tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24563183982822227502024-03-05T07:20:43.610-08:00Ancient ClothMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759831735033471810noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456318398282222750.post-7950633502960154542014-03-31T03:09:00.001-07:002014-03-31T17:45:52.683-07:00Rug hooking punch needle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I spent 2 hours at my favorite rug hooking and yarn shop. The shop is set up in a barn on a farm.<br />
When you walk in the door and look across the room there is a wood stove in the corner with chairs<br />
surrounding it. Beside it is a big table and chairs. The owner created this spot for anyone who shops there. You can go and just sit by the cozy fire and stitch, crochet, rug hook or punch needle and enjoy<br />
a cup of tea and great conversation <i><span style="font-size: large;">free!</span></i> :)<br />
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On my day off I decided to try my hand at baking some oatmeal chocolate chip cranberry coconut cookies using only honey as a sweetener. Next time I will omit the chocolate chips. I love chocolate but the cookies just did not need any more "sweet". I borrowed this recipe and made substitutions:<br />
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Remember this Rug hooking piece I found at a thrift store??? Well, I took it to my favorite<br />
punch needle and rug hooking store and found out that it is old, but she was not sure how old.<br />
Burlap used to be used for rug hooking but it has been found that over time it disintegrates.<br />
Normally it is recommended that you transfer the pattern from an old cloth onto the new monks cloth or linen, but since the person who started this round chair cushion had already done a fair amount of rug hooking I decided to carry on with what they began. Also, they were using wool strips, which can be expensive. I am not a rug hooker, but punch needle is something I really am enjoying. I purchased this old find because I had heard that punch needle could be done on rugs.<br />
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It was really very recent 1995!!! Not so long ago.</div>
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Since the piece was begun as a rug hooking project I would need to reverse the pattern to the opposite side for punch needle.</div>
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I was given this "sheer dot" interfacing type stuff to put over the pattern and trace it.</div>
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As I said who ever chose to begin this project was using wool strips, which are very lovely, but I do not wish to cut stripes of expensive wool. So a better option for me was to purchase a bit of wool yarn. I am also going to use a bit of acrylic wool combo (dont' cringe...I know...I would prefer to be a purist) but, mind you I only paid $1 for the canvas! I will let you know how it goes...</div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;">but Mother Nature is still thinking "Winter."</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">An interesting fact I learned about house paint: To get rid of paint fumes...add a tablespoon of vanilla extract to a gallon of paint, mix well. <i>It supposedly does not effect paint color! </i>And makes the whole room smell like vanilla. Will have to try this. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">It is a rare day when I get to stay home because of snow. Usually <i>life goes on </i>and I <i>must </i>go to work...<i>snow or not</i>, but not today!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I made a yummy breakfast had lots of coffee and now I am settling in to "<i>PLAY"</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I just need to cut him out stitch up some legs and arms and stuff him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I have done a couple of punch needle projects long ago and it is something that is really new to me, but I am loving how compact all the supplies are. Not boxes and boxes of fabric to contend with.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Don't get me wrong I love all the fabric and stuff, but I have very limited space to work in so I am enjoying simplifying for a little while.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Anyway, I am rambling...(that is what you get when I have "free" time lol! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I have struggled with the punch needle until I watched a simple 6 minute video that gave me that "ah-ha!" moment and I finally got it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Being the typical crafter...I just happen to have a <i>spare</i> project :) waiting in the wings and being so excited to finally understand the <i><b>how</b></i>, I started this little project:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">loving this:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">While visiting my daughter in Austin I had the opportunity to venture into a small quaint shop and came across <i>Magnolia Pearl garments</i> and let me say..."Swoon"! They are <b><i>simply divine!</i></b> They are so well made and the fabric is simply gorgeous. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">hint: it has to do with traveling.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Remember I stashed most of my fabric in storage???? Well, I have just enough at my desk to start this project. I know I am just showing you what I am starting, but I have to begin somewhere. I am in the gathering phase...so enough "gathering"....time to get busy! </span></b><br />
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This was my little day off project in </div>
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between all the "have to" stuff.</div>
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It is a little punch needle heart. </div>
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(ya know the kind you wear?)</div>
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I was dissatisfied with it after I cut it</div>
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out and stitched it. I will keep</div>
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This is a gift from <a href="http://marystanley.blogspot.com/">http://marystanley.blogspot.com/</a>.</div>
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She gave it to me <i><b>many moons</b></i> ago, but it still makes me smile.</div>
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Thank you.</div>
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and this...</div>
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a tiny little stitch man made by Becky Lowe.</div>
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This was found while "thrifting" yesterday for<br />
the mere sum of one dollar.<br />
It really is quite beautiful. It is for a chair<br />
pad or pillow. I will make it a pillow.<br />
Note: Not a lot of light for pictures this morning.<br />
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Also, a new addition. I already have several of these little<br />
baskets, but I absolutely love them. They are so handy.<br />
I pick them up at my local health store. They come from<br />
Africa and are part of fair trade.<br />
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If you do not like the shape of the basket you just dampen it and shape it the way you want it.<br />
fun!<br />
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Lastly, while visiting my local wool place I was gifted with this book:<br />
I was talking to the owner of the shop about Janet Bolton and how I found<br />
her work inspirational and the owner of the shop disappeared literally behind<br />
a curtain (like the Wizard of Oz) and out she came with this book for me:<br />
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I wanted to share some of the pictures inside the book, but alas there is not<br />
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This is written as a children's book. At the end of the book is<br />
a pocket that held patchwork pieces of fabric that were pre-<br />
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the book. There were no patches in this book, but it is a treasure<br />
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Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759831735033471810noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456318398282222750.post-74496102923339741242014-01-12T13:44:00.000-08:002014-01-14T17:57:11.563-08:00Wide Awake!After a long absence...well I never really was far away, just working like crazy. I still am. I have missed visiting my little "blip" in the world and keeping up with what everyone is doing. My thoughts about 2013....<br />
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1. If you let work consume your life...it will!<br />
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2. If you let others set the agenda...they will!<br />
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3. If you do not "carve" out time for yourself it will <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>never</b></i></span> happen!<br />
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4. I have lost myself to everything else...<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>time</b></i></span> to find me! :)<br />
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5. I was so busy with work that seeing my crafty stuff just piled in stacks was depressing, so I packed up 99% of it and put it in a storage.<br />
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6. Living in the north forces you to deal with the snow/ice. Some days I don't mind and some days I do. (Well, I can do without the ice! It is actually scary :/)<br />
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7. I can do without clutter in my life. Less is more!<br />
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8. One of my teenage daughters began driving and working and my mom radar is constantly up!<br />
Sometimes I am anxiously waiting by the door!<br />
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9. I traveled to Philadelphia for a business trip and could not believe there was a Nuclear plant right smack dab in the heart of a town and how people were very non nonchalant about it! It was surreal to me.<br />
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10. Time that we carve out and we give to ourselves is precious and necessary.<br />
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11. I have been consciously trying to "see"the beauty where I am. Some times I am going so fast that I wake up and realize, Öh my God, I have been driving by this for years...and it is so beautiful!<br />
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Little Oliver has grown and stolen our hearts...</div>
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he is hard to catch in a picture because he is always moving!</div>
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He is full of little tricks, he is like a little circus dog :)</div>
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I flew to Texas to see my daughter and had such a great time!</div>
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My trip to Philadelphia and the Nuclear plant just past the parking lot!</div>
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I try to take time and sit by the wood stove while I am home...but not for too long.</div>
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During the holidays we chose a beautiful balsam fir and added colored lights and we all agreed it did not need another thing! I love easy!!! :)</div>
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time with one of my sons...</div>
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while visiting my daughter in Texas, we stumbled across a cute little hidden shop that carried Japanese fabric...score! I was so excited. I bought a few snippets to bring home and create a little traveling kit.</div>
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In my work, which is unrelated to my hearts creative desire, I met a woman the other day, who in a few moments inspired me to pick up my needle at least 1 hour a day...no matter what!<br />
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She is a passionate rug hooker and she won the Viewers Choice Award in 2012 at the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild:<br />
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It is called <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Koi Motion</span></i></b> by <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Carol Murphy</span></i></b><br />
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The Green Mountain Guild puts on the best rug hooking shows!!!!<br />
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Two years in a row I attended the Shelburne Museum for the shows and was absolutely "wow-ed" each time!<br />
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p.s. the baby is asleep in my lap as I type this...he is a sparky, happy, playful little guy! I am pretty sure he had kennel cough when we got him. I did not know what it was until I began to notice how lethargic he was when we first got him home. The moment my daughter picked him up when we went to choose the puppy we wanted, he lay his little tiny head on her chest, clue one: he did not feel well.</div>
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Anyway, he is perfectly healthy now and so well loved!!!<br />
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Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759831735033471810noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456318398282222750.post-82485820686221732672013-06-08T04:15:00.001-07:002013-06-08T04:16:56.486-07:00The baby has arrived!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">After a long wait the little guy has arrived! He has already begun to heal two broken hearts. Several years ago, I had to give my two Miniature Yorkies away because it was too much and I was moving and they could not come.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">One had become attached to my daughter and the other was mine. We both were broken hearted, but now we have this sweet little tiny guy who just makes you smile with his sweetness...we are thankful!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">He really is so cute in person...this is not a great picture...but you get the idea. After a night of holding him and letting him know just how much he is loved he has finally settled in and is willing to eat and sleep on his own.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"> Hope all is well and I look forward to being able to stitch again...till then xo <3</span>Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759831735033471810noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456318398282222750.post-88086962733536373262013-05-26T03:58:00.005-07:002013-05-26T03:58:40.713-07:00MIGA DE PANFOUND THIS FABULOUS WEBSITE/ARTIST<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">The only picture I got of my son...We just were not really thinking about pictures. It has been 4 long years since I had seen him. Too long!</span><br />
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In this world we strive to improve and move forward upward in a positive direction and career-wise that has happened for me. Needless to say, I am soooo busy with work and family right now that it leaves me almost no free time for being creative. I hope once I settle in to my new career that I will be able to create a space of time for my beloved creative endeavors. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">"Kachina are the spirit essence of everything in the real world. Their existence is inferred from the steam which rises from food and whose loss does not change the form of the food, to the mist rising from a spring on a cold morning or the cloud which forms above a mountain top. As the breath of a dying Hopi departs it also must join the other mist-beings in a spirit world, the exact counterpart of the real Hopi world but with different powers. Thus when the clouds form over the mountain tops and drift over the Hopi villages it is the rain-bringing kachinas who are there."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>I have added beading to the edge of the "medicine bag". </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>I call it a </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">medicine bag</i><b> but it really is a fun "holder of symbols</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">"</i><b> that reflect</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>my friend. I made some fun trinkets to put in the bag, but I do not want to show them because my friend might be peeking here! :)</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>I still need to decide on a strap for the bag ???</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b> I just love how soft he is! He fits into the palm of your hand.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>finished his arm and leg and added the heart and moon. He has been safely put away in a</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>I am counting the days!</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Adding a few more little stitches to this tiny bag....I am so slow at this lately.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Mind you he is a grown man, but I see moon baby as a piece</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">of art and therefore it is ok to give it to him. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">I will put a hanger on the back of it so it can be hung.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Even if he hangs it in a closet, that is fine with me</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">because at least he knows I think of him all the time...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">I will take it to him when I visit him soon. I can hardly wait.</span></div>
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