Rug Hooking, My Drawing and Transfer to the Linen.

Well, I have been working hard on my rug hooking.  I realized tomorrow is the day we are supposed to have our second project on the linen, but I don't have a light table yet, and I didn't even have a drawing, until this morning.  But I have been working on my bird (I call him a cardinal with a mask)...

I hope to finish this week because we are halfway this week and I need time to work on my next project which will be a "rosemaling" flower rug.  I spent the morning drawing it.

I added my sort of color scheme to the drawing.  The blue in the colored drawing is actually more teal, and the orange is a bit more peachy, but it gets the idea across.

Then using my light box which is actually a big led light for the ceiling I got at Menard's, I put it on the linen.

The light box works really well, you just tape the drawing under the linen, to the glass, and copy with a permanent marker.  All of the picture will be covered with wool, so it doesn't matter if you made a mistake, as you can see, I did.



So that is my process to begin my next rug hooking project.

As soon as I can finish my bird, I will be starting on the flower so Hopefully, I can finish it in the next four weeks. 

Stretch, stretch and stretch some more...

Really, I am going to do this!

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I asked my kids to give this to me as an early Mother's Day present and I am really excited.  I ordered the paints from Amazon prime and I need to either find my Kona black or make a quick trip to the fabric store so I can begin. 

So excited!!!!

Will post as I go.

Love to you and yours, Kay

Have you ever thought about using quilt labels?

I thought I would try one.  I saw this Etsy website and I really liked the designs they had for the labels.  Their website is camelsota.com,  I am not sure why someone would combine a camel with Minnesota, but I hope to find that out someday.  They are a local to me shop so I feel a bit closer to them than to just "anyone" from Etsy, but I do support Etsy whenever I can.

Anyway, I chose this really cute picture:

 

And I made a play on my last name Holm.  Cute I think.  Check them out, maybe they can make some for you too.

Quilt with love.  Always, Kay

Working on UFOs and some easier quilts

A UFO from 2016 Pat Sloan  Have you gotten some older UFOs that are really needing to be finished?  I found this one hiding in my closet and decided it was time to get it done.  I am going through my closet, I have maybe 7 other quilts started but need finishing, in various states of "doneness".   How many do you have lurking in the darkness?  This does not count the ones yet to be started.  I didn't bother to count them.

This one is called Secret Garden



And my fabrics are a secret (ha ha) until I get it done...




It really is a fun pattern.









And an easy but very cute baby quilt...

So cute...   That's all for now, quilt on...  Love, Kay

Quilting Retreat Saturday

Had a great time at my quilt retreat on Saturday with the South Metro Twin Cities group.  Most of us were busy quilting up a storm,

Not my quilt, but Suzy Webster's of websterquilt.blogspot.com




I was not quilting on Saturday while at my quilt retreat, I was...

Working on my rug hooking project:

I am taking a class at the textile center, and drew this sort of cardinal and am attempting my first rug hooking project...  it is fun!  I just have too many interests!!!

Love and keep on quilting (or whatever), it keeps us sane...Kay