Tricia Travis Class ~

Tricia Travis was my teacher at the Great Lakes Rug Hooking Retreat.  That is her on the far right.  If the name sounds familiar, her business is Country Gatherings and if you are a member of ATHA (Association of Traditional Rug Hooking Artists), she is the current president.  Tricia is just sweet as can be.  She is probably best known for her postcard rugs, rugs she has adapted from antique postcards.  They are WONDERFUL but most of them need to be hooked in a narrow cut and that is just not me.

The pattern I chose to hook is Antique Floral, designed by Payton Primitives and sold through Heavens to Betsy.  At the rate I am going, this rug is going to take forever.  This is all I accomplished in almost 4 days of hooking at camp, hooking until 10pm ish the first three days.  I feel like such a slacker.  The pattern size is 20 1/2" x 47" and I'm hooking it in a 8 1/2 cut.

I signed up for Tricia's class because I was told she had a wonderful way with color and I was not disappointed.  I love how it is coming along and it is all color planned.

A bit of progress I have made since coming home.

The center of the padula flower is antique paisley.

This is the pattern I was originally thinking about hooking in class and changed my mind a couple weeks before camp.  When I saw it in person, I knew I want to someday hook it.  I have only bought two rugs kits ever.  One I never hooked and I ended up selling it.  The other was one I bought from someone, not the original seller.  Of course that is not yet hooked :(  This kit did come home with me because I absolutely loved the colors.

I really need to attend PA (patterns anonymous).  I had Betsy bring this pattern to camp for me.  Another design by Payton Primitives, it is just a great scrappy rug.  I have more patterns than I can possibly hook in my lifetime and the wool to go with them . . . lol.  It's a terrible problem to have :)

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Pug hugs :)

Lauren