One of a Jan Patek Kind

 Jan's Baskets

adapted from an older Jan Patek book

this basket rug is definitely one of a kind

I cannot offer the pattern

as it was hooked using her designs for inspiration

That being said

I have been studying some

antique quilts and samplers

 something using those motifs is in the works

It's dark and dreary in my part of Ohio today

time to join the cats in a nap

Cheri Payne Baskets

I love quilts with baskets

Cheri's are among my favorites

these are photos of designs 

from Pinterest 

 

Mom did not like baskets on quilts

or I should say in the past few years she didn't

so I skipped stitching them 

now that she's in Heaven

I'm hoping she'll be okay with it...

insert laughing here

she stitched many a quilt with baskets

lots of Jan Patek/Linda Brannock designs

 

Hooking Progress

I've finished the hooking on my RAK piece

the backing it's on has room for a few more pieces...

will do a similar one for myself...

then a cat or two

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I loved all the comments about Teddy...

wish you could hear all the stories

about his antics

He and Ollie are both standard poodles

but with Teddy's grooming he

looks like a muppet come to life

Random Acts of Kindness

with snow falling all morning

it was the perfect time

to pick up my hook...

the antique inspiration piece

is still on the back burner

so I drew up a little bird on a basket

(from a Cheri Payne pattern)

the finished project is going to be an

RAK gift

random acts of kindness

for one of my friends

in my ebay group...

how do you practice RAK?

Filling the Baskets

About 90% done

with dividing the wool strips

by color

the pumpkin and orange basket

is on the floor

(it's a big one)

looking for other baskets

for

brown

blue/greens

and odds...

soon I can pick up my hook again

It was a UFO Retreat Weekend

for my eBay group...

and this is the only thing

I completely finished...

a scrappy pin cushion

from a practice piece of

machine patchwork

backed and filled with wool

munched on by Olivia

as I was stitching on

the red wool trim

would have made a great photo!

I did get some hooking done

on a gift rug or two

Another Oh Lucky Me

Have had crocks on my "want" list for ages...these three crocks were a gift from my sister Judy...she recently remodeled her kitchen and these didn't go with the new style...but they work for me just great...

Mom has been downsizing her fabric stash and no longer needed this basket...we've passed it back and forth a few times but this time it's staying with me...it's about 1 1/2 times as large as a standard laundry basket and I'll be filling it with hooked rugs...

This is the scrap quilt I've been working on, started with just my scrap basket fabric and added a very few from current purchases...am currently working on the borders...sides are narrow and top and bottom are wide with applique from Cheri Payne book...will be a nice size to put over the back of a chair...

Also stitching the alternating blocks on the nine patch blocks from many posts ago...using browns and olives...

Oh Lucky Me

I fell in love with this pattern at first sight...something about those prim flowers..so I bought the pattern and knew someday...well, once I showed it to Mom she was hooked too...so guess who is making me this beauty???

We're picking out the fabric now...she recently bought the tin full of Chocolat fabric and one of the browns will figure prominently quilt...as well as blues and olives...going through my stash for oranges and golds...

the pattern is from:

http://www.primitivepiecesbylynda.com/

Sparhawk Rug

This is the Sparhawk rug I've been talking about...my sister Judy bought it for me for Christmas last year and finally the wool is being cut for it...when I asked for it on my wish list I did not know it came in different sizes...this one is huge and I love it!!! Pattern is drawn on linen and from W Cushings...here is a link to their website...they don't have a good or updated site but if you want to hook this rug too give them a call...

http://www.wcushing.com/home.html

Here is my old Longaberger laundry basket I've been filling with wool cut for Sparhawk... it will take quite a lot of wool...even though I have a Fraiser cutter I prefer the look of hand cut strips...they are uneven and make the rug look more prim...

Hooked this one more than about six or seven years ago...it's from Woolley Fox and has been stored away for a few years...it may be a keeper or it may be unhooked and the wool used in other projects...

Somebody got in trouble in the garage this morning when he was going to spray on a bench out there so he's trying to get the screen door open to get back in the breezeway...must be a "male" thing...it's the closest he get to being outside and there is a perfectly good litter box in the house...

Work in Progress: Studio

Yes, the couch is still in the living room...keep moving it around to get the walls painted, shelves moved in and loaded with wool...still have to paint the other side of the room and hang new drapery rods...

This is the sad old sewing room as stuff gets moved out...will be painting the wooden shelves that hold my books and magazines and put it under window in Studio (still 1/2 living room for now)...this will be the junk room until other rooms are done then this one can be scrubbed, painted and new carpet or flooring...