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I love Sweden |
| Its a pillow on my chair. I am in Sweden and there is not much rug hooking here. |
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Welcome Friends |
| My 23 year old daughter started this rug in a class with Margaret Lutz of The Hook Nook when she was in her early teens. She never completed the hooking so I picked it up when she left for college as one way to cope with her departure. I added the initials of her closest friends and her new roommates to each heart. Her oldest and dearest friend's initials are hooked with a few strips of very special old paisley. One heart has no initials as there should always be a spot for new friends. |
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Welcome |
| This was a wonderful rug to use leftovers. The background has spot dyed pink and green in it that brings out the colors of the flowers. It welcomes people into my rug hooking studio. I like the font used for the Welcome. |
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Olympic Peninsula |
| The rug shows elements of my surroundings. The rhododendron is in the woods around my house. The mountain goat is in the mountains across Hood Canal where I live. The salmon are in the waters. It all represents my part of the country. |
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Doggie Welcome |
| This was originally a cat rug, but not being a cat person, I asked Steve DiFranza to make them into generic dogs. It was much fun to spread the bright colors around the rug, and to try to find something that would work to keep the dogs from blending together. The pink dog -- well why not? Maybe he was a stuffed one! |
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Pineapple Welcome |
| I noticed this design on a black wrought iron door mat in New Brunswick. I took a picture, enlarged it, transferred the design to red-dot and then to the burlap. |
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Welcome to Nova Scotia |
| A semi-circle welcome mat for the door. I found this pattern in a store in Cape Breton.
Hooked with #5 with found materials |
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Willow |
| "Willow" was my second rug, and remains one of my favorites. It was a leap of faith for me to use red for the background, but it paid off. It took second place at our county fair in 1997. |
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Pineapple Stencil Welcome Rug |
| The design is taken from an early American stencil design. The motif is hooked with a #3 strip, and the background is worked with a #6 strips.
Patterns available for all rugs submitted. |
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Shaker Welcome Rug |
| The motif was adapted from an authentic Shaker design. Pattern available. |
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Cat Trio Welcome Rug |
| Three friendly cats of assorted coloring are shown against a floral and striped background. |
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Welcome Pineapple |
| This traditional symbol of Welcome has graced my studio/shop door for 6 years now. The pinepple was hooked with one of my spot dyes, a beaded border adds the perfect frame. |
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Welcome Home |
| My version of Home Sweet Home...I love "wonky" houses! The plaid in the background was so much fun to hook...adds just the right amount of movement. |
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Early Welcom |
| EARLY WELCOM is a very old design. Designed by Ruth R. Hall of Rye, NH, it is available through Cushing (H136). My dear friend and mentor, Yvonnne Miller, helped me color plan this rug. |
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