MORE SHOW AND TELL…

What could be better on a dreary cold rainy day that hooking or punching up something fun and funky…(well that was yesterday – today is gorgeous although the blood sucking, chomping down on flesh, black flies are in abundance!)…

Diane finished punching and mounting these pieces and finished her Jonah in the Whale(pattern by Woolensails)…

Linda finished punching another piece (her own design) to be donated to the animal shelter fundraising…

Finished mounting Eat Crow on a vintage shoe shine box – I removed the shoe from the top and then sanded, painted, sanded again and antiqued the box before mounting my crow. Happy with the way it turned out – this piece will be for sale…

I was given a bag full of goodies by a friend who had decided that a pattern I had drawn out for her a few years ago for mini punch needle was never going to get punched. When I looked at the pattern I immediately understood why – it was huge!!! 11 x 8.5 inches – way bigger than even I wanted to attempt. So, I decided to take a bit of artistic license and crop it down to a manageable size. So this is my cropped version (and somewhat edited) of Karla Gerard’s Folkart Farm pattern mounted on a vintage watering can – I thought a glass vase inside (the can is not water tight anymore haha) with a few spring or summer blooms would be nice…another piece I will be listing…as you can see there are no spring blooms in my garden yet – just greenery!…

SUPPLY SALE

Sandi is destashing and has a larrrrrge supply of wool fabric, yarns for hooking, yarns for whipping, rughooking patterns, rughooking kits, rughooking books and magazines, sewing machine, needle felting supplies etc. – all for sale at good prices… Here is the poster for her popup sale – I will be helping her out that day so if you are on the hunt for supplies at good prices come and visit and add to your stash…

ANOTHER PUNCH NEEDLE FINISHED..

A few days ago I drew out one of my lovely Ann Hallett patterns, Eat Crow, for Debbie. I have always loved this pattern but have never hooked it. I have so little wall space left that I have to be judicious about what I hook – there is only one spot where I change out patterns by the season and they have to be a specific size. I realised I could, with a few adjustments, hook this fabulous pattern but first I decided to mini punch it. So here it is – Eat Crow in miniature – and now I am anxious to play with the larger hooked version…

First, though, I have to decide what he will be mounted on – another wonderful piece of 150+ year old barnwood; an old shoe shine box perhaps painted mustard and grunged up???? So stay tuned both for the finished mounted version of Eat Crow and the hooked version (bought the perfect ball of Malibrigo Rasta to work into his wings!!! for texture and delight).

If you are interested in this pattern I have it in both rughooking on linen and mini punch needle on weavers cloth. I started it on Thursday and finished it this morning…

FINISHED…

The last few days I have been punching and finishing a few fun pieces. Sadly, my week of creativity with Diane was cut short (but we have planned another week coming up so something to look forward to) but I have pretended I have my creative buddy here and worked hard…

Mounted Jackie’s pooch Isaac on an antique clip board…

 

Jonah in the Whale (not sure if that is the title of this fun pattern by Woolensails – Debbie St. Germain) punched with. my hand dyed fingering yarns and mounted on a funky but solid piece of 150+ year old barnwood)…(for sale in my Finished items for sale page)

2 more Spotted Pony (again not sure of the name of the pattern by Not Forgotten Farm but this is what I call it) for Doris – one unmounted that she is going to mount herself and one mounted on an antique potato grater…One done in Valdani threads and one in my hand dyed fingering yarn…

My Sheep in the Meadow mounted on another piece of the 150+ year old barnwood this time sanded and beeswaxed … (for sale in my Finished Items for sale page)

And a lovely piece by Linda which was mounted on a lovely old carved box and donated to the local Humane Society auction…

 

CUTTERS FOR SALE…

Carol has a few cutters for sale as listed below – please contact her directly if you are interested (Westport Ontario) at  willowcreekrh@gmail.com

(Green)Fraser with 3, 4, 5 & 6. $350.00. The wheels are cutting but have a few burrs. Machine could use a service. 

(Black)Fraser 3, 4, 6 and 8. Machine is in good condition and cutting well $400.00.

Bliss with 3, 4, 5 and 7 – cuts well but the wheels also have a few burrs. $350.00.

Rigby single with a 4 – cuts okay. $100.00.

Pickup in Westport or add shipping…

MORE SHOW AND TELL…

Louise sent me a picture of her Karla Gerard rug she is making for a wedding gift. Love love the green background and bright gold…

a few more mini punch needles by Diana…

Another fabulous use for those mini punch needle projects – Wendy attached hers to the back of a denim jacket for her granddaughter and stitched some memories of PEI onto the jacket as well…

Kelly sent me a picture of her beautifully framed mini punch needle…(pattern Pumpkin Pickin’ by Jan Speed – available through me for rughooking or mini punch needle)

I just finished punching (still being mounted) a commission for Jackie of her Bull Mastiff Isaac. I wanted to get the colours as close as possible while still keeping the piece primitive and folky…

Tonight Diane arrives for a week – a week of crafting, junking and generally having fun fun fun. There should be a lot of creative productivity going on…

SHOW AND TELL…

Today I finished mounting my Notforgotten Farm horse to an antique shredder…first picture is inside, second is outside in daylight. This one was punched, for a change, with a mix of valdani and DMC threads…

I also finished punching Otter on the rocks (one of my Lisa Ferguson rughooking and miniature punch needle patterns). This is part of a threesome of pieces punched for my friend, Nancy. I have to admit, they were challenging – lots of shading to get them right, but in the end I love the way they turned out…

Design by Christine Little-Iconic Trio-Peggy’s Cove lighthouse, Mahone Bay Churches and Lunenberg water front. Hooked by Beth Dubeau…

Diane’s 2 Punch needle pieces ready to be mounted…

AMAZING WEEKEND…

Despite the rain and cold and grey days we had a fabulous weekend. Fourteen creative, inspiring ladies with a variety of finer arts – hooking, punching, quilling, appliquéing etc. We were joined in the other conference room, by 20 quilters and so got to see not only our own show and tell but theirs as well (although I did not take pix of their work as I was not sure who to ask for permission). But I hope you enjoy the beauty and creativity of our work…

Sheila’s beautiful pieces…

Karen always comes with a ton of finished pieces that just are breathtaking. The Santas I believe are all Tish Murphy patterns – not sure about the fun fun weathervane or lovely landscapes…

Laura was working on an Old Tattered Flag pattern and brought along her quillie egg, carrots, and punch needle pieces…

Helen was working on 2 lovely punch needle pieces for her brand new grand babies and also brought along some mini hooked and Oxford punched landscapes …

Louise was working on a huge rug based on a saying of her hmmm aunt or mother – I dare you to figure out what it says haha…Her three children (who are now grown up with kids of their own) playing hide and seek…

Donna was working on her beautiful rug…which I am sure will find a perfect spot in her new home…

Edies wonderful trash can (although I would NEVER put trash in this beautiful piece) done in a class with Winnie Glavine…

and a few more of her pieces being finished off… The Tom Thomson on the left was being worked on by Chris – I think the final piece in her 4 seasons of Tom…

Diane almost finished these two cute punch needle pieces…

Andrea brought along her completed Magdalena farm yard rug as well as a few other pieces – a lovely appliqué and a realllllly creative under the sea piece with appliqué and punch needle trapunto appliqué and beading…

Susan’s wonderful hit and miss use up your scraps geometrics and a really lovely primitive crow which almost found its way into my bag…

Betty was finishing the last rabbit in a Simone Vojvodin  but she was not showing it until it is finished – it will be amazing…

and I finished off two punch needle pieces – a piece called Spring Flowers which I adapted from one of my rughooking patterns and am in the process of mounting on a vintage tin file box. The loon and crows are adaptations of 2 of my LISA FERGUSON patterns…

RETREAT WEEKEND…

Well we have been counting down the months, days and hours and finally tomorrow we head out to our semi annual retreat weekend armed with punching, hooking, felting and stitching projects. So, so looking forward to seeing and catching up with old friends and immersing myself in my projects. Will I have enough to keep me busy the entire 3 days? This is always the big question so I have packed a half completed punching project (well 2 actually) and a brand new one. So I should!!!!! be fine for the weekend – may have to spend some time wandering the room and checking out everyone else’s projects…

In the meantime, I have finished a few new ones (see them on my finished items for sale page too)…

This horse piece (pattern by Notforgotten Farm) is still to be mounted – I am still debating which piece to put it on – a small hanging breadboard, a wall mounted candle box made by Gord or an antique shredder).

Diane sent me a picture of a wonderful santa she just finished for her daughter-in-law mounted on one of the stockings Gord and Bill made for us…

and Alana sent me pix of her finished chicken along with the story which I love…

iIjust hung my chicken a couple of days ago.  I got inspired to revise it to AWAKE CHICKEN since it earlier was dubbed DREAMING CHICKEN.  It has a story: I had recently bought a moonstone ring which got lost too soon after purchase cuz i have lost weight and was wearing gloves and I guess it whipped off with the gloves.  I gave it up for gone forever when a friend sent out a group email saying had anyone lost this necklace.  Well, the ring had been run over in her driveway.  So it has ended up as the EYE in my awake chicken.  I also had the perfectly sized little frame previously bought at VV to fit my baby photo.  the inspiration came from a fable about a man who dreamt he was a butterfly and then when awake he wondered if maybe he was a butterfly dreaming he was a man???? Hanging from a branch was challenging and ended up asymmetrical and I had a chicken puppet who made it known it would love to perch there, so voila!…

HOPPY EASTER…

wishing everyone a wonderful day with friends and/or family. We had the most delicious cranberry orange hot cross buns from Cob’s bakery this morning – lovely way to start a beautiful, sunny day.

And a little show and share…

I mounted this piece punched by Christine onto this lovely board – one of my Briarwood Folkart patterns…

Diane punched this beauty and mounted it to a primitive bench…

I decided to remount this piece on a box I painted and distressed and lined with wool (available for purchase in my Finished items for sale page)…

Nancy has asked me to punch a few pieces for her – crows, otters and loons = all based on Lisa Ferguson patterns – crows are done…

And I punched and mounted this Primitive Floral in a wonderful handcrafted (by Vince) frame I have been hoarding for a while (also available for purchase on my Finished Items for Sale page)…

and another piece I have put on the Finished Items for sale – Spotted Chicken…

and another piece finished by Diane and mounted on an old box…