Plan B

Thought you might enjoy seeing this photo of the big maple in our neighbors yard now that all the leaves  are gone!  It is still a beauty with or without its leaves.





It was another gorgeous day here in Northern WI!   I think mother nature is trying to lull us into thinking winter won't come this year! Ha! Fat chance of that!  LOL! This whole next week is supposed to be nice though! 
Makes it hard to stay indoors and concentrate on my projects in the studio.  


The last couple of weeks after finding out that my rug hooking class was not going to take place I had to shift gears and engage plan B.   All along I had a feeling ( intuition if you will Julia! )   that this time of year is not a good time for most people to take a class.  I will try again in Feb. to teach another class at the tech. school.  A much better time of year  for being indoors and when people are thinking of perhaps learning a new craft or hobby.  So what is my plan B?


I need to have some sort of way to raise some moolah to start paying for that Townsend cutter I bought a while back.  So I have decided to participate in a well established craft show that is held once a year  here in the parochial school.  The proceeds from show admittance and food goes to help the school and students.  It has been a very well attended show with lots of crafters and vendors.  It is held each year on the Sat. in Nov. when deer hunting season opens.  Deer hunting season in WI is celebrated like a Holiday! LOL!  When the menfolk  head for the woods ( although lot's of women hunt too) women go in droves to the sales, shops and shows held through out the area. 


So....... crafting it is for this rug hooker!  Oh yes, I plan to exhibit a rug or two and I am working on one right now that I will offer for sale! 




Here's a sneak peak of some of the things I am making!  Let me just say there is a lot of stitching and stuffing  going on! All the  fussy work gets a little tedious sometimes for this old gal! LOL!  But I crank up my rock and roll music and listen to the Dr. Laura Berman Show on XM radio..... ( all the sex talk  keeps me awake  LOL! ) and the time has been FLYING by!


Here is the rug I hope to sell.  It is a free pattern called Spirit Moose by Wanda Kerr on the Welcome Mat.  I changed the antlers a bit to resemble a deer more than a moose. This was a super fun pattern to hook and went rather quickly.  It measures 17 1/2 by 13 1/2 inches. 




Today I was looking at the rug thinking a braided border to finish it might be nice.  Do you like the looks of it?   I have never put a braided border on a rug before.  I thought why not try it on this one!  I have always admired them on rugs I have seen using this technique.  I did the braiding and am now trying to figure out how to attach it to the rug.  I'm usually pretty good at figuring things out but may have to see if there are some videos on You Tube showing how it's done.  Feel free to comment if you have done this technique and there are things I should be aware of. More to follow in the next few days as I create and stitch my way to the craft show!  Cathy G