A couple of weekends ago I attended a three day workshop with Maggie Bonanomi at Nola's studio in St. Louis. We did two days of rug hooking and one day of wool applique. It was really fun to hook again and the workshop gave me the hooking bug. Maggie has some beautiful designs and I love her color palette! Below is one of her rugs that I am absolutely in love with. She told us it was her first rug (note the "97"). The colors are beautiful and I love the squiggly line around the border!
I hadn't done any hoking since the beginning of June and was reluctant to start yet another rug, let alone another huge one. I had purchased Maggie's cabin rug (I can never remember the actual name) last year while out at Janice's so I had to decide between starting another giant project and buying another pattern. I decided to stick with what I already had and thus now have three ridiculously large rugs in progress. I am loving this rug so far!
I actually have a little more completed than shown in these pictures. I have a bit more of the greenery hooked and have started filling in the background. I also have the cabin below completed.
I will be attending Janice's Birthday Bash in November and plan to keep working on this one. I need to get at least one of these big ones finished before I even think about starting another one!
I thought that September might be the month that I finally achieved my orange peel goal (one per day). I was going strong the first half of the month but fell behind once I started traveling. I managed to do 20 in September, which when combined with the pathetic 7 I finished in August but never counted brings my grand total to 163.
I had also hoped to catch up on my Magic of Christmas blocks last weekend but fell just a little short. I finished two each of blocks 6, 7 and 8 and one of block 9. By the time I had those done Lisa had published blocks 10 and 11. I wouldn't be surprised to see more posted before the weekend so I will be spending a lot of time at my machine again this weekend.
I have a busy rest of October - a business trip followed by some fun. I will be attending the MQX show in Springfield next weekend and then will be hosting Irene Blanck for a two day workshop the following week. I am really looking forward to both (but not so much the trip to New Jersey)!
3 comments:
I love your rug! I wish Maggie B would come this way....I would take her class on a minute!
I love your orange peels and I love your rugs. Looking forward also to the class with Irene Blanck!
I, too, love Maggie’s rug with the flowers and squiggly border!! Do you happen to know the name of the pattern and if it is published in a book?? I have been desperately trying to find the pattern to purchase. Does she happen to sell the pattern by itself or on the linen backing cloth? It is my favorite of all her designs! Your works in progress are lovely!
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