Dear Diary It's About Time
I am so very grateful to be back again on my Blog.
So much has happened since my last post in 2018 a very frightening experience with the antidepressant Cymbalta led to years of recovery and the promise to myself to NEVER rely on prescription medications to 'be happy'
The finding of Mikhaila Petterson's video and the Carnivor dietwas all I needed to recover and find my 'love of wool' again.
New name and website .. Old Penny Rugs new Facebook GroupThe Moths of the Wool Circle Club and a new promise to myself."Do what you love, heal your body with food and find joy in what you do each day."
My 'wool joy" comes from a need to create, to 'figure things out' the 'what if' I do this'... the 'challenge' to always do something 'new' and tolearn from what I create and so..I have never in my life been 'afraid to be different'.
Just because no one is doing something doesn't mean 'I can't do it'.
I love to design most especially adapt the antique hooked mats we all love into applique and reproduction penny mats.
What I don't like is to reproduce what I've already done.
I've made an exception with this mat.
My Dad was the most important influence in my life. He never attended school,
could not read, no formal education
yet he was the wisest person I have ever met.
He knew the important lessons 'in life'
and taught them to 'Daddy's Girl'.
I designed my History Mat for my Dad
tracing the ancestry of the
Slauenwhite heritage to the first settler
who came across the Atlantic
in 1752 on the ship 'Sally'.
Handwriting on cotton 'tells my story'
in the back pocket.
Now a very special 'keepsake'
for Lucas and Avery.
I have once again done this as kits but
my choice of wool also had to be special.
A very old 'double length' wool blanket and
a very old USMC war blanket
were to be my last 'remake' of my
Dad's History Mat'
The kits have all sold but the pattern
will 'live on' in memory of my Dad.
Soon I will offer the full size pattern for
applique on my website plus..
if you are a rug hooker there will also be a
larger version for a hooked mat.
I never since I started my
'penny rug/wool love' creations:
either purchased or
used another designers pattern and make a mat. The reason...
I do not like the way most patterns are made/printed or the instructions...
I see it.. I can make it.. I can't follow instructions and so..
my patterns will be 'as I do and as I work'
very simple and full size.
As I write this on November 3rd... these patterns are 'in the process' and not yet listed
there to purchase but..
I'm alway late with everything I do so keep checking... there will be more to follow my
Dad's History Rug Mat
so check back often..
Happy Stitching and
'don't ever be afraid to be unique'
cee