Sauder Rug Show ~ part two ~ Group Exhibits

I just adore Uncle Sam on his bicycle!

 

Here is the Crooked River teapot rug challenge.  They did a great job displaying our rugs.  Each one different and so creative.

The pumpkin teapot in the center is mine.  

I wish I had time to post more rugs today, but I am still frantically trying to price things for tomorrow.  LOTS more rugs to share!

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Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

Sauder Rug Show ~ part one

I will start the rug show with rugs that will be in Celebrations.  What an honor for these hookers to be included with the best of the best!  (If I missed any, I apologize to the hookers!)

Next I will share the group of rugs that was my absolute favorite exhibit at the show.  It was a group exhibit by the Buckeye Rug Hooking Guild of Central Ohio.  I belong to the guild but did not participate in the challenge.  The mats had to be hooked in a much finer cut than I use.  I knew most of the hookers whose rugs were displayed.  I hope you can enlarge to see how wonderfully they were hooked.  What talent!!!  The small framed pictures were copies from the book.

My inner voice failed me, but not too badly.  I came home with three yards of wool.  Three pieces to replenish wool that I like to have in my stash.  Also two "poison" colors, jargon for a somewhat bright piece to make a rug pop.

It will take me several posts to show all the rugs.  If you are on Facebook, you have probably seen them already.  

I am making myself crazy trying to get ready for vending on Saturday.  I keep finding more stuff to price, but I doubt all the "treasures" I am taking will fit in my 10' x 10' space.  Plus it is going to be stinking hot.  What was I thinking???

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Lauren

Slow Hooking ~

Stitchers always talk about the enjoyment of slow stitching.  Well, I've never heard a hooker brag about slow hooking, but that is exactly what I have been doing (and I am not bragging about it!).  I've almost got Proud Lion's body done.  As you may recall, the mane was hooked eight years ago.  I still have the end of his tail to hook and I know the face will be the absolutely last thing I hook.

This just made me LOL!!!

Tomorrow I am off to Sauder Village for a one day visit to rug week.  I hope to have many pictures to share and hopefully I won't find much I can't live without . . . sigh.  I keep telling myself, "NO WOOL", "NO WOOL", "NO WOOL"!!!  Let's see if I listen to that inner voice.

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Lauren

Did I Need Another Pattern?

Well, of course not😂.  A few years ago I purchased this snowman pattern to hook and mount on a vintage ironing board.  I bet you know the answer to "did she actually hook it?".

So then I found this sweet Santa pattern from Woolen Heirlooms while at the Shipshewana hook in.  He is 38" tall.  I thought it would be perfect for the other vintage ironing board that I have, that actually was a built in in my grandma's kitchen.  I do remember seeing it there as a very young child.

So, will I get either hooked before that upcoming season that I won't even mention?  Your guess is about as good as mine. 

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Pomsky hugs (they will be going home later today) 😊

Lauren

I Hate Change!!!

In October, my nine year old Windows 10 computer will be obsolete, so I needed to bite the bullet and upgrade to a new Windows 11 computer.  Since the first two weeks in August are tax free days in Ohio for purchases under $500, I figured better to buy sooner rather than later.  I found a great deal at a local independent store.  The young owner was so nice and really showed me how to navigate the new system.  According to him, differences are minor.  Trouble is when I got it home and DSO set it up, it was not as easy as it seemed to be at the store.  I am hoping I can actually get a blog post done.  Computer guy showed me a really easy way to download photos from my iPhone to my desktop (non Apple product), but of course it is not working for me!!!

So . . . I will see if I can muddle my way thru this.  I don't think anything has changed in the way I do my post . . . fingers crossed.

My son and his girlfriend have two Pomskies (can you believe a Pomeranian/Husky mix???).  They needed to go to southern Ohio for a celebration of life for girlfriend's uncle.  Normally they have a sitter who can watch them, but not this time.  Well guess who is dog sitting?  They are definitely cuties.

Zeke is the older of the two and looks the most like a Husky.  He is about three.

Zala (beautiful in Slovenian) is a year and a half old.

My son has a fenced in yard, so the Zs are not used to going on walks.  Since I don't have one, I am walking their little legs off.

That's it for today.  Hope this post posts okay.  Be back soon.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pomsky hugs 😊
Lauren

The Rugs of Paula Shultz ~

Paula is an Indiana hooker and shop owner in Albion, Indiana.  She so graciously opened her shop to Sue and me before we headed to the hook in.  Well, darn!  I failed to take any pictures in her most adorable shop filled with wool, patterns, antiques and collectibles.  

I did purchase this skater's lantern on the left.  Only one more until I have an official collection.  (Somehow I misplaced the wire handle on the lantern to the right I purchased a few years ago.)

Another treasure that came home with me was this sweet little tintype in a size I had never seen before.  The case is only 2" tall.

The photo is not in the best of shape, but I bought it mainly for the case.

Paula also gave us a tour of her home.  OH MY!!!  Truly primitive magazine worthy!!!  Thanks for the tour, Paula.

At the hook in, she gave a talk on her wool choices and her backgrounds.  She has a way with color like no one else.  Every rug was just perfectly primitive, and all the antique adaptations looked O.L.D.

Here is a sampling of some of the rugs she shared.

Paula's pattern.  Contact her to purchase.

Hooked in a class with Maria Barton. 
She wanted help hooking the face.  
I understand she finished the rug in a three day class.

Some day this antique adaptation
will be on my frame.

My pictures do not do her rugs justice!  You can contact her on Facebook.  If you are ever in northern Indiana, her shop, A Primitive Place, is open by appointment.  You will not be disappointed!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Pug hugs 😊

Lauren