uncle sam's hat

I have a Friday finish that I am super happy to show. This is a large rug -24 in x 51 in. The colors are a little brighter outdoors than they really are in the living room. I am grateful that most of the wool in this rug has come from recycled wool, and I hand dyed a few pieces. I added velvet to the flag and that is lovely up close. I like a scrappy rug just like I like scrappy quilts too.

It's a Polly Minnick pattern called Uncle Sam's hat. I started it in January of this year.
I found a few glitter blocks that I still needed to assemble and they are done. I think that is all the blocks I need to start assembling this quilt.

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Stash report March 18, 2018

 I will be working on my rug hooking project today after church. I have dyed the green, since, I couldn't find a green I liked in my stash. I want to add a little of the background to see if I like the colors with that. I also like to give myself a little time on Sundays to spin some yarn.

Stash report

Fabric Used this Week 15 1/2 yards
Fabric Used year to Date: 131 yards


Fabric Added this Week: 3 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 35.75 yards

Net Fabric for 2018: 95.25 yards used more than purchased.

I sewed at least 15 min every day this week. I have been cutting scraps and finding flat surfaces again.
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Slow Sunday Stitching

sunday stash at quiltpaintcreate

15 min to stitch at life in pieces

first quarter projects

I have a few projects I hope to finish in the first quarter of 2018. I have started and hope to finish a turtle quilt for my Grandson.

I waant to quilt Bonnie Hunter's  Easy street quilt

and a stack and whack butterfly quilt

We have finished with the fleeces and they are all packed away in the shed.We didn't mark this one to know what sheep it is. a mystery

and I have transferred my next rug hooking project to linen.I used red dot to trace the pattern from a magazine print out. and then used a sharpie to transfer it to linen. It's a Polly Minnick pattern called Uncle Sam's hat. It will be a big rug about 24 in x 51 in.

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and the 2018 finish along




I did some research about our frigid temperatures this winter so I am including it in this post for my journaling. Our lowest was -16 on many days in a row.


Bomb cyclones often draw colder air in from the north, then blast out icy temperatures.

They frequently occur in North America, when cold air collides with warm air over the Atlantic Ocean -- though they've also been reported in eastern Asia and South America.

The bomb cyclone now blasting the Northeast actually doubled the rate necessary to earn it that classification.

It rapidly intensified overnight, undergoing bombogenesis -- or a pressure drop of 24 millibars in less than 24 hours.

This bomb cyclone dropped 53 millibars in just 21 hours, intensifying faster than any such occurrence in recent history.

Wednesday and Thursday’s blockbuster ocean storm, or “bomb cyclone,” plastered the East Coast with blinding snow and stinging winds. From North Carolina to Maine, numerous locations witnessed double-digit snowfall totals while winds gusted 50 to 80 mph. The storm will also be remembered for the enormous amount of ocean water it pushed ashore, causing near-record high tides and major flooding in eastern New England.

The storm managed to generate all of these impacts because it intensified so fast. Meteorologists measure a storm’s rate of strengthening by monitoring its pressure; the faster the pressure falls and the lower it sinks, the stronger the storm becomes. A storm whose pressure falls 24 millibars in 24 hours is classified as a bomb cyclone. This storm’s pressure fell at more than twice that rate: 59 millibars in 24 hours, which put it into the upper echelon of the most explosive East Coast storms ever observed.

Here’s just how much snow, wind and water this explosive storm produced:

• Bangor, Maine: 18.3 inches
• Cape May, N.J.: 17 inches
• Islip, Long Island: 15.8 inches
• Atlantic City: 14.2 inches
• Providence, R.I.: 13.3 inches
• Boston: 13.2 inches
• Portland, Maine: 11 inches
• Ocean City: 11 inches
• Hartford, Conn.: 10.2 inches
• Salisbury, Md.: 10 inches
• New York City: 9.8 inches
• Norfolk: 10 inches
• Philadelphia: 4.1 inches
• Richmond: 2.4 inches
• Annapolis, Md.: 2 inches
• Washington, D.C.: 0.8 inches

Stash report October 1, 2017

I added this quilt to my wish list in July 2016, and I really liked it. This is not mine

I considered joining a block of the month. I am drawn to Minnick and Simpson's work. I have even done a rug hooking project of theirs. But I have so many projects I need to finish, and so many started that I talked myself out of it.
I have been such a good girl ( you know where this is heading right?) and finished many quilts and rugs since 2016, and I have been very patient ( only checking every month or so) for it to go on sale and it did. so....

What a nice box...

It is living at my house and will probably be my one monthly goal for January. There is a lot of fabric in the box that needs to be reported. Fingers crossed it will also be reported as going out as well.

Stash report

Fabric Used this Week 22 1/2 yards
Fabric Used year to Date: 341 yards


Fabric Added this Week: 17 1/2 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 296 1/2 yards

Net Fabric for 2017:  44 1/2 yards used more than added.

As long as I break even in a year, I will consider it a success right?

I am very close to finishing the hooking on these pot holders. I will work on them while I listen to general conference

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My Christmas rug

I haven't stretched my rug out for awhile to get a god look. It stays in the frame and I carry it back and forth from home to guild. Sometimes it lives in the car between excursions. I am always surprised how much is done, after working on small parts at a time.
We are at the "wlll I have enough background wool" stage. Which means, I need to hook in different spots a bit, so that if I have to add in a different wool, it will look like it has been in the whole border not just added in at the last minute , even if it is.

here are some photos of rugs from the Sauder Ohio rug week.

This display was from Kay Wilde in Kayesville Utah. I have a son and daughter in Utah, so, of course I was interested.

I really thought about this rug for my next project. It is by Karen Kahle. I like her work. But, I decided to concentrate on finishing a carpet bag that I already have at home.

I loved this rug. The detail work was sensational. It looks like a photograph on a scrapbook page. And it meant something to the artist. How wonderful is that?

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Rug hooking Guild Gift

Yesterday was rug hooking with my guild ( Rug Matters). I have made frame cozies for several ladies, since I am clumsy an scratch myself on my frame. I am starting the dark background on my Christmas rug, and I like it.You can read about it here.  Sometimes, when I hook the main design, I become accustomed to the look of the linen background, and I wonder if I shouldn't like a more similar background. I like the dark very much. My cozy is made from fleece with quirky monsters on it that make me smile.

I made this one for my mentor, Carol. It fits her snap dragon.

I finished this tablerunner using a 60 degree ruler and this pattern. Super easy. 5 seams and no quilting or binding. Each 1 1/2 yards of fabric will make 2 tablerunners.