RED AND BROWN RUG
I made this rug for my granddaughter's mother. She just said that she wanted reds and browns, so this is what I found in my stash pile!
It is hard for me to tell exactly what each rug will look like due to the mix of colors and the print design until I get a few inches into it. And that's if I didn't run out of fabric, which I did on the red/white check, yikes!!! So had to modify my pattern and end with more browns in the middle.
When she saw it on the frame, she thought the colors were just perfect. Whew! I was a bit worried as I thought maybe the browns were too light in color.
Now I'm on to my next rug: a wool one with thin strips of navy, brown, grey and plaid wool left over from making my braided rugs.
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CROSS STITCH
A few years back I was at Hobby Lobby and I spotted this cross stitch kit. My husband and I love to watch animal shows and we enjoy sitting on our porch watching what critters we can: birds, butterflies, calves... So I bought the kit.
Wolves in the moon light! I was amazed how the birch trees came to life with different color threads. Sometimes I had to mix two colors together. And their fur...Wow. It took me quite a while to finish. I have a hard time working with black fabric or thread and this was a challenge. I would shine the light behind me and I had a piece of white fabric on my lap. When the light shone thru the small holes in the cross stitch fabric, I could make out where my needle would go.
The eyes were really fun to do! It looks like they are looking right at you - scary. It measures 15" by 12" and I put it in a nice rustic frame.
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Thanks for visiting,
Cinder
