LIGIONER RUG SHOW

The rug show in connection with the

Woolley Fox Open House was held

in the Ligioner Town Hall.

All of the rugs were laid on the floor

instead of being hung.

Because it is hard for me to bend

over, without losing my balance, 

I did not try to get names of the rugs

or the maker.

Enjoy!

This was truly a lovely rug.

The colors were very muted and

well chosen.

A very soft rug!

The name of the rug above is

Old Nutfield.

This is a very old pattern and a

lovely one when hooked with

paisley and muted shades.

The rug above is one of our favorites of

the show.  I believe that it was a bit

more finely hooked.

I loved this rug.  Its simplicity of design

and wonderful border really caught

my eye!

I have more pictures of this show.

I will show more in my next post.

Seems to me that there were about 50 pieces in this

show including mats, pillows and other

small pieces.

The surprising part is that

there was only 1 (ONE) finely hooked

rug in the whole show!

Are we losing the fine art of rug hooking

because we are in such a hurry

for everything these days?

This is worth giving a "thought" to.

Thought for the day:

A photograph is usually looked at - but seldom looked into.

Ansel Adams

Doris

Happy Mother's day to all.

LIGIONER DAY

On Wednesday, a week ago,

my friends Barb, Nada and I

journeyed to the Woolley Fox Rug Hooking

Studio in Ligioner, Pa, to Barb Carroll's

open house and to visit the four

classes being taught at the same time.

The first thing we saw when we arrived

were these cute "rubber ducky's" in a row

 They all had little hats on.

What a cute way to utilize a pond.

Then we went into the area where the rug

patterns were and of course, I had to

but Edithe O'Neils "Blue Basket" pattern.

I have been want to do this piece for a long time.

The first thing we saw in the house

was this adorable pair of Scotties all cozy in a

lovely chair.  They belong to Barb Carroll's 

daughter.

One of the rugs hanging on the

wall.  Very nice!  I wish the picture was better,

but I think my flash would have been to

much.

 I really love this piece, also on the

living room wall.

Of all of the pieces in her home, I liked this one

best - it had such charm.

 After we finished shopping at Barb's we were off

to lunch.  In the meantime, we had met Beth and Susan,

two of our friends from Boonsboro.

Here's Beth at her car, just as we pulled up

on the same street in Ligioner, planning to

do some shopping in the lovely little

stores.

 Here are Barb T. and Susan getting ready

for shopping.

This is a lovely little shop.  We had a lot of fun

looking at everything.  Everything was hand made

and absolutely delightful.  Barb purchased a lovely

hand blown glass Pear ornament.  Just beautiful.

I didn't get to see what Nada had in her

bag but it was full!

I purchased 2 lovely pictures.

After the shopping trip, the next

stop was the Town Hall to visit the rug show,

and on to the Ramada Hotel to

visit the class rooms.

Rug show and class room action

on the next posting!  Stay tuned!

Thought for the day:

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

A. Adams

Doris

A LOVELY SUNDAY

Last Sunday was a beautiful day

in this part of the country.

My daughter Joan and I got together

for the day (we left her husband at home

to watch the hockey game) while we

went antique hunting.

We are both avid collectors of

porcelain and glass.

I spent a lot of time looking at the books.

Ah, so many to choose from!

However, I didn't find any cook books that

I didn't already own.

I

A cabinet full of pottery, some very nice

Weller and Roseville pieces. 

Steins and some very nice art glass

pieces

 The very first thing I ever collected was

Pickle Castors.  This cabinet was full and certainly had

some lovely ones.  I have since sold my

collection and moved on to other things.

 A view down the aisle of one of the

shops

 This was a very nice quilt.  The colors were

soft and lovely.  We also saw several old

hooked rugs with outrageous prices on them.

 

Porcelain and some interesting carved animals. 

I can't believe that we came away empty

handed.  Seems as tho many of the booths are

empty and there was not as many elegant

antiques as we have seen in the past.

However after window shopping for

quite a while we went to one of our favorite 

restaurants and had a lovely dinner.

I had chicken breast with artichokes

in a lemon butter sauce together with a

margarita - who could ask for more on a Sunday afternoon?

Now if you think that was fun, wait until I

tell you what I did on Wednesday!

Next posting!!!

Thought for the day -

The only failure in life is the failure to try.

Have a wonderful week one and all,

Doris