Sept 6th 12th Annual Woolkeepers Hook-in.

Once again, getting things ready to hit the road for another fun filled weekend of hooking. Starting Fri. the 11th of Sept. at 4:00-8:00, and again Sat. 9:39-4:00 in Danville IN. NEW LOCATION - Hendricks County 4H Fairgrounds. Hope to see you there!

Sept 3rd Sea Joy
Was excited to see the article in RHM with all the exhibit pieces. Although many saw it at Sauder, my "story" did not get posted so thought I would share the entire thought process. I think this would be a interesting challenge for a group or guild to take on, using poetry or other art forms to create a hooked piece.

http://www.rughookingmagazine.com/article/live-sea

The story took many directions in my mind before I even started to create anything. After reading the poem, my first thought was how I might interpret the sea. Then it moved on to looking at it through the eyes of a 10yr. old girl and what she might collect while walking the beach. I started collecting fibers and ocean collectibles to use and came up with the final story.

" This young girl spent the summer at her grandmother's beach cottage collecting her treasures. Some of them her grandmother gave her, others she discovered herself while spending time on the beach.Years later she created this piece as a special remembrance of her time at the beach with her beloved grandmother."

The piece itself is done on my hand dyed linen, hooked with wool,velvet, hand spun yarns, silk ribbon, and hand dyed cheese cloth. I stitched the line from the poem along one edge of the linen using perle cotton. When finished with the hooking I laced it to the piece of wood and then began adding the collectibles, sea glass, chunks of driftwood, a small glass bottle filled with sand, a garland of shells I crocheted,and a small bag given by the grandmother.

Using and combining different fibers is not new for me, but I think this is the most free form piece I have ever done and I loved it! The challenge of creating something from a line in a poem was also new to me, but again I enjoyed the thought process and really do love the outcome.

Welcome Sweet Baby Jonathan

We want to welcome Jonathan to the family he was born Tuesday at 1:30pm weighing in at 8lb 15oz.

Mom and Baby are doing well.

Aug 11th 15th Sauder rug Show

Just returned from another amazing year at the rug show in Archbold, Ohio. Sauder Rug Hooking Week

First let me thank Kathy Wright, Sue Link , RHM, and all the other people that work so hard to make this a wonderful show! Everyone goes out of their way to help and puts in a lot of time and effort to make the show what it is, Fantastic! Already looking forward to next year, Aug.16-20 2016, put it on your calendar now!  

That said, let me also thank all of you that attend and put your beautiful work in the show without you we would not be there! Also want to say congrats again to my friends Melissa Maxwell and Donna Hrkman (both were helping in my booth) for their blue ribbons, well deserved!

The following pics are from the week at the show, vendor booths, workshops with pieces in progress, customer projects, and of course the show itself. I know many of them have already been posted by others, but it never hurts to have another look. Enjoy