Blog follower and rug hooker friend Lisa has purchased several patterns from me ~ some antique adaptations and some personalized creations. One day Lisa wrote asking if I could draw an Uncle Sam riding a horse. I provided a couple primitive sketches where the horse only two legs showing..as in 'cookie cutter' style. She wanted all legs showing.
Then we chatted about how the rest of the rug would be... border/no border, stars in the corner with a border or maybe a rider floating in space across hills and family farm. She liked that last idea so another sketch was done and presented to her.
She approved, pattern drawn and shipped then her hooking began. Below is my original design.
Ya know how we rug hookers just know something isn't quite to our fancy? I do because I've changed many a pattern to suit me. So Lisa pulled out some background and drew a few stars in the sky. Again it wasn't just right for her.
You see how much background she had already hooked (above)?? She pulled it all out and drew the background you see below. Fabulous!
Lisa is magnificent hooker and think she did great work on both versions ~ but it's Lisa's rug and she needs to be happy with it. She is definitely a happy hooker now.
I have put Lisa's work in progress (original design) on my WEB SITE. The web site is still a work in progress. You will notice a difference in appearance between the two pages of patterns. Well over a year ago when I started building the new site the program was different. Therefore two different looks and can't change the first page. I'm hoping that SOONER than later all patterns will be adapted to the same look, but it will take some time.
Happy Sunday everyone.
Saundra
A few weeks ago Lisa, a follower and steady customer, asked me to design a rug pattern for her. She owns horses and attends horse shows frequently so it made sense she would want this in her home. I gave Lisa two design sketches and this is what she chose.
Frankly I believe she made the better choice. When I design a rug don't normally sell it until I've hooked it so the potential customer can see how it looks hooked. This case was different as it was for Lisa and she was ready to start hooking. Lisa has done such a fantastic job on it so far that now I want to hook it. But before I can do that two rugs need to be completely hooked and another one bound.
Happy HOT Monday to you all. I will continue with the next episode of "my hooked items" in a future post.
Saundra
