You have seen my comment 'channeling Magdalena' on a few blog posts when working on one of her designs. Now wish I'd kept notes on my thoughts/questions while hooking her rugs. One such recent question I'd ask .... is that meant to be a hooked paw print on the Great Granddaughter's Rug.
It wouldn't be the first time someone wrote a journal to the creator of an antique textile, as there is such a book called "Dear Jane".
Brenda Manges Papadakis kept a journal of her thoughts/questions as she was replicating the 1863 quilt made by Jane A. Stickle. The book was a good read in addition to getting the pattern pieces which are offered inside the book.
In 2011 a few of us on Rughookers Yahoo took a challenge to make our own Jane Stickle hooked rug. It could be any size and could take a little creative license. There were no prizes as this was a group challenge with a deadline date and those who finished in the allotted time had their rugs published in a section of Rug Hooking Magazine. This was my version which is hooked in #8 cut.
More rain in the forecast today, as if we haven't had enough already. Happy hooking, quilting or whatever floats your boat.
Saundra
In a previous blog I wrote about the challenge which Jo-Anne Harris generously organized for the Yahoo Rug Hookers Group. It was a challenge for anyone who desired, to design their own rug using the quilt patterns from the Dear Jane book written by Brenda Papadakis. We were given a full year to accomplish the rug, and it could be any size, color, cut, etc. that each participant decided. Often I would post updates of my rug as I progressed, and this is my finished rug.
Well now all those Sincerely Jane Challenge Rugs are in the latest issue of Rug Hooking Magazine with a great article by Jo-Anne, and comments about each rug written by the person who hooked their rug. It is a very nice article and must admit the challenge was a lot of fun with plenty of time to complete the project.
For those of you who may not subscribe or do subscribe but haven't received your issue yet, this is the cover of the November/December 2012 issue of Rug Hooking Magazine.
And if you wish to read the teaser on the Sincerely Jane Challenge click on this RHM link. There is also a real cute free pattern insert of a Santa by Lucille Festa. So if you don't subscribe, go out and pick up your copy or order it on-line thru the link provided above.
Thanks for dropping by.
Saundra
Since it is that time again to post an update of my progress on the Sincerely Jane Challenge (adapted from a quilt made by Jane Stickle) on the Rughookers group thought I'd better pull it out and actually make some progress on it. At least one of the gals has completed her humongous rug already, so since mine is small in comparison there's really no excuse for me to dilly dally around. But of course I have still been hooking but on other things. It is getting close to completion with still a few months left before it is to be finished so am doing okay in the progress department I guess.
I've tried to use some of the same wools throughout even tho it would have been easier to introduce new colors. And who knows, it still isn't too late for me to pull a new color into the rug just so the same colors don't repeat themselves too close to each other.
Although I'm not really fond of geometric designs this one has grown on me. I'd fully intended to offer it for sale in my booth when I do my next show and also list it on my web site. But will see how I feel once it is all done. One thing I knew was that JoAnne made this challenge seem so fun and interesting that I just had to participate in it.
It will be loads of fun to see the final rugs posted on the Rughookers group and hopefully they will be in an upcoming issue of Rug Hooking Magazine since an article written by JoAnne was in a former issue in the Across the Borders segment of the magazine.
Now that I've finished my daughter-in-love's Snowman Mat and have worked more on the challenge piece guess I can now put my Frost Sheep rug back on the frame and work on it. Heck, I still haven't finished my Log Cabin rug yet but I know exactly what I'm doing on that one so thought I'd better 'keep the flow' of the sheep rug going before I forget what I need to do.
