Braided Homespun ~

Good Wednesday Morning 

~ Friends & Folk ~

and oh! what a beautiful *sparkling* morning it is!

high & dry with a beautiful October-like sky.

my kind of morning….

Joan & I will be heading out to our local quilt shop, 

Cottonwood Quilt Shop

 in Charlottesville VA. to pick up some MORE fabric.

{yes I carry fabric in my own shop. Yes I NEED more fabric.}

Cottonwood has a great selection of beautiful homespun fabrics,

~ which at the moment I am working with…

I finished hooking this white Jack rug and now am in the process of adding a thin braided edge of a great black/orange homespun plaid that I have…

gathered together...

I am not a 'fussy' finisher by any means.

and tend to lean towards a more simple look…

 and by simply turning back the linen edge and stitching it down,

I can achieve that simple look.

BUT

I do like to add a little character to everything I do ~

so I am adding the braid.

I know most of you out there know how to braid, 

{{it is super easy to do}}

and some of you have even made braided rugs, mats & runners...

I love that look so I like to incorporate it with my hooked projects.

using Valdani pearl cotton #8 "H209" {Khaki Black}

I begin stitching the braid to the very edge of my tacked down linen on the back of my rug:

needful-things

it goes quickly, is fun to do and really does make for a neat finish.

~ here's how it looks from the front {below}

where I initially began stitching on the braid 

… at the bottom/center of my finished rug.

simple but elegant finished edge

here you can see how I place the braided edge to the edge of the linen ~

just the edges touching…

and working up and around the corner of the top of the rug.

large-eye needle & Valdani pearl cotton

I'll show you how I'll 'hide' that beginning frayed end of the braid

~ in my next posting ;)

need to tidy-up that end!

You will soon see me working in many different mediums 

as the show-season commences upon us ~

my hands will be painting, punching, hooking, appliqué-ing…

making jewelry & a few of my primitive dolls too.

I LOVE this time of the year, 

… when I am so very productive 

and the creative juices {read: caffeine!} are flowing readily ~

and I can entertain my own primsical muses when they visit time & again...

Hoping you all have a wonderfully creative day my friends!!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori