Garden Rabbit

Will we ever see Spring???

It still feels like winter living in Minnesota, while most of the country is starting to feel warmer temperatures, more snow is coming for us.

It helps the cabin fever a little by starting a new hooked rug with colorful wools and a Springtime look.

This is my Garden Rabbit design, originally much larger but after a shop requested a smaller version, I liked this smaller size so well that I drew a pattern for myself and started hooking.

I wanted a gray or white rabbit so I settled on light gray, I thought pink and greens and a warm yellow background would be colorful. I have this darker gold wool I'd like to use up and it seems to be working so far.

I think I'll need to use a slightly lighter green for the stems and leaves, what I have so far may not show up well in that deep gold.

The wools used so far.,

to be continued....

Fall Runner and Proddy Flowers

The latest on the Fall Runner block of the month.

Karen made proddy flowers! I like it! It is so easy to do and you don't need a special proddy tool to to this. I did buy one years ago and all it does is pinch your fingers, no matter how careful you are. A thick shanked hooked will work just fine.

I like how it's coming along.

There is still time to join in, the basket of flowers is in the middle of the rug. There is still the left side to do with 3 mystery blocks remaining.

Bear Lodge Wool Applique Quilt

I'm so happy the pattern is finally finished and ready to sell as a complete pattern!

The picture just does not do the quilt justice. It's beautiful in real life!

The pattern is available on my website and Karen of The Wool Basket has both the pattern and the kits for sale on her website. Kits include hand dyed wool and the flannel.

This is an easy quilt to make with a flannel background that looks like hand dyed wool yet has more stability than a wool background would have.

Now that this quilt is finished it's time to start a new Block of the Month wool applique quilt...

I have a new wool quilt designed and almost ready to go. Karen will again offer kits with the pattern each month. The new quilt with have a snowman theme...I know, we are all getting pretty tired of the snow this winter but this new quilt begins March 1st and will go to September so it will be ready to use next winter. It won't be so bad stitching nice cool colors this summer when it's 80 or 90 degrees outside!

Thanks for stopping to take a look!!!!

Floral Runner Finished!!!

My Floral Runner is finished!

I'm very pleased with how it turned out. I decided I would see if I could hook an entire rug using only textured wool off the bolt. No hand dyed and no solids.

I started this rug in the fall sitting out on the screened porch looking at the fall colors and that became my inspiration for the colors in the rug. When I pulled from my stash it all just came together. I just happened to have the colors I need. I tend to buy a lot of the warmer tones rather than the cooler colors of blues and grays.

Now that I've hooked this rug I can't wait to design another floral rug, I already have some of the colors set aside.

I tried to post a larger image here but it's the best this set up will allow.

You should be able to click on it and view a larger version.

If anyone would like to purchase this design it is available on my website hand drawn on either Dorr's monk's cloth or Dorr's linen. The finished size is 12 1/2" x 52". It would look great on an old farm table...I wish I had one!

Fall Runner Block of the Month

Our new Block of the Month rug.

Karen from The Wool Basket has started a new BOM rug, it's a design by Cabin Creek. Karen is color planning and hooking one block (or two) a month for 9 months. It's more or less a mystery BOM. She's using mostly hand dyed wool, if not all hand dyed.
This is only half of the rug...the right side. It measures 18" x 48". Pattern is available on monk's or linen. You can join in at any time and if you want info please visit her website here.

I like the fall colors against the deep blue background. I can't wait to see it finished!

More of my Floral Runner.

Below are the greens used in the leaves around the rust flowers. The left side wool is the vein, the leaves are outlined with the check and then filled with the heather green.

The greens in the leaves around the gold flowers. The top wool is the vein, outline is the brown and filled with the green plaid.

The small round flowers....the check was used as the outside of the flower and the stripe was used for the middle.

To be continued....

Floral Runner's Gold Flowers

Here's another look at the my rug and the wools I'm using.
There are 2 flowers like this in the rug and I'm hooking both identical.

The color of my pictures is giving me a hard time so I'm not sure how true this will be but we'll give it a try anyway....we shall see what happens!

The wools used. The orangy wool is the outline of the flower petals, the yellow/gold was used for the petals, the gold is the outline of the flower center (one row) and the brown is the flower center.

The bud on the left is the same wool as the rust flower.

This is the background although I don't think it photographed well. It is black and a very dark green hounds tooth and makes up into a beautiful background.

I have the rug almost finished and I'll post pictures again...soon!