ANTIQUE RUG SHOW

A floral hooked late 19th century or early 20th.

The rug below looks like delicate fanning flowers and leaves.  Love the blotchy background of this and the one above.

Center star with circle of flowers measures 39 x 41 but no date.

Yarn stitched motifs.  I enlarged it so you can see the stitched detail.

Songbird with hit and miss border & background.  Dimensions are 32 x 36.5 and hooked late 19th century.

Two  Scotties measuring 20 x 31 from the estate of Penny Marshall.

Tree of Life hooked by EL measuring 28 x 39.  What sort of textile do you think is the black and red trim around the edge?  I don't think wool would keep its shape like that ~ interesting.

Below is a close up of date and hooking.

A companion piece hooked by EL of geometric shapes.   This one also measures 28 x 39.

And a close up.

Wish there was a better picture of this palomino pony and more info but this is all I could find.

Happy weekend everyone.

Saundra

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The Man Cave Rug Update

After some lighthearted harassing comments on yesterday's post (you know who you are!) I decided to start working on the first of two beer mugs in my son's Man Cave Rug.  Interesting that the first colors of worms pulled and thought would work...didn't.  Back to looking at other worm colors and wool yardage.  Maybe I have it and maybe not.

I've never tried to replicate glass and while my plans aren't to even attempt realism would like to have the beer mug at least recognizable.   What will give me a little better perspective is when I look at this picture on my blog later.  Many times when seeing it on the computer have chosen to replace loops ~ that just happened on the Harvey's Magdalena after a previous post.

So.. get ready...and here we GO.  Really wanted to put a border outline of blue around the mug but I was under the gun by the beer mug Nazi (you know who you are).

For comparison sake, below is the picture of the mug found free which seemed like a good shape to use for my son's rug.  Here is my hooked mug next to the picture.  And I DO see YET, maybe the top shape would have been okay had I outlined it with the background.  See gals, that is also a lesson about outlining the image.  By outlining it controls the spread of the other colors and shapes your image.

Okay then, so Kim, just for the record I am NOT a Princess!  For your information, in my house I am the QUEEN!  Now let me see what YOU GOT !  I want to see some hit and miss border go'n on!

Have a great evening everyone and enjoy the lighthearted banter between me and my friends. 

Saundra