My first rug was a latch hooked kit from Wal Mart purchased
to give as a gift.  It was put away and forgotten for
several years.  When I next discovered it, I decided to do
the project myself.  It came with the backing, cut yarn, and
a latchhook.  It only took me 4 weeks to finish--and that was
before I retired.  
 



My First Regular Hooked Project:
Another Wal Mart Kit

This project came with backing, hook, and yarn.  I used
a plain wooden picture frame to which I attached the   
backing with thumbtacks.It was fun, fast, and easy.    
I finished it in time to give it to my mother for       
an extra Christmas gift last year.  

 




GETTING HOOKED ON HOOKING
 
After the first project, I looked for another and finally 
ordered one from a catalog.  It was even smaller than 
the first, but it had real 100% wool instead of acrilic.
I enjoyed the feel of it so much I looked into what 
traditional rug hooking was really about, bought some books, 
and joined a club on the internet.

I did a lot of reading, ordered a couple of books, and started
looking for wool.  Well, living in a warm climate, very little
wool was available.  I had some crafter's burlap and drew
a design on it to hook.  I decided to use yarn left from many 
other projects for this project, but put it aside to work on a 
small test piece with wool strips cut by hand. The difference in 
the way this piece looked and felt just drew me into the art of 
making rugs.  

I have since finished a pillow top and started a small rug to go
with the pillow.  They both have pig motifs and are done primitive
style #8cut. 

The finished pig pillow 
Color planning for the rug 

 
 

 

KNIT ONE, PURL TWO
 



My present knitting project (s) is to knit scarves for everyone in
the family for Christmas next year.  The BIG PROBLEM I'm having is 
that I want to keep every one I make.  I now have five packed in 
boxes already and am working on another to give to a family member.  
But I have kept three.  I also plan to keep others, but I'm determined 
to make one gift before I make one to keep.  I guess I plan to keep 
warm next winter.
(photos to come)


 


 

I'M NOT DIZZY ENOUGH,
I'M GOING TO LEARN TO SPIN--
MY OWN YARN THAT IS!
 


(This story with pics to follow--whenever I get "a round to it"!



MY QUILTING
 
The first quilt a version of "The Drunkard"s Path" was hand pieced
by my Aunt Irene who gave the top to my mother.  My mother decided 
she couldn't finish tieing the quilt, so she gave it to me.  I 
boughtnew batting, used some flannel for backing, and machine 
quilted it.



The second quilt for me to work on is actually my first quilt 
because I am doing all parts of the process: the planning, piecing, 
quilting, and finishing.  I first collected many plaid fabrics. 
Since I have not done many quilts, to make it easier, I just cut the
four 4 1/2" squares and for the middle tie square the 2 1/2" square. 
After sewing the four squares, I am using a tape to first attach 
the center piece then sewing it down. This quilt is a graduation gift 
for my nephew.

Color planning the quilt

Cutting the pieces

Piecing the blocks

Pressing the block centers

Pinning the top 

Basting the edges 

The finished quilt 72"x91" 

Matching Table Topper 

Matching Pillow side 1
Matching Pillow side 2



CRAZY QUILTING
I began with pillows on which I included family photos and added
embellishments which included machine embroidery, hand embroidery,
ribbon and roushed flowers and leaves.

For the pictures I used Hewlett Packard Iron-On T-Shirt Transfers
(which must cool before you take the paper off) and Ink Jet T-shirt 
Transfers by Avery (which you must pull the paper off while it is
still hot from the iron).  I prefer the cool removal of the paper and
the results are smoother.  I also tried two kinds of white 100% cotton.
One had a tighter weave than the other and seemed to produce a sharper
image.

 

  Georgia's Pillow and two details

 
Mom's Pillow and 6 details

  

  

  


 


BASKETS CAN BE MADE OF MOST FIBERS
AND USING MANY TECHNIQUES


 






CROCHET, EMBRODERY, QUILTING,
WEARABLE ART, TATTING, BASKETRY
RUGS: LATCH, TRADITIONAL, LOCKER

I enjoy reading about all of these topics.  
You can find these topics and resources for art 
and crafts that relate--just use the list of sources 
and resources that I use.(LIST SOON TO COME)








   

      

         
   
   

      

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