Dogwood Farm

Recently finished

Jan. 24, 2016

Hi everyone,
I thought you might like to see my adaptation of an antique rug,
" Two Little Kitties"

Well, almost finished will press and bind this week.
Something about hit and miss borders that I love!
And I don't get board hooking them.
In fact I think I could hook a huge runner and enjoy every minute of it!! :)

I also wanted to share a wool appliqué kit

from Cee Rufus of Early Style Penny Rugs.
I really enjoy hand-stitching while taking
a break from hooking.
I have stitched several of her kits.
I can feel another addiction coming on! :)

Wishing you all a wonderful creative week!

xoxo Louise

Free pattern

January 4, 2016

If you would like to hook or punch my version of this pattern,

I have posted a rough drawing for you to copy.

Add birds or whatever you like to the bottom.

I worked the birds in while hooking! :)

Have a great day!

xoxo Louise

Antique Adaptation

January 3, 2016

Hi Everyone,

My first post for the New Year!

My adaptation of this antique rug.

I was not happy with my background so

I decided to keep it simple and add the birds.

Such a beautiful day, the sun is shining! :)

Hope you all have a fun filled day!

xoxo Louise

My rug.

Antique rug.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

December 31, 2015

May this New Year bring much Happiness,

good Health and many Blessings.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2016

xoxo Louise

Merry Christmas!

Dec. 23, 2015

May this Christmas season

fill your home with joy,

your heart with love

and your life with laughter.

Merry Christmas!

Photo of me, my brother and
doll Patti Play Pal.

Many blessings!
xoxo Louise

My finished rug

December 14, 2015

My finished rug for the Facebook

Out Of Hand Rug Hooker's Hook-a-long & Challenge Group,

hosted by the very talented Lori Brechlin.

This is such a talented group of rug hookers,

you will be amazed when you see their work!!

Wishing you all a fabulous week!!

xoxo Louise

Historic Home 2

December 11, 2015

Hi everyone,

Sharing the last of the pictures I took of Liz's beautiful collections.

Sorry, they are not of great quality since I used my old iPhone.

This beautiful cupboard is full of antique Canton-ware.

The chandelier was made by Authentic Designs.

I love the simplicity of this room.

Antique silhouettes.

A favorite!

Love this one too! What a sweet little pug!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

xoxo Louise

Historic Home

Hi everyone,

Yesterday Larry and I drove into Downingtown just 30 minutes from my home to pick up

two antique sconces that I purchased from a wonderful seller Liz McElroy on eBay.

Liz sells her beautiful antiques at shows, smalls on eBay and also from her home.

I will attach links to her Facebook page and eBay listings.

But first I want to show you around her beautiful historic home.

This is the first room we entered.

I love the blue chest, glass bottles and topiaries.

Cozy kitchen with beautiful walk-in fireplace, wonderful redware and chandelier.

Beautiful painted cupboard filled with redware.

I took pictures with my phone which did not capture the

true beauty of this room.

It made my heart go pitter patter!

I will be sharing more of Liz's home in another post this week.

Check out her eBay page

ebay listings

Facebook page

J-K-Nevin-Antiques

Hope you all have a wonderful day!!

xoxo Louise

My Dear Friend

Nov. 27, 2015

To my Dear Friend Carole Holt.

I think of you every day and miss you so very much.

Happy Birthday my forever friend!

xoxo Louise

Happy Thanksgiving!!

November 24, 2015

Wishing all my family and friends a

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

All that we behold is full of blessings. ~William Wordsworth

Recently Finished

Feb. 4, 2015

Hi everyone,

Hope you're all having a great week

keeping warm, healthy and finding time to create.

I wanted to share a few pieces I recently finished.

The penny mat was a kit by Cee Rafuse link.

I find hand-stitching so very relaxing!

I'm now working on appliqué Christmas stockings,

also by Cee.

Her kits are wonderful!!!

My hooked rug Daisy is now hanging in our little breakfast room.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Wishing you all a great day!!!

xoxo Louise

Almost finished!

January 12, 2015

Now that all the Christmas decorations are put away

I'm happily back to working on finishing up a few of my projects.

Daisy is a Notforgotten Farm Design

offered at Spruce Ridge Studio.

I have added the year 1852 because I think of Daisy as the special donkey

who worked our farm just around that time.

I have sprayed her with walnut dye since I didn't have

the darker gray that I had in mind.

She will need one more spray after she's finished and pressed.

Woodland Yuletide is a Punch Needle Kit

My first time using Valdani threads and what a treat it has been!

Once finished I will antique using coffee.

Not sure how I will finish it.

I hope everyone is finding peace and back to creating!

Have a wonderful week!!

xoxo Louise

Happy New Year!

Dec. 31, 2014

Wishing you and your family a New Year

filled with Good Health and Much Happiness.

Happy New Year!

xoxo Louise

Merry Christmas!

Dec. 24, 2014

Christmas comes with joys abounding,

Happiest, best of Days,

May it fill your home with gladness,

And your heart with praise.

A. G. Fisher

Merry Christmas!

xoxo Louise

Christmas decorating

Dec. 10, 2014

Our Christmas tree is up and for the first time I added some colored lights and tinsel!

I think my grandson is going to love it!

Still lots to do but each year less comes out.

This year for Christmas my very best friend Carole O'Neill gave me this Santa dummy board.

Isn't he wonderful, I love him!

Have a great evening!

xoxo Louise

Larry made this hanging cupboard from our old barn wood to hide the TV.

He did a great job!

Lars was not happy with Santa this year!!

He's getting to be such a big boy!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov. 27, 2014

Pumpkin Rolls

Nov. 25, 2014

I'd like to share an easy recipe for fresh baked rolls that I came across on Pinterest.

I will be serving them with my Thanksgiving dinner.

Aren't they the sweetest!!

Snow is in the forecast for Wednesday!

Stay cozy and warm!

xoxo Louise

Pumpkin Rolls

(I used frozen rolls from the freezer section (so much easier)

(Don’t tell the turkeys, but these deserve a starring role in your next Thanksgiving production)

Step 1: Purchase a bag of Rhodes Bake ‘n Serve Dinner Rolls

Coat pan with non-stick cooking spray.

Place rolls on pan and cover with plastic wrap.

Let rolls rise for two hours.

2: Slice edges of dinner rolls

Uncover plastic wrap from rolls.

Using a sharp knife, slice seven to eight sections of roll, leaving the center intact.

Step 3: Press hole in the center of roll

This is where you will insert your stem.

Re-cover with plastic wrap.

Let rise for an additional one to two hours.

Check to make sure your holes are still indented. If needed, press again.

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 4: Coat rolls with egg wash

This gives your pumpkin a nice shiny coat.

Then bake rolls for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.

Step 5: Cut whole pecans into thirds

Insert a third into the center of each pumpkin roll as your stem.

This & That

Nov. 3, 2014

Hi everyone,

Wanted to share yet another wonderful punch needle pattern

Turkey and Tallow berries by NotForgotten farm.

I just love Lori's patterns!!

Our Brandywine Guild Hook-in was a big success!
We all had so much fun shopping, hooking and chatting!
I got to meet some of my cyber friends too!

I'm so glad I took pictures of all our vendors before the doors opened
because I was too busy during the day to.
I bought a few patterns, rug tape and waxed sewing threads for binding my rugs.
The patterns I bought are by guess who??
Lori!!
I thought Daisy was just too cute and also couldn't resist
The Reverend a great Halloween/Fall pattern.
We had so many great vendors there!
Can you believe I didn't buy any wool???
I can't!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
xoxo Louise

Turkey and Tallow berries