It's official ~
I've finished my rug!
"Elda's Flowers"
all hooked, blocked & bordered...
in it's finished-state,
with the edge it measures approx. 25" x 31"
in it's finished-state,
with the edge it measures approx. 25" x 31"
this was a joy to hook ~ I must say...
watching the colors come together on my linen was pure happiness for me :)
The story behind the design:
my Mom, Elda Elizabeth Geiste Smith
~ is turning 87 yrs, young this June 30th.
she was born in Dauphin Co. PA.
She loves the color blue, and wildflowers.....
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the main background color is deep dark blue...
and I pulled in a few other colors from the motifs to add movement.
For the border, I knew I wanted an old scrappy look ~
so I hooked it by randomly pulling chosen wool worms
in shades that complimented the blues used in the background
... and flowers themselves.
I decided the 'urn' looked too stark and naked ~
so I appliqued a wool heart on to it using linen-colored thread...
then I freehand embroidered Mom's initials on that
' E G S '
Lauren {from Rugs & Pugs}
asked me to show the main wool I used for the background...
here are two photos of the same wool in different light:
it takes on more brown in some light, and more blue in other light ~ crazy, huh??
I added a label to the back ~
... used a scrap piece of homespun cotton fabric in a salmon-color
and a micro-fine tipped black sharpie.
And as I did previously on my Lancaster Barnyard rug ~
I again crocheted the edge of this rug using delightful heavy hand dyed wool yarn from
Ali Strebel { www.alistrebeldesigns.com } in the perfect "Goldenrod" color.
I'll be listing the pattern in our Etsy shop soon,
(( available as a mailed Paper pattern, a PDF pattern & hand drawn on Linen ))
and I'll have the rug and patterns on linen and paper with me Saturday at the Virginia Rug Fest
:)
Happy to get this one finished & shared with you...
~ now on to the next!
Blessings from the Farm
~
Lori
