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 diet

was all I needed to recover and find 

my 'love of wool' again.

New name and website .. Old Penny Rugs

 new Facebook Group

The 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 to

learn 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

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