Dirty Snowman ~

Here are the class projects from the Ali/Maria creative workshop.  I tried to get all the projects, but I'm not sure if I succeeded.  If I've left any one out, I do apologize.  

Isn't this snowman hooked with hand torn strips on an old oil can too cute?  A few embellishments were going to be added.

Don't you love the snowboobs?

This snowman was almost 3 dimensional.

  

This will become a pillow.  The background was rug punched.

LOTS of little quillies!

Melinda's sheep

 

Here's my dirty snowman.  I'd never hooked on wool before.  I always thought you needed a loosely woven wool, but that is not the case.  This is a wonderful barn red wool (NOT orangey at all!!!) that is tightly woven.  Using my Hartman primitive hook, I hooked with an 8 1/2 cut.  It was different, but not difficult.  Now that I've taken a picture, I see that I will need to hook a darker strip around the left eye so it doesn't look like he's got "ring around the eye".  

I'd never needle felted before and I wasn't very good at it.  Ali had to rescue my hat and cardinal from being a blob of roving.

Unfortunately, I need to put my snowman aside and work on a few Christmas presents.  I just realized that Thanksgiving is only two weeks from tomorrow.  Ack!  How did that happen?  At least it is early this year!

A BIG thank you to Melinda of Merry Wind Farm!!!  She graciously offered me a place to stay while in Tipp City.  Please stop by her blog if you haven't already done so.  This woman is an amazing hooker and stitcher of reproduction samplers.  I am talking HUGE samplers.  She puts me to shame.  She needs to share more of her work on her blog.  I can't say enough good things about her work and she is just so darned sweet.  It was a real pleasure getting to know her :)

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Pug hugs :)
Lauren