Chair Seat Pads

Padulas and Bunnies ---Spring in a few short months 

     

    Snow on the ground outside with more promised for Sunday, it is difficult to think Spring. I have so many chair pads from kits and patterns I have designed over the years, I can switch them around when I feel the need for a change in the kitchen. These are two of my favorites. I actually made four of the Padula one. It reminds me that snow out there will give way to flowers...in a while.

Think Spring and keep on hooking,

Julianne

Cats

We like cats and apparently a lot of rug hookers do too. We recently got a cat (ginger, like the cat in the rug). I designed the rug a number of years ago in my continuous effort to use up random strips. I do carry a pattern for this rug on Monks Cloth if anybody would like to work this one.




 Lulubell is only 6 months old but she rules our two large dogs. She tries to nap with Molly, our standard poodle. Molly barely tolerates Lulubell moving in on her couch space. In the background I see a hall runner I have been working on forever. Nothing new there.

Happy Hooking,

Julianne

Just Catching up

Last post was some time ago because of a small detour away from hooking after over doing.Thought I would add some photos.

The leaves at fall foliage are amazing. I picked up a few, dyed spot wool to match, and made these useful teapot mats.
We never seem to run out of wool strips and they make a perfect lamb's tongue border.

 Working a tessellation rug can be tedious but rewarding when all the tiles fall into place as in the top rug. There can be no overlaps and no gaps. Porter, our grand doggy loves the ocean and the tennis ball behind him won't stay there long. The proud rooster resided in our back yard on Cape Cod--didn't make it to Vermont. the lion is an adaption of one seen at a Vermont museum and then the leaf rug really made the recycled wool stand out.
Happy New Year and I hope I get to post more often
Julianne

Pendleton Shirts for Sale

Good Morning
If any of you are interested in buying Pendleton shirts, washed, a few minor moth holes on some, email me at: pcn12jm@yahoo.com  for photos. ($10 each) It would help if you let me know what colors you needed.

Happy hooking today,
Julianne

Off The Grid

Sometimes the urge to do something quite different comes over me and I can't resist. A while back a hooker came to our group and shared with us a piece she had worked on a rice bag. One finds it very difficult to throw out those wonderful plastic rice bags (usually the 10-25lb size) because they are soooo useful and usually quite decorative if you like rice bags.

Anyway, this hooker was from Virginia by way of Paris and I was immediately taken by the opportunity to use some of my rice bag stash. She did not mention that hooking thru a rice bag is an invitation to carpel tunnel, but determination won out. and the result of my efforts:



Rice Bag Recycled
Make The Earth Happy, Recycle

I even managed to use some 1940s buttons from the huge button stash (hard to throw out a button) and some fringe on the bottom.

Have any of you visiting this page tried a project more or less off the "grid"? If so please email me your efforts and I would be happy to post it if you want to share.

Back to the frame
Julianne


From A Leslie Tartan Shirt

The Pendleton plaid shirt this chair pad was made from only needed the addition of solid black and red and an ombre for the contrasting lines.

The fascination in designing this was making a plaid from a plaid. If you want to try doing this, accurate marking of lines and some color planning is necessary. I placed the Scotti first and designed around him.
Happy Hooking,
Julianne

Back Home In Vermont

Four days of travel from Florida and glad to see even a coating of snow on the ground. It was rather hot leaving Florida. The Strawberry hookers have said goodbye to most of the snowbirds and are settling down for the long hot summer. Sorry to hear about Lena.

As soon as I get the wool studio in order I will be posting some more pieces worked with recycled wool. Hope you are all happily hooking.