cleveland finish

My Cleveland rug is finished. I used yarn to whip the edges that I dyed myself. This was a free pattern from the 2017 Atha (association of traditional rug hooking artists) biennial in Cleveland. My husband and I attended and had a great time. This year, the biennial is in Denver, and I am interested in attending. It is sad how easy it is to talk yourself out of anything fun. This was a finish for the 2019 finish along. My list is here.

A friend at Friday group was working on the binding for her Minecraft quilt. This is for her son who loves minecraft. She is a professional longarmer. and made her own designs of the tools used in the game.

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down the homestretch rug hooking

I am down the home stretch for my Cleveland rug. The left is the top of the rug and the right is the bottom of the rug and is already hooked. I hooked the year I started the rug and my initials in odd places as a way of marking time.

While resting ( aka watching TV) last night, I cut 2 1/2 inch tumblers out of a tub of scraps. Why? I ask myself. Because, I had a bunch of leftover tumblers from a tumbler quilt in 2017. And I couldn't decide what to do with them. I didn't want to cut them down to 1 1/2 inch squares, or throw them in the string bucket, which is overflowing, so, I decided to cut more and make a small quilt down the road. I am in no hurry.

The boy in the middle of the picture on the roof is my Grandson. My oldest had a death wish and a great work ethic, which he got from his father. I am so proud that he is teaching my Grandchildren the same.

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stash report January 13, 2019

We have a winter wonderland here in Indiana. I love the look and sound of snow. And at my age, I don't mind being snowed in for a bit. Church was even cancelled today, which is unusual. It started snowing during the night Friday, and snowed all day yesterday.

These are the bargains I found at Missouri star before the end of the year. I wanted the special for the olfa blades.
The layer cake is a new Kaffe Fasset. I have a quilt in progress that I thought I would use it to make, but I had it all cut before the order arrived.
Since I ordered the blades, I had to make the shipping worth it. They had the 5 daily specials so.... I now have Christmas scissors.

Stash report

Fabric Used this Week 0 yard

Fabric Used year to Date: 0 yards

Fabric Added this Week: 11 yards

Fabric Added Year to Date: 22 yards
net fabric: 22 yards bought more than used

I haven't picked a new slow stitching project yet. I will probably work on my Cleveland rug.

I sewed more than 15 minutes every day

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15 min to stitch at life in pieces

rug hooking and finish along

I am joining in with the 2019 finish along at She can quilt. I have several goals for the quarter. Some I have already mentioned in my one monthly goal post, But this is for the quarter, and should include what I want to completely finish in the next 3 months.
I have it in my mind to get my Cleveland rug done. I think background goes quicker than the design, And I am making good progress.

For the quarter, I also want to finish the fish jar quilt

orca bay mystery quilt

celtic solstice

and a flannel rag quilt for donation
and find my cutting table again ( definitely no picture) ( and will it ever be completely finished?)

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2019 finish along

rug hooking background

It's time to work on the background for my Cleveland rug. I wanted to use several different dark blues. Some of the wool , I "married" together to keep the variety. Marrying is the rug hooking term for put it into a pot and boil it together. I like a scrappy look even in my rug hooking. If it looks intentional, it can cover any mistakes. I used an accuquilt die that is a size 8 to cut my strips. An 8 will work quickly and give a more even background.

I like to throw everything into a container and just pull out random strips.

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painters palette rug hooking

Moving along with the painter's palette for my Cleveland rug. I am very close to finishing. well in rug time, not real time.

And a wonderful picture of my Grandchildren.

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hooking and quilting

Apparently, Cleveland is proud of it's night life. For me, I made sparkling grape juice for my Cleveland rug.

I wanted to share a sweet quilt made by a Friday group friend. She designed it herself. She started with a T shirt from her late husband and made the center. He was a vet as well, so she kept each border in that color scheme.  When asked if she was gifting it to someone, she said that she wanted to sleep under it. It is beautiful.  and a treasure.

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a little wool music

Just a little music for my cleveland rug

I have a perplexing customer quilt. Her mother made this quilt many years ago and she wants it finished.

It is hand stitched together, but it is not very well made.
And the fabric is not good quality. She deserves to have it done, but it will be very challenging. I do like rescuing old quilts, so... I am not sure what to use for binding. To match the fabric will be hard.

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rug hooking

The bottom right of my Cleveland rug is done and I am finishing up the little bits on the bottom left.

And this string frenzy book came from walmart to live at my house. I ordered it online when the first 500 sold out at Quiltville, and I knew I would not make any of the "announcements" in time.

Two weeks ago, I taught a feather tree class and we had a finish. It is so cute in person. I was so proud of her.

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rug hooking

Next up on my Cleveland rug is the Westside market near downtown and in a great building. I am often fascinated by old buildings, and I worry that we aren't keeping them by tearing them down and building something new. They are part of our history, so I am thrilled they renewed this one for another purpose.

I taught a workshop for my rug hooking guild this week. We were making feather trees from wool strips.

I really like these women. They are creative and strong. I have learned so much from them over the years. My husband helped with the wire cutting and by being an extra helper.

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More rug hooking water

I had success at finishing the water and lower right side of my Cleveland rug. I have just a few attractions to do in the upper part and I can start on the night sky. I  hooked more water here and I hooked more water here. This is a big rug....

My friend Jan has finished her reindeer rug - so cute - great knobby knees haha.

And a quilting friend Sue has finished a turkey table runner          -gobble gobble.

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rug hooking water

I am back to hooking the lake in my Cleveland rug. I hooked more water here. Oh there will be more, I have the whole Lake Erie to hook. haha. But, I focus on one section at a time.

I started with a plain blue and a dark blue and then I married them together, being careful to scrunch up the light blue so that it would be mottled. The second piece is the color I wanted. I used that to hook Lake Erie. To get a random look, I hooked from a pile of the blue strips mixed. Sometimes it is easier to hook with the strips all lined up in a bundle, but not for the random hooking.

I have blocks 8 and 9 sewn for tokoyo subway quilt

And I have cut out another scrappy quilt I will call scrappy pinwheels.

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rug hooking

Our rug hooking guild this week was a combined meeting and hook in. We are an atha ( Association of Traditional Rug Hooking Artists ) chapter. We are interested in increasing our membership. I have been meeting with these great ladies for almost 10 years now, And I am the young pup. haha.
I had a chance to add the football helmet to my Cleveland rug for the Cleveland browns.

Vivian is working on her rug of sheep. They are so cute.

My Granddaughters and I had a movie date to see Cinderella on the big screen and eat popcorn.
And we are watching the Sara Plain and Tall series at home. Breakfast out included mickey mouse pancakes.

And for quilty inspiration- a wonderful patriotic quilt from our quilt show.

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rug hooking water

I try to sit and work a little on a rug every day. And right now on my frame is the Cleveland rug. Some days I barely get a couple of strips in, but other days, I get to play  a little longer. of course, I enjoy it, but it feels good to play with color and to go slow.
It was time to add the blue of lake Erie before I move it on the frame. There was no planned shading, just grabbing a strip of wool and hooking it. The variations are from the colors of the wool itself, but I like the happy surprises. I dyed the wool myself intentionally making it mottled, so I could have the little surprises.

This is a beautiful project that Beth is working. The linen has been hand dyed so that it doesn't have to be hooked with wool strips.  And the colors are beautiful on the linen.

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more rug hooking

The giraffe, sailboat, and fernish thing are hooked on my Cleveland rug, And some of the skyline. It's time to figure out what wool I am using as backgrounds, and either dye it or blend it.

Rug hooking guild met Tuesday, and Jan is getting ready for the border. I think the reindeer with knobby knees  are cute.

There was a Bonnie Hunter quilt at the Lafayette quilt show last weekend - On ringo lake - mine is still in puddle stage.

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