Meet Ms. Beulah Bones

Queen of Halloween!

Ain't she great? Kathleen was in my class at Sauder. Remember she hooked the great pumpkin?

Well she designed and hooked this gal. Don't you just love the earrings and crown? She attached Ms. Beulah Bones to the black candlestick I provided as part of the kit.

I bought candlesticks at the dollar store, spray painted them with primer and with black spray paint. After they were dry, I covered them in silver glitter glue. A little time consuming but worth the effort as they candlesticks make good bases for makedos! Til next time, Maria

 

 

Tooling Around the Lake

As we were tooling around the lake last week, I saw these big red boulders in the lake. It caught my attention as I had never noticed them before. At the same time I was trying to figure out why I had been so totally clueless the last time on the lake, my husband chimed in "hey look at those cows over there in the water!" I couldn't help but laugh at myself, red boulders - cows, they kind of look alike...at a distance anyways.

We tried to get closer to snap a picture of them but this was a close as we could get without driving them back on land. Hmmm cows in the water or on land, the more I thought about it, I was ok if they ambled back onto land.

Despite the cows, We enjoyed the day swimming, snorkeling and hooking. 

Pretty good spot to sit and hook wouldn't you say!

 

While on vacation, I was able to color plan several rugs and even finished a little mat that I'll share with you in the next couple of days. Thanks for stopping by, Maria

Calling all dog lovers

I'm so excited to be carrying this new pattern from Pam Watkins. She designed this rug for camp at Holland this past July. It was such a darling pattern that it just had to be shared with other dog lovers! This pattern is of a dachshund but it can be customized for your breed of dog. It will be offered on my website soon.

Contact me if interested in purchasing the pattern. Thanks for stopping by, Maria

Check out the latest finish

Gail sent me this photo of her finished Garden Rabbit rug and I just had to share it. The colors she chose are terrific! I love the pink in her flowers. She worked on the pattern in Punderson this spring.

Thanks for sharing Gail! Keep those photos coming ladies! Maria

Hooray for Carolyn!

I received an email from Carolyn Saturday regarding a rug I designed for her last June for the Tyler Star of Texas rug camp. The Kirby Hooking Circle in Houston had its annual June Hook-yin. There were about 70 hookers plus vendors and Carolyn's Trick or Treat Halloween Rug won Viewers Choice Award. Way to go CAROLYN! The rug looks fantastic...
Carolyn's rug is awesome but I would be remiss if I didn't mention what a sweetheart this lady is! A true southern lady...what a gem.

2013 Sauder workshop

I was fortunate to teach a one day workshop at Sauder village this year. The class was called turning flat into Dimensional.  The participants had their choice of the samples shown in the first two pictures. 

Most of the participants chose either the owl or the snowman with the hat. The owl was pretty awesome if I don't say so myself, because he had this wonderful yarn for his chest area.  We did have a rebel in the Group who decided to do the pumpkin and wait till you see it.  Four people completely finished their projects during class and many of the other participants were well on their way to completion. 

My samples.....

Two more choices for participants.....

Isn't the pumpkin Just the best?  Kathleen really embellished this guy to the hilt! 

She even used a real pumpkin stem!  Don't you just love the beads on the back? JACK! 

And look what Diane did with her owl.  I had an antique masher as a prop to use. Well Diane very cleverly turned it into feet for the owl!  How stinking cute is that?  

Mary's snowman is adorable as well!  

Here is a picture of Diane with her owl!

What a great and creative class!  Thanks for stopping by, Maria 

Sheep Mat for sale

It has been a while since I have sold a rug. Early in my hooking career, I used to sell most of the rugs that I hooked but when I started my business kept the rugs for samples. Lately, I have been hooking small mats mainly in an effort to use all those worms that accumulate from hooking larger mats but don't have the space to keep all the mats.  So I'm giving my readers and followers the option to purchase before I list on ebay. 

 

Here is hooked sheep mat using my worms. (I hardly made a dent in the pile!)

The first picture was taken inside and the second outside.  I'll confess that I am not the best photographer as the rug looks so much more primitive and rich in color in person. 

 

  It measures 12 x 14 and it is $150 plus shipping. Email me at starrugcompany@sbcglobal.com if interested. Thanks for stopping by, Maria