I know that many of us are inspired by our surroundings ~
and it only takes a quiet look around to see colors and textures
that would be good in a new design...
that happened to me today!
while working in the shop this morning,
and rearranging all of the beautiful new wools we have
(from Rebecca & Besty)
my mind kept wandering to a certain rug in one of my older books on rug hooking...
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big old cupboard stocked with wools |
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heaven !
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another cupboard, this one is an old hoosier ~ packed with wools |
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delicious ! |
So I grabbed the book, Joel & Kate Kopp's book to be exact,
and found the rug I was thinking about....
(I made a copy of the photo from the book, so I wouldn't have to lug the book around with me)
and got to work designing a large adaptation of the one in the book.
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my adaptation of the antique ~ |
then the fun began!
...choosing the wools for this design would be a challenge,
because I'm using mostly as-is textured wools
but with the help of friend Joan,
I think we did a good job at picking just the right ones...
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is there anything more fun than playing with wool?...nah, didn't think so. |
I never include my initials in any of my work,
choosing to either sign it or add some kind of label to it...
but
for this rug I wanted to include 'LB'
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initialed and ready-to-hook ! |
as you can see by the photo below, there are LOTS of motifs in the antique rug ~
I chose the ones that I liked best and drew them in my "style"
...more whimsical than the original, I think...
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birds, urns, horses...tulips, roses, vines...berries and leaves!
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I will block-hook the background in browns & blacks,
... as the original was done.
I already have the horse hooked and flower above it,
and the lower portion of the tree-trunk hooked too...
will work more & share a few snaps of the progress in tomorrow's post :)
Peaches has become quite comfortable here with me...
he comes into the shop to work when I do ~ so be sure to say hello to him!
(we're trying to get him talking!)
Yesterday he entertained us by dancing to Country music on the radio...
(the little goober dances better than I do!)
have a beautiful evening.....
Lori from
Notforgotten Farm