tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28119938212473409642024-03-06T01:17:49.825-07:00The Middle SisterGaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.comBlogger439125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-78663299642758427782018-04-14T12:38:00.004-06:002018-04-14T12:38:56.290-06:00Catching Up!I've been busy hooking & quilting my little heart out. Let's see if I can remember all the things I've made recently. This rug is my newest finish - I completed whipping the edge with yarn this week. It measures 36" square and is hooked with an 8.5 cut. Controlled scrappy makes me just as happy as scrappy with abandon! LOL<br />
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I finished this one a month ago or so. I saw a black & white photo of a rug similar to this in an old rug hooking book. It was interesting to hook because I wasn't influenced by the color choices in the original rug.<br />
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This was a Christmas gift for my daughter-in-law and was so fun to hook.<br />
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I love all the different black & white wools I used and the linear hooking.<br />
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There is a store in SLC that sells overstock and salvage items. A friend of mine goes every single week to see what treasures she can find. She knew what this was as soon as she saw it, and since she knows I'm a rug hooker she bought it for me. There was a name on the back, so I got online and tracked down the gal who made it - asked her if she had any idea of how it ended up in Utah. She was totally shocked - said she made it for her sister's birthday and UPS claimed it was lost in shipping. I asked her if she wanted it back and she declined - saying she had already moved on and gotten over the loss. I didn't have the heart to tell her that it was sold for $1.00 - can you even imagine? It's a desert quail and she used a mixture of wool strips and wool yarn.<br />
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My friends have been busy too. It's been awesome to watch Nancy's rug progress over the last few months. She hooked the flower basket first and has been working on some really wide borders - at least 10"-12" I think.<br />
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Sharon has completed four chair pads - they're each unique and old looking. I love them!<br />
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She also hooked this rug that looks like a penny rug. Not sure if she drew the circles freehand or traced around a cup or bowl, but each one has it's own personality and they all play well together.<br />
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Sandy made these two cute little runners for holidays and she says they worked up quickly. The bunnies have the cutest little pom-poms for tails!<br />
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She also spent a day in her dye pots resulting in these beautiful wools. I can't even remember the last time I dyed - maybe I'll get to play a bit when warm weather arrives and I can work outside.<br />
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Kathy's son was married on March 17th and she made this doll to mark the occasion - it was displayed at the wedding reception. You probably can't tell from this photo, but her attention to detail is amazing! She uses sculpey clay for the head & hands, then makes the clothes without a pattern. She's made witches, fairies, and all kinds of other characters.<br />
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Several months ago Jeanette brought this old rug that someone had given to her. It's only partway done and was so interesting. I think it used yarn and was sculpted. Beautiful work!<br />
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Coralee has worked on some fun projects lately. (sorry about the wonky photos!)<br />
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<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com81tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-71780999899024965332017-12-22T17:05:00.001-07:002017-12-22T17:08:21.433-07:00I'm Alive! I know I've been terrible at blogging lately, but life has just been getting in the way. Everything is fine with me and mine, so let me share some show & tell with you from my last couple rug group meetings....<br />
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Last time I saw Sharon, she was working on a set of chair pads and this is one of the designs she was doing. Her work is always so recognizable to me!<br />
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Coralee finished this Nativity rug in plenty of time to enjoy for the Christmas holiday.<br />
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She was also working on a needle punch project made from a drawing a neighbor girl drew. I think she was going to gift it to her when it was finished.....<br />
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Sandy was doing an architectural piece.<br />
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Kim is hand quilting this quilt she made from a kit given to her by a friend. Such beautiful work. I was so surprised to learn that she doesn't use a thimble - OUCH!<br />
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Leisa put the finishing touches on this ogee design - I think I'll be adding one of these to my 'must do' list some day! The color ideas are endless! Do a Google image search for ogee to see some inspiring photos.<br />
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Nancy is nearly finished with the center of this large floral rug she's making. It will have wide borders on all sides inspired by an article in a recent Rug Hooking Magazine.<br />
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Yvonne has finished this rug now, but I can't find a photo of the completed rug, so you can get the idea of it with this picture. Such a happy design!<br />
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Myra has been doing a lot of stitching on this wool project. Here are the pieces in progress.....<br />
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....and here is the finished box. So fun!<br />
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The other Nancy knitted these gloves to give to a friend. You might remember that she's written several knitting books and travels the world teaching classes. She's SO talented!<br />
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This is a bag that she began hooking in a recent workshop - can't wait to see it all finished.<br />
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I'll share my completed project after Christmas so there's no chance of being seen by the recipient and spoiling the surprise.<br />
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Merry Christmas All!<br />
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<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-20827888176841075142017-11-05T19:02:00.000-07:002017-11-05T19:02:07.425-07:00Hook-InI attended the Utah Hook-In on Saturday, but sadly, didn't think to take very many photos. A friend snapped this picture of me with the door prize I won - a basket full of yummy wool!<br />
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And this is the project I started that day. My sweet DIL said she'd love to have me hook a rug for her, so she looked and looked to find something she liked and decided on a design from West Elm. I will hook MY version of it. It's very modern and definitely out of my comfort zone, which will make it fun to work on. With any luck I can get it finished by Christmas (crossing my fingers!)<br />
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Two weeks ago we went with two of our kids and their families to Moab to go off-roading and do a bit of hiking. We had a wonderful time in a beautiful place - people come from all over the world to see our state!<br />
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<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-16639015134603529552017-10-16T19:13:00.000-06:002017-10-16T19:13:08.664-06:002nd Wednesday GroupLast week when I met with the SLC rug group, our numbers were fewer than normal. One of our gals was cruising up the coast of New England (and got to visit Cushings) and another gal had just left for Italy. Sheesh! World travelers, both! LOL In spite of that, we had a good visit.<br />
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Here is the rug I've been working on for the last month or so. I'm hooking it with a #9 cut so it's going pretty quickly. It's long and skinny and will be a table runner. The yarn I found will be perfect for whipping the edges.<br />
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We meet at Nancy's house and she showed us a pillow that she had just made from one of her hooked pieces - it had a nice envelope backing made of wool.<br />
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And she pulled the final loops on this sweet rug while we were there..... might be another pillow!<br />
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The other Nancy was working on a small rug that will be the topper for a footstool - a vine with several hues of green leaves. She was still deciding what color to use for the background.<br />
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This floral arrangement was the centerpiece on Nancy's table for the season. So pretty!<br />
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My friend Yvonne - from the Netherlands - is visiting in Utah again. You can follow her travels <a href="http://stitchinbitch-yvonne.blogspot.com/2017/10/cousins-road-trip-usa-grand-junction.html">here</a>. I'm heading to the same area with my family later this week - sure would be fun to meet up with her, but I have a feeling she'll have moved on before we arrive. Darn!Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-4131257755549705062017-10-08T16:39:00.000-06:002017-10-08T16:40:43.765-06:001st Tuesday Rug GroupLast week I attended one of my monthly rug meetings and enjoyed visiting with all my friends there. Lots of beautiful rugs to see! First up is one that Kim recently finished a floral with birds and an urn.<br />
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And this is what she's working on now. Our guild recently had a workshop on how to hook a rug and attach it to a small footstool. This is how she will be using this.<br />
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Sandy is the one who designed this floral. She had the entire thing hooked but ran in to a glitch and is now pulling out the wool to rehook on a new piece of foundation exactly the same way.<br />
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Marliss is nearly finished with this pumpkin that she plans to give to a friend.<br />
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Coralee is working on a stained glass image that should be ready for Christmas.<br />
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Sharon was finishing the edge of this penny-style rug.<br />
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Victoria is nearly done with a memory rug depicting a silhouette of her & her sister sitting on a swing watching the fireworks as children. The border will be hooked to look like a wooden picture frame.<br />
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She's using wonderful shinny metallic fibers that capture the sparkle of the fireworks perfectly!<br />
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I'm nearly finished with my most recent rug so I'll share a picture of it when I'm done in a few days.<br />
<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-82236966879309871382017-09-30T17:09:00.001-06:002017-09-30T17:09:18.631-06:00Maybe This Works?I bought a little camera from a neighbor who got a fancy new one and didn't need this anymore. It seems to work okay, except it doesn't look like I'm able to rotate photos like before. Guess I'll have to always take them in the horizontal position (which isn't great for some quilts), but I'll give it a try for only $35. Here's the barn quilt I tried to share in my last post.....<br />
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<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-9873294887825378432017-09-19T13:28:00.000-06:002017-09-19T13:28:27.295-06:00Camera WoesI have two small, inexpensive digital cameras that I've been using for years when I blog. What are the chances that both of them would decide to quit at exactly the same time? Argh! I know some people can blog from their phones, and since that's the only camera I have right now I thought I'd give it a try on this short post.<br />
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I recently made a wooden barn quilt and attached it to the front of the house above the garage door.<br />
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It measures 36" square and was pretty simple to make. I used a tutorial I found on the blog of a local gal who makes these and sells them at fairs & boutiques - she also teaches classes at quilt shops all over the country. Her tutorial can be found <a href="http://www.tweetledeedesignco.com/2015/05/how-to-make-barn-quilt.html">HERE</a>.</div>
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I'm heading to California tomorrow to visit family, and I purposefully timed my trip so I could attend an outdoor quilt show I've heard about for several years now. It's held at the Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore. There are also classes offered, but I will just see the quilt show since I'll have extra people with me who aren't in to quilting as much as I am. I'm hoping it will be a great visit!</div>
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<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-28203029872542430202017-07-13T20:36:00.000-06:002017-07-13T20:36:28.061-06:00Help Me Decide!I have a dilemma! I have made a quilt top for my newest grand baby. It was super easy and it's super cute using only black & white solids. My DIL saw a picture of it somewhere and I went from there. Made entirely of HSTs.<br />
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I found a white/black print for the back, and the aqua will be used for the binding. I plan to applique the baby's name on the back with the aqua also.<br />
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SO - I have no idea of what color of thread to quilt it with! Black? White? Gray? Clear? Maybe change colors to match the fabric in each section? I just can't decide, so I'm hoping someone will give me a solution and steer me in the right direction! And any suggestions on a quilting design would be greatly appreciated too!<br />
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Last weekend I had an itch to make a quick small project, so this is what I ended up doing.<br />
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Allover meandering turned out pretty well the very first time I used my new sewing machine.<br />
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It's a Juki and I'm really liking it so far.<br />
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<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-43121807458614243862017-06-15T14:41:00.002-06:002017-06-15T14:41:45.116-06:00Halfway JuneHard to believe that June is half over already. DD#1 & her hubby have gone to Cancun so I have their little boy for the week. Yep, feels a little like deja vu since I did the same thing for DD#2 a month ago! Sure do love those little ones, but I know why we have kids when we're young ourselves. Whew!<br />
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I met with one of my rug groups last week and there was some good show & tell. Kim hadn't done any hooking, but showed us her beautiful blocks for a square-in-a-square quilt she's making. She'd planned to make it for herself, but her younger son is making wedding plans so she decided it would be made for the newlyweds instead. Beautiful fabrics!<br />
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Sandy's husband designed and hand drew this awesome rug for her entry way. It's at least 4' x 6' - maybe a bit bigger. She plans to hook is using only brown & cream wool - very classic and totally awesome! I have several friends who's husbands are interested in their rug hooking and it always amazes me to hear of their support, since my hubby isn't like that. Lucky gals!<br />
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Yesterday I met with the Salt Lake Group - our newest member had finished her very first rug hooking project - a floral pillow inspired by a piece of fabric. The back and piping were black velvet - very rich looking.<br />
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I love the way she added bits of purple fabric to the black background when she hooked it.<br />
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Yvonne is making progress on her bright floral rug - plans to put it in the guest room where her grand daughters sleep when they come to visit. Isn't it happy looking?<br />
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Nancy is nearing a finish on her rug - she often includes clever and/or inspiring sayings in her projects and this one is a goody.<br />
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Myra has been very busy and brought two sewing buckets that are spectacular. She designed several of the motifs on the outer pockets to reflect the owner - this one is her's......<br />
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....and this is for one of her daughters. She has plans to make many more. What lucky family members she has! Makes me wish she would adopt me! LOL Over the weekend our guild had a workshop and made Nuno felted scarves. Sadly, I was too busy helping put in a sprinkler system and couldn't attend, but Myra brought her scarf and it was just beautiful. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of that. I'm hoping to try this technique myself some day!<br />
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Mary Jane featured one of my rugs on her blog yesterday - I was honored that she asked to do so - she did a great job on it! You can read her entry<a href="http://www.maryjanesrugs.com/?p=6219"> here</a>.<br />
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<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-43293350401479928002017-06-01T19:41:00.000-06:002017-06-01T19:42:07.195-06:00FriendshipA week ago I spent the day with two of my good friends and we took the 90 minute drive to visit the Spiral Jetty on the north end of the Great Salt Lake. They had never been there before, and I'd only been once before about 25 years ago, so we were all looking forward to it. We stopped at Subway and got sandwiches & salads for our lunch, then sat in the dirt parking lot on lawn chairs and enjoyed the view after walking the spiral and hiking the overlook. Fun day! (I wore a quilty shirt!) If you Google Spiral Jetty you can see more photos and learn about the artist and the history of the installation - it's kind of interesting. People come from all over the world to see this, and yet very few local people even know it exists!<br />
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Also last week, I won my friend Janet's blog giveaway (<a href="http://roguequilter.blogspot.com/">Rogue Quilter</a>) and the goodies arrived in the mail yesterday. Her handmade soaps are SO luxurious - love using them in the shower. The little thread snips will be great for both machine work and hand work so they'll be used a lot. And what quilter doesn't enjoy receiving new fabrics? The little Dresden pincushion is perfection itself! Thanks for your generosity Janet!<br />
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When I packed up my studio to move to the new house, I discovered some vintage fabrics I had forgotten all about. This small piece of cheddar & purple really caught my eye - it was shaped irregularly - maybe a fat quarter in size - and I loved the colors.<br />
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Janet had just shared a free pattern available on the <a href="http://www.henryglassfabrics.com/php/catalog/fabricshop.php?a=sc&Category=432">Henry Glass website</a> and I thought it was cute.<br />
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After I chose some coordinating fabrics from my stash, I decided to try making it.<br />
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This is what I had leftover, and I had to piece together small bits for one of the alternate blocks - I felt very 'make-do' in my efforts. The largest piece is probably 2" across.<br />
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The top is all finished - and just this minute I noticed that two of the blocks are turned the wrong way. ARGH! Guess I'll get my seam ripper out..... The finished size is 23" x 29".<br />
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A bit of a close-up shot below - a totally different feel than the original design by Stacy West!<br />
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I'm so thankful for friends and their influence and contributions to my life!Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-30872393199748121132017-05-24T20:41:00.000-06:002017-05-24T20:41:15.408-06:0037 Years!I'm very late at getting this post written, but today is my 37th wedding anniversary! Hubby hand drew a picture for the front of our wedding invitation all those years ago - it was very unconventional to say the least - showing a frog marrying a princess! About 15 years ago I found a Willie Rae figurine that reminded me SO much of his drawing that I had to buy it. I dug out one of our invitations and framed it in a thrift store frame. Now they are displayed side by side on my bedside table.<br />
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Yesterday my friends Kay and Sue came to see the new house. Kay is a rug hooker and brought some show & tell. Several months ago I dyed some wool for her to use as stained glass windows and hoped it would work for her. Well, here's how it turned out.<br />
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Pretty perfect, I think!<br />
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This depicts the Kaysville LDS Tabernacle which is right next door to her house......<br />
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....and here is an old photo of the pioneer era building.<br />
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(the stained glass windows from the inside)<br />
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She also showed me her newest rug which includes one of the things she always tells her sons and grandchildren - very good advice for all of us - BE NICE! As always, her hubby drew the design for her.<br />
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She had this darling little piece of embellished stitchery that a friend had gifted her with - so sweet! I love the smushed thimble being used for a flower pot!<br />
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<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-18694480828141652102017-05-10T11:17:00.001-06:002017-05-10T11:17:22.866-06:00Show & TellThe quilt I made from my dad's shirts is all finished except for the label and I can't quite figure out what it should say. Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Here's a picture of it - finished size is 50" x 60". Hope to get it in the mail to his wife very soon.<br />
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I used the remaining fabrics to piece together a panel large enough to use on the back of the quilt, so it's as busy as the front.<br />
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I incorporated the labels on the back just for a bit of interest.<br />
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I'm missing my monthly meeting with the Salt Lake rug group today - DD#2 & her hubby are in Cancun and I have their two little munchkins keeping me company. But here are some pictures of the group I met with last week. Coralee is working on a rug depicting the Pacific seashore she visited recently - kinda fun to preserve a memory this way.<br />
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The surfboard was interesting - she added tiny bits of dyed nylon here and there between the rows of hooking to add color and texture - amazing what an impact it has on the rug.<br />
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Sandy is also doing an ocean themed rug - this started as a punch needle pattern that she enlarged.<br />
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I just realized there were a lot of water lovers at this meeting as Marliss' mermaid rug is coming along nicely - I love the color she added with the coral.<br />
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Jeanette is doing a small sheep rug - we all love those, right?<br />
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Sharon's version of Lori Brechlin's <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/518018957/lancaster-barnyard-hooked-rug-patter-on?ref=shop_home_active_4">Lancaster Barnyard pattern</a> is awesome - she is really good at hooking in the anti-godlin style - as seen in the bird on the right. I love her colors.<br />
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Marliss showed us this shelf her hubby had just made of reclaimed lumber and some old hooks - it's available for purchase! Talent just seems to run in her family!<br />
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It was a really nice get together. I enjoyed seeing everyone since I missed last month.Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-56709972981019213742017-04-24T20:59:00.001-06:002017-05-10T10:59:04.671-06:00Here I Am!A couple of really nice gals recently emailed me to tell me that they missed reading my blog - how sweet! So I decided I better write a post to do a little catching up. Our move went just fine. We still have a lot of boxes to unpack, but we're getting there and it's starting to feel like home. Here's a picture of the new place taken this afternoon when it was dreary & wet. We hope to get a yard in this summer - hubby is a landscape architect so he has the plans all drawn up already.<br />
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Did you notice those two windows above the garage? That's the bonus room which is my studio. I've gotten my quilt fabrics organized and put on shelves - and found the perfect place to display my collection of vintage toy sewing machines. In fact, I think I can use a few more of them!<br />
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My very first project is sewing a lap quilt - here it is on my design wall below. My dad died unexpectedly in January and when I was talking to his wife a couple weeks ago she told me how hard the evenings are for her because it's so quiet with no one to talk to. I asked her to send me his cotton shirts and I'd make her a lap quilt out of them - she can wrap herself up in it when she's watching TV or feeling sad. It's been kind of therapeutic for me to handle the fabrics that he wore - funny that there were no stripes in his closet - only plaids, solids, and one Hawaiian print!<br />
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Here is the carnage leftover from disassembling the shirts on my family room floor.<br />
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I just finished reading a really good book - the author has a new one out so I'll get it from the library soon and read it too. I highly recommend this one.<br />
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I attended one of my monthly rug meetings a couple weeks ago and have a little show & tell to share. Myra had this darling apron - the flower pots are sewn from fabric and the flowers are painted on - what talent!<br />
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And she was working on this happy rug with the same bright colors.<br />
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Nancy had finished this cute rug since our last meeting - it all started with the star flower she had seen in a magazine and grew from there. I love that one of the borders is different.<br />
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A few months ago at my quilt group, we learned to make our own wool dryer balls using yarn - mine were pretty tame, but Jayna really took off and made a gazillion of them for Christmas gifts that she embellished with fun designs and colors. They look so nice nestled in her old wooden bowl.<br />
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Hopefully tomorrow I can catch up on reading some blogs - it's been weeks since I visited with my internet friends!Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-14399076881023774492017-02-28T16:41:00.000-07:002017-04-30T19:33:54.494-06:00Rug Hooking Workshop (Picture Heavy)Over the weekend I was fortunate to attend a three day rug hooking workshop sponsored by the Utah Rug & Fiber Guild. This year our national teacher was Donna Hrkman from Dayton Ohio - what a delightful lady! We met at a local quilt store.<br />
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I chose to work on a landscape rug of a red rock slot canyon in Southern Utah - an area that my husband absolutely adores. I'm hoping that my project will turn out well enough that I can have it mounted on stretcher bars and he will want to hang it in his office at work. If not, oh well! I worked from a photograph so you can see what it's supposed to look like when finished. It's only 18" square, so not a huge rug.<br />
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The Guild has always done a great job on prizes & treats for the attendees. This time all 20 people in the class received one of these adorable sheep! He's quite large - can you imagine how much work it was to make so many of these? Love him!<br />
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This rich, chocolate cupcake was sooooo delicious to eat - and cute to look at with that little face!<br />
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I recently visited my friend Kay who is hooking a rug depicting a church that is right next door to her home. She mentioned that she thought she'd like to make it have stained glass in the windows, so this morning I got out my electric frying pan and attempted to make dye some wool for her that would work as a surprise.<br />
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I used only three colors of dye - red, blue & yellow - hoping that they would run together to create orange, purple and green.Turned out kinda dark and muddy, but she might like it anyway. I'm crossing my fingers...... maybe I should have done rows of color instead?<br />
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Donna is well known for her portrait rugs, and that is what most of the gals chose to hook during the workshop. After three days solid of working on their projects, most of them had two eyes hooked - which is why I wasn't terribly interested in doing faces - too time intensive for my tastes - plus they had to use very, very narrow cuts of wool to get the details right - a #3 cut. Jill is doing Marie Antoinette - a long term project I imagine.<br />
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Judy was hooking Freida......<br />
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Mary worked from a photograph of her granddaughter......<br />
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Leah is hooking her hubby & herself......<br />
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Brynne recently moved here from CA where she was active with a rug group there. She started an angel rug - might be a weathervane? It's a big one.<br />
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Brenda is hooking a sheep that will eventually become a small handbag.<br />
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Stacie is hooking a beloved pet dog.....<br />
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Tonia worked on one of Donna's patterns of a steam punk pumpkin......<br />
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Cheryl also bought a pattern from Donna, but she loves to make sculpted rugs, so this dog has a muzzle sticking out a couple inches from the surface of the rug - he also has a steam punk vibe....<br />
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Terri was hooking a rooster in varied colors - one of Donna's patterns also.<br />
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Marianne drew her own pattern of her sister with a cat and a computer - her two favorite things!<br />
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Coralee is doing a picture of a town on the Oregon coast she visited - great weathered wood.<br />
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Jeanette is hooking a rug to go on a window seat near where her grandchildren play when they come to visit - such fun bright colors for the three elephants!<br />
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Sandy got a whale hooked, but there is much much more to the pattern she's doing - she works quickly so I'm looking forward to seeing this when we meet again next week - it might even be done by then! LOL<br />
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Pat is making a footstool - she's started with these coiled circles and will hook around them until the surface is finished. Can't wait to see this one!<br />
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There was a small rug show at the end of the class where I snapped the pictures below - lots of talent in our group!<br />
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Over President's Day weekend we spent some time in St. George Utah - usually we escape there for the warmer temperatures, but not this time. We still had a good time - drove out to Glitter Mountain and collected these shards of rock that look like clear glass - very cool! I like them displayed in this small rope bowl that I recently made.<br />
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Hubby & I have had a new home built and it's nearly finished now - maybe two weeks till we close. After living in our current home for 37 years it's going to be quite an adjustment for us - and the physical move will be quite an ordeal - especially my studio with it's supplies. But we're looking forward to it. Thankfully, we can take as long as we need since we won't be selling our old home until the move is complete - no pressure to hurry, hurry, hurry. It's only three miles away so that helps too. I haven't had a lot of time for reading blogs lately, so I'll go catch up with everyone now!Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-56013396475650217082017-01-13T16:05:00.000-07:002017-01-13T16:51:01.168-07:00My Favorite ThingsI've been busy doing my favorite things, and that makes me happy! I punched this cute little bird motif....<br />
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.....copied from a hand-painted tile I received as a gift awhile ago.<br />
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Also punched this basket of flowers that was designed by Country Threads. The pattern was drawn on the monks cloth already and it was on clearance at my LQS for 75% off - can't beat the price!<br />
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I hooked this rug years and years ago, but never finished it because the curved edge made me nervous. I finally tackled it last week and it wasn't such a big deal after all. Instead of whipping it like I usually do, I sewed twill tape on and just turned it back and tacked it down. Easy peasy!<br />
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I participated in Kathleen's monthly challenge to make this little 4-patch from one of her books. Looks pretty good with my yellowware bowl.<br />
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There was some good show & tell when I met recently with my two rug groups. Sandy said she finished this Santa in plenty of time to enjoy it during the holidays.<br />
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Jeanette was punching a little snowman - perfect for a January project!<br />
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Coralee show us the results of her experiment of dyeing with pomegranate skins - amazing colors!<br />
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And she has started a rug showing a calico cat playing with balls of yarn.<br />
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Victoria is working on a forest rug showing a tree & some deer.<br />
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Yvonne is making a rug for the guest room where her granddaughters usually stay when they come for a visit. Very bright & happy.<br />
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Nancy received this cool wooden puzzle as a Christmas gift.<br />
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A Karla Gerard design.<br />
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On a side note, I thought I'd post this here in case any local gals would be interested. I need to sell the custom made shelving units that I've used for storing my fabrics in for the last 10+ years. They measure 4' wide and 8' tall. The shelves are 12" and 14" deep. There are two of these. I'd like $50 for each of them which is probably less than it cost to make them. Fabric NOT included!<br />
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I call it a fashion accessory for a vintage sewing machine and I sent it to my mom to use on her old Singer 301. Blue is her favorite color. I forgot to put a note in the box explaining to her what it's for, so it'll be interesting to see if she can figure it out before I call her! LOL I really, really want to make a little quilt with these blocks now, but I need to find a 30* ruler to make cutting the blades easier - anyone know who makes one? You can find the tutorial for making your own <a href="https://singer-featherweight.com/blogs/blog/dresden-spool-pin-plate-pattern-eyelet-hole">HERE</a> and you can see more color combinations and step by step instructions.<br />
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I made a few other gifts for my rug groups - a set of quilted zipper bags - - - -<br />
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- - - - and some quilted key fobs. (tutorial <a href="http://cutandalter.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/tutorial-key-fob.html">HERE</a>)<br />
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I made myself a different version by paper piecing a long string of flying geese.<br />
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One of my groups had a wooly ornament exchange and these were all the wonderful items that were made for that.<br />
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Janet's son works for a company that makes high end messenger bags and journals using very dense 1/4" felt that costs $144/yd. He saves all the tiny scraps for her and she made this four-sided ornament using some of them.<br />
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My local quilt store has been doing a weekly giveaway on their Facebook page and I was lucky enough to be one of their winners. I received a yard of this lovely Jo Morton fabric - they even mailed it right to my house!<br />
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Some of the rugs projects I've seen this month include a couple of finished rugs by Sandy and Coralee.<br />
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Sandy started a new Santa rug.<br />
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Myra is replicating a photograph to make this wonderful landscape rug as a gift for her aunt. The moose were added from her imagination!<br />
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Nancy finished up this cute pillow using mostly leftover worms from her stash.<br />
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And she has begun a new floral.<br />
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I do a lot of string piecing when I quilt, and I usually just use thread snips to cut apart the sections as they come out of the machine. But when I saw this new gizmo I could see how helpful it would be, so I ordered one for myself.<br />
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It works great!<br />
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I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! That's what I plan on doing!Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-3945346530507697212016-12-01T14:28:00.000-07:002016-12-01T14:28:52.424-07:00Just a Couple of ThingsI'm attending a baby shower for my niece on Saturday so I made her a cute little quilt for her baby girl. I think I'm getting pretty good at making these modern quilts that are WAY out of my comfort zone! This one was very easy to do - just one big star block and a few flying geese.<br />
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I added the baby's name to the back - have never heard this one before! It rhymes with Navy.<br />
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Straight line quilting made it pretty fast to do.<br />
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I saw this old hooked rug at an antique store today. It was about 30" x 50" with a $40 price tag.<br />
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Fun to flip it over and see how bright the colors used to be. Don't see these for sale in Utah very often. I did not bring it home with me!<br />
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I finished my hit & miss mat awhile ago. Need to get something else started so I'll have a project to take to my rug group meetings next month!<br />
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A couple weeks ago Nancy was making progress on this flower rug - it's probably completed by now. It kinda reminds me of a poinsettia because of the shape of the petals.<br />
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Nancy's daughter Kathryn stopped by to show us a rug she had recently made for her table. It's her own design with words and symbols of personal significance hooked into the background.<br />
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I met a gal who makes and donates small quilts to her local Ronald McDonald House in Texas. I have sent her blocks before, but last week I made a couple of scrappy tops to send. I found wonderful fabrics on clearance for the backing & binding to accompany them - she will layer them and quilt them and deliver them. Such a good project! If any of you are interested in sending orphan blocks or tops or supplies, I can send you her address. She prefers 10" blocks so the backing doesn't need to be pieced.<br />
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I have discovered a new author that I like thanks to the suggestion of my friend Terri. These are murder mysteries and feature London police officers who are married to each other, as well as their friends, family & co-workers. I haven't read them in order, but that would be the best way to do it. Maybe you'll like them too!<br />
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On occasion I've been working on a new denim quilt. I'm in love with hexies, and this is a version of one that's new to me. I put the word out to my kids asking for old denim jeans, so as I receive them, I cut the hexagons and then cut larger hexies from homespun plaids. There is no batting in this - the edges are folded over and stitched. Then the hexies are butted up next to each other and joined by a decorative machine stitch. Not sure how large this will end up, depends on how quickly I tire of it!<br />
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I'm getting close to a finish on my 20" hit & miss mat. Only about 2" left to go on one side.<br />
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On Tuesday I met with my group of hooking friends and there was some great show & tell! Sharon had finished this small mat - she will back it with a nice piece of wool.<br />
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Sandy is filling in the background on this Susan Quicksall floral design - lovely colors!<br />
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Coralee is also working on the background of her Cranberry Gobbler.<br />
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Tonia has made arrangements with an antique dealer to make this rug for him in exchange for some nice antiques - it's looking great! It depicts the Kirkland Temple.<br />
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And the two bicycles below are SO fun to see side by side! This is a Polly Minick pattern. Jeanette is staying true to the original with an Americana color scheme.......<br />
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.....while Kim is switching it up by omitting the star border and doing her own color planning.<br />
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It was decided that at our December meeting we will exchange wooly ornaments - either hooked, or appliqued, or even needle punched. Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with! Hope you all had a nice Halloween - our trick-or-treaters were nearly non-existent this year - only 4 small groups came to our door - much different than it was when our children were small and we handed out hundreds of pieces of candy!Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-16200352401520001622016-10-17T12:00:00.001-06:002016-10-17T14:00:51.186-06:00Home AgainI returned to Utah on Thursday night from visiting my family in California. I took this stitching project to work on during the 12 hour (each way) drive and I did a bit more while I was there. The pattern is a design from Lisa Bongean and was in a recent issue of AP&Q. Lisa used flannel for her background fabrics, but I'm using regular cotton instead. Would have been a LOT faster and easier to cut the pennies with a die cut machine, but I used my trusty old scissors. Whew! Lots of variety in the colors of wool I used. Bought a few colors of DMC perle cotton to stitch with. I usually use crochet thread and it didn't really seem that different to me. I guess it's the variegated thread that makes the expensive stuff more desireable. There will be twelve blocks total when I'm finished - these still need to be pressed & trimmed to size so they look kind of distorted here.<br />
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On Saturday I attended our Guild's Hook-In and won this darling pumpkin man that was one of the door prizes. He's even cuter in person. Thanks Tonia!<br />
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Before going to California, I joined with the gals who always meet on the 1st Tuesday of each month. I'm making progress on my hit & miss rug.<br />
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There were some great projects being worked on. Coralee saw a metal sculpture while on vacation in Washington State and was inspired to hook her own version of a Cranberry Gobbler - very whimsical!<br />
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Sandy had her Day of the Dead rug completed......<br />
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......and was beginning work on a new floral (sorry for the crummy back-lit photo)<br />
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Sharon had finished a wild turkey done in needle punch.<br />
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And Stacy was punching a happy sunflower.<br />
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I seem to have missed several other rugs so hopefully I'll grab them next time.<br />
<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-7207768382961738122016-09-17T16:49:00.000-06:002016-10-17T12:01:52.667-06:00Lots of Quilts (and a few rugs)I've had the hand piecing done on this little hexie star for a couple months. Finally asked my son-in-law to make a frame for it out of lumber that I provided, and he whipped it right out for me. I love the way it turned out and found just the right place to display it in my studio!<br />
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Don't know if anyone is interested, but here are the steps I used when painting the frame. I wanted it to look a bit like old, recycled wood, so first I painted dabs of cream colored paint here & there. Then I added the blue - leaving a few places raw wood.<br />
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When stained it to make it look more aged, each area turned out a bit differently which is exactly what I wanted. Last step was a coat of clear satin, which I sanded off a bit because it was too shiny.<br />
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It isn't practical to display it on my wing back chair but the colors sure are right! LOL<br />
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Thursday afternoon I had the delightful experience of attending a backyard quilt show. It's been two years since these gals did a show and I'm so glad they did - I feel like this event is a gift to their circle of friends - a place to gather and enjoy what they love - and eat goodies provided for free. So fun! Here's the front of the house - looks welcoming, huh? Can you imagine driving by and seeing this sight - along with the invitation to stop and look around?<br />
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The detached garage is decked out with two different barn stars!<br />
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.....no doubt inspired by the cover of the new issue of Country Living magazine.<br />
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On Wednesday I was in SLC to meet with my rug group there. Myra's sky is looking so fabulous! She's working from a photograph and is doing a great job of capturing the landscape.<br />
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Nancy finished the pictorial she started in class with Anne-Marie Littenberg.......<br />
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.....and has begun a floral that she designed to try and use up some of her leftover worms. Great job!<br />
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What a fun week I had!<br />
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<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-71811405831098983022016-09-07T13:18:00.000-06:002016-09-23T16:18:35.435-06:00Talented FriendsI have such amazing friends, both in rug hooking and quilting, and I'm so thankful that they allow me to share their beautiful work here on my blog each month. Otherwise, I would be sorely lacking in the show & tell department! (smile) Yesterday the First Tuesday group met and I was able to see Sandy's stained glass rug completed. She had it stretched at mounted at a frame shop and it literally took my breath away when I first saw it on display in her entryway.<br />
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This represents The Sacred Grove in Upstate New York that holds a lot of significance for those of us who are members of the<a href="https://www.lds.org/?lang=eng"> LDS Church</a>. You can read about the history <a href="https://history.lds.org/article/historic-sites-palmyra-sacred-grove?lang=eng">HER</a>E.<br />
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She had permission from the artist to recreate his work and she told us about taking the finished rug to show him in his studio as he had requested. His name is Tom Holdman and you can visit his website <a href="http://holdmanstudios.com/">HERE</a>. Below is a print of his original piece of art.<br />
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Sandy was busily working on her newest rug which she is making for her grandson who spent two years as a missionary in Mexico. The lime green background is fabulous - in fact all the bright colors are spectacular. She said there wasn't a single boring part in hooking this design.<br />
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Jeanette is hooking a Polly Minick design of a happy bicycle - I love the tassels on the handle bars! You might not be able to tell from the photo, but she used standing wool circles in the center of the wheel and thinks she will use proddy for the flowers in the basket.<br />
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Sharon is hooking a Porche insignia for a grandson using quite a narrow size of strip. I'm not sure if he actually owns a Porche, or if he's just a fan. Either way, he's a lucky guy to be getting this from her.<br />
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Victoria has knit dozens of pairs of socks and that's what she was working on yesterday. She was using the completed sock to gauge the length of the rib on the new one she's making. That striped yarn is so awesome - like magic!<br />
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I recently completed this scrappy rug and it was fun to do. I'm sure I drew squares on my backing, but every single one of them turned out looking more like a rectangle to me! Oh well.<br />
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A couple weeks ago I tried my hand at solar dyeing after reading <a href="http://rugsandpugs.blogspot.com/2016/08/solar-dyeing.html">Lauren's tutorial</a> a month ago. I was pleased with the outcome and you can see before & after pictures of the wools below. The weather has turned cooler here in Utah and I'm not sure I'll get another batch done before winter. I think these mottled blues will look awesome when they get hooked in to a rug.<br />
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I'm so lucky to five grandchildren - four boys and one girl. I have lots of toys for them to play with when they come to my house, but most of them are cars & trains & blocks & Legos & puzzles. I decided it was time for them to have a dolly too, and of course she needed a bed to sleep on and of COURSE she needed a quilt to sleep under! Last weekend I stitched up this little doll quilt and it was so much fun to pull fabrics from my stash and make the whole thing in one day. The blocks measure 1-1/2" and the entire thing finished is 12" x 13". My only mistake was putting batting in it - should have used a thin layer of flannel cuz it's hard to wrap the baby up in the quilt - it keeps popping open cuz it's kinda stiff. Oh well.<br />
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I hope some of the boys will enjoy playing with this too! They have to learn how to be good daddies some day, right?<br />
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It's been two weeks since I met with my First Tuesday group so I have a few pictures of the projects they were working on that day. Kim finished her Garden Lady and it's awesome!<br />
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Tonia hooked this sweet angel rug and had just barely started a new one that day.<br />
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Sharon was whipping the edge of this subdued floral - she took the design from the line drawing in a prayer book that is 100+ years old - wonderful! (sorry for the crummy picture Sharon)<br />
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This is her peacock rug - I love the flowers hanging down from the top edge - and the background is a great rosy beige color.<br />
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She uses this rug on the floor and to keep it from slipping, she tacked some of this rubber gripper stuff here and there so it's firmly attached, but not permanent. Brilliant idea! I guess Sandy did the same thing with some chair pads she made recently for her new dining room table. I have the smartest friends ever!<br />
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Last week I met with the Salt Lake group. Myra is just beginning a new rug and her sky is looking fantastic already - so realistic with many shades of blue!<br />
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Nancy had been working on a wool applique kit that her sister gave her - so fun to see that it was designed by my friend Leisa of <a href="http://blacksheepwoolens.blogspot.com/">Black Sheep Woolens</a>.<br />
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I love the purple mountain in Nancy's landscape - once she gets that sky hooked it'll be finished!<br />
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For Susan's very first hooked rug, she was inspired by a piece of floral fabric she used to decorate her home with - I'm thinking she's a natural!<br />
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The other Nancy was working on a little chicken rug - those chicks look washed out in my photo, but they're a soft yellow color in real life. The long legs give this one a whimsical look.<br />
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Yesterday I went to the annual quilt show in Springville and these were my three favorite quilts - all on the small size. The first one was inspired by the design on a Kleenex box!<br />
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This one is a classic Trip Around the World.<br />
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And I loved the applique added to this Courthouse Steps quilt.<br />
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<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-39252181129307072922016-07-28T17:47:00.000-06:002016-07-28T17:47:17.001-06:00Quilting Up a StormIt's too hot outside to go anywhere, so I've been holed up in my studio for the last couple of weeks doing a lot of quilting - and I'm accomplishing quite a bit! I've had this small Kim Diehl quilt pieced and layered for a couple of years and I finally quilted it and got the binding on. Measures about 36" square.<br />
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Not sure why the edges turned out kinda ruffly - especially since I basted the perimeter before adding the binding. I usually like to wash my quilts when they're all finished, but I'm hesitant to do that with this one because of the wool applique - I'm afraid the colors might bleed out and ruin the whole quilt. Does any have any suggestions or experience doing this? Help would be appreciated!<br />
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I worked more on my Now & Later quilt - when I start sewing the blocks together I usually do it this way - I think it's called spider webbing? Anyway, makes it so the rows don't get out of order - easy peasy.<br />
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I had extra blocks left over so pieced them together and added them to the back which makes it interesting and more fun.<br />
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I love this Jan Patek print I found for the back - it was on clearance at my LQS for $4.99 yd. Yay!<br />
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When I work on a quilt this big (60" x 80") I like to take it over to the church and lay it out on the carpeted floor in a classroom to do the pin basting since I don't have that much free space in my house. Sure makes it easier!<br />
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Years ago I bought some grapefruit spoons at the dollar store that work perfectly for this job. I know there are special quilt tools designed to do the same thing, but they cost a lot more than $1!<br />
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I quilted it with a cinnamon roll swirl that is kinda fun to do - and used a variegated thread.<br />
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I'll share one more picture of this quilt when I finish stitching down the binding in a few days - that's a nighttime TV watching job - and put it through the wash. Sure do love that cozy crinkly look it gets afterwards. Meanwhile, a few Delectable Mountain quilts caught my eye one day on Pinterest, so I pulled out a bunch of blue and tan fabrics from my stash and started making one. It's kinda strange to make quilt blocks that aren't square - doesn't happen too often!<br />
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Sure wish I was brave enough to quilt feathers in a zig zag pattern, but will probably settle for something much, much easier. Anyway, I'm really liking this color combo! I'd like to think of a clever name for this quilt that pertains to the Wasatch Mountains that I live near.<br />
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Sure feels good to be spending some quality time in my studio!<br />
<br />Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811993821247340964.post-22909742111375411502016-07-20T16:13:00.003-06:002016-08-07T13:27:37.377-06:00Quilty Stuff & BooksI recently tried Bonnie Sullivan's technique of sewing Leaders & Enders to make a quilt. I got all the blocks made, but wasn't really thrilled with the process so doubt I'll do it that way again. But here's my start at assembling the quilt top.<br />
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It's a really simple quilt made from a free pattern designed by Kathie Holland that I received from American Patchwork & Quilting magazine several years ago. This will be about 60"x 80" when it's finished - just right to snuggle under while watching TV - not that snuggling under a quilt sounds good right now in the 100* heat we've been having. UGH!<br />
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Most of you who are quilters have heard of Jenny Doan and the Missouri Star Quilt Company. I was fortunate to attend one of her trunk shows in May when she was in SLC for the Home Machine Quilting Show and I discovered that she's an adorable, down home, sweet lady. Today I stumbled upon this TV segment filmed by a BYU production company that shows a behind-the-scenes look at her business & family & operation. I thought it was SO informative - and actually very touching in parts. Perhaps some of you have a few minutes to watch it too! Enjoy! I tried to embed the video here, but can't get it to work, so you'll have to copy and paste the link below.<br />
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A couple years ago I discovered the author Louise Penny and the series of novels she has written about a small town in Canada called Three Pines. The characters are delightful & it's been amazing how many murders have been committed in this place! LOL I love to listen to the stories on audio while I'm sewing or hooking - the narrator has a wonderful voice that adds a lot to the experience. I haven't read them all in order, but that would probably be best if you're just starting. This is the most recent one I've finished - we also 'read' one on our vacation - a wonderful pastime while spending hours driving in a truck.<br />
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