Gingerbread Men table mat and other fun things....

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I can't believe Christmas is right around the corner...it sneaks up on us so fast!

This is what I've been working on lately, my newest pattern. A cute table mat for the holidays. I can just see a plate or bowl full of ginger cookies sitting in the middle.

I used National NonWovens WoolFelt but felted woven wool will work just as well. I used baby rick rack, vintage snaps for buttons and eyes and frayed strips of plaid for the bows. I also found old buttons to embellish them and the super wide rick rack for the border.

This stitched up so quickly and was fun to make.

Patterns are available in on my website or my Etsy shop, both links located on the side bar.
You can also get a kit from The Wool Basket using the Woolfelt and it includes the rick rack.

Below is my lastest project in Create & Decorate magazine December 2011...

Also made using the WoolFelt...I do have kits available on my website.

I'm taking a few months off from Create & Decorate so that I can spend more time on new patterns for both wool applique and rug hooking patterns for my website which I have neglected so much lately.

Our BOM Snow quilt is nearing an end. There are only a few months left....

This is 'Ricky', the most recent BOM....sorry I haven't been keeping up with posting each block as we go along but here's the link to Karen's shop and if you are interested you can call or email her for more information about the kits and patterns. The Wool Basket.

Karen at The Wool Basket has asked me to design another BOM hooked rug. I already know what it will be and I can't wait to get started on the idea that's been floating around in my head. 

I've been so bad about keeping up with this blog. I got started on another blog that is all vintage and I'm having so much fun with it. If you like vintage lace and mother of pearl buttons, antiques and old chippy wood, you might enjoy checking it out. It's called Wild Rose Vintage

I just did a little diy on how to bleach and dye bottle brush trees that you might find fun.

Anyway... thanks for stopping by and I'll try to do better at posting more often!

Rabbit Applique Pillow and Hooked Rug

Look what Dawn from The Wool Basket did with my rabbit pattern!!!!

She decided she wanted to make a wool applique pillow....I absolutely love what she came up with!

I think her colors are great. The ball fringe is so cool! And look at that cottontail!
Yes, I will have a wool applique pattern available soon for this pattern and Dawn's pillow will be on the cover.

Karen (owner of The Wool Basket) decided to hook one for the shop.
She choose to make a brown bunny with a light background, grass and pink and blue flowers.

I love them both!

Thanks gals!

Deer & Pine Trees

This a new little venture for me.

I received a call from Keepsake Quilting asking if I would be interested in having them carry my newest WoolFelt pattern and kits.

No way was I turning that down!!! I have to at least give it a try and see how it goes!!!

The tablemat is 23" across and made using National NonWoven WoolFelt.

I enjoy working with both woven wool and the non woven. Each has it's own unique qualities and I have to say using the WoolFelt certainly makes cutting out the more detailed shapes a whole lot easier than using woven felted wool. This went together much faster than I expected and makes a great centerpiece in the middle of my dining room table.

I set an old crock in the middle and fill it full of pine cones or pine boughs. It would be great cabin decor!

(P.S. patterns and kits are available on my website or of course...Keepsake Quilting!!!)

Bear Lodge and Cabins...

Karen's husband just emailed this photo to me of the wall in her wool shop, The Wool Basket in Loveland Colorado. I got such a kick out of what she has done that I just have to show it.

We have only the border wool applique to do on the Bear Lodge Block of the Month Wool Quilt. Two more months and it's finished! But we'll be starting a really 'cool' new wool quilt after the first of the year.

She hung up my 2 wool applique samples and two of my hooked rug samples that she hooked. They all look so good together! Thanks Karen!!!

I still plan to post pictures of rug camp....where do the days go!!!!