Rugs from January 2012 Guild Meeting

Completed rugs displayed at the January meeting of the Peninsula Rugmakers Guild

Hooked by Jeanine Speckman - Original design

Hooked by Jeanine Speckman - Original design

Hooked by Gerri Shaw - From a photo of her cat

Braided by Jeanine Speckman

Hooked by Jeanine Speckman

Hooked by Pat Merikallio - Her sister as a queen, original design

Closeup of Pat Merikallio's piece

Closeup of Pat Merikallio's piece

Show and tell

Barbara Hager-Paulson with her new cart

Rugs Displayed at November 2011 Guild Meeting

Completed rugs displayed at Peninsula Rugmakers Guild, November, 2011

Hooked by... 

Closeup of Santa

Hooked by Susan Kleindon - Sunflower name/designer?

Hooked by Susan Kleindon - Halloween name/designer?

California Postcard hooked by Carol Chloupek - Randy My Abalone Diver

Wool tree made by?

Sanda and Wool tree made by?

Completed rugs displayed at the October 2011 meeting of the Peninsula Rug Makers Guild.

Hooked by Betty Montang - Adaptation from an antique box of playing cards

Hooked by Susan Kleindon - Adaptation from pattern by ...

Hooked by Susan Kleindon - Hamden by Jane McGown Flynn (Western Teachers Workshop piece  from June 2011)

Hooked by Gerri Shaw - Hooked in monochrome theme from a photograph of her cat

Postcards hooked by Gerri Shaw -- Monterey Pine - California Poppy

Hooked by:  Carol Chlopek - Hooked Rug Sampler designed by Jane Olson

Hooked by Ardis Deane - Adaptation from postcard of Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk?

Ruth Ellen Saarinen shared needle felting from a class she took.

Bobby Alvarez and Pat Merikallio with Pat's portrait of her sister as a queen

September 2011 - Crow & Stars

I love the colors my friend Bobby chose for her rug.  I'm not sure of the designer.  Great leaves too!

Rugs Shown at July Meeting of Peninsula Rugmakers Guild

Annie's Flower Power - Hooked by Betty Montang - Designer:  Cindi Gay

Hampden - Hooked by Susan Kleindon - Designer:  Jane Flynn

Cathy's Tulips - Hooked by Ardis Deane - Designer:  Laura Pierce

Cathy's Tulips - Hooked by Gerri Shaw - designer:  Laura Pierce

Punch Hooked Roses - Hooked by Lisa Wagner

Antique Rose Rug - Owned by Betty Montang

Holly/Birdie - Hooked by Jodi Steenstrup - Original Design

Fandango - Hooked by Ardis Deane - Designed by Jane Olson

Maggie - Hooked by Gerri Shaw - Original Design

Betty Montang gets an opinion from Pat McRoberts

Wendy Brannon checking out everyone's projects

Gerri Shaw, Susan Kleindon, Ruth Ellen Saarinen and Jann Dessling contemplating the finer points of a piece.

Reflections (going to two separate homes) hooked by Roland Nunn

Reflections (closeup) hooked by Roland Nunn

I was sorry I was leaving for an appointment and couldn't wait when Roland arrived to share his rugs.  I would have liked to get better photos, but had already lingered longer than I should have.

To see the photos in their original size, double click on photo.  One click will make it large -- a second click will make it even larger.

2011-07-31 - McGown Teachers Workshop - Pillow Progress

2011-07-31 - McGown Teachers Workshop - Pillow Progress, originally uploaded by Sharlene W.

I started this piece at Western McGown Teachers Workshop in Eugene, Oregon on June 24, 2011. The class was taught by Shelley Flannery.  She stepped in at the last minute to teach the class.  It was great spending the day with her and seeing some of her beautiful hooked pieces.

This pillow top was a stretch from my comfort zone.  I pushed myself (with some help from my mentor Nancy Miller Quigley) to use a variety of wool in each element.  I am so excited about the end result.

I feel pretty confident when I'm hooking, but when I'm ready to bind off or sew a piece together.  Cutting that linen down to a reasonable seam allowance is nerve wracking.  I usually put it off as long as possible because of the fear of totally screwing the whole piece up at the finishing stage.  I'm quite excited to get this one on the sofa though, so maybe I will be doing some sewing this weekend.


Floral Fantasy - S (PR1301)
Available from The House of Price, Inc.

2011-07-03 - Clearlake

2011-07-03 - Sharlene, originally uploaded by Sharlene W.

This is what a 59-year old who is fool enough to let her kids talk her into getting pulled around a lake on a tube looks like!

They told me it would be fun....