Boil Up Time

St. John's Harbour

Looking forward to my summer holiday........I am getting everything ready right now. I will be going to hook at the Altoona Library on Saturday .I am hoping to get to my sky on the latest rug Boil UP Time .....I do need to think about a new fish rug .......Signal hill is in the background in this photo.My favourite place to walk........The sea  views are amazing...... It is a picture of St.John's .I do enjoy being around the sea when I am there.It is what I miss most about NL here in the midwest......The ocean is all around you.........I have to get a lot done today and I do have my laundry out on the clothesline .I do need to put the rest out .Straighten up here and poke through my Rughooking room which needs to be organized as well. Looking forward to stopping to visit Ontario and my sons family. Little Noah and Jack have grown so much...........I may need to buy a new toy for them.........presents.Yes!!!!!!!!

Impressions of Seascape in Textile Art

Joans flower is in bloom. She was a good friend who is no longer around. I am so delighted to see the blooms .........I was helping a friend pack up her kitchen today. She is moving from Iowa to Oregon so she can be close to her sons. She was one of the first people that I met when I moved here. She was kind enough to invite me out and since she is from Australia we seemed to have a bit in common.,I would love to do a graveyard walk with her and pick a few mulberries .Will miss her and I wish her all the best and I hope she will have great adventures out there..............

Seed company visit........

I am back from Decorah ,Iowa..The workshop was good. I managed to get quite a lot done on my Boil Up Time! I think she looks good........My flowers were all in bloom when I arrived  back here........Love the pink  tiger Lily........I have some nice wool and a few new ideas.......Sharon was a wonderful teacher.She is so creative and  encouraging.......Gotta love that!!!I managed to drive up there and back ,no problem.......Well the only one incident this year. I was asleep and heard a loud crash. The fluorescent light in my room fell out of the ceiling at 1.30 am .It hit the chair .My bed was a little further away thankfully....I pushed the light into the corner and went back to sleep.I hope the staff put longer screws in the next day!!!!! Anyway,I had a great sleep last night.I did get to see the Heritage seed company.....Did get a picture of the white cows......Shopped in the downtown and bought a book by Johan Hardstad.Buzz Aldrin.......Looking forward to reading it..........

JUST Go Hook It - Rug Hooking: UNEVEN DESIGNED BORDERS

JUST Go Hook It - Rug Hooking: UNEVEN DESIGNED BORDERS: "'' EVERGLADE '' by Sharon Townsend Here is an UNEVEN SHAPED BORDER EDGE with what looks like a ''SHOW BINDING'' designed by Shar..."

JUST Go Hook It - Rug Hooking: NO BINDING @ ALL RUG EDGE

JUST Go Hook It - Rug Hooking: NO BINDING @ ALL RUG EDGE: "FOLK ART QUÉBEC ANTIQUE RUG Above mat is a favourite of mine . . I repaired it for someone a few years ago . . .I think it is from the ..."

I have finally drawn a pattern for the Decorah rug camp. I left it a bit late and I think it will work now.It would of been easier to buy a pattern.Oh,well .....We have had a lot of rain and thunder.Hopefully my flowers have survived .......I need to get some wool together now and pack clothes. Looking forward to camp ....It isn't raining right now so maybe a walk  will be possible later......

It was a very hot day ..The temp went up to 95 .It felt like 100.It would be a good day for a swim.It will be hot again tomorrow .Back to the 70's later this week.Ya!This is a rug that I hooked a long time ago. My son had spent a semester in Italy and I used his  watercolour for this rug.......I saw the boats and water.Reminded me of summer and travel.. Summer heat....cool drinks... . Lots of folks out on the lakes in their boats . children swimming.....Lazy days here,you need to move slow......and stay out of the heat.........Looking forward to cooler days and even a little rain............

This is a rug I hooked a long time ago. I used the pattern from Deanne Fitzpatricks book. I used a variety of fabrics. A lot of the wool is recycled.I used red velour in the roof. Yarn for the grass,A soft blue wooly sweater for the water,and did the border with a thick wooly yarn. I like how it turned out. A few of the women around here have hooked Deannes patterns.She always has such wonderful stuff and it is nice to see her work......                                                                           Today is sunny.I do plan a walk and I have finished the painting.I need to iron my cotton sheer curtains . The ironing board is pulled out so that is a start....I have been planting a few new flowers and have the grandfather rug done...Now the whipping need to get done.......I also have to whip the mola fish and paisley......That is the part of rughooking that I do not like........Oh well........It is June first today soI am thinking summer and holidays.......Ya!!!!!!!Must finish off my tea and get moving.........