A LITTLE HELP FROM A FRIEND

This blog post was handed to me by follower/friend Lady Locust who suggested it's been a long time since I hooked a 'structure', house, etc.  I began to wonder myself so looked thru photos of rugs I've hooked and sent her a list.  Then the lightbulb lit up that this should be my next post.

Actually I have had thoughts of hooking a row of log cabins but that never materialized.  Perhaps if I wasn't so lazy I'd draw one up.  Meanwhile, here are some rugs and mats I've hooked with some sort of building on it.

These aren't in any special order but some might spark a memory.  The first photo has two small structures in it and was a pattern swap with Briarwood Folk Art.  She wanted my Frost Sheep and Birds pattern and I chose her Big Dog Hollow pattern.  Nice fair swap and neither of us had to spend money except for postage.

I drew the Deer with Blue House, an antique adaptation.

Another antique adaptation I drew and hooked was Cottage and Apple Tree.

A small mat which was my contribution in a swap on Yahoo Rughookers before Facebook came along.

This next rug inspired me because Evelyn Lawrence mentioned she was to teach at Sauder and her subjects were to be designs by Harriet Powers (quilter) and Granny Donaldson's cow blankets.  So I asked Evelyn if she'd be interested in taking something I hook of Harriet Powers' designs as a sample for her class.  Of course she jumped on the invitation.

It is my interpretation of the 500 Mile Betts block in Powers' Bible Quilt, and I gifted the piece to Evelyn who has it in her personal collection.

A Day in the Country is a design by Tonya Robey.  The colors look washed out, sorry.  Good grief, hard to believe this was hooked in 2015, where has this last 10 years gone??

Early Farm Scene which is in private collection, sold 2024.

Below is Long Island Farmhouse which is a Lucille Festa Design.

When hooking a Tonya Robey design to be in one of her "Inspirations" booklets she drew this design and I hooked a dark chicken.  But....

.... it was hard to see so reverse hooked and changed it to a white duck, lol.

There was a row of houses in Lori Brechlin's Nantucket Broom Ride which is sold by Kris Miller.

Below, using various motifs available, I designed the rug which was named Puppy Love.

Rainbow Cabin is a design by Barb Carroll and located in one of her booklets.

A Karen Kahle design has many cute slanted cabins in her Small Flowerbox pattern.

In the distance are two structures.  This was a Spring Challenge organized by Kelley Belfast one year.  My daffodils were proddy and a real bell on the sheep.

Oh what fun this next pattern was to hook.  It's name is Windy Day and Cushing sells the pattern.  I should have had it out a week ago when the wind was horrific but March is just around the corner and will pull it out.

My design named Ox Farm has a house in the background.

And finally, another Lori design named Merrie Oct. 31st.  You can see I opted to not put 31st as I might want to keep it out more than one day.

Well kids, that's it for today's trunk show.  Anytime you get a hanker'n to pull my chain and give me an idea, please feel free to do so.  Thanks Lady Locust.

Saundra

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MY CAMP RUG

Lucille Festa was my teacher and don't know how she managed to have it 'all together' when she arrived.  She had just attended ATHA, then 400 miles away from home her vehicle broke down with transmission problems.  Yet she managed to eventually get home, restock her supply of wool, turn around and drive from Vermont to our class in Cape May, NJ.  Heck, I was feeling like a zombie after just 5 days of fun so she must be a superwoman.

What surprised me was the various wool Lucille chose for the dog from my stash ~ colors I'd never be brave enough to mix together, but she did and I like it.    Here's what the rug looks like and I'm quite happy. 

For those of you who read my blog, you saw this photo of odd and narrow pieces of wool pinned to a ring.  For the basket she picked that stripe piece which I think was a part of a poncho or some clothing I'd picked up somewhere.

The bottom plaid was another appearing in the dog which was surprising also since it has specks of shiny threads, also a piece of clothing which appears in the underbelly and part of a leg.  Below is another shot of the dog wool, basket and the ugly.  The other wool  missing in the photo is Rebecca Erb's Black Jack (Reversible Black).

And you will see a block of that 'ugly' wool (as I call it) with the green in it which I used in a tree HERE.  So when you attend a rug class don't be afraid to take those unusual pieces of wool, ya never know how it will look in your rug.  Lucille didn't recommend any of her wool for my project.  I had to just look and buy what appealed to me in order to bring home some of her lovely overdyed pieces.

As you can see from this photo below (the original antique), Lucille drew her own sections for me to hook since my chat with her was that I wanted to hook the rug how she envisioned it.  They aren't too far from the original lines tho.

I'd hoped to get this post published earlier in the day but I did a bit of reverse hooking on and around the basket.  Plus did a bit of yard work since that was neglected last week.  And now it's almost bed time.

Saundra

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MORE CAPE MAY RUG SHOW and THROWDOWN

Will start by showing you three rugs hooked by Jane Sittnick which were hooked using a very hand-friendly polyester knit.   Although hard to see, the attached strips of the knits used she attached to the top right corner.  When visitors attended the show during her time in the room she sat, Jane used those to show how thrift shop purchases can be used to start hooking.  Click on the photos to enlarge.

Another fish rug is Mackerel and she has those fibers attached as well.  Amazing, and gives the appearance of having fish scales; great job Jane.

Another rug designed and hooked by Jane is this Moose where she also used alternative textiles.

Mary Glossner hooked the Hutchinson style mermaid rug below.

The Welcome rug is a Patsy Becker design hooked by June Madden.

Minnie the cat was hooked by Connie Tate.

Sue Menges hooked the pumpkin and crow rug and is ready for fall y'all.

Miss America hooked by Elinor Lundy.

Roberta Olah hooked the dog rug with geometric background.

The Run for the Roses runner was too long for me to get a complete photo.  It was hooked by Shelley.

HO  HO HO, yup, guess it will soon be time to think about the Christmas season.  Look at the tiny ornaments hanging at the bottom.  It was designed and hooked by Chance Allen.

Eastern Native American Frog was hooked by Leslie Stroble.

Below are a few of the rugs being hooked in Lucille's class.  Guess I missed a couple photos as there were 14 of us in her class and I don't have that many photos.  Oh well, here's what I do have....

Happy Home Happy heart by Lori Brechlin being hooked by Cindy Dillow.

Magdalena's Eagle hooked by Shari Vanart in #9.

Pearl and Earl, a Lucille design but can't remember who is hooking it.

Laura McElroy is hooking the pattern below; think she and Lucille decided to forgo the leaves on the trees and give it a willow tree appearance .. me thinks that was the decision.

The rug below is HUMONGOUS and being hooked by Deborah Curry in #8 cut.  It is a Keith Kemmer antique adaptation.

Sorry but don't recall or don't remember who is hooking any of these great primitives.  The first rug below must have been started prior to camp because there's no way someone could have hooked that much in 3 days ~ or at least I couldn't.

Another Minnie being hooked by someone.

Another Lucille designed rug below.

And yet another Lucille designed rug being worked on. 

Yes, I did start a rug at camp but I'm holding out showing it to you until I get more hooked.  Besides, I want to show you some of the wool being used in the rug.

Happy hooking, happy heart, lol.

Saundra

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Today has been cloudy and rainy.  It is to rain all thru the night and prediction for this eastern shore area is between 1"-3" of rain.  At least it isn't snow, yet.

Wishing all of you a happy Thanksgiving.  Here are a few turkey rugs I've hooked.  The 1847 turkey was from a Need'l Love booklet and color planned in my first Lucille Festa class.  There is no last initial hooked in the rug as I was being divorced from and planning to take the last name Porter back and relinquishing the name Slagle.  He didn't want me so I didn't want his last name.  Yeah, I know, more information than you needed, lol.

Turkey and Tallowberries designed by Lori Brechlin and sold by Spruce Ridge Studios.  This one I hooked at home around 2016.

Old Tom is another pattern with the Lori and Kris collaboration.  I hooked this one at home too but not as happy with my color selection even the second time around.  If you want to look at poor Old Tom's before life you can see it HERE.

Again, Happy Thanksgiving.

Saundra

CAPE MAY CLASS RUG THROW DOWN

This first group of rugs are from Caroline Twigg's class (Eagles Nest Woolens).

Two Old Cats is being hooked by Deborah. 

Here is the original antique of that rug.

The Comstock Bed Rug is Mary Lou's project and a photo of the original antique is below it.

Night & Day pattern is being hooked by Leslie. 

I'm wondering if the rug below was the inspiration for Caroline's design of Night and Day.

Sally designed the piece below.  Hope she sends me a picture when it is finished.  Think it is sea related and those might be shells.  Not sure what those white strips are but looks like sand dollars at the bottom.

Meredith's project is the Two Sheep pattern offered by Star Rug Company.

Lollipop Flowers is what I named this antique adaptation I am working on.

 And the original antique is shown here.

Below is Stella's rug and at least one of the cow's was kindly drawn for her by Deborah.

Shari chose to hook a black sheep, it is an adaptation offered by Eagles Nest Woolen.  

The original antique reclining sheep rug is below.

The next rugs are from Lucille Festa's class (American Country Rugs) but don't know who was hooking which ones.

This first rug is an antique adaptation.

Below is the original antique rug.

I believe this antique is Lucille's version being hooked shown above.

Below is a photo of the back of Caroline talking to one of the members of the Howard Street Ramblers band setting up for their afternoon concert.

Well there ya have it, the fun of Cape May in a capsule, lol.  Thankfully the two-way ferry ride was without high sea incident.  I don't get sea sick, I was afraid of hurricane Lee cancelling the ferry and we got lucky.

Happy hooking.

Saundra

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