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I love working with crafts, rug hooking, wool felt, penny rugs and stitcheries. Primitives are my favorites, but I also love to mix different styles of decorating.

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Friday, January 22, 2010

Pennies and Pillows - 2 of My Favorite Things

I was on another blog tonite and Julie at Bush Baby Jag was talking about cutting out pennies for her penny rug.  Pennies have got to be one of my favorite things.  They are such an uncomplicated thing.  It's very soothing to cut out circles of wool or wool felt in different sizes and then sew them together.  I enjoy making penny rugs and also pillows made from my rug hooking wool and the pennies.  They turn out great and sell very well at local craft shows.  I have a few pictures of some of the pillows and one of the penny rugs that I've done recently here on my blog.  Penny rugs, rug hooking and needle punch are all lost art forms that are making huge come backs.  People everywhere are making penny rugs, taking rug hooking classes and learning to needle punch.  I haven't quite tackled the needle punch thing yet, although I do have many patterns.  I just need to step outside my comfort zone to try one.  Maybe I'll try one this weekend.  It's been a more than crazy week at work and I need some downtime this weekend.  And crafting is just the ticket.

1 comment:

Olde Dame Penniwig said...

I love penny rugs too. I especially like the ones made with a very limited palette...

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My Latest Projects

These are some of the rug hooking and wool felt projects that I've worked on recently.

Penny Table Runner Rug

Penny Table Runner Rug
entered in 2010 Kentucky State Fair

Autumn's Grand Finale Rug (Adaptation)

Autumn's Grand Finale Rug (Adaptation)
entered in 2010 Kentucky State Fair

White Luminary Pumpkin Rug

White Luminary Pumpkin Rug
entered in 2010 Kentucky State Fair

Fraktur Penny Rug

Fraktur Penny Rug
4th Place in 2008 KY State Fair

My Original Hex Sign Hooked Rug

My Original Hex Sign Hooked Rug
for my son Adam

My 1st Hooked Santa Pillow

My 1st Hooked Santa Pillow
2008 (4th Place - KY State Fair)

My 2nd Santa Hooked Pillow

My 2nd Santa Hooked Pillow
2009

My Flower Basket Hooked Rug

My Flower Basket Hooked Rug
hooked for Laura

One of My 1st Rugs

One of My 1st Rugs
White Pumpkin

My 1st Rug

My 1st Rug
Crow on a Pumpkin

Penny Rug

Penny Rug
for Laura's birthday