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Stitching & Crafting Room:  Penny Rug!Woolfelt Craft....  |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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 Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 12:36:04 PM
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Here is one of my latest 'pennyrugs'...
I use mini-penny rugs as Votive candle cozies....
The Scotty is for my Serro Scotty trailer....
I call it... "One in Every Crowd"...can you guess why? 
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
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Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 12:40:05 PM
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Those are so cute Grace. What a great ideal for your candles.
Seize The Day!
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 12:46:32 PM
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Thanx Dorinda...
I got the idea from a quilting catalog...."Keepsake Quilts"...
The kit is cute but a bit pricey for what it is..so I just re-designed it to my liking...
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Emily Anna
True Blue Farmgirl
863 Posts
Emily
Fort Atkinson
WI
USA
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Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 1:04:55 PM
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Grace,
These are super cute! I don't mean for this to be disrespectful to the magazine, but I'm really glad you did yours on your own. I love the different colors you used for the scotties and I just like the layout a lot better. They are going to look so cute in your trailer!
Emily |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13639 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 4:07:31 PM
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How cute! The little dog cozy with the dogs and bones is adorable!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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jan49829
True Blue Farmgirl
2428 Posts
Janet
Gladstone
Mi.
USA
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 8:51:12 PM
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Aww how adorable!! I always wondered what penny rugs were for, :x Great idea!
hugs JEssie
"Wonder Woman hasn't got a cape, she just turned her apron around"
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 10:28:27 PM
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One of the (many)things I luv about 'penny rugs'... they can be large or small, easy peasy or more complicated....but best of all, can be made from wool scraps.... and are toteable..so I can take one with me to work on in the car while hubby is driving.
I steam iron (on the back side) the penny rugs to help 'puff' it up a bit.
I am working on another one tonite... a Beehive motif. I'll post pics when it is completed.
Emily, thank ou for your sweet comment... I am the rebelous type,,,(I run with scissors too!) and like to 'borrow' ideas and add my spin to them. :>)
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
1291 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
1291 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 03:32:33 AM
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Very nice! where doyou get your wool from?
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 11:28:49 AM
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Thank you, Grace! I find that this is so relaxing to work on and I choose my time after the older children have gone to bed and it's just baby and I. He knows it is time to settle and think about bed whenever I pull it out to work on. :) (I may have to do perpetual penny rugs...heehee) The Scottys are just too cute!
hugs
Jessie
"Wonder Woman hasn't got a cape, she just turned her apron around"
Farmgirl Sister #235 |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 2:56:32 PM
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Teri,,
between my neighbor & I,,, we buy wool clothing at the Thrifts....cut it up & wash it....we also buy wool felt at JoAnns fabric..... There is a little quilt shop about 13miles up the road from us...called "The Buggy Barn" (MaryJane did an article on the BuggyBarn in her magazine awhile back)... but we can buy wool pieces usually 12"...in wonderful colors at the Buggy Barn...but it's a bit pricey... so Andrea & I let all our friends know to save their old wool clothing...including blankets... for us.
The black & white wool fabric was formally a skirt... it's a bit thinner and looser weave,,,but still worked out well.
hey Jess, I had to chuckle at your comment ...'perpetual pennyrugs'... lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
1291 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
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Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 3:37:51 PM
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I wish we had thrift stores here. Just over priced consignment shops.
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 11:17:55 AM
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oh how I luv our Thrifts...a wonderful source of re-purposing goodies.
I am currently working on this 'Beehive' penny rug.... usually when I make penny rugs I make 2, one for me and one as a gift... this one will go to an very dear friend in PA. I can hardly wait to finish it.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 11:24:43 AM
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Oh and in the above photos... the Trailer one,,, all the trailers are are from old mens wool suit jackets, as is the background wool for the beehive,,, the plaid was a jacket and the brown was a womans coat... everything felts up so wonderful after being washed and steam ironed.
3 of the ones below were gifts....
The Blue one is from Denise and the 2 hearts are from Andrea. The hearts have 'pockets' to tuck notes or ??? inside.
I love penny rugs...
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 11:32:16 AM
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Very cute Grace!!
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Edited by - Nancy Gartenman on Aug 23 2012 11:33:05 AM |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 2:17:27 PM
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Grace~ When you steam it on the back to get the puffy, do you do that to the wool or after the backing is put on? JW :)
hugs
Jessie
"Wonder Woman hasn't got a cape, she just turned her apron around"
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2012 : 11:38:18 AM
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hey Jess,,
I wash & dry (felt it) the wool, then I steam iron it... then cut out & sew on my shapes... after all is done and assembled(sept rhinstones or anything that can't take the heat from the iron)....I press on the back side, then the front & then the back again. the steam just gives it that little extra puffy, fluffy look.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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showthemlove
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Vanessa
Vermillion
SD
USA
50 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2012 : 7:24:10 PM
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Wow! I looked at your trailer post and now this. I am impressed. I love working with wool. I want to learn more.
LOVE!
I love the upper Midwest! |
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ptroupe
True Blue Farmgirl
1752 Posts
Portia
Johnson City
NY
USA
1752 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2012 : 8:25:04 PM
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Love these! I also do penny rugs. Do you ever fill in the design with wool roving? I do that quite a bit---actually more-so than cutting out the pieces of wool. I think I will try that next. Do you hand stitch your pieces on or use the needle felting tool to attach them? You have some wonderful designs. Where do you find them? I have a few I have ordered online, but would like a free source on the internet if you have any.
Thanks,
Portia
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delicia
True Blue Farmgirl
917 Posts
delicia
cincinnati
ohio
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2012 : 10:41:54 AM
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2012 : 11:09:28 PM
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Portia, I hand stitch my pieces... I have not tried roving nor needle felting....yet... :>)
I usually look at other patterns and then just sort of re-create & put my spin on the design. The 'trailer' one is truly my own design.
There are to wonderful sites you might find interesting for Penny Rugs...as well as red work,quilts & wool projects.
Stacy of Buttermilk Basin
and Bonnie Sullivan from 'All Through the Night'
Both Bonnie & Stacy have recently tought classes at the Buggy Barn Quilt Shop and are talented ladies in their own right. I have several of Bonnie's wool kits I had bought awhile back...who would ever have guessed that a year later she would be at my home.
Google them to see their website, kits, patterns...etc.
Both Bonnie and Stacy stopped by my home this weekend to see mine & my girlfriends vintage trailers as well as my most recent 'penny rug' work.... it was an honor to have them look at & photograph my work.
Plus I have them hooked on wanting a vintage trailer..... in the mean time I need to finish up my current penny rug...Beehives on plaid wool. I am makeing 2 of them...
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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ruthie218
True Blue Farmgirl
1425 Posts
Ruthie Ann
Indiana
USA
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ptroupe
True Blue Farmgirl
1752 Posts
Portia
Johnson City
NY
USA
1752 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2012 : 6:32:07 PM
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Grace,
Thanks for the info. I will check out their websites. Your handwork is beautiful; I am afraid mine would not look very good. I guess that is why I fill in with roving!!
Hugs,
Portia
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Stitching & Crafting Room: Penny Rug!Woolfelt Craft.... |
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Penny Rug!Woolfelt Craft....
