Cape May Rug Show Continued

This is the second posting of the Cape May rug show but have much more to share as the days go on.  Below is Birds and Pomegranates, a design by Edyth O'Neill and hooked by Carol McKey.

This beautiful antique adaptation below was hooked by Sharon Field.  

Oh my, you should have seen this Acorn Harvest in person as the photo does not do it justice.  It was designed and hooked by Karen Buchheit.  The background was hooked from the back which made the front appear as if it were woven.  The acorns and bird were hooked Waldoboro style and was an awesome and humbling hooked piece.

This huge landscape below was designed and hooked by Diane Lenters.

Janet Reid designed and hooked this fall rug shown below.

Herbs, a Marion Hamm design, was hooked by Pat McDonnell.

Cindy Harpring hooked this Chicken design.  I hooked this one as well and purchased the design (Hannah's Hen) from Woolley Fox, not Julie Marie Smith as the card says.

Lucille Festa hooked the rug below, named 1898.

Pumpkin Patch was hooked by Bob Strunk.

Star and Fans is a Sally Kallin design hooked by Karen Buchheit.

Stars and Diamonds probably looks familiar to you as that is an antique adaptation I hooked.

Betsy Warner hooked Vermont, a Karen Kahle design.

And finally, Wool Sampler, designed and hooked by Rebecca Erb.

There are more finished rug photos to share in another post but would like to save some for tomorrow.

Saundra

Cape May Rug Show

There were many rugs in the show and don't think I captured a photo of all of them.  The show is open free of charge to the public and people in the area look forward to seeing the show.  So walking space is precious and move to make way for others to see as well.  While I have intentions of going back to take a photo missed, I forget or get distracted.  Here are 14  rugs for you to look at and enjoy.

The Goat and Pumpkin below was hooked by Cindy Harpring.

The Country French Pig was also hooked by Cindy Harpring.

If you tap on the photo it will enlarge and you may also be able to see who the designer is in the event you want to hook one yourself.  Below is a rug hooked by Karen Buchheit.

Fluffy the sheep was hooked by my tablemate Weslee Hursh.

 The rug below was hooked by Carol McKey.

Pumpkin and fall leaves hooked by Kathy Mullaly.

Lucille Festa hooked the Chicken and Stars below.

Since you've seen this rug below previously you probably remember it is a design by Bev Conway named On the Loose and was hooked by me.  I started it last year at Cape May with Cammie Bruce.  Who, by the way was supposed to teach at Cape May last week but due to the hurricane which hit North Carolina was unable to attend.  No water got into her home but they were hit hard nonetheless, which made her travel a no-go.

Rising Sun is a mat hooked by Bob Strunk.

I believe the halloween rug was hooked by Kathy Mullaly. 

"Trust Me" is a design by Norma Batastini and hooked by Cynthia Stinson. 

The Welcome mat was also hooked by Cynthia Stinson. 

In a previous antique rug show I posted an antique rug design like the one below.  Weslee Hursh adapted it and did an awesome job of hooking.  

Below is Lucille Festa's adaptation of the antique Double Horses.  I took a photo of the left side........

 ....and the right side.  There are plenty more rug photos to share from the show, plus the 'throw down' and winners of the Sheep at the Beach event.

Okay Margaret, true to my promise I weighed 127.5 Saturday morning after arriving home from camp.  Today (Monday morning) my weight is 126 and plan to work at getting that other pound off soon.  But it sure was great indulging in all that great food for a few days.

Saundra

Rugs By the Sea Week Two and Orb Sightings

First thing I noticed when arriving is the billboard with entertainers for our week.  Yippee!  Deb and I request a certain room which happens to be over the bar.  We looked forward to being entertained for a few evenings without having to venture out from our room.

In the past orbs seemed more prevalent when there is entertainment.  You know I search for orbs as they are supposed to be either spirits who have a connection to the Chalfonte or spirit guides who are with the living person.  

First stop was the 'dungeon' next to the bar.  For those who haven't been to Cape May we call the room that since lighting isn't as good on a cloudy day.   But we always take OTT lights or other lighting in the event our teacher has that room.

The only hookers left in the room that evening were Mary Lou Bleakley (my first teacher) and her daughter.  Didn't see any orbs but have seen them in that room previous years.  That spot on the floor doesn't appear to be an orb since it isn't round.

Another shot in the King Edward Bar.  Below you notice the woman with a strapped purse and a balding guy.  When the flash went off he turned around to look at me.  So they wouldn't wonder if the photo was of them, explained I was trying to capture orbs.   The husband told me of his experience of orbs in his departed mother's house.  He said there were not only orbs but a moving ghostly image on his movie camera.  His wife confirmed that; was a fun conversation and I felt validated.

Interesting also was Deb Burcin's experience with ghostly encounters which she shared with us.  You'll have to ask her about that. 

A snap at the band before the crowd arrived.

AHHHH, below is finally an orb which is unmistakable since it is so large.

A photo taken in our classroom during daylight below there are a couple orbs.  One is on the far right top of the wall and another on Bob's pink tee shirt.

I walked closer and took another photo.  The orb on the back wall has moved as has the orb on Bob's tee shirt.  However there is a small orb at the bottom left on the floor.  To your bottom right you can see the 'Sheep at the Beach' hooked mats; more on those in another post.

I found a few other photos with orbs but won't bore you with those.  I have photos of the rug show, results of the winners from the Sheep at the Beach as well as the throw down from rug camp projects.  So stick around.  If you'd like to have these blog posts sent to you as soon as they are posted, just put your email address in the spot on the right side of my blog which says "Follow by Email".

Tomorrow begins the third week of Rugs by the Sea.  This camp is so awesome that it started with just a one week camp.  Then popularity grew and it was made into two-weeks with different teachers each week.  Obviously traditional rug hooking AND the popularity of the organization of Rugs by the Sea it is now a 3 week camp.  

Happy hooking and enjoy the weekend.

Saundra

Just Returned Home from Cape May Today

And I must say I'm worse for wear 😎.  I stayed up way too late every night, drank too much wine, ate more sugary foods and carbs than when I'm home.  The results of that indulgence will show tomorrow morning when stepping on the scales.  But isn't that what we should do when going to rug camps ~ enjoy?? 

Weather was fantastic all week with the exception of a late-afternoon thunderstorm on Tuesday.  Nothing drastic and that is what brought the humidity down for a delightful couple last days.

When arriving on Sunday I walked to the downtown mall and was lucky to pick up this great tee shirt.

I wore it today on the ferry ride home.  In the past my friends and I have purchased other "Cape May Hooker" tee shirts at the Great White Shark store at the down town mall.  

For sure I'll go to bed early as I'm sleep walking now.  The van is empty but nothing is put in its place yet.  That will wait until tomorrow.  

Took many photos so will make more postings.  Later gator.

Saundra

Getting Ready

The 'gathering' has begun and it is being collected in my office near the garage door.

Haven't packed my suitcase yet as I wanted to print out the 10-Day Weather Forecast  for Cape May to see what will be needed.  It looks to be a good week.  I almost feel guilty for being thankful Florence didn't come upwards along the east coast.  Poor folks and animals in North and South Carolina are being battered, some deaths, and will take a while for them to recover.

Okay, moving on to lighter topics.....

I weighed myself this morning before breakfast and am 125 pounds.  Always want to see how much weight I gain at camp and then upon coming home work at getting back to that weight again.  I do love the food there but choose to not eat the red meat or pork.  My favorites are fish (particularly the salmon) and chicken if it is baked ~ no fried chicken even tho I hear it is delicious.  Also yummy is their corn pudding and delicious homemade yogurt.  

In the photo above you can see 9 rugs rolled up, that is the number of rugs completed since last year's Cape May camp.  I'm not done with Lady the Donkey yet so she isn't among the rolled up rugs.  But will take her to work on until Lucille gets to me.

Last year at Cape May I started On the Loose with Cammie Bruce, a design by Bev Conway.

When it was finished I drew and hooked an adaptation of a dog who I named Spike.  I'm hoping my friend Evelyn will take hers as she started hooking it at Cape May last year.

Also hooked a smaller version of Magdalena's Goat.  The first larger one true to the original size was hooked similar to Magdalena's.  But the second smaller one thought I'd show folks a different color palate.

At Cape May last year I was lucky enough to purchase 1909 Horse pattern (by Emma Lou Lais) at a great price.  It seemed to hook fast since it takes no time to finish a block and before you realize it the whole rug is hooked.

At Ocean City, MD last November I started Primitive Horse which is a pattern by Lib Callaway that I'd had for some time. That pattern seems to be the rage now so decided to pull mine out and hook it.

In an April class with Eric Sandberg I hooked this Nola Heidbreder's Flower Power design. 

Next, itching to replicate an antique chose a design from the Kopp book which I named Radiant Flower.

With Cape May looming closer, was feeling the pressure to hook the "Sheep at the Beach".  It was a pattern so generously given to each student at last year's Cape May rug camp.  This is the design drawn on Monk's cloth, except there were no exterior lines.  I drew those to not exceed beyond that to ensure room for binding.

This what I designed.  It will be fun to see how others hooked their pieces and will take pictures of all of them to share with you.

And the last rug completed since last September is Stars and Diamonds antique adaptation.  I hooked the sheep in short spurts while concentrating on the adaptation.

Will have my iPad with me so I'm only an email away.  Not sure how successful I will be posting newly created blog posts while I'm gone but will try.

Saundra

Something I've Never Done Before

In all the years of attending rug camps never once have I started a pattern before class.  Nor have I ever taken a rug to work on which was started in someone else's class.  But this year at Cape May I decided to start "Golden in the Garden" before camp.  This is what the original design looks like by Nola Heidbreder.

Since I wanted to change the golden retriever into a rottweiler image of my dear boy Ben thought it best to start that transition at home.  The shape of the body and face needed to re-configured.  This is what it looks like now.  I used #8.5 and #9 wool strips.

Did not have intentions to make this a realistic looking image of my boy but did want it recognized as a Rottweiler.  You can see where the belly, neck/back and legs have been changed.  The head and body are out of proportion but when I glance at this rug it will definitely remind me of my boy Ben.

In case you are wondering...... I drafted this blog post on my PC at home, saved it and plan to 'publish' it one day after arriving at Cape May.

Happy hooking and hope all your loops look perfect.

Saundra

Test Run doing a blog Post

The following paragraph was typed on my new iPad to see if I could do a blog post from camp.  So.......

As I will be attending Cape May rug camp on Sunday thought I’d see if I am able to post a photo from my archived photo file.  Well so far I am unable to change fonts and text color.  Today when I searched Blogger apps for IOS there were two for $2.99 and one free.  One was 2 stars and the other was 1 star.  Comments on all said it didn’t work and couldn’t post photos.  So since I don’t ha e any app don’t think my results will be any better.

Okay, saved the above typed on my new iPad and then came to the PC to finish the post.  So, guess there is no need for me to stress over making a blog post from camp.  And if I do there won't be anything special about the post, no color, no photos and no minute-by-minute information about the fun I'm having.  

Have no fear tho, I'm not going to let you down today.  Here are a couple antique photos borrowed from Pinterest.  Described as a Pony with fall leaf border 19th century and measures 25 x 30. 

For Kelley, here is a hooked cat.  Unfortunately the entire rug could not be accessed nor any other information.  Sure would like to have seen the whole rug and know more information about it.

Yeah, another horse rug ~ neutral hit and miss background but what caught my attention is that bright red hip and on the cheek of the horse.  No other information available.

Brandt Point Lighthouse is a landmark in Nantucket.  The hooker got the shape of the lighthouse right but not the spelling of it.  The rug must have been well used as it has seen a lot of wear.

Below is a dog rug with a scroll border and probably hooked in memory of a beloved pet.  No other information was available.

A cow rug which a friend of mine likes measures 24 x 28.  Sorry but don't know the date it was hooked.

Am saddened by what I'm seeing happening in the Carolina's on the news.  I cannot imagine their devastation after Florence is finished.  Am praying for everyone in the path of that bitch storm to be safe.

Saundra