And here it is! Woohoo!!

Sorry it has been a while since I have written.  I was so busy getting my rug ready for the show on Thursday that I was even hooking all Memorial weekend.  But it is done!  I dropped it off yesterday morning and both of my pieces are in the show!

 And here it is!  Woohoo!!


The show invite is below...

Opening is Thursday!  Everyone is invited...

I finished...

I get a whoo hoo!  I finished my masked cardinal, my very first hooked rug.

I framed it in some wool felt that I hand dyed for practice a while ago.  I am pretty proud of Mr. Masked Cardinal.

I have started my second project but not even enough to show you progress.  I also have a birthday present I am making for my son... 

Deadlines deadlines.  My son's birthday is the 15th and we only have until the end of May to finish the second rug.  Then there is my wonderful son in law's birthday present and in there somewhere I need to figure out a shower gift for my niece.  So much to do...

Will check in with progress.  Always, Kay

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