JOY - Paper Piecing Done!

The paper piecing is now put together in this small wall hanging that looks like a placemat. It was way too much work to have it on the table! the borders are a labour of love, each block & there's 12 per row! finish at 1 1/2"! I was pleased at the effect when each block was joined.

This project was a kit I brought with me in the summer of 2009, it's now off my UFO list AND...

I was able to make three from this one kit. Connecting Threads always has such generous kits, for example this 11" x 18 1/2" wallhanging  was mostly done with fat quarters & with one fat quarter you were to cut one 'J' or the tree trunks at the base of the trees. So with so much fabric left I just pushed it to make three! The backing was from left over fabric from other projects. 

You could say it put the JOY-JOY-JOY...down in my heart, where? down in my heart! LOL

Gives me a bit of a Christmas head start on gift giving too!

  

Where? Down in my heart! Speaking of heart, here's a pet near & dear to mine...

 My handsome 'Little Man' Boris Loree, is taking on such a mature look these days.

 I just love the look of him & hope to capture him on canvas one day.

 So I take many photos of Boris Loree, to capture all his markings, my handsome ' Little Man'.

 I've been working on the rug hooking in the evenings, AND wow does it ever get dark fast now!

 I added the stars to the ground because that's how they hang in the sky on the east coast! When I'm back in Ontario in the populated city of 365,000 people, I don't see the stars the same as here.
I also added the sun & blue moon, in my world if you have 'the sun, the moon, & the stars' you have it all, so this rug shows it all!
I also added a rooster as I was born in the Chinese 'Year of the Rooster', that could explain why I love the mornings so much. The rabbit was already printed on the Lib Callaway design & that was perfect as my husband Bill was born in the year of the rabbit! I'm working on the pineapple that I added, a pineapple is the symbol of hospitality, so it's next to the house. I'm doing both wool strips & Briggs & Little yarn on this rug.

My first acrylic painting is now done & tomorrow I start a new project on flowers. I'm going to do a rose & apply the techniques that I had been taught this summer with rug hooking. I just love how colour & design lend themselves to one another.

Summer sure has come to an end & the trees are getting bare & I can see into the woods for the first time. Fall is upon us now.
But when the sun shines here it's still so beautiful & the air is cool & fresh as you inhale the Fall air it into the lungs, it's rejuvenating.

Hope you too are enjoying the Fall days...wherever you are.