Have been going thru and trashing more magazines ~ why oh why did I keep all these Country Living, Country Sampler, Mary Englebreit's Home Companion, etc? Taking up space, clutter and haven't been looked at for years until recently only to get tossed anyway.
BUT...I did see a couple interesting photos which I scanned and saved. Sadly since it was scanned from a magazine it isn't very clear. It is Olde Cat hooked 1880.
Finally have a full view of the Antique Peddler which was found in a 2005 issue of Country Sampler. The photo I had of it previously only showed the top tongues. Again it is a grainy photo since it was scanned from a magazine. Something I hadn't noticed when first buying the magazine in 1999 was this bunny on Bike at the bottom right. This is the artwork of Chris Roberts Antieau and the bunny is one of the characters in the rug pattern sold by Vermont Folk Art named "Wee Folk".
Here is the Wee Folk rug I hooked and look at the distinct similarity of the bunnies. Wonder if Chris designed the entire rug or if someone else was inspired by her bunny in the magazine and used it as inspiration to design this??? And finally a complaint about ebay....this morning I'd planned to relist items which had not sold two or three weeks ago. Hit the 'relist' and learned they no longer accept PayPal but want my bank account so they may handle their own payment from end to end. Which means if I buy, I'd need pay eBay out of my bank account. No thank you!!!! Too damn much personal information is now required which makes us (me) more vulnerable to theft and those unscrupulous scammers.
Happy Saturday and happy hooking.
Saundra
