February 4, 2012

A great event in the Atlanta, GA area

Rug Hooked Faces

Hi Cindi! Our ATHA rug hooking chapter here in Atlanta, GA will be hosting a Hooked Rug Exhibit next spring with workshops and a hook-in tied into the three month exhibit. Was hoping you could post this news on your blog. The exhibit will be held at the Gwinnet Environmental & Heritage Center just outside Read more . . .

You are invited! Informal hook-in at my home March 2, 2012

Pat Mensing showing off her rug to the studio class

Break up the winter and come hook. Join me for an informal rug hooking hook-in on March 2, 2012 at my home. See the full article for more details.

Follow my son’s adventure to Hawaii

Bob, me and Alaina at CBS

How often have you thought “I should quit my job and go live on a tropical island?” My son, Bob, is doing exactly that. His long term relationship with his girlfriend has ended and NYC is killing him. He has given notice and will be leaving CBS at the end of January. He needed some Read more . . .

Rug Hooked Footstool Feet – where to get them

Feet for rug hooked footstool
This entry is part of 2 in the series Footstool Construction

Once you begin hooking on your pattern, order the feet for the footstool so you will have them when your hooking is complete. You can find many sources on the internet. A few are listed below. These feet are 4″ in diameter and 6″ tall which will give you a final footstool height of approximately Read more . . .

Footstool Constuction Material List

2x4-unassembled for rug hooked footstool base
This entry is part of 2 in the series Footstool Construction

Construction material list for building your own footstool. A rug hooked footstool can be the jewel in any room. Making one is simpler than you may think. Finish it off yourself using the instructions or take it to an upholster. This material list will get you started

Rug Hooking Gift Certificates for Christmas

gift-certificates

If you get charged sales tax or shipping on a gift certificate. I will REFUND it. There is an error in the programming that I have not been able to figure out. Stuck on what to get your best friend who loves rug hooking for Christmas?  Why not let her choose?  A gift certificate is Read more . . .

Rose Diamond Footstool — Square Rug Hooking Pattern

Rose Diamond Square Footstool rug hooking pattern

Special thanks to Joan Bollaert of Moline, IL: Is it possible to have a pattern that looks like this (Rose Scroll Square Footstool) without the “scroll” surrounding the flower? I love the way this looks with the simple square look and lighter color wool making a little stripe type ridge around the square. This footstool Read more . . .

Rose Scroll Footstool — Square Rug Hooking Pattern

Rug hooked footstool pattern

The name of the new footstool is Rose Scroll suggested by Joyce Fike. I loved several others, but this name was simple and described the pattern perfectly. Thank you to everyone who commented. Some of your names have actually generated some ideas for other designs, so I may still use them. I would hook this Read more . . .

You’ll notice some changes on my website

Christmas tree

It’s that time of the year and my focus turns to the website. I’ve made a lot of behind the scene changes with more to come, but today I changed some of what you can see. It is meant to last only for the month of December. I did not spend much time choosing colors Read more . . .

Annie’s Flower Power Footstool – Square: Rug Hooking Pattern

Hooked by Nancy Weaver, Landsdowne, VA

Nancy Weaver sent me this photo of her completed hooking for Annie’s Flower Power Footstool – Square. She started this stool in September of 2011 at the Rugs by the Sea Rug Camp in Cape May, NJ. This is the first one that I’ve seen finished with a gold background. It really makes the motifs Read more . . .