Photo Dump

 

Cross Stitching and Flosstube

 image from Pinterest

I have been very busy hooking and stitching this week

My phone is nearly done for

replacement should arrive tomorrow 

then I will share photos

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I have been on a shopping spree like no other

watching flosstube videos with pen and paper in hand

I even ventured into my local needlework shop today

(I won't be going back)

My goal is to stitch all the smalls

I have no desire to have framed samplers

(I love them! But the cost of having them framed is prohibitive)

my walls are for quilts and hooked rugs

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Melrose hasn't been himself for a few weeks

finally going to the vet Monday...

it took a month wait for the appointment

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I am also heading to Bea's house Monday morning

she is selling off her belongings

then her son can sell her house

she collected and sold antiques

 she very excited that I love Americana!

Have a great rest of the day my friends.

Log Cabin #2

Log Cabin #2

this one sort of designed itself

forgot to take a photo after the faces were hooked

too late

it's on the way to a new home

pattern available on linen

I'll be back soon with more 

Log Cabin #2

 Log Cabin #2

Whenever I share a rug without a black cat I hear about it

This one is about the same as the first one

with the addition of 2 black cats

pattern on linen available

As for yesterday's comment about taking that huge rug apart

will not happen

my NC sister wants it

so I have a year to get it done

90* here today

I'm done being outside

Giant Pink Flowers

 

My latest design

I'm stuck in a loop of black cats

flags and lollipop flowers

19 x 11.5

available on linen or paper

These two were great fun to hook!

Another of my new designs 

Cat in the Flowers

adapted from two antique rugs

With more free time 

I see a lot of hooking in my future

Crows It Is

I did start another rug a few days ago

patriotic border

no plans for the rest of it...

now I need something for the middle

this Magdalena rug caught my eye

crows it is

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vacation day one

recovery from working the past four nights

Sat and Sun only 2 of us

so we run all over the hospital at times

you know the STATS are ordered at the same time

on opposite ends of the hospital

while you are doing an URGENT

keep and call patient

my feet and legs need some rest

I've been keeping up with my strengthening exercise

my elliptical riding helps a lot too 

I need new orthotics for my super flat feet

should have made a Dr appointment for this week

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so I will rest and prep today

by prep I mean grocery shop, clean and cook

so the rest of the week I'm free to dye,

sort through my quilt fabrics

and otherwise enjoy myself

 

On My Frame

as always

Pinterest images inspire my latest rug...

 

photo of rug in progress tomorrrow

Patriotic Hooking

finally I rug I'm enjoying!

using up the strips from the stash

there might be one more 

patriotic rug in there

at least a chair pad

Red, White, Blue and Green

started a new rug yesterday

after organizing those wool strips 

it was obvious I need to use a lot of those greens

as usual not sure where this is heading

maybe all over stars

(from the cookie cutter shown yesterday)

maybe a flag in the center..

maybe you'd like to hook this too

my star is about 6" across

 

Starting Another Rug

I'm starting a new mostly unplanned rug

if you'd like to hook a long with me

these rugs from Pinterest

are all border ideas

you are in no way limited to these borders...

my rug will be large 

because that's the piece of linen I want to use up

from my 

"I'm never going to hook this pattern" stash

I'll use as many of the worms from my stash as possible

I'll cut more as needed

I've chosen a color palette

as in...no orange 

 

my "plan" is for a flag rug

with a busy border

I'll be doing an American flag

you can choose your own

 

I like asymmetrical rugs

so my borders will all be different

probably

see where I'm going?

loose plans

if this rug inspired me 

I'd just replace the elephant with a flag

maybe stay neutral

maybe use color

 

 

a couple more no brainers

replace basket or dog with a flag 

I'd put pennies in the corners 

very simple

 these two are my biggest inspirations...

both color and design

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so that's how I start planning an unplanned rug

I'm beginning in the left upper corner

will share photos as I go

other ideas will be shared in 

The Out of Hand Rug Hooker group on FB

More Chair Pad Ideas

 image from Pinterest/Hooked on the Lake

 something like this

with a star in the middle looks like fun

 

image from Pinterest

The Preening Crow on etsy 

each of these stars would make a great chair pad

loving that gold on red

image from Pinterest

perfect mat

 

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No hooking yesterday

I had to get a new phone since mine had the 

"black screen of death" 

it was three years old so overdue for an update

you know how long it takes

in the Verizon store

even if I was the second one in the door when it opened

a three day weekend for me

planning on rest and hooking

along with plenty of time with Mom

Hope you have a safe and fun weekend!

An In Between Project

I recently sent a few blocks

to a blogger collecting them for

Quilts of Valor

they were stitched pretty quickly for me

since all work is done by hand

deadlines and I don't get along

it got me thinking

about the fabric in my stash

that might never get used

mostly because I'm not a navy fan

but for Americana blocks it's a different story

slow stitching RW&B blocks

for veterans will be a breeze 

as I go through the stash

organizing by color

I've been cutting out Evening Star blocks

setting the patches in a box

to be stitched when time allows



I always like to have some mindless stitching

ready for spare minutes...

do you do that too?

seems I can't bear to just sit with idle hands