WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT ?

Oh but I've lots of stuff I could chat about but I'll exhibit a little restraint.  Would you believe I just might need to order another bolt of linen soon?   I don't want to wait until I'm really needy like last time when there was at least a month's backorder wait list.  And then when it arrived noticed a big increase in price.

Today I received a pattern order for an E.S. Frost rug with Birds and Flowers (my version is below).  I confirmed and re-confirmed her order so that bolt is slowly dwindling away.

I've cut and serged the linen for the Frost rug and will draw it out tomorrow after breakfast.  So finishing up STARS will be delayed as well as beginning the new one.  At least there isn't a pile of wool on the drawing table this time, I've been too busy drawing for the table to get piled up.

A pot of vegetable soup is simmering on the stove and the wonderful aroma is permeating the house.  Am sure it will still be lingering when I awake in the morning. 

Don't forget to set you clocks forward before you go to bed tonight.  So my birds will just be delayed an hour tomorrow.  Would you believe that when I put out the feeder at 7:30 a.m. by noon it is empty!#?!  The feeder has 6 feeding sections and think every bird in the area knows this is a welfare location.  As previously mentioned I use to have 2 feeders out and the birds went thru 40 pounds of sunflower seeds in 2 weeks.   

No more,  just one feeder now until the birds decide to fly elsewhere for their welfare $eeds.  OH, AND... I do not want to pay for someone else's college education unless it is my grandson's!!!!  

Me thinks it is time for me to stir some soup instead of my blood pressure, lol.  

     

Happy hooking.

Saundra

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DOUBLE-FEATURE of HOOKED RUGS

Rug hooker and friend Lisa often sends me photos of antique rugs and asks me to draw them for her.  She tells me the dimensions she is looking for and I enlarge them close as possible.  This one of her most recent finishes 1907 Eagle which measures 23.5 x 27.5.

If you're curious here is the original antique.  Lisa said she didn't want all the other tidbits and also opted out the date.

Another she recently finished is 11 Star Flag, another antique adaptation which measures 26 x 35.

Two things can describe Lisa ~ she is patriotic and she loves horses.  She hooked this antique adaptation "White Horse and Scrolls", it measures 23 x 37.5.  

Here is the original antique.  I hooked this rug also but drew mine out smaller at 20.5 x 33.5.  

In 2017 Lisa hooked Frost Sheep and Birds, this is her interpretation of that antique rug.  Think I like the way she hooked it without the circles in the triangles and would make for an easier hook as well.

The E.S. Frost original.

Lisa has hooked several other rugs I drew for her but can't locate photos of them on my various flash drives at the time.  She has a couple in her stash that I'm anxious to see when they are hooked.

As promised, it is a double-feature;  now will show you the latest Dancing Rabbits photos sent to me.  Naomi said she made 5 dancing rabbits for each of her grandchildren.  I've inquired what the wording was on her rug but all I know so far is that it's a Grateful Dead theme (the dancing bears) and the first couple lines from Row Jimmy. 

Paula also has 5 grandchildren and did the same. 

Janice finished hers and added wool strips as a bow around the neck, I'm guessing they are all boy bunnies.

That about wraps up today's blog post.  Happy Friday and Happy Hooking.

Saundra

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More Hooked Rugs

Another Magdalena design I hooked was McCue Eagle.  It is at my front door for now, but when 1909 Horse is finished that might be my new 'greeter' rug.  The photo below was taken on the deck in natural lighting.

In one of the books in my hooking library I saw an antique rug with a stag so decided to adapt it to a chair pad.  The shape was intended for a particular antique rocker.

Then wanted to hook a larger rug using different colors for the stag.

In a class with Barb Carroll I hooked Brave Hunter, an antique adaptation and pattern offered by Woolley Fox.  You may find it interesting to note the original antique had a gun instead of an arrow in his hands.

Getting antsy to hook another Magdalena rug I pulled out linen and Sharpie and drew Magdalena's Dog and Crows.  The background is a mixture of various greens but mostly using my favorite High Meadow Green recipe from the Beautiful Wool dye book by Laurice Heath.

Always admiring E.S. Frost's designs drew up and hooked the Sheep design with Birds and Flowers.  I've sold several patterns of this design and have enjoyed seeing how others hooked it ~ here is my version.

The above rugs were hooked during 2010 but also participated in a challenge or two and hooked some purses.  I won't bother you with the small stuff.

In 2011 I hooked a couple Karen Kahle designs; one was Home Tweet Home which quickly sold at a show.

But before taking it to the show enjoyed it for a while.  Here it is on my harvest table with a homemade bird.

Another Karen Kahle design was Tea Cozy, which I still have.  I've thought about dismantling it and doing something else with it since I don't use it as a cozy and it didn't sell at the show.  But am not sure what I'd do with it in that curved shape.  Can't make a purse out of it because the design would be upside down with the roundness at the bottom.

This was the year of the Sincerely Jane Rug challenge held on Yahoo Rughookers.  Photos of participants' rugs are in an old issue of Rug Hooking Magazine.  

The reason the challenge was named "Sincerely" Jane is because there  is a book named "Dear Jane" written by Brenda Manges Papadakis.  Brenda documented her journey replicating the 1863 Jane Stickle quilt by writing letters to Jane as she did each block and joined them together.  It is a wonderful read and if you quilters don't have this book on your shelf, it should be.  Included are all the pattern pieces for the quilt.

It is a wonderful read and if you quilters don't have this book in your library, it should be.

Sincerely Jane was a project that could be put aside for a while to work on other things.  Knew the deadline and worked accordingly.  Was in the mood to hook a design I drew for Polly Minick, which was a small part of a larger design.  This is Boy and Dog Parade which was part of Polly's 4th of July design.

I was now ready to tackle scrolls, which until now I'd totally avoided.  There was only one teacher who I thought could help me do it right....yup, Barb Carroll.  I love how it turned out and it is hanging in the living room over my fireplace mantle.  I've sold a few patterns of this but must admit it is a bear to draw.

In the mood for a small fall fun mat it was time to hook Cat in a Shoe by Lori Brechlin; it is a design in one of her booklets.

It is time for lunch then back to hooking 1909 Horse.  FYI, today the droplets of rain in those two spots are still occurring; strange phenomenon for sure.  

Saundra