Wow, what a fabulous hook-in last evening! We're brilliant! Like a think tank for hooking! There was no end to the delights, one after another, I was clicking and clicking and here are a few of the pictures taken. Eye candy all! There were projects finished and ones newly started. What a talented group of women. Hey, when you're as good as you say you are...it isn't bragging! So the hook-in was a blast. There was homemade fudge from Pam and cinnamon rolls from Linda Ruth's oven. Spoiled or what?
Our hook-ins are usually lively, like we've gotten out of solitary confinement and need to laugh and chat all at once. The collective noise is ongoing and usually there isn't a lull but at one point we all went unusually quiet and it was so out of character someone commented how strange it was to be able to hear a pin drop. Usually the cackles can be heard down the street and I often wonder what the tenant, on the other side of the wall, thinks about our Wednesday evening gatherings.
I was the odd man out last evening. I've been working on making a piece of the broken Cranberry Glass into a wire wrapped pendent. Talk is cheap and I've been saying I planned to do this for years and it's time to crap or get off the pot! So I've given myself a deadline of tonight to finish and mark the accomplishment off my bucket list. I've been paving quite a long stretch of highway with all my good intentions and it's time to shut down the road crew!
But...I don't know if I've lost my bling touch or because the piece, which will commemorate my mother, needs a higher level of talent to execute, but I'm not happy they way it's turning out so back to the drawing board. I'm trying to make it extra special and there's only so much one can do with a bunch of wire and some pearls. Maybe it's been too long since I made the last pieces and I've lost the skill? I went home and ripped out what I'd started and hope to begin again this evening. I'm too fussy for my own good but if I plan to wear this piece when I haul out my pink shirts, well it can't look like chopped liver! I want to wear it and look down and smile, think about mom and have a warm fuzzy feeling, not bury its ugliness deep in my jewelry box and forget about it......
Our hook-ins are usually lively, like we've gotten out of solitary confinement and need to laugh and chat all at once. The collective noise is ongoing and usually there isn't a lull but at one point we all went unusually quiet and it was so out of character someone commented how strange it was to be able to hear a pin drop. Usually the cackles can be heard down the street and I often wonder what the tenant, on the other side of the wall, thinks about our Wednesday evening gatherings.
I was the odd man out last evening. I've been working on making a piece of the broken Cranberry Glass into a wire wrapped pendent. Talk is cheap and I've been saying I planned to do this for years and it's time to crap or get off the pot! So I've given myself a deadline of tonight to finish and mark the accomplishment off my bucket list. I've been paving quite a long stretch of highway with all my good intentions and it's time to shut down the road crew!
But...I don't know if I've lost my bling touch or because the piece, which will commemorate my mother, needs a higher level of talent to execute, but I'm not happy they way it's turning out so back to the drawing board. I'm trying to make it extra special and there's only so much one can do with a bunch of wire and some pearls. Maybe it's been too long since I made the last pieces and I've lost the skill? I went home and ripped out what I'd started and hope to begin again this evening. I'm too fussy for my own good but if I plan to wear this piece when I haul out my pink shirts, well it can't look like chopped liver! I want to wear it and look down and smile, think about mom and have a warm fuzzy feeling, not bury its ugliness deep in my jewelry box and forget about it......
Ginny is our quilting queen. Her work is perfection. She calls this one Basket of Flowers. Both her hooking and quilting is top notch.
Pam holding up a finished Shiver Me Timbers. Now she's working on a project using brown coloured burlap and is hooking large sand dollars to be made into pillows. All motif and no background to hook! Sorry I didn't get a photo...next time!
This is Barb's first project. One of Sue Cunningham's patterns called High Tide. She's clearly very talented.
Lorraine is nearing the end of her commission piece. Her sky is fabulous!
This is an old Garrett pattern.
This is an old Garrett pattern.
Coincidentally, Ginny has finished her quilt and just started hooking the same rug design.
My Aunt Audrey working on her Morning Glories. Her own custom design to match a beautiful quilt she bought for her bed.
Charlene showing her progress on the Tessellations Workshop project of last Saturday. She is mixing up the colours in the windows which really sets off the houses nicely. Charlene is always blinged up and accessorized beautifully so it is no shock she wanted to jazz up the houses with a bit more interest.
Linda Ruth and her mirror image houses. Beautifully done in greys and textures with monochromatic flair and a fabulous pop of red. Another stunner.
Glenna just completed Hot Water, Fresh Towels, a Sue Cunningham design. I've always loved this design, a perfect bathroom piece, especially for a B&B. Great job!
Pam sews my flannel gripper frame covers for the shop. She delivered a nice bunch of reds for the coming holiday season. I especially like the one with the navy and white bows on a red background....and of course plaid is always a favourite!
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