Hand Embroidered Bluebirds

My friend Stephanie embroiders the prettiest dish towels and clothes pin bags. Her stitching is so fine and about as perfect as you can get! She has a shop on Etsy where she sells these wonderful dish towels and clothes pin bags along with beautiful vintage lace, rick rack, buttons and other fun vintage treasures.

Please click on the link and you will go straight into her shop called Exhuberant Housewifery

Rug Camp....time to start planning what to hook

It's time to start planning a couple of rugs for rug camp this September. The first idea is a small 12" x 12" design called Peony by Joan Moshimer. The flowers shown here were transplanted from my husband's grandmothers garden years ago. They are the prettiest peonies I've ever seen and the pattern design is so much like these that when I saw it in the catalog I knew I had to hook it.

My teacher will be Nancy Blood and this will be fine shading. I want to duplicate the colors in this peony with a dark green/black antique background. I've chosen 3 small designs of Joan Moshimer's for camp, the second rug is pansies with wild roses and the third rug a toad with toadstools.

Spring Flowers

A few spring flowers from the garden. A violet named Freckles, May Flowers, Virginia Bluebells and Anemones.The May Flowers are wild flowers growing all over in our woods.

Block of the Month Hooked Rug

It's finished! Karen did a wonderful job! All that's left is to finish the edges. Kits including the pattern are available through Karen's shop. Please contact her if you are interested. The Wool Basket

This was such a success, she had a huge sign up for it. Karen's asked me to design another mystery hooked BOM rug that will begin in September. This one, we think, will have an Autumn theme.

Floral Hooked Block of the Month

Only two blocks left to go. Karen has the upper right corner block hooked and the kits are ready to be mailed out. I like what she has done with my design. She has had over 30 people sign up for this and we are working on ideas for the next BOM hooked rug. It will begin in September and will have a fall theme.

Create & Decorate Magazine April 2010

This is my most recent project in Create & Decorate magazine. Kits for both this and the Gingerman are available or will be available on my website. Thanks for taking a look!

Gingerman Wall Pocket in Christmas 365

This is my little hooked project in the latest Christmas 365 magazine...summer issue. I sure love they way they photographed it!