HANDWORK

I love the art of rug hooking, especially "primitive" rug hooking. I happened to wander into our local Salvation Army Store the other day and found this hoop and piece of linen for $.99 cents, actually it was $.50 cents as everything in the store was half price that day. If you are familiar with rug hooking you know I found a deal you just cannot pass up. I'd hoped this little piece of linen would get me back into the "swing" of hooking. So many of you out in blog land find the time to become "ten minute hookers" I'd hoped your inspiration might rub off on me. I mean come on, ten minutes, anyone should be able to find ten minutes to donate to a craft they enjoy. So today I sat out in the yard and doodled a little design and began hooking. I needed a little break away from my Fall "pals".

Once upon a time I did my fair share of counted cross stitch....

I love the satisfaction of seeing something I have created hanging on the wall....

But then... I found myself wearing glasses, then bifocals, then a magnifying glass hung around my neck, and cross stitch lost it's appeal. Not helping me was the fact that I can never find my glasses when I need them most. The most famous words around our house are "honey have you seen my glasses?"

This summer I tried my hand at making a painted floor cloth. The instructor wanted me to free hand this project with a sponge paint brush. Now I have done my fair share of painting projects to know this was not going to work, not for me anyway. I returned home, sanded the floor cloth down and taped out the lines. I gave it three coats of black and robin's egg teal paint, one coat of a primitive stain and three coats of "Min Wax" waterproofing. The end result was better than I expected.

Next time, oh there will be a next time, I will know what I am doing.

And this little lady, well she is taking up so much of my time, I mean come on Lu-Lu I'm just asking for ten minutes.....