Kris Miller from Spruce Ridge Studios

 I'm going to wrap up the week-end with another fraktur inspired design .  This beauty is Tulip Bouquet , a PJ Rankin Hults folk art a...

The rug of the day is Not Forgotten Flowers , an adaptation of Lori Brechlin's folk art.  I am showing two versions of this pattern toda...

Today is Fraktur Friday!  This wonderful Fraktur-inspired design is named Tulips and Acorns , another adaptation from PJ Rankin-Hults folk a...

A very regal bird graces today's blog post.  This is Majestic , a pattern that is an adaptation from PJ Rankin-Hults folk art. Sue Russ...

We still have a good amount of snow on the ground and there might be a flake or two fluttering through the air today, so the featured rug wi...

Today's lovely bouquet is one of my designs called Checkered Jardiniere . This rug is hooked by Betty Mix from Missouri.  Betty used pro...

For the month of March, I have decided to take on a personal challenge and post a different rug every day on my blog until March 31st. ~~~...

I want to tell you a story about Lee Ann.... This is a story about rugs and goats and friendship. I met Lee Ann about 10 years ago. You see...

My son ventured out in the snow on Monday afternoon to shovel the driveway and play with the goats. I thought these pictures he snapped were...

Here's Lumi and Emma waiting for breakfast this morning.....

Quite often at this time of year, I get caught up in the zeal and enthusiasm of rug hooking. This year the Olympics has had me glued to my ...

This is my finished rug "Have Ye Any Wool." If you remember from a couple of posts ago, I was frantically trying to finish my rug...

For all of you out there who have asked about how to make the little rolled circles that I call "quilling", there is a wonderful t...

Just 2 more days and I'll be on my way to Mississippi! Yikes! I'm STILL hooking on my sample rug but I think I can see light at th...

In just about 2 1/2 weeks, I'll be heading down to Canton Mississippi to teach another fun rug hooking workshop. The gals who took my E...

I think these pictures say it all.... Don't you love the color of that sky? Gorgeous! I hope your week-end was spent somewhere cozy and...

Happy New Year! I've been reading other blogger's entries and de-cluttering seems to be a common theme amongst most of us in this y...

Yesterday was a wonderfully laid-back Christmas...we opened gifts and sat around in our jammies all day . The goats and sheep got apple tre...

Wishing you a warm, wonderful day with family and friends that is full of fun surprises and special moments!

Oh my, how time flies! It seems like just a week ago that I posted my last "Diary" chapter. I haven't had a lot of time to r...