Magnolia Rug
This is a latch-hook rug which I made for my mother-in-law. I made a similar rug for myself a few years ago. When my mother-in-law saw it, she really liked it. So I pulled out my catalog and let her choose which rug she'd like me to make for her home. This is the pattern she picked.
The rug is sold as a kit from Mary Maxim. It is a shaped rug ... the finished rug being the shape of the blossom. But my mother-in-law wanted a rectangular rug instead, so I calculated how much extra yarn I would need and ordered enough to fill in the background. The finished size is approximately 2 ft by 3 ft.
I started this project in December 2002. I completed about 10% of it then. But then it sat on my shelf, staring at me and daring me to get to it! In October, 2005 I pulled it from it's home and started working on it again. Once I put some concentrated effort into it, I was done in just over a week!
I bound the edges with rug tape and secured them to the back of the rug, then added a label that says "Specially Fashioned by Margaret Davaz." It is still displayed in my mother-in-law's guest bedroom.
Dragonboat Ornament
My EGA chapter held a special interest class to learn to make this ornament created by Bernice Allison.
This is a fairly simple project in which you:
- diagram the pattern onto a piece of cardboard
- cut the shape
- score some lines
- insert a hanging loop
- fold and tape the cardboard into this 6-sided shape
- insert pins in each point
- wrap the shape with thread
This was a quick project. It only took an hour or two from start to finish. It reminds me a lot of the God's Eyes that my daughters learned to make in elementary school.
I found a video tutorial on YouTube if you want to try some yourself:
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