New Wools

Just received these wools last week.  I am going to work left to right so you can get a good idea as to what they are.

1.  One-inch grey and off white squares.  Great for sheep or very good as an over-dye.

2.  A wonderful reversible green.  I stole a piece for myself it is such a good color.

3.  Off-white window pane.  Great for an over-dye.

4.  Grey and taupe boucle'.  We have had something similar to this before.  It is reversible and works well for sheep faces or even bodies.

Yardages are washed and ready to go.  Retail price is $14.00 per half yard.

Think warmer temps..........

Hot off the frame..............Mom has just completed this project.  It is smaller than some we have had.  Don't know about you but sometimes I like a smaller project so I can get it completed.............or atleast I think that I can!  

This is the only one I have drawn up at the moment but hope to have some done within the next few weeks.

For those of you that were wondering why I had posted anything within in the last few days....................well, Natalie's dog decided chewing on the cord that gets the pictures from the camera to the computer would be a really GREAT idea.  NOT!  I had to purchase a new cord therefore delaying posts on the blog!  Gotta love a go-getter!?!

I HATE to think of how much money this dog has cost me.........................just in replacements!!!

How The Mind Works............................

The other day I was in one of those moods where I wanted to work on a project.  The above project is for the shop and was started LAST year.  I sold the background I was going to use and that is ALL the farther I have gotten (I think I did hook the e this year). I decided I did NOT to work on that so......................

This project is 95% complete and was started last spring...............I did NOT want to work on it either. So................

This I started this fall and went great guns but then got side tracked. NO, didn't want to work on it either. Onto the next.................

This project was started as it wasn't selling in the shop and as soon as I started it, it sold out. Yes, it is 95% complete as well. Didn't feel like working on that one either. So, when all other projects do not catch your eye..............................START a NEW one!!  Yes, it is totally unrelated to rug hooking.  I like samplers and have had this sitting ready to go for sometime now.  I promised myself I would work 30 minutes a day as that ISN'T that much time and it was ME time!! Now, why do you suppose I couldn't spend 30 minutes of ME time on one of the projects that I have already started as some are CLOSE to completion?  Pretty sure I might just need to have my brain checked out?!  Seriously, why do I do things like that?  Now, I have just added ANOTHER unfinished project to my pile!!

  

New Applique Patterns

 Two NEW patterns from Heart to Hand.  My Sewing Room is 33 x 45 wool-appliqued wall hanging with handy pockets to stow your stuff.  Pattern retails for $9.00

Snowy Days is 23 x 37 wool appliqued and yarn embroidered quilt wall hanging.  Hard to think about snowmen when it's 40 degrees outside but.............................there's always next year!!  Pattern retails for $9.00.

We have MORE wool applique patterns on the way!  I can't wait for them to arrive!!

G is for .....................................Gabriel

G is for Gabriel the Guardian Angel.  We (Natalie) had Grandma's name for Christmas this year.  I have gotten myself into a pickle by giving a hooked doll when we have Grandmas name.  

 

I knew that I wanted to do an angel I just wasn't sure HOW to put it altogether.  I sat down in church the Sunday before Christmas and there was an angel on the front cover of the bulletin.  I quickly sketched out a design and knew things would fall into place.
Tuesday I drew out the wings and began hooking........................gift was due on Friday by 5. I sculpted the head using Sculpy clay but wasn't sure how to attach it to the wings.
Friday morning I called Grandpa and said I needed some help.  I took all the pieces and 30 minutes later the head was attached and I was ready to finish up Gabriel. 
He needs a little something for his hands and I think we decided that a horn would look really good so Grandma will be on the look out for that!
It's always great to do something a little out of the ordinary.

The letter of 2011.........................G

For those of you that don't know Mom started a tradition about 7 years ago that began with the letter A. That means.......................each year we have a different letter and our gifts that we give have to begin with that letter. 2011 was the year of the G gifts.
Now if you know my mother at all she tends to go OVERBOARD with the whole idea and by the end of the night we are all very TIRED of the letter.
As you can see Mom can decorate a pretty good table. We had a gingham table cloth, green candles, gauze that ran down the center of the table and a Gatorade at every place setting.

Cheap GAUDY snowmen also found a spot at the table!

Yes, this is mom...........................she and Dad were our GREETERS!!

After we eat Mom reads a story that has LOTS of the letter G in it that she has so carefully written! We are all given a package and every time a word begins with G we pass the gifts. Now your gift may be grand or it may not but it begins with the letter G.

My brother Jeff received a very fine box of Gas-X. We also had a giraffe, gorilla, grease and ginger.

I believe these fell under the GRIPS category?
Grinch sleep shorts, pants and shirts were also wrapped up.

So, next year is the letter H. Mom has already bought gifts and the ideas start swirling before the evening is over. The question is..................can she remember where she stashed the H gifts?!?

Santa's Workshop

When ideas come to me sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. This one did. If you received the last issue of the magazine Primitive Place then you may recognize this Santa. In the back of the magazine was a Santa ornament that you could make from Sculpy clay. I decided that it would be a fun project to do with Grandpa and Grandma. I bought the supplies and made the soup and we were off.

The creativity has begun.................

Lots of concentration going on............

Santa heads ready for baking. Yes, that's a reindeer in the right hand corner...........he didn't fare so well!!
Below, Santa has facial hair and rosy cheeks!! We had a great time and it was fun to see how everyone's Santa came out differently! Grandpa's Santa even had ears!!!