Saturday night in Overland Park

Another hot day in Kansas---ready for some cooler weather.

The Warsaw Hook-in is next Saturday---since I will be teaching at Shake Rag Alley Kate and Cheryl will be manning my booth---thanks!  I'll miss seeing everyone.   Check saltboxprimitivewoolens for more info.

I am looking forward to my trip to Mineral Point WI to teach at Shake Rag Alley--workshop is Friday thru Sunday---and I get to visit my friend Janet both getting there and getting home!

As soon as I get home I will be getting ready for my trip to California---I am really looking forward to seeing Chelsea and Noah and their home---they have been busy working on it since we were there  a year ago---how time flies!

We have planned a day trip to Napa on Platypus tours---will take the ferry to Vallejo and get picked up for a small group tour (8-10 people)---should be a fun day.  When we leave oakland we will go to Long Beach for the ATHA Biennial---looking forward to teaching my class there---I think that I have everything ready to go.

I have still been running in preparation for my half marathon October 19th---planning an 8 or 9 mile run on Labor day---will miss my running buddy who is on vacation this weekend...miss you Kelly!!!

My husband has listed a lot more hook necklaces on Etsy---check it out.  There are some rally nice ones!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/anitahooks

Have a great weekend.

Rug Hooking Necklaces on ETSY

My husband has been making some one of a kind rug hook pendants for me to sell at workshops and so he decided to post some on ETSY---so yesterday he set up a shop.  It is listed as anitahooks because I am a registered buyer as anitahooksrugs he couldn't use that name.  Check the out---there are 6 listed right now but more to come.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/anitahooks?ref=search_shop_redirect

In the pictures on ETSY iI was holding them my hand tinted kinda blue from the dye pots yesterday.  I had spilled a bit of blue dye and cleaned it up with a rag and couldn't get all the blue off my hands.

I have been getting things ready for the Paisley class in Long Beach at the Biennial---It will be here soon.  I am looking forward to visiting my daughter in Oakland before the Biennial.

Home classes today.  Gotta go get my run in---have a great day.

Anita

Home from San Antonio

I had a great workshop in San Antonio last weekend---the Workshop was held on the Riverwalk in San Antonio---a great time was had by all!

And the cat was let out of the bag that the bent ATHA Biennial will be in San Antonio!

Here are a few of the projects being worked on by my students.

 Gina designed this antique style primitive floral with a leafy scroll---she is well on her way to a great rug!

 Susan was working on the ever popular Tulip Cross---some great paisley is in those flowers!

 Here is a sideways shot (sorry) of Comstock---this is an all-time favorite pattern and Cyndee is doing a great job!

 Hard to see this pattern but it is an M Shaw Rooster---I love the texture Janyth was creating in the chicken's body.

Brenda, a fairly new hooker was doing her hubby's dachshund---in the original pattern the bones were in the background but we decided to make them the border.

Jane was working on a 

Woolley Fox pattern called three Clucks---Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock , and Buff with green tail were her choices---looking great!  We changed the background to have a straw floor and a fence.

 Here are two versions of a McGown prayer rug---the top one is going to have a red field and the bottom one a blue field---these were being hooked with mostly texture in #4-6 cut---no small feat.  Great job Georgeanne and Cheryl!

Carol was hooking a Karla G pattern---Paisley Groove---these patterns are such fun to work on!

 Lonnie chose this geometric to work on---lots of texture in this one---she only has to repeat it 8 times!

It is going to be a great rug.

Grace was doing one of my Cupboard designs---Pineapple---her first wide cut hooking,  She is adding a border and beaded the beauty line---way to go! 

 Judy is well on her way to some beautiful Pansies---I will see this one finished in November---go Judy go!

 Sherry is working on my "Paisley on Paisley" pattern---the teals and oranges are making a lovely complementary color plan.

Saundra has an ambitious crewel style pattern, but wanted to hook with textures---more like a floral textile with a gold background---we pulled a great palette of fabrics from her stash and added some of my textures to work in with hers.

Joan was also doing Comstock---she made great progress and hooks beautifully---she is my little sister at Teacher's workshop---and a great one at that!

A couple of others got theirs packed up before I got pictures.  It is a great workshop but a lot of time is packed in over what seems to be a short weekend.

Well gotta go get some work done.  It is a beautiful morning in Overland Park---may have to go for a bike ride today.

Home from Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons

It is good to be home!  We had a great trip and saw some beautiful country.  I forgot how much I missed the mountains...check out this beautiful picture.

We covered 3500 miles on our trip and we were gone almost three weeks---had a tire problem outside of Laramie that did some damage to our trailer---we ended up buying 4 new tires and will need to do some repair to the underbelly and trip around the wheel well.  At least now one was hurt.

This handsome guy crossed the road in front of our truck.

 Me posing at the
continental Divide.

 Hidden Falls near Jenny Lake.

 Inspiration Point at Jenny Lake.

 Biking on the path from Jenny Lake towards Moose.

 Cooling off my feet at the bottom of the falls---biked and hiked it to the falls.

 Natural bridge---another bike and hike trip.

 Camping at Headwater's Lodge in the Tetons.

 Lone Star Geyser.  We biked in to the geyser and then hiked about four miles in---by the time we got back the geyser was going off again.

 This picture doesn't do this justice---the color and depth was so impressive

Flaming Gorge Reservoir outside of Rock Springs

I did manage to get some hooking done while riding in the truck.

Finished up the Karla G paisley---here it is:

I also worked on "Mom"---I would have done more on her sweater, but didn't have the right colors with me to get it to work the way I wanted.

Well, I have work to do so that is it for now.

It is good to be home.

Anita

Antique Samplers

Well I just had to see what they looked like on the wall, so I finished mounting them---still need to cover the backs with paper but that will have to wait until I return as well as putting the small one in a different frame---right now that one doesn't have the spacers.

Here is a picture of them hanging.

My daughter Sarah is going to put her house on the market in Manhattan KS---so thursday I am going to go play "stager".  Here is a rug that I bought for $65 on craigslist---it is an 8 foot round 100% wool hand tufted Amici imports---  I think it was a bargain!!!  I may bring it back home when her house sells.

Also another great bargain---free moving boxes courtesy of Craigslist as well, including 7 wardrobe boxes.

Here is an update on the paisley rug, a Karla G design that I have been working on.  It is brighter than my usual rugs but it has been fun to do---one of my kids might end up with this one.  I am still debating on a border---I think I want this one to be a rug rather than a wall  hanging.

I plan to get some hooking done tonight while watching The Voice.

Have a great week.

A gorgeous day at Pomme de Terre

We drove down yesterday for our last visit to the lake before we head off on our trip to Yellowstone and  the Grand Tetons.  This was our first time to get the jet skis up and running and it was not without it's difficulties but all is well that ends well---had a great ride today---water much smoother than yesterday...got the boat our today for the first time as well and it went pretty smoothly---yeah!  And I caught two crappies but let them go.  May try again later tonight and see if we can catch enough to make it worth cleaning.

My camera broke yesterday so we are in the market for a new camera---hubby want to get one that can be fitted with a waterproof casing for diving.  Anyone have a favorite???

Last Friday I went to the First Friday market in the West Bottoms an purchased three old samplers dated 1827, 1835 and 1841---all of which needed some restoration.  I have done my research and decided not to wash them but did vacuum then with a fiberglass screen over the top after removing them from their frames and mountings---found out how poorly they had been mounted.  I purchased cotton rag board and made cotton slip covers to which I sewed the samplers onto the fabric.  I started with the small one and then went to the largest one---still have the medium one to go.  I also purchased plexiglass spacers that I will put on the glass so it doesn't touch the sampler.  Here are some pictures:

This is a section of the largest one after I sewed it to the fabric 

thuis the middle sized one in it's original frame

This is the smallest one in it's frame---will not be able to reuse this frame because it is not deep enough---sorry it is upside down 

this is the largest one before I took it out of the frame

this is small one after I mounted it on the fabric 

This is the large one remounted

This is what was underneath the sampler---it was wrapped around this and nailed---nails were rusted and yucky ---the was enough of a markin outside the sampler area that I was able to carefully trim that  area off.

while I am not claiming to have done a completely museum quality mount---I do know that I followed their practices and have added many more years to these wonderful schoolgirl samplers.

I will post pictures when I get them back in their frames.  

Have any of you done this---would love to hear from you if you have.

A long over due post

Hi everyone!  This is a long overdue post---so here goes.  I can't believe a month has gone by.

This is going to be in random order---

We finally got our fifth wheel out of storage and placed in its home on Pomme de Terre lake.

Trailer, sweet trailer!

Our view from the trailer

We have an upcoming adventure coming in the fifth wheel as we are planning a trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.

I ran the Hospital Hill 5K race for the fifth time since 2009---

The first year it took me 35 minutes to complete the race---this year I came in 3rd in my age group in 29:06---yeah!  Fortunately it was a very cool morning for June and it was a great race.  Many thanks to my running buddy Kelly for keeping me motivated.

Oh and I also ran a Mother's Day 5K with Kelly too.

Got a new short haircut for summer and due to eye allergies have been wearing my glasses---hoping to get back to my contacts soon!!!

I have been doing some hooking on a Karla G paisley pattern...here is her painting and my rug so far.  I have been loosely following her colors although while my colors are bright for me they are not nearly as bright as the colors in her painting.

Karla G Paisley design.

My youngest daughter got engaged a couple of weeks ago so I will have another wedding to help plan ...congratulations Sarah!

I have been sending out information to students for some upcoming workshops...looking forward to the Angela Pumphrey workshop in San Antonio, Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point, Wisconsin and the ATHA Biennial in Long Beach California.

 I am not much of a gardener but am trying my hand at growing some tomatoes---thanks to one of my students, Sally who started these in her greenhouse---most are heirloom so hopefully I won't kill them.

I love peonies!

Well I guess that is it for me today...have a great weekend!!!

Anita