First Day of Spring

So nice to say it is Spring just wish the temps would behave a little more like they are supposed to be this time of year.  Yeah, t'was nice when temperatures were way above normal just a few weeks ago, but now we're paying the piper.

The small hooked mat was designed and hooked by me for a Spring Swap thru the Yahoo Rug Hookers group a few years ago. 

This is just one of over a dozen stitchery pieces I did with the intentions of making them into a quilt.  Well that still  hasn't happened yet and did these stitcheries back around 1997. 

Happy Spring everyone.

Saundra

The Robins are Here

The robins have been in my yard for at least a week now, scampering about, tilting their heads and listening or looking for worms.  The majority of the time they come up with a worm at the end of their beak. Finally since doing this blog post decided to investigate and satisfy my curiosity about the delightful Robin and how they catch their worms.  I won't tell you, but rather let you learn yourself by clicking HERE.  

A few years ago I participated in a swap which covered all 4 seasons.  A person could join for certain seasons or all and we signed up for each season when the group leader was taking names.  We also had different partners at each swap.  

Requirements were they were to be 8" square so that if all the participants wished to join their pieces together for a wall hanging or larger mat, they could do that.  We were to just turn the foundation back and tack it down, no binding necessary.   

The robin above is the one I hooked for my swap partner.  This swap was fun and did participate in the other 3 seasons as well.

Was a great day today, no snow and temps crept over the 50 degree mark.

Saundra

Project #1 Done

Wellllll, the last loop was just pulled but it still needs to be steamed.  Yet, I couldn't stand to wait and show you a picture of the finished mat.  If you scroll down to the previous posting you will see that I made some changes since the last picture. 

First was that I'd totally forgotten to hook the worm in the robin's beak...duh, what was I thinking?  I mean the early bird catches the worm, right?  And the robin is the early bird ~ the whole idea of the spring mat in my way of thinking.  Plus the fact I'd drawn a wavy line just for the worm but some how got distracted.

Second was that I pulled out the dark legs and put in something a little softer and think I like this look better.  Uh, I think.  I'll have to scroll down and check out the difference myself but these legs are staying.

I'm very glad that I did not hook the word SPRING in the top left of the mat.  Even tho it is a wide open space I'm sure the words would have been the first thing people looked at and the robin would have been lost.  And even tho the crocus type flowers are understated, for me to have put in more statuesque flowers would also have detracted from the main focus on the bird. 

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

So now I'll steam this piece and let it rest before doing the very easy task of turning back the foundation and tacking down. 

And now on to project #2, the Sincerely Jane challenge rug.  Oh my but I feel like I'm on a roll now ~ even tho I've now two pieces which still need to be bound; but at least they are all hooked.