Sauder Rug Week - Part 2~

Last eve/night we had hellacious thunderstorms, the likes of which I don't remember.  For a short time, hail the size of large marbles.  On occasion with heavy rains, I'd get a bit of water in the basement.  Last night just before bed I went to see if there was any water.  Lots and lots of water in many areas.  My basement is always a disaster and thankfully most everything is in plastic tubs/totes.  I threw all my spare towels down and headed to bed . . . but hard to sleep while thinking about it.  I am one of the fortunate ones.  My basement is not "flooded", whereas so many in the city are and many are without power.

Enough of my whining and on to the rug show.

Celebrations 33 ~

Details . . . 

Julia . . . this one's for you 😃

How did the hooker capture the expression on that (great?) grands face?  Hooked from a photo.  Just priceless.

Main Exhibit ~ People/Places/Pictorial

Nice tatas 😁

Special Exhibit - Lift Every Voice

It is so hard to try to keep categories together when they wrap around to another panel.  I found another Kit and Tony rug.  Totally different colors than the others.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

Sauder Rug Week - Part 1 ~

I am not even sure where to begin posting pictures!  There were about 700 rugs/items displayed in the main exhibit hall.  I will try to have some rhyme and reason to the pictures, but it was hard trying to see the rugs and take pictures.

I will start with the end of the day when Melissa and I were "pop up vendors" at the Friday evening hook in.  I assumed that by Friday evening all the hookers would be shopped out and broke.  That was not the case.  Both of us had amazing sales!

One of the main exhibits was Animals/ Birds/ Insects.  

Here are some Kit and Tony rugs that Saundra was talking about in her post.

And a few more rugs from this exhibit.

People's Choice Award.

One of the guilds I belong to had a William Morris rabbit rug challenge.  I did not participate but the bunnies were amazing.

There was a Special Exhibit of Amish Rug Hooking.

These were kind of fun rugs.

I found many of the Amish rugs to be rather bland, but I absolutely LOVED this one.  It would definitely be a challenge for me, but I may have to add this to my hooking bucket list!  It is old enough to be in the public domain.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Much more to come!
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren