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 Another large black and white spiral added some interest to the designs in the background. My background areas began to show more culture…

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I started with a small design using the giraffe pattern, spirals and bright colors. It was a fun piece where I also played…

 I did black and white checks with a center design running up the side.  The clothing designs were becoming more interesting to me.…

My other chosen bird, the Crested Crane was fun to work on. I found some interesting gold shiny yarn to use for the…

 I continued on to the birds and found I could make my birds raised and sculpted, and  then use some of the design…

This rug was inspired by this time of year here in beautiful New England. I always look forward to fall foliage as Mother…

The design for “Flower Basket” was inspired by 19th-century New England hearth rugs. In order to activate the background, I used directional hooking…

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I learned so much from this project, which I did  after taking a rug hooking class from the wonderful Diane Burgess. I had…

I made this rug for my dear friends who sadly lost their barn and many animals, including these two sheep in a fire…

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I concentrated on the face for my screech owl. I hooked it using the mini-punch tool and embroidery floss on cotton. I created…

I wanted to represent the life of a tree from the underneath side so I started by lying on my back near the…