From Your Hands

punched by Jennifer Mayo

http://www.brushcreekneedlework.bigcartel.com/ 

thought you might like to see

a few of the designs from my latest doodle booklet

worked by others...

 the sunflower design

is another one of mine

freebie on the blog

 punched by Debbie St Germain

 http://woolnsails.blogspot.com/

hooked by Saundra Porter

http://woodlandjunction.blogspot.com/ 

edited 9/7 to add the rug finish
I'm loving this one for sure

hooked by Sandi Lucero

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/oldecrowprimitivesmo

I love seeing how others interpret my designs

Happy Labor Day!

it's my day off and I'm resting

Another Pumpkin

as you can see

another one where I changed my mind

drew this one up last year

 called for a sheep instead of cat when I started hooking

can be drawn up from my new booklet

by mixing up designs

the wool is an older piece

probably from Heavens To Betsy

mixed in with pumpkin wools

it creates a nice sparkle

having a hard time choosing a background

*****

back to work today

still feeling not myself

but I've been to the Dr and he says it's okay

 great

because I am sick of my own company!

More Oldies Plus

from 10 years ago

one of those amazing rugs that turned out perfect

it is, of course, living in NC with my sister

great inspiration for color

colors are horrid in the photo

another oldie

Vincent van Gogh

the mater of sunflowers...

  

combined a few of the designs in my new booklet

cat and pumpkins inside a huge sunflower... 

I want to hook and not go to work today

maybe I can get a little done 

Happy Thursday! 

If you ever want a pattern of mine drawn up
Saundra of 
 Woodland Junction
is the lady to contact
I asked her yesterday and was delighted
when she said yes

I don't care to draw up patterns for sale
lucky us, Saundra does
she uses Dorr primitive linen as the backing
 

Next On the Frame

all images from Pinterest

picking out some wool

to cut for my next little mat...

yep, I'll use the already cut worms too

 time to introduce some more colors

it's safe to guess

the next piece will include a sunflower

I'll be hooking some designs from my new/old booklet

working on the doodles

has me motivated to hook for fall

you can subscribe by email

(over on the right of blog)

to follow along

as always

I love seeing what you create 

using my simple drawings!

Saturday Puttering

I have ignored this closet for far too long

some things untouched for years!

I want to paint it 

since that won't be happening soon

figured at least I could clean it out

so today I'm alternating between cleaning

hooking little simple pieces

(about 6 x 6)

preparing invoices for my booklets...

tomorrow I will take the designs to make copies

back to the closet

it used to be worse

over time I have used up many bottles of polish and cleaners

shampoo, hand lotion 

but the light bulbs!

they never seem to end

my parents had enough for the whole neighborhood

I have been placing all "like" things together

so brought another 15 packages

of light bulbs in from the garage

will check and see if they work then donate

Hope your having a wonderful day

this morning it was cool and breezy

with windows open 

I could hear all the chimes Mom had around the house

of course it made me smile

In the Works

currently on the frame

still using up the strips from the 

scrap baskets...

so

after dithering for ages

I've decide to do one final booklet

of my simple designs

I came across a stack of doodles

from at least 5-6 years ago

lots of little pieces of scrap paper

the above mat is from those designs

I call it new/old

because I've refined the old design

to be more hooker friendly

there will be about 20 designs included

lots of cats, pumpkins, some Christmas

all old designs being updated

if you're interested the "booklets"

(which are really just pages stapled together

nothing fancy at all

not professional

no color pictures, no shiny pages

just the designs)

they will be $20

including shipping to the lower 48 states

you can email me at

kankerdoodle @ aol dot com

 I will send you a PayPal invoice 

when booklets are ready to send

or email me for my address if you'd rather send a check

I appreciate all your support 

and encouragement over the years

if I hadn't come across all these old doodles

this booklet would never happen

as time goes on I'll be hooking some of the designs

sharing them here and on FB

 it's so much fun bringing simple designs to life

you know I love to see

what you've done with my doodles!

I've been going through my blog as time allows

making sure all the freebie patterns have labels

so you can search for them

Thanks my friends

 

New Little Booklet

Winter Friend

this piece was

punched for my friend Lori

&

working on it

had me thinking of new designs

faster

than I could

sketch them out!

I've been madly punching

for weeks:

snowmen

cats

redware~

Am getting a big smile

out of working

on these pieces...

hope you will too

the little booklet

has 6 designs inside

plus the cover

~~~$11 shipped~~~

starting Jan 2

email if you'd like to

order one now

or

I'll be listing

in my etsy store

as soon as

I take a few more photos...

and decide on a name

this will be my last booklet

for a while

could be months

or years

I'll be concentrating

on making quilts

hooked rugs

&

samplers in 2010

~ projects for my home~