Sunday, September 20, 2009

My latest project

Hi all, I have been busy with my latest project. A hooked rug. This is my fish or really my grandsons. He is my first attempt at designing. I was involved in a rug swap and I wanted it to be special and fun. I really enjoyed matching all the colors to go with him. I hope you enjoy him to. His name is Herbert.

This is the outline of my fish and the seweeds and coral. I also added a few air bubbles for movement. I like to think It worked.

This is my fish. I made him two toned. It was as close as I could get to the color of my real fish.


Here is my fish with some background hooked in along with some details done. My initials and the date.



Here I have pressed the front and back of my fish. You do this step after you have finished all the patteren and getting ready to whip. You wet a towel and press your rug, front and back, then you let it set overnight .




This is when I got him pined up and ready to whip. I put cording in and and wrapped the backing around the cording.





This is my finished fish. He was my first design. I was very pleased with the out come.






Saturday, August 1, 2009

Here is my barn that I finally
deciced to update on. It is
done in a 6 cut. Here I
have made a good start.
Here I have it almost filled in .
I just like a little on the background.

Here I have the barn finished.
I will start on the background next.



Here I have the background finished.
I cut off the extra backing
so I could start whipping the ends.



Here it is all finished.
It was so fun to do. Here is my barn all finished. It was such a fun peice to do. It is designed by Lavenderwool. It is a great beginner rug. I still have a little trouble with the whipping, especially around the corners. I haven't decided which rug I will do next, but I will let you all know.




Sunday, June 7, 2009

This girl needs help!!

For anyone reading this blog, Tina needs help finding her daughter. She has been missing for 18 months. She was last seen with a sex fleon. She needs 1000 names to get the law in SC to hunt for her missing daughter, so please sign!!http://www.petitiononline.com/Teista/petition.html Think about what you would do if it were your child!!

New rug hooking items!

This is a punch needle patteren that I got from Karen in a swap. I loved the patteren
and just couldn't wait to get it done.
Here are a couple of new books that I got on rug hooking. I have only glimpsed inside. I haven't
had time to read them(all the way through yet). I am looking foward to a quiet day , then I will
really be able to enjoy them.


Here is a few of the magazines that I do read. They all are very good. They also have free patterens in them. I enjoy them very much.



Here is my chair that I read, sew and hook in. It is really very comfortable.




I got this lamp at wal-mart to use to see to hook my rugs with.





Here are different size hoops that I use for everything. I quilt, crosstitch, punchneedle, and rug hook with them. I like usesing different sizes,






Now, here is my quilt hoop. That is what I use if for anyway. I have several different sizes for that.







These are some pots that I got at a yardsale. I may try to learn to dye some wool, once I get a few more.








Here are some wool sweaters and blazers (100percent wool) that I picked up at a few yard sales. I would love to find some more. I really need wool!!









Now here is my Frazier cutter. This nice, sweet little machine cuts my wool into strips. It cuts them according to the size cutter(that's the little wheel thing) you have.










Here is the way I put my material on the cutter, well this is a side view so that you can see what it looks like.











Now this is what it looks like at the end. See how it cuts the wool into strips. Man, I can't beleive that it took me so long o get a cutter. I love it that is for sure.












Now , here is the next patteren that I am going to try to doe. It is designed by Lavenderwool. These are the colors that I chose. Reminds me of my old barn as a child.












Here, is the first patteren that I have finished. I know that there is a lot of mistakes, but I will learn more as I go. I really, really need to learn to finish a rug. I can see that I don't know how to do the whip stitch at all. That's ok I am learning and having a blast doing it, and to me that's what counts.














Friday, May 29, 2009

new computer

Hi all I am back and with a different computer. Mine crashed and guess who didn't have backup? Yep! Me! I have learned a hard lesson. I will post more pictures a son as I can. Remember to make a back up it only takes a few minutes. I promise it will be worth it. I lost a lot and can't get it back. I am having to start over, please don't let this happen to you.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Great Grandbabies

Hi, I would like for you to meet Gracie, beautiful baby.
This is our first great grand daughter.She is so huggable. Look at those earrings!
This is our second great granddaughter. Her name is Aubrey. We haven't goten to see her yet,
but ain't she a dollbaby.

Looks like nap time to me.


Look at that hair!! Looks like she is smiling at momma.

Well that's all the pictures I have for right now. I took some of my grandsons but for some reason i can't get them to down load. I will try again later.


Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Susan"s wedding

This is Susan and me. She was beginning to think hat this day was never gonna happen. She did make a beautiful bride.
This is Susan and Charles. They both looked so good and were so very nervous. But they finally got their I do's out.

This is me and Charless. He sure looked good.


This is Sue and me. She looked so pretty in her bridemaids dress.



The kiss that everyone cheered for. They thought no one was watching, but we were.




This is susan showing me her wedding ring. She had money pined on her dress from the money dance. Cute!

Anyway, they made it!! All her worries were for nothing.



Friday, May 1, 2009

New Books

Sorry I haven't posted for awhile. I have been rather busy. My friend is getting married tomorrow and I have been helping her. I have been learning about some new crafts.

Here is three new books that
I have been reading,they are on rug hooking. They have been very interesting and very informaitive. I haven't read all of them but I am slowly reading them. I know i will read them over and over again.

























































































































































































































































































Here is another type of hooking. You use a punch needle and yarn. I have just started reading it.
I will learn more and try it soon.

here is a book on miniture punch needle. This started my love of punching. It is amazing what you can do with a special needle and dmc floss and a few other types of floss. Most of these projects i can do in a day.
well, that's about it for tonight. I will try to get pictures of the different types of tools that I have to go with each book.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

New Crafts and 1 finish

This tag has dye instructions on it. Yes, she sent me that aslo. I don't know how to dye yet, but I will.






The next few pictures are a gift from Joan. She sent me all these!! I was so excited, it was like Christmas again. I played in them for hours. I only have two patterens to choose from, to make. I still don't know which one yet.



Here is about my fourth attempt at rug hooking. I tried several with wool. I tried ripping the wool myself, but it looked like a wool rat!(Awful) Well I sure wasn't about to send that! So I go get me a rotoary cutter, still looked bad. It did go from a wool rat to a shaggy dog! Finally, I decided to go with ribbon. It says it is to use for rug hooking. I gave it a try and I liked it. Most importantly, I got HOOKED!! And now I love it.




Here is the wool she sent with it. I love it. Sorry guys, she sent Choc. to, but I ate it. All I can say is that it was good.





Here is my trivet that I got from a trivet swap. It is from Liz. I love it. I hope to be able to to it that well. I am working on it.






I finally finished Carroll's Eagle Quilt. It is a cross stitch. I had to hang it on the door to get a picture. It has what the patteren called a photo frame boarder. I am not to sure about it . He likes it and I guess that's all that counts.








As you guessed, my new craft is Rug Hooking!! I feel in love with it after my first trivet. I am learning a little everyday. I just refuse to cut anymore wool until I get a cutter. I have it ordered, I am just waiting for it to arrive. I still haven't made up my mind what patteren I want to do. I want to get a patteren for a "mug rug". I think they are neat and I might be able to do that without messing up to bad. (I hope)






Monday, April 13, 2009

New things

Hi, I am back! I really missed my blogg. Here are a few things that I have been doing while I have been away.

This is a punch needle patteren that I designed. It is called "childhood memories". I was in a spring swap and decided that this was a good project. Does it make anyone else remember their childhood?

Now this little fellow made my winter days fade. I gave him away in another swap. I really hope he chased her winter days away.


Of course you all know who this handsome fellow is. Did you get on his naughty or nice list. I must of gotten on his nice list, because my son came and spent christmas with me. First one in 7 years.



Here is a ribbioar that was created by Angla, she let us have the patteren for free . We could design it anyway we wanted as long as we didn't change the design. I love my little pink beads. I think that they set it off.




Here is my two swap peices from last year tha I didn't get to post. These are from Karen. They are still on my refg. I love them.





Here is my swap piece from Barabra. You open the tin and can put stuff in it. I aslo got the thread. I have put my grandson,s first haircut peiceses in there. It is so beautiful!


Ok, enough for today. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did.



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