You can all relax now

The hook in at Grant Street was a lot of fun yesterday.  Had a good turnout.  Just going to get right into it..
Here is Jill working on her sons rug. Keep going Jill, sooo close to being done :)

She then took a break from it and started some Christmas gifts.

Her sister Beth is working on her rabbit rug.

Nancee started a new project. A Polly Minick design of all houses. Will get a better shot next time she comes. Sometimes I don't like to bother them when they are hooking to take their piece off their frame.  Better to keep on working!

Genny is doing another of her chair pads.

Doris and Pat were leaving.  Pat did hook on her rug, and I'm hoping she posts her progress on her blog since I didn't get a shot of it.  Doris came to shop and didn't bring any work with her, but stayed and chatted for a bit.

Joanne brought her friend Nettie with her. Nettie's rug had some beautiful colors in it.  Good to see you Nettie, hope you come back soon!

Cherina has some colors that really pop on her antique black background. Very nice!

Bethany is filling in nicely on her rug.

As the night went on, the shoes came off, the feet went up and  just some fun times just relaxing....

Then LOTS of laughter... You can see how pink her neck is. Ooooh too funny....  

Joanne finished whipping 4 of her chairpads.

They are wonderful!!!

Finally got a shot of my rug. Cannot seem to capture the colors right. Might have to take this one outside sometime to get a good pic of it. I ripped out the border (I'm a good ripper lol) and changed it from black (was too stark for me) to the subtle color of the vine. Looked so much better to me. Oh and the s's on the pattern are just for me. I am just giving the background some movement. Experimenting on this rug with different things. Will place the s's closer together on another rug to see the difference it makes. And I also see a couple things I will still change on this piece. Glad there is no rush to get it done!

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And yes, there was more celebrating for my Birthday.  Joanne baked a cake. This one has little Fall colored leaves on it.  And it was ooooh sooooo tasty!!!  Chocolate all the way through with chocolate chips in it.  Yes, Sharon, it was Heavenly :)!!!  I brought the rest home with me and will have some later..

I was also given some gifts. The cake was MORE than enough, and just having everyone there.  But I need to say Thank you again. I'm not good at receiving, would rather give.  This was given to me by Beth.  Love the simplicity of the picture. Trying to see which room I will put it in. Will be doing some stitching and punchneedle soon with the floss.

I had received a card in the mail before I came to the hook in from Jill, and there was a gift card in there. I will be shopping this weekend :)

Joanne, along with the cake gifted me with this bundle. I took the fabric out of the package to show you that goes with the little quilt square. Looking forward to stitching it up! A lovely pincushion made from wool she bought, A large rusted key (cool!), an awesome necklace that has rug hooker stamped in it, along with a key and a thimble.  AND a gift card to the Hayloft that will be used when I go out to spend the day with her sometime soon!

Thanks to Everyone!!!    I won't torture you any more with the celebrating,  because quite frankly the sighing that came along with the singing after the  10 or 15th, or even 20th time was quite depressing.  LOL.  I'm still giggling.   How Blessed I am  for the friendships that I have formed with all of you.  You've all made my year.

Hoping all of you have a wonderful weekend filled with things you enjoy ~~~~