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A group of rug hookers that I meet with monthly decided to have a hit or miss challenge. I love to have a large cut rug on one of my rug hooking frames to go to when I am wanting to just hook. I often have projects going that require a lot of thought and planning. Sometimes I want to hook for the sheer joy of hooking and so I keep this type of rug going just for that. 
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I had a rug in the Sauder show this year and the theme was "Landscape of my life." Well for sure the landscape of my life has had many twists and turns. It has been thrilling and not so much — just like any other life on the planet. But, one constant in my life has been my furry canine friends. So the rug that I decided to depict my life is titled "The Landscape of My Life in Dogs and One Good Man." See it below.  The first vignette of of me as a 5 year old with a neighbor's puppies. It is depicted in sepia tones to show that it is in my past. The second vignette is in grey tones shows me about 11 years old with Scooter. He was the best dog and learned to do a lot of tricks. . . for carrots. And Dog Yummies. Remember those? Then there is a quartet of dogs that were great friends and company to me in my early adult years. They are depicted in black and white tones. My husband, Bruce came along later in my life and everything depicted in that part of my life is in color. We rescued a little Schipperke that we named Senorita Rosita Conchita. (after a tv Spanish teacher that I watched every week back in the 60s.) Rosie loved to wear a glittery tiara and a purple feather boa when we went on walks through the neighborhood. She loved all the attention it garnered. After her life was over we adopted two more adult Schipperkes. . . Smidgen Louise and Kachina Marie. That duo is depicted in the rug below.  Then our current pups - all Schipperkes - Shine, Ivy and Dare are shown on Bruce's lap in the last vignette. This little pack of dogs are related with one coming to us from Amarillo, TX and two from Ogden, Utah. And, they run the house, and we are their lucky servants.
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AuthorI am a fiber artist and sculptor living in sunny, Tennessee. I have a home studio where I dye and sell gorgeous wool fabric. Archives
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