Mercury glass is the new silver

Lately I have become fascinated by mercury glass and old tarnished silver so at Christmastime I started a small collection.

Travels on my mind

This year Ali Strebel and I will be teaching a rug hooking class called techniques. One of the things that I will be talking about is the fact that quite a few of the rugs that I create are actually punch hooked.

In a red and aqua mood

Red looks so lovely as it relates to the color aqua. It just so happens that I have a lot of little red things that I have collected over time.

Colorful boxes can be like treasure chests

On my recent trip home to the East Coast I took a few hours and went antiquing with my aunt Nell. Although it has been many years since I have been shopping in Madison, Connecticut, I wanted to see if the Nosey Goose was still there. I was so happy to see that nothing had changed, and my favorite haunt was just as it always was. Full of unusual vintage and shabby chic things for every occasion. And the setting is this wonderful old home in the heart of downtown.  I took the opportunity to buy one special thing from their shop to take home with me.

Repairing an old rug

When I was choosing rugs to hang in my studio from my vintage collection of hooked rugs, I really wanted to hang this one. I love its graphic beauty. And the holes in it do not detract from my appreciation of it. However, one of the holes was 2″, and I didn’t want to put too much stress on the rug by hanging it with that big of an opening. It needed some support.

Forever green

Wherever I turn, I am greeted with the color green. I love green! Green and I have been together for many years now.

An old fashioned dye day

I wish for warm breezes and sunshine to bring me outside, but today is a cold and gloomy winter day. A perfect day to dye wool in my vintage dye kitchen.

Will the real tomato please stand up

It is tomato season, and even though I am rolling in tomatoes I had to buy another one. Of the fabric kind.

I love repurposing vintage containers

My dye kitchen needed some vintage containers, since I have an old sink and reproduction faucet. I love the 50’s look and want to carry it through. So when I was looking for a container for the citric acid, I had just the container for the job.

My dye kitchen is my favorite place to be

I am thrilled to have my dye kitchen completed! Here is my new and improved stove top area. I had my son build a counter with a bead board back splash. The stove top itself was a thrifted appliance and it was a gold color.