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DESIGN #15 - GEOMETRIC MELANGE

4/25/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

Design #15  is called GEOMETRIC MELANGE

Although I really like this design, I question what I was thinking.  Every line has to be straight on the grain so that means 95% of it had to be drawn by hand, not with a red dot but with a pencil in the grooves of the weave and then darkened in with a marker.  Labour intensive to say the least.  Maybe, just maybe this might be a one off, once sold it could be retired just because it wouldn’t be cost effective unless the price was reflected  in the labour and materials.  There is only so much of a ceiling to what I can charge for a pattern, but then again perhaps I’m wrong.  The other day I saw a pattern that would take me five minutes to draw and was 11” x 14” and priced at $58.00.  I’d call that was highway robbery with a side order of gouging but people are paying those prices while I have detailed patterns that take hours to draw that I’m told are too expensive.    
My patterns are priced for size and detail.  If you like my kind of designing and see the love I put into each one, you are greatly appreciated.  I’m a diverse designer, never the same pattern twice with a full gamut of topics.  I like to think there is something for everyone.  And you know that whatever comes out of the studio is top quality, perfectly drawn designs that will stand the test of time.   Every purchase of every pattern is a feel-good moment for me. 

Something funny happened the other day when a long term customer dropped by for a chat.  The person saw my sketch book on the desk featuring a new design I was playing with and said, “That’s nice”.  Then added in a question form, “You can draw?”  I chuckled inside but kept a straight face and said, “Who do you think draws all these patterns?”   This person has hooked for a number of years and has completed many of my patterns so I’m not sure where it came from.  Perhaps a bit of foot in mouth?  Just in case others wonder as well, our designs don’t come from China and they don’t fall off the turnip truck, they are inhouse creations by myself, Deborah Sweet and others.   
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So this little gem is a geometric lovers dream.  Once again, hubby named it, perhaps I need to put him on the payroll?  The name is kind of perfect actually, like him. 
 
Design #15 – Geometric Melange 20" x 31"
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DESIGN #14 - LIFE'S A BEACH!

4/21/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

DESIGN #14 – LIFE’S A BEACH!

A friend was in the Bahamas and posted a picture of a sign on a post pointing to a beach and I thought, bingo!  How about a post with all kinds of slightly skewed signs with words that a day at the beach promotes. The play on words of Life’s a Beach makes me smile. I beat hubby to the punch and named this one.  

I can see this pattern in all kinds of wild, funky, bright colours.  Some of the words are striped and can have a rainbow of colour. There are small motifs on some of the signs to help add a little extra pizzaz.  Use all the bright crayons in the box for these! 

I remember drawing out the identical stylized letters that are in the word LOVE, back in the day of bell bottoms, hippies and flower power.   I guess I’m showing my age. 

This colourful pattern will spark a smile all year long and chase away the drudgery of winter.  It would also be perfect for a cottage on the beach or a vacation home.
 
DESIGN #14 – Life’s A Beach 18 1/2" x 35"
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DESIGN #13 - GINGERBREAD TREEATS

4/20/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

DESIGN #13 – Gingerbread Treeats

No I haven’t spelled treats wrong, it’s an intentional play on words, trees and treats combined. These are the accessories for the Gingerbread House village I’m working on.  So far there are the two gingerbread house patterns that are available for purchase and these fillers for the display. A third building design will come soon so stay tuned.  It will hooked and ready for this coming  holiday season.

I’ve completed the two smaller trees with a medium walnut for the gingerbread and a soft mint and coral piping for the details.  The larger tree will have a darker walnut dyed wool to be a bit different, with white piping.  I might start hooking it this weekend.  I love gingerbread cookies and I swear I can smell them as I hook these trees. 

The lollipops will add a hint of Candyland to the scene and will be hooked and mounted on wood sticks and then placed throughout the scene.  It will be a candy coated, but sugar free display.  I get a smile and a toothache every time I think of it. 
 
DESIGN #13 – Gingerbread Treeats
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DESIGN #12 - SANTA'S WISH; CHRISTMAS SNOW

4/19/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

DESIGN #12 – Santa’s Wish; Christmas Snow

This cutey depicts what everyone wants for Christmas, snow.  Young or old we want it white during the holidays.  Years ago, it was pretty much guaranteed, and those toboggans, sleds and ice skates Santa brought got a lot of use that very day.   Nowadays, its not a given, and it can be more brown than white and  because of it, I’m not sure if sleds and skates are still top priorities as gifts under the tree. 

As a child I had a lot of questions.  How did Santa visit us when we didn’t have a fireplace with the customary chimney entrance, but apparently he had a magic key to unlock the front door, not a grand entrance but he got the job done.  If it hadn’t snowed I kept an eye on the weather until bedtime, waiting for the snow to come fearful that Santa was not going to arrive in his sleigh with his eight tiny reindeer.  Dad would make up a tale of horses and wagons, planes, trains and automobiles, whatever was necessary to reward all the good little girls and boys.  Much to my delight, the old fella came no matter what and never disappointed. Truthfully, as a child in the 50’s and #60’s I don’t recall many Christmases that weren’t white, in December there would have been at least an older storm with snow still lingering.  I remember those snowstorms of the past, snow ploughed almost up to the top of telephone poles, banks so high houses were lost from sight.  We used to tunnel and make forts that we could stand up in, not that I was that tall back then but still, pretty impressive.  We played outside until our mittens were soaked and our fingers were numb, we had red cheeks and nose candles.  Those were the days.    

Santa always preferred the reindeer and sleigh of course, he could land on roof tops and slip down the chimneys.  He only ran into trouble if there wasn’t a chimney and had to land in the driveway. I don’t think anyone wanted snow on Christmas Eve more than Santa, I would imagine the view from his sleigh with the moon on the breast of the new fallen snow gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.  How brilliantly super. 

DESIGN #12 – Santa’s Wish, Christmas Snow 25” x 32”
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DESIGN #11 - GINGERBREAD HOUSE II

4/19/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

Design #11  is called GINGERBREAD HOUSE II

Once again life has gotten in the way of getting out the next design.  I haven’t said much about my poodle Henri being ill unless you have visited the shop and it got brought up, so most don’t know what we’ve been going through.  He started with a murmur and now his heart is so enlarged that it presses on his trachea making him cough and choke  when excited or if he does the downward facing dog stretch or holds his head a certain way.  I bring him to work with me because he would get so excited when I arrive home, he’d probably pass out.  In his final weeks, months, possibly a year I want him with me 24/7.  Covid has made this easy, hubby and I haven’t eaten out or had any kind of social life since the plague hit and if I go into the grocery store hubby is in the car with him.  

Henri had an appointment at the vet college in PEI last October and we were told that by April of this year he would probably be in congestive heart failure but knock on wood, he has not progressed any further since that visit and his resting heart rate is anywhere between 14 and 18, down from 20 when he first saw the cardiologist. Fantastic  proof that his lungs aren’t filling up with fluid as the water separates from the blood while pumping through the malfunctioning heart, signaling the end is nearing.  I home feed him so he’s healthy so we are hoping things progress really slowly.  He really wants to go sailing this summer, yup he told me, he loves the breeze in his hair, his ears flopping in the wind.  He's my soulmate pup and I can’t think of what will come, of a life without my precious peanut, so we are both living in the moment. 

Yesterday Henri had a bug of some kind and threw up his undigested breakfast around 3:00 PM in the shop followed by a splash of diarrhea so I left work early to bring him home and care for him, make sure his electrolytes were good and kept him hydrated.  Today he is back to his normally jolly self so whatever that was passed.   My pups come first in my life so the pattern was left on the desk waiting for the remaining darkening and photo today. 

So here it is folks.  My second gingerbread house.  This one is a bit smaller and the front and back of the house is oriented differently.  I plan to make another one, different once again, for a set of three and create a small village scene in the back room on the antique mantel. 
 
Each one has different elements so they are exciting to hook.  I haven’t assembled this one yet but I took a photo of the pieces already glued to their backings.  I’ve designed and hooked two gingerbread trees with a third one in the making and there will be hooked suckers added to the village for splashes of candy colours to add to this sweet-toothed scene. 

I loved designing and hooking these houses.  They are better than the real thing without all the calories and messy, crumbling with age. Every year you can haul them out of storage looking as good as the day they were made.  And if you are a Christmas kid at heart maybe you’ll leave them out to enjoy all year.    
 
Gingerbread House II    10 ½” Tall at the peek
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DESIGN #10 - AUTUMN PAISLEY

4/17/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 



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DESIGN #10 is AUTUMN PAISLEY


Well, I seem to be one pattern behind because today is supposed to be #11 but I will catch up this week.  This project was probably more ambitious than I realized but I guarantee by the 28th of April I will have launched 20 new patterns, come heck or high water.  I'm having a great deal of fun, and after what I've been through with Long Haul Covid, it's a breath of fresh air to be creating again. The smart thing would have been to design them all in advance and then launch them each day with ease, but when do I ever do anything easy or simple.  I stopped beating myself up over the weekend end when I couldn’t make it to the shop to do up an extra one to fulfill the quota for last week. 

It’s a big deal to draw a pattern on paper, work out the details and make sure it is hookable, create the red dot and then draw out the design on linen with a sharpie.  The lines are always too light after the red dot is removed and they all need going over with a marker to darken them. It’s very labour intensive to be as neat as possible. Most of these new patterns, and most of our designs in general, are not simple with few lines and little detail.  Most are crammed with creative elements; interesting borders and a lot are of decent size.  

Today’s #10 is the largest so far in this project and I must be honest and admit that it was actually created several years ago so it isn't new to me but it is to you.  It was forgotten in the heap of semi-finished designs, in various forms of completion, that are cluttering up my office. I truly forgot this one, being distracted by the business of running a shop.  I’ve been digging around my office for various bits and bobs of ideas and notes and discovered it.  I also unearthed a pattern I created back in 2000 that is the largest one to date, that I only made once, it sold and was hooked by a very talented rug hooker in Yarmouth in yarn and although I’ve not seen it finished, I heard it was spectacular.  The poor pattern was then retired by a slip of memory.  I was tickled pink to see it again and plan to make it up at a later time as it would take me all week to draw it out. 

I used the center of Autumn Paisley as a free pattern in the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia newsletter The Loop back in 2016 so it’s been around awhile.  I love the marriage of paisley and an October harvest of pumpkins, pomegranates, flowers, leaves and acorns.  I even coloured it in at one point with these gorgeous autumnal colours and still managed to forgot about it.  The initial drawing was small, 8” x 10” so I sent it out to be enlarged to 34” x 41 ½”, made the red dot and transferred it to linen today.   For those that like hooking with wider cuts this pattern is perfect with the larger details and motifs, but for those that prefer the finer cuts, it would be perfect as well.   
 
Autumn Paisley  34” x 41 ½”
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Autumn Paisley coloured in using Photoshop.  
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DESIGN #9 - VANISHING POINT

4/15/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

Design #9  is called VANISHING POINT

Sorry I am two days late.  I’m here in the shop on my own Thursday and Friday and it’s been busy.  Then I bungled the first of this pattern and had to do it over.  For all those that struggle drawing patterns I can relate.  Although with 24 years experience drawing them on a large scale, I might be considered an expert at it but I still goof up occasionally.  This morning I was distracted by hubby asking for assistance hanging a shelf in the dye kitchen for the big box of tin foil which I happily complied with, but when I started back at the pattern, I’d forgotten how the center went and put lines where they shouldn’t have been.  The air was blue for a bit and my toe hurts from kicking the desk and when I couldn’t erase the marker lines, I resigned to the fact that it had to be done over and done right.  A blood pressure meter would have come in handy to check to see if my head was about to explode but then again, maybe it's best not to know these things.  I  was under pressure to get it done for Thursday and now late, I wasn’t in the best form for taking it easy so my brain was rushing and the marker hand followed suit. 

This one was a lot of hand drawn lines and the first pattern has to be perfect for the website photo.  A photo will highlight a mistake as if a blinking neon arrow is pointing it out. The vanishing point comes out of each corner, criss-cross and then diminishes into a fine point in the middle of the rug, creating a diamond pattern in the center that houses squares within squares. I think they play well with the triangle's created in each quadrant by the vanishing points. Once again Hubby named it. 


I love geometric design, anything ranging from traditional to contemporary.  I once visited a home where the floors were covered in large hand-hooked rugs.  They were the perfect complement to a step back in the past his home represented with all the wonderful antiques the owner, a past dealer, had accumulated.  It struck me that even though the colours varied from rug to rug they were all perfectly cohesive.  The common denominator was the geometric designs and they blended beautifully.   
 

 
Vanishing Point 21 ½” x 36”
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DESIGN #8 - HOO-TIFUL

4/13/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

Design #8  is called HOO-TIFUL

Sorry I am day late with Design #8.  The shop is busy so I had little time to draw it on linen, I had to clean the upstairs for the hook-in and then I had a medical appointment in the afternoon.  I can’t seem to find the time to do them up ahead, and the lighting isn’t good enough for my eyes at home.  There isn’t enough hours in the day!

This second design of whimsical features in the body of an animal came about from a customer request.  I rather enjoy this whimsical way of designing, taking something already beautiful in nature and adorning it even more with fanciful features.  On this one I placed a colour band of patterns along the bottom to give the owl some weight, and to add a little more interest to the overall design.  This pattern has the potential to be lively and bold with bright colours and lots of textures. It will be delightful to see it done by one of you talented rug hookers out there in Hookerville.  Once again hubby named it in this perfect play on words, he is worth his weight in gold. 

HOO-TIFUL 20” x 29”
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DESIGN #7 - DASHING ST. NICK

4/11/2023

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 I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

Design #7  is called DASHING ST. NICK

What can I say about this festive design other than he’s dashing and debonair while dashing to his sled on Christmas Eve.  He's a lively old chap, but then he's in a big hurry to deliver presents to all the good little boys and girls all over the world.  So step on it buddy.

​I love designing Christmas patterns as it brings out the whimsical in me.  I have almost 70 stocking designs so that tells you I’m a bit of a Christmas fan. 
I'm very comfortable in the month of December. I was born the week before Christmas and my name is Christine so I blend well with the holidays.  And of  course, one of my favourite colours is red so need I say more? 

Dashing St. Nick  15” x 21”

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DESIGN #6 - WORK BEFORE PLAY

4/11/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

Design #6 is called WORK BEFORE PLAY

Although this pattern says DAD for the coming Father’s Day in June, we can leave it off the pattern for any person’s name that works hard and plays even harder.   I know man isn’t a dad and lots of women work with tools and love sports so I’ll leave it up to you to fill in the blank. I added “Dad” to show how neat it would be to honour them because sometimes guys are forgotten when it comes to rug hooking patterns.  Most patterns are more geared for women.  The Design #5 “You Grow Girl” is a prime example so I wanted to celebrate dad’s, brothers, uncles, grandfathers and the like. 

The name WORK BEFORE PLAY came about as a memory of my mother-in-law who liked to preach “work before play” although the play part never really got endorsed. She was what you would call the fun police in that she constantly said the main goal in life is to work hard and pay taxes.  Play didn’t really come into play.  Which is, of course, rich considering she never had to work after she married and travelled the world with their children because her husband was a 747 pilot for Air Canada.  She had a grand happy life, never wanting for a thing and being blessed with it all.  The only time she condoned us travelling was when we had tickets to fly to BC to visit them.  Even though we are adults we had to sneak out of the house to go for coffee, because that was a frivolous waste of time and money and we didn’t want to have to hear, “Are you flush with cash?”  Ah well, she was of a generation that came out of the depression and I guess she lived in fear that it would return so a savings account was more important than seeing tropical beaches and traversing the globe.  

WORK BEFORE PLAY  18” x 18”

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Design #5 - YOU GROW GIRL!

4/8/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

Design #5 is called YOU GROW GIRL!

A snappy “You Go Girl!” is adapted for the avid gardener for a fun play on words.  Spring is here and thoughts of seeds, nursery visits and flowers fill our daydreams.  With Easter weekend upon us, it seemed like the perfect whimsical design to promote seasonal colour and fun lettering. 

This pattern would make the perfect pillowtop for a sunroom or covered deck.  Art imitating life as it looks out over a garden lovingly planted and tended.  So “You Grow Girl!”, get ready to don those gardening gloves, watering can and trowel for another season of flowering beauties.  

Because there isn't a border, I've left a small space at the bottom of the pattern to fill in the name of your garden, or the name of the rug hooker and date.    

You Grow Girl!  - 18" x 18"

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Design #4 - RANDOM RADII

4/6/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

Design #4 is called RANDOM RADII  (Rad-e-i)

This one has a neat little story behind it.  I bought a new 4 cup glass measuring cup for the dye kitchen that came with a free 1 Cup measure inside.  It was supported by a cardboard insert to keep the two from knocking together.  I thought it was an interesting shape and wondered what I could use it for.  Everything I see is a potential pattern that I usually file away for future reference but this one spoke to me a bit louder and got my immediate attention.   I immediately thought circles, with all kinds of different features in them and moved paper and pencil phase.

I was at home and started hauling plates, bowls, glasses and anything that had a round base to make the various sized circles.  Once all the circles were drawn and I was happy with the layout, I had to fill them so I started sketching out various patterns that would fit cohesively with the overall design.  I was pleased with this contemporary pattern and I hope you will be as well. 
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It was a bit of a struggle to come up with the name.  Quite frankly I find it easier to whip up a design than figure out what it should be called so that’s where I call on hubby.  Once he starts rattling off names there seems to be no end until I say, “Okay, that’s the one!”   Random Radii is perfect. 

Random Radii - 27" x 39"

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This was the cardboard insert that inspired this design. Sometimes the most insignificant thing can bring about creativity.  
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Design #3 - SNOWBROS

4/5/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

Design #3 - SNOWBROS
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I’ll be injecting a little Christmas whimsy during this month of new designs. I know my customers love snowmen so I’m giving you three chaps decked out in hats and knitted scarves, the perfect place for splashes of colour. And by the way, top hats don’t need to be black! A swirling night sky and twinkling stars is the perfect backdrop for these frosty bros. Enjoy!   

SNOWBROS 27 1/2" x 13

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Design #2 EWE IN DISGUISE

4/4/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 
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Design #2 is called EWE IN DISGUISE

This drawing came about when a customer asked if I had any designs of animals with all kinds of patterns in the body.  I said no, not at the moment, but give me a few minutes because the thought of this as a new pattern was immediately exciting to me.  A half hour after she left, I had an owl and shortly after that, a sheep.  The owl will be launched later in the month and there might even be a horse as well, it’s still in the thought stage and will either be part of this month-long creative blitz or at a later date.   Hubby named it, he’s my go to guy for that sort of thing.  Get out your leftovers and slap some colour down on this baa-d design.  This pattern has the potential to be lively bold and bright colours with lots of textures.  I can't wait to see this one completed.

EWE IN DISGUISE 20" x 28"
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Design #1  HAPPINESS IS.....

4/3/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April. The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary pattern, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

This first one is a cutey if I say so myself.  HAPPINESS IS A CUP OF TEA…..  It is the perfect sized hooked rug to hang on a wall next to your comfy chair, plate of biscuits and cup of tea at the ready.  Tea is one of life's small pleasures, to sip and savour after a long day of work or for a break in our day, evening hooking or just because…..


HAPPINESS IS.......    16" X 20 1/2"

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