SHOW & TELL - Rug Hooking Gallery

Rug Hooking Gallery~ In honor of the Royal Wedding I will be hooking & hooked to my TV tomorrow! These are rugs, pillows & rackets I hooked in the last two years.

ARTIST TOOLS - Dover Images

Dover Pubulications - http://store.doverpublications.com

If you haven't poked around on this website yet - go do it! I often check out Dover books from the library and I even own a few books. I love this resource for artists.

How I use the images~

• I love taking the old architecture images and pulling out details to inspire stamps & stencils. I like to tweak the image to my liking. I often make both a stencil and a stamp so I can use the images both in the positive & the negative.
• Sometimes practice my drawing skills by copying images
• Use patterns in my rug hooking. Often I am trying to find interesting border patterns for rugs I hook.

Here is an image of the favorite rug I have done so far. I call it a celtic family rug.

One of my rugs! It is sold... I started it as an Olympic Challenge. Could I hook this larger rug in two weeks of watching the Winter Olympics on tv... the answer - nope, but close! It took me three.

Part of the 30 for 30 (30 square feet of painting in 30 days) Love it's Seattle Vibe!

A domino necklace...

3 Little Birds... Painted on a cupboard door. I hooked some vintage buttons to it around the frame.

It is all about creating for me - so here are a few pictures of my latest stuff & some oldies but goodies!