More of Harriet Powers Hooked Adaptation

This is as far as I've gotten with my adaptation of a quilt section made by Harriet Powers.  For the border I've chosen a dark row and was considering having no border but rather all background.....then changed my mind and decided to frame it .

In this piece my main focus has been on Betts, the hog who travelled 500 miles from Georgia to Virginia (according to Powers' recorded descriptions).  And I've chosen to shorten the nose on Betts from the original quilt block.

This is the original quilt block and you can see I tried to shorten the hogs nose a little but still wanted to keep it naive and primitive.

Normally I choose my background color first, which makes it easier to find suitable wool colors for the motifs.  Sadly this time I decided to hook the motifs the way I envisioned them and to heck with background.  Well now it seems I've painted myself into a corner.

 

My intentions are to put a row or two of different values around the motifs and ease a neutral background.  Well, to do a background sorta like the one I did in Big Dog Hollow (shown below).  You might remember that  Kathy (Briarwood Folk Art) and I traded patterns; I chose this one of hers and she picked my Frost Sheep w/Birds and Flowers rug which she is presently hooking.  Hmmmm, she called it something else.  Anyway, she is doing a magnificent job hooking it and I like her rendition better than mine.

Hope you are staying inside and warm.  It is frigid here in Delaware and it is very uncomfortable walking a dog in these temperatures.  Sure wish I could litter box train my Rottweiler Ben.

 

Happy Saturday.

 

Saundra

Home Stretch with Big Dog Hollow

Sheesh, can't believe Big Dog Hollow is almost done since I've not been hooking as much as normal.  Or at least it seems that way since yard work, pattern drawing and other LIFE issues got in the way.

Okay, I'm sure you are all sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to see my Big Dog rug.  Frankly I can't wait to see it on the computer monitor either ~ want to see if dark blue or any other color needs to be replaced with something else.

When I first started hooking this rug wondered if all the stars should be the same color or different ~ make them blend into the background or not.  After much deliberation and comments from friends decided to make them different.  Actually the sliver moon is even more different than any of the stars but is difficult to tell in this picture. 

So I'm in the home stretch now and the rest SHOULD be a piece of cake.  The dove will be close to the other dove on the left.  What I'm worried about are the lambs at the bottom..... SIGH.  Wonder how many times I'll reverse hook those guys until I feel comfortable with them?

Thanks for dropping by and please be kind to one another.  A smile at someone could change their day.  Hold a door open for someone...AND if someone holds one open for you, say "Thank you".  Kindness in contagious.

Saundra