~ Elda's Flowers ~ A Finish ~

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"

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..... 

💙

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