As you regular readers know, In early January I discovered a new Magdalena rug which I've aptly named Magdalena's Goat.
Immediately notified my friend Evelyn who has done the research and hooked all of Magdalena's rugs. We contacted the auction house where the item was sold just to verify it was a Magdalena and Evelyn asked if she could please hook it first before sharing information on my blog. Out of respect for that sweet woman I did just that and she hooked and bound the 29 x 35 design in less than a month. Wow, what a hooking machine she is.
Above is the original and will share Evelyn's rug after mine is all hooked.
The first Magdalena rug I hooked was in 2009 when I decided to tackle Domestic Zoo, the runner. Since Barb Carroll didn't offer the design (she had Bills Buddies instead) Evelyn suggested I offer it and have sold dozens of the patterns since then.
In 2010 I hooked two Magdalena rugs, Dog and Crows above and McCue Eagle below.
Since I switch out my rugs the McCue Eagle is at my front door at the moment. It is nice to enjoy the designs of Magdalena and my efforts.
The following year, 2011 decided to hook a small version of Magdalena's Dog. This is used to decorate my sofa table or harvest table when I want something different to display but not for the floor.
Then there was a Magdalena dry spell until 2014 when I went bonkers hooking Magdalena designs.
Above is Lollipop Bouquet which was a LOT of fun. Frankly I was dreading all those circles and seems to me there were 66 of them (going to memory) because I counted every dang one of them wondered what the hell I was thinking. It was a fun fun rug to hook.
Next hooked was Magdalena's Folk Art Horse;
Then Magdalena's Farm;
And Old Ducks above;
And Harvey's Magdalena was hooked 2015, above. So guess it was about time for me to hook another one of Magdalena Briner Eby's rugs. There are a couple other designs of hers I'd like to hook one day and should make that an annual event for me.
If you would like to read about Magdalena and the research done by my friend Evelyn, you can purchase the booklet HERE.
Should you want either Domestic Zoo or Magdalena's Goat pattern drawn on Dorr natural primitive linen please contact me HERE and I'll give you what information you wish.
Have a great Sunday.
Saundra
My but how time flies and will soon have to remember to write 2015 on checks instead of 2014. Another year older and hard to believe almost 8 years has passed since the divorce.
Something that I like to do now is look back at the rugs I've hooked over the last year. A few years ago I started keeping a list of the rugs completed during the year as it is fun to reflect back on them and memories associated with the time hooking.
The first one finished in 2014 was an adaptation of a Harriet Powers quilt block which I named 500 Mile Betts. I gifted it to my dear friend Evelyn Lawrence since she admired it so much and knew it would have a good home with her.
Next was Magdalena's Lollipop Bouquet and must say this one was on top of the list as one of the most fun. It was fun trying to replicate Magdalena's colors while using up a lot of my left overs and with some cut wool for consistency in the neutral background and base.
Then was the project which wins 'greatest accomplishment' of several years of hooking..... that would be the completion of the damn Granny Geometric which had been started about 10 years earlier. I'd pull it out, hook one block and back in the tote it would go for another year or 5. Happy to say it is done and bound ~ again using up a lot of left over strips.
The Chicken Challenge was offered by Woolwrights Hooking Guild and I jumped on the chance to get a free antique adaptation pattern. This too was fun to make mine different from the original and have blotchy background.
When perusing Pinterest I found a wonderful rug hanging on the wall in a cabin. I knew it appeared to have the age of a copywrite free rug but didn't know who owned it. And some of the images were hard to decipher so guessed they were birds on the sides. Once I learned who owned the rug I wrote for permission to hook it, sell the patterns and received permission. I named the pattern The Cat's Meow because as I had over dyed wool to give an aged look and as the rug came to be it was THE Cat's meow.
Next was Magdalena's Farm; building up quite number of Magdalena's rugs. Soon I'll have as many as Evelyn Lawrence who did all the research and who has hooked all her rugs.
Then I wanted to have another antique adaptation pattern to offer for sale so hooked Pot of Flowers. A picture with a flash and one without. Makes a huge difference in the way they appear on the monitor.
After that I had two commission pieces to do which were rather large. I listed them as something I hooked but they weren't mine to keep and received payment for my work. The names of the patterns and client will remain anonomoyous.
Lucky to win a Duluth Pumpkin kit from generous Maria Barton of Star Rug company I hooked this next; thank you very much Maria. Love those button eyes that came with.
Okay, so then wishing I owned some of those antique Jack-O-Lanterns I knew growing up, decided I needed to design my own Fall/Halloween pattern and came up with "Mache' Jack-O-Lanterns"
Always needing something else to have on my frame chose to hook Magdalena's Folk Art horse next. Yup, those Magdalena rugs are mounting up here Evelyn.
OOPS, while going thru my photos realized I hadn't put Ali Katz on my 2014 list (it's there now tho). Guess that is because still some defining lines need to put in around parts of some of the cats. But it was hooked and bound in this year. I have already sold one pattern and can't wait to see she chose to hook it and hope to get a picture. I understand it won't be worked on until next spring/summer but am still looking forward to it.
Last year just before Christmas I saw what Maria was working on and that little Jolly drove me crazy. Just had to have him so purchased it from Star Rug Company. Yeah, did a change or two to make him my boy Jolly. I love him Maria and he is sitting on my sofa table right now.
And recently last loops were pulled on Magdalena's Olde Ducks. Even tho it hasn't been bound yet still consider it hooked in 2014. Perhaps during the start up of 2015 and during the slow time of this remaining holiday the binding will get done.
EEK, I forgot to mention my 'detour' project of hooking arm chair covers for my computer chair. It wasn't a big project but was hooking nonetheless.
Now all that remains of my hooking in 2014 is Cherries and Candy Stripe which I will show you tomorrow with a bit more of an update.
Have a great evening everyone and may all your loops be perfect.
Saundra
Done just in time for Valentine's Day I managed to get the other two hearts backed and stuffed with lavender buds. In the basket to the far right is the Heart my dear friend Lauren of Rugs and Pugs gifted me, along with a silver pendant/scissor fob with the letter "S". Thanks again Lauren, you're very thoughtful and generous.
The little black dollie was made by my friend Frannie Meshorer, as were the dolls hanging on the wall in the background. I put a little heart pin on her that was also a gift from Frannie. And, if you let your eyes roam past the basket of hearts you will see a heart cut out on the back of my bench seat.
I'm really enjoying the Lollipop Bouquet rug I hooked, you can see part of it on my harvest table. It might be there for a while, unless it sells on e-bay which I doubt. But if it were to sell I would hook this one up again in a heartbeat. Even tho there were 66 circles (yup, I counted them) it was fun to go thru my woolie strips to find suitable colors to hook all of them.
Now that the hearts are hooked and 500 Mile Betts is off the frame think I'll try to endure hooking at least two blocks in that UFO geometric. And then my plans are to start the Chicken Challenge Rug.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone and thank you for visiting.
Saundra
Since binding a rug is my least favorite thing to do it is a slow going process. If there is a doctor appointment it goes with me while sitting in the waiting room, or waiting to pick up my grandson from school. So the rug, needle and yarn or thread stays in the car until finished. This is a picture of it without a flash.
And a picture of it with a flash.
Thankfully it is one more on my 'finished' list but still have Shadow and Long Island Farm to complete hooking. And THEN this coming Sunday will go to another hooking workshop where I'll start yet another project.
Have a great evening everyone. That nice weather I had the other day sitting on the back deck didn't occur today as it was rather frigid. But at least it is better than having snow.
Saundra
Some people call them 'worms' some call them 'noodles' and some call them just plain old 'leftovers'. By whatever name you call them it is very exhilarating to use them up. Here is what I've accomplished on Lollipop Bouquet and every strip has come out of my worm baggies.
During this past winter I posted on my blog about taking the time to separate the worms. Yes, it was boring, and yes even considered stopping and forgetting the whole idea since I'd much rather be hooking than separating worms. HA, for that matter as much as I hate binding a rug think I'd even have preferred that to color separating the worms.
But let me tell you it has been a Godsend having the task done. Since separating them by color I have been hooking and need only a couple more inches or maybe just a couple more strips of a certain color or certain wool. Ya know what? I was able to find what I wanted in that color bag of wool and didn't have to cut yet even more wool to make even more worms.
As you look at the above picture you can see that I used a piece of linen which just made the dimensions needed plus a little. This was left from a pattern drawing, was available to me and I stitched the extra distance on the edge to cover my grippers. Like my mama used to say, "Waste not want not".
Have a great evening and thanks for dropping by.
Saundra
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