These patterns were developed in class using templates, memories and imagination. I love these two rugs!
Elizabeth's memory rug:
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| Elizabeth Worrel, Ontario Canada memory rug. |
Sandi's memory rug and exciting story about it, shared via email with Loretta (Lor) Moore (Hooked on the Lake) and me:
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| Sandi Percival, Ontario Canada memory rug. |
I entered my antique-inspired rug into a Country Fair in
Lake Place on Friday to be judged. We were told we would be called
if we won at any level. Everyone's work was judged over the past two
days. I never received a call. Bill took me to the Fair
today and our last stop was at the exhibition of the Art Work.
To my astonishment, and I mean I was totally astonished, I not only
won First, but won First in Class and First in Show. I just stood there
with my mouth wide open and tears streaming down. Since coming home, I
keep pinching myself. Lor, could we ever have thunk
this!!!! My head is so swollen right now that I don't think my pillow
will hold it!!!!
Kathy you were such a brilliant teacher....so much so
that I was totally inspired to create my own pattern and this project
came from my heart. It is called "Memories" because it
represents everything that was near and dear to us at
our "Calversan Acres" Farm especially our babies "Caleb" and "Hallee". Lor this would not have happened if you had
not coordinated the rug camp with Kathy. How fortunate we were.
Thanks.
And my response to Sandi's extremely kind note (above) is: thank you Sandi for sharing pic's of your finished rug and providing me the privilege of spending 3 days with you and all the other Ontario hookers. It was a dream come true for me! I was there to facilitate, but the true brilliance came from within each student! Your kind comments are humbling.
On another note, an amazing fact about Sandi's rug is that it is a very small rug; if my memory is correct, it is only about 13"x13" in size. Sandy was hooking with what I recall to be a 5-6 cut and achieved amazing detail in her tiny rug full of many motifs.
