Harvey's Magdalena Update

Seems I've been quite the slacker on blogging lately; matter of fact I've been a slacker as far as reading blogs and perusing Pinterest and all my other favorite things to do in front of the computer.  Reason?  Rug camp at Woolley Fox is coming up in less than two weeks and I want this trio of critters all hooked and ready to bind on the trip to Ligonier, PA. 

Right now I love what I'm looking at but this was not the case on Saturday evening after Friday's episode and residual effect (affect or effect?) on Saturday.  Loops were pulled Friday evening and Saturday morning but in the evening it all looked like crap so pulled it out and rehooked the sections in question.

For those of you just finding my blog, below is what the original Magdalena rug looked like.  And yes, I plan to hook red legs on my ducky.  Notice how all the animals have red eyes, and beaks ~ interesting that Magdalena had the artistic thought to have a bit of spark (aka 'poison') in her rugs.  Remember, they used what they had back in the 1800's.

If you would like to learn more about Magdalena and see pictures of some of her original rugs there is a booklet available.  The research was done by my friend Evelyn Lawrence and co-authored by Kathy Wright. 

If interested in purchasing the BOOK, just click on that word "book".

Must say that using worms in a Magdalena rug is far more easy than hooking a hit and miss border or hit and miss design.  I've done a few chair pads with hit and miss as well as my Granny Geometric and Magdalena is the easiest. 

Have a great evening everyone.

Saundra

Update on Old Stuff

No beer mug hooking took place last night or today; sorry.  I did, however, separate a bit more yellow, gold and brownish wool worms for the future task.  Frankly I'm really dragging my feet to start the mugs out of total fear of failure. 

Anyway....I did pull out those bright strips in Harvey's Magdalena and replaced them.  So this is looking a little better than the previous post.  And there WILL be MORE changes made on this piece.

Here is a real treat.... below is the ORIGINAL Magdalena rug named Harvey's Magdalena since it was owned by someone by that name at the time of discovery.   Check out those beautiful primitive animals.

Okay, told you in a previous post I thought Magdalena's animals in this piece had red eyes.  Yup, confirmed.  Notice the red eyes, the berry in the bird's beak as well as the eyes, mouth and feet of the other animals.  True Folk Art using 'what SHE (Magdalena) had'. So I'm changing the eyes and mouths on my hooked piece too.  Still unsure about the duck's feet but just might do that too ...just for Magdalena!

Have a great evening everyone.

Saundra