NEVER FORGET!

 

These words are very true and so relevant in today's world.

May God Bless America and keep us safe from evil.

In an eyeblink ~

How can it be that I retired ten years ago today?  Time has flown by at an alarming rate.  Immediately after retirement DSO and I took a three week road trip west.  Since then, we have taken numerous other vacations, I have attended rug camps, rug classes and many hook ins.  LIFE IS GOOD!  I am thankful for these last ten years and praying I have many more years of retirement ahead of me 💖

Lake Erie was beautiful this morning.

I think Blogger was messing with my last post.  It took Saundra many tries over two days to post a comment.  Thank you to those who take the time and the effort to leave a comment.  They are much appreciated!

Happy Labor Day weekend.  Summers last hurrah 😭

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

Plugging along ~

Once again I hate to admit but Indian Peace Flag has not yet made it to my frame.

However I did get these items mounted.  Of course I don't know where I put the rusty stars to add to the top of the tree.

Coverlet and paisley pinkeeps are nearing completion.  Maybe my rusty safety pins I add to the pinkeeps are hiding with the rusty stars.  I finally gave up and ordered more safety pins.  Once I start using the new ones the old ones are sure to turn up!

A few pieces of cross stitch have been glued to boxes.  The top one is a dovetailed box with a recessed cut out in the lid.  The middle one is on the side of a Kraft cheese box and the bottom one is glued to a dovetailed recipe box.

We got a half inch of much needed rain this evening.  Rain has been in the forecast almost daily for a few weeks but we got none 😢.  Six of the next ten days the weatherguessers are predicting rain, but I won't hold my breath.  At least our oppressive humidity/temperatures will be lessening.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Pug hugs 😊

Lauren

Too many irons in the fire ~

I'll start by saying I have not pulled out the Indian Peace Flag to pull some loops 😢

However, I have been busy!

I am in the process of binding Antique Hearts.

I have also been working on consignment items for a fall rug camp.  Here's a sampling.

For vending in November, I have made sunflowers on bedsprings . . . 

. . . and a few on a forsythia branches.  OOPS.  Forgot to tie on some leaves.

These small hooked pieces will be attached to hide stretchers and a small cutting board.

Busy all the time but I need to make time for my Peace Flag.  My goal is to finish it before the end of 2026.  I rarely hook in December so I better get my rear in gear, don'tcha think?  And what about Saundra's little Halloween challenge?  ARGH!  Sure wish I didn't need to sleep, and it would help if I would stay home more often.  Next week I only have one thing on the schedule (so far) which is nothing short of a miracle.  I sure hope it stays that way.

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Pug hugs 😊

Lauren

The Zs ~

Zeke and Zala, my granddogs.  They have been staying with me for a few days while son and girlfriend are in Kentucky.

Zeke

Zala

The pictures make them look much bigger than they are.  They weigh 20ish pounds.  They are Pomskies, a Pomerian/Husky mix.  Zala got the Husky talking gene.  I am thankful neither got the Husky run-away gene!

Pomsky butts

Best friends 😄

Zala with Ernestine.  Thankfully they now get along.  When Zala was a puppy, she and Ern did not get along at all.  I guess Ernestine has mellowed in her old age.

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Pug (and Pomsky) hugs 😊
Lauren

Celebration rugs ~

 

I didn't take many pictures of the Celebration rugs.  I think I was on rug overload 😮  Here are a few.

That's it for Rug Week at Sauder Village, 2026.  Thanks so much for following along.

Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

More Sauder rugs~

A few of the rugs from the stained glass windows exhibit from the Buffalo Trace Rug Hookers.

Remember Jennie from the blog Over the Hill and Running?  This was her rug in the Greenfield Project, based on a 1942 pattern by William Winthrop Kent.  This was part of an exhibit by Lisanne Miller of W. Cushing and Company.

Animals, Insects, and Birds Exhibit ~

Friend Valerie's rug ~

Copper framed contemporary rug hooking.  The linen was stretched over flexible copper tubing to create the shape of the rug.  Many different mediums and techniques were used.

People/Places/Pictorials ~

That face!

The Winds of Change Challenge by the Black Swamp Rug Hookers, the guild celebrated the 30th year of Rug Hooking Week at Sauder Village.  This challenge combined the symbolic windmill logo of Sauder Village with their favorite Sauder memory.

Fusion, which I would best describe as a variety of techniques, fibers, etc in a rug.

This is just a small fraction of the rugs exhibited.  Next post I will share the Celebrations rugs which were submitted by the hooker to be judged by a committee.  The best of the best!

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren