away the 4 hour ride while binding it.  Heck, may as well accomplish the undesirable task during the trip.  I really really LOVE the way this E.S. Frost sheep rug came out it looks so old in person and the mound the sheep is standing on does not look purple in person.

Meanwhile, I've started pulling wool for the Bumble Bee chair pad as this is what I want to hook the first evening and the next day while waiting my turn with Barb.  Oh my, but when I first started hooking my wool didn't include much texture, and the over dyeing I did was on flat natural white.  You wouldn't believe how much robins egg wool I have and that is what is going in the chair pad.  I just can't afford to not use it up ~ won't throw it away so may as well use it.  I'll mix a little texture into the background too just to give it a little umpf.

And, I just have 8 days to finish this little gift to Barb.  Didn't decide to hook it until a week ago and I've still a ways to go and bind it.  Sure hope Barb is too busy to go looking thru blogs because I want her to be surprised.  Maybe you'll recognize it.

Well I'd better get off'n this here contraption and get something accomplished.

Log Cabin Rug Back on the Frame

It seems like a decade since I worked on this rug, but it has only been a couple months.  Meanwhile there were quite a few projects I got completed while it was resting.   I'd completed a couple swap mats, hooked a snowman gift for a Christmas gift, also the E.S. Frost Sheep rug with birds and flowers, hooked and assembled the eyeglass cases and most recently was the completion of the Jane Stickle quilt rug more commonly known on Rughookers Yahoo as the Sincerely Jane Challenge rug.  (whew, gasp for breath).

When working on the log cabin rug previously I'd mentioned it was a pattern offered in a book by Barbara Carroll titled American Folk Art Rug Hooking. 

The pattern design is July Cabin but I took some creative license and tweaked it to suit me.  I changed the direction of the smoke, made my trees a little differently and made big folky leaves instead of flags and think I added more stars in different locations. 

So I'm a little anxious to finish this one up but there is something else lingering in the wings that remains unfinished, so it isn't as though I'm completely caught up.  But it sure is a good feeling to get this close.

However, the  madness will begin again starting May when I go to the wonderful Barb Carroll at Woolley Fox, then in September it will be back to beautiful Cape May, NJ, then in November will sign up for Lucille Festa once again in Ocean City, MD.