Class projects ~

So many talented hookers were in the Jenny Smallridge class hooking a wide variety of rugs!

Debbie finished all but the eyes on her Love Birds rug, in honor of her 50th wedding anniversary this year.  Congrats to Debbie and hubby.

Geez, on my phone the colors are true to color, but not when transferred to the post.  Darn!  Kathy's antique adaptation is absolutely wonderful.  She was in both sessions of Jenny's class and was so close to finishing.  Jenny owns the original antique.

Sue's HUMUNGOUS rug, 4' x 5'.  With Jenny's help, she changed up some of the motifs.

Robyn's fun antique adaptation, and once again the original antique is owned by Jenny.

Pam is working on a Jenny pattern . . . 8' long.  She has the perfect spot in her home for a rug that large.

A pattern that Julie designed and is sold through the Woolley Fox.  Both she and Tammy were hooking it.  I love seeing the same pattern hooked in totally different colorways.

Tanya's rug.  She always chooses the best colors.  I just love her red barn.

Another rug Tanya brought along.  An antique adaptation.  She was incorporating some alternative fabrics and was getting ready to add some gauze.

Peggy, Carroll and Terry were working on Jenny's scrappy rugs.

And finally, the start to my rug, an antique adaptation.

There are two antique shops across from the Hotel Millersburg.  I'd say antiques are few and far between.  I snapped this picture there.  Seriously?  Would someone actually buy this?  It was good for a laugh.

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Lauren

Playing catch-up ~

It's so easy falling behind, especially having been gone for 3 days.  I have unpacked, watered and done some deadheading.  Still lots on my list to do.  And of course rather than stay home tomorrow and accomplish more, I am off on a play date with a favorite partner in crime . . . sigh.

Class with Jenny Smallridge of the Wooly Horse was great fun.  Jenny is a true teacher (she actually retired in January from teaching 6th graders) who teaches.  She is not there to just color plan your rug.  She had "lessons" for us each day, offering tips and tricks and showing us examples of what she was talking about.  I had her last year for a scrappy technique class, this year for how to hook a great rug, and I would not hesitate to take her again in the future.

Jenny helping Sue redraw some of her rug to more pleasing/meaningful motifs.

Examples of different colors in her backgrounds to make them more interesting.

A close up from the above rug.

And yet another example.

Lots of fun colors in the corner of the rug she is currently working on.

Her treatment of using what I call reversible black in her background.  I believe she calls this wool Blackjack 2.

Jenny has started a 7' x 7' story rug.  The buildings are all part of her past and all the motifs have meaning to her.

How she is working on the design.

I cannot even begin to imagine hooking something that large.  She is a high hooker and that rug will weigh a ton.  She has the perfect spot for it and it will be amazing.

A fun Santa she has hooked and cut out.

Her scrappy American flag.

Isn't he the sweetest?

Her fun labels.

I will leave you with three antique chicken rugs she owns and in the next post will share the class rugs.

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Lauren 

As usual ~

I am leaving for a three day rug class tomorrow and I have barely begun to pack, but that's pretty normal for me.  I guess I will never learn, but it will all get done, and if I forget anything will just have to purchase it!

First this morning I needed to mow the lawn.  Thankfully only a 35 minute task (my yard is small!!!).  It really did not need it, but I figured by the time Friday rolled around it would be looking pretty shabby.

Also, it's that time of year.  Lousy timing . . . but I made time for it today.

Believe it or not I have a finish to share.  Of course not fully finished but the hooking is done.  Pattern by Cathy Stephan of Red Barn Rugs.  I added the 1776 and 2026.  I am happy with the finish!!!  (I just can't get a picture that is not washed out.)

And I finally pulled a (very) loops on my June class rug, Indian Peace Flag by the Woolley Fox.  This rug is a biggie and my goal is to finish it in 2026.

That's it.  Really must go work on my packing.

Hopefully will take pictures at class!!!

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Lauren

Lakeview Cemetery ~

Lakeview Cemetery is a privately owned, non-profit garden cemetery located in Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, and East Cleveland, Ohio.  It was founded in 1869 and favored by wealthy families and today is known for numerous lavish funerary monuments and mausoleums.

It encompasses 285 acres with 102,000+ already interred there.  Seventy acres remain and interment space is available for the next 100 years.

The James A. Garfield Memorial was erected in 1890 as the tomb of the assassinated president.  President Garfield was born in Ohio in 1831, the last president born in a log cabin.

Carved in Italy from one piece of Carrara marble, this sculpture of Garfield is eight feet tall.

The caskets of Garfield and his wife and the urns of his daughter and son-in-law rest in the lower area.

Other famous individuals buried at Lakeview Cemetery include John D. Rockefeller, JH Wade, Elliot Ness, former Cleveland mayor Carl B. Stokes and Adella Prentiss Hughes, the founder of the Cleveland Orchestra.

A 65 foot obelisk marks the grave of Rockefeller.

It was hard not going crazy posting pictures of the funerary monuments.

Though modest by comparison, I loved this one.

Amazing mausoleums . . .

The cemetery is home to Wade Memorial Chapel, featuring an interior designed by Louis Tiffany.  

In 1900, this Tiffany stained glass was sent to Paris for the Paris Exposition and returned unscathed!

What a magnificent place to wander.  You can read more about Lakeview Cemetery here.

Brenda, thank you for your comment.  You are correct.  Archibald Willard is from Wellington.  Even though I am only a half hour from there, I have never been to the Spirit of '76 Museum.  I need to put that on my "places to go" list.

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Lauren