I did it!

My goal was to finish my Antique Hearts adaptation by mid August.  Yesterday, the 15th, it was done!!!  I didn't think it was going to happen.  I reverse hooked about a half dozen of the "tongues" because after seeing them hooked, realized that the color placement was too close to another tongue with the same color(s).  The center of the tongue on the top left was hooked with a very dark teal, but it just read as dark and looked too much like the background.

Here she is hooked, but not yet steamed, a task that ranks right up there with binding 😝

I love the way teacher Jenny had me hook the background around the hearts.  I never would have thought to do that.  Thankfully she drew in all the directions for me.

Can you see that tiny bit of red in the center of the heart?  When I was not at my frame, Sue added that.  Just a little reminder of our class that will remain there.

Can you believe August is half over???  Where on earth is time going?  We have gotten rain every few days for the last couple of weeks.  My grass is green and growing.  I can't remember the last time I didn't have brown crunchy grass in August.  I need to mow more often, but no complaints from me.

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Pug hugs 😊

Lauren

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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Pug hugs 😊

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.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren