Custom Order Pumpkin

Thank you Tim for the opportunity to make your pumpkin for you.
For those who are unfamiliar with rug hooking. This pumpkin was hand hooked with a special kind of hook using wool strips of fabric. This is a large dimensional rug hooked pumpkin.

Rachael Ann & Spunky

This is a custom order doll set that I made for Marti. Thank you for the opportunity to make this doll set for you Marti. 

Pondering

After being on the road traveling and working for the last ten years we are seriously considering moving back to colorado this fall. We are actually looking at houses to purchase.
Today found me really excited about artwork again. I have not had a desire all summer. So look back I might actually create something new soon. The thought of actually having a place to set up my sewing room and art supplies thrills me.

Rambling Thoughts

It has been a pretty long time since I have made something to sell. 

Not even sure where to begin again. 

Do I try the market on Ebay, Etsy?

Join an on line market?

Submit something to Prims or another magazine?

Do I contact my old customer base of emails? Yes

It is a daunting market and truly wonder whether it is worth starting all over again.

Plus I still will sometimes have time to do this and other times no time at all. 

Thus can I keep myself in view and in mind of potential buyers?

Do I focus on one medium? No I can't do this as I love variety and none of the mediums I work with are more interesting to me then others. I love making dolls as much as I love rug hooking.  

I have thought about just making things for myself, family and friends.

I do love to make and create art. Love playing with new mediums and growing in the arts. 

I do love to share what I create with others and it also keeps me motivated to create.

Having said all of this I am about finished with two Witches Boots. Hope to assemble them today. I have been writing the pattern for one of these boots. Not sure where I will try to sell these. 

Maybe on my own website or my blog. 

Witches Boots & Gate Keeping

Finished the punching part of my latest Witches Boot design. I like the 3 strand Valdani but I will try the size 12 perle or pearl cotton as I think I may like it better. The 3 strand was a little hard to work with for me. I contacted Valdani to ask them how the perle cotton size 12 compared to a 6 strand floss. Here is their answer. "In terms of thickness, one strand of perle 12 is comparable to 6 strands of floss." 

Now it is time to assemble this newest Witches Boot design and the Skeleton Witches boot design. Then on to writing up the directions for the pattern. Maybe I can get the first patterns out sooner then I was thinking.  It really depends on how busy the gates are in the future. The gate that we are working at right now it not a really busy one as they are winding down. Should be out of here next week some time then on to another gate. We had one day off between the Paloma gate and the Pioneer gate. Were able to get our laundry washed that day.  Our first gate job was very busy as we were opening the gate up to 240 times over a 24 hour period. David took the night shift and I did the day shift. Here we have our evenings and nights to ourselves. A much needed thing as we were both exhausted. So it is good to know that it isn't always really busy. 

Here is a little guy that comes by everyday. 

Dancing Skeleton Needlepunch

Decided I will try to do a little needle punching today between gate openings. This should be interesting as I opened the gate probably close to 150 times yesterday during my 12 hour shift. Was a very busy day. But I really want to do some art work too. This is a new witch boot design that I have had drawn up for a while. It is a skeleton dancing. A cute design.

This summer I hope to create several witches boot patterns.

Also want to make my Jack O Lantern's into a pattern with all four styles. 

 

We hope to take the summer off from working.

So I should be able to create some of my creations into pattern form.

A Weeks Worth

We now have one week of our new gate keeper job under our belt. It has been a week of getting used to this 24 hour a day job. David has had the hardest time as he has the night shift. The ringer that is supposed to go off when a vehicle approaches the gate was not working all the time. This made it hard because we had to watch the road all the time. Jamie came and fixed the bell yesterday. Yippy!!!!! 

This is very interesting learning about the process of fracing and watching all this equipment come in.  Yesterday I got bit a several times and noticed that there is a fire ant hill just outside the gate in the grass. Fire ants are something new to us. Now that I know it is there I can avoid it. 

The catering company has come in the last few days and brought us food too. Today a smoker came through the gate the guys get barbecue for lunch. That means we do too or I hope so. He said he would try to bring us some out. I do not eat meat very often but sometimes I will eat barbecue.

Another Adventure

Here I am already working my first day on the new gate keeper job. We got here last Wednesday.

We are about 80 miles or so from Corpus Christi Texas. 

This is day five and we both got a pretty good nights sleep. Adjusting to the 24/7 hours has been challenging. But we are working it out. We have been really busy here. Logging in and out about 96 vehicles on some days. Some really large trucks and lots of equipment. There is already an oil well on this location but this last week they have been working hard to get a new well up and running. 

Every job over the last year has helped us get closer to our goal of getting a new fifth wheel trailer. It is way past time to get a larger fifth wheel. We know what we want in a fifth wheel now. When we first began this life style we were not even sure we would like it. For the most part we do like this way of life. We have been able to see a lot of the Western United States over the last seven years. The hardest part for us is being away from family. Especially our children and my parents who are not getting any younger. We hope to spend our 2012 summer on our property in Colorado and get some much needed family time in. 

Once we get settled into this new job I can begin to do some artwork again. Or that is my hopes and plans.

Until next time. 

Cameo Needle Punch Extra

Just ordered another Cameo Needle Punch. I have often thought it would be easier to not have to change the threads all the time. I think having another Needle Punch will help a lot. Looking forward to punching several of my witches boots. I hope to have these available in a few months

For those who purchase needle punch patterns. Do most have them have a list of the colors of floss used? 

That is the hard part as I tend to over dye my floss to make it grungy and use several different kinds of floss. Mainly what I have on hand. I am thinking this is an important part to creating these patterns. I am sure many would go ahead and create their own color palette but there are others who would use the same floss I use in my project.

I was lucky and found a great buy on some weavers cloth. So I have A LOT of weavers cloth. In fact maybe enough to last a life time.

Blast from the Past

I have been going through archived photos of my art career as a doll maker and fiber artist.

Here are just a few of the photos I am falling in love with all over again. 

I used to make very large dolls but have downsized them due to living space and shipping charges for my customers. Some of these are paper mache doll sets. 

Thought you might enjoy seeing a few.

I do regret that some of the photos are not the best. 

Gingerbread Kleenex Cover Doll

This sweet gingerbread doll will add cheer to any decor. The doll is made from paint stained muslin fabric. Her face is hand painted and sealed. The Kleenex come up through her mixing bowl. The gingerbread doll's dress has little gingerbread all over it and very tiny candy canes.
Rich brown fabric trims her dress and the white rick rack adds a fun appeal. The button on her dress looks like a pearl button. Her head bow is made from green and red homespun fabric. The spoon is painted green with white painted ribbon accents to bring out the green in the head bow. This spoon is also
coffee stained. This is the last Gingerbread Tissue Cover I plan on making this year.  

She is about 14" tall.
Does not include the tissue box. 

Available for 
$45.00 free USA Shipping

Rug Hooked Cat Purse Pattern

Rug Hooked Cat Purse

Been working to get this pattern written so I can share with all the cat lovers who have a 

passion for rug hooking. This cat purse is approximately 9" wide by 7" high. These measurements do not include the cat tail handle. This is a paper pattern with lots of pertinent photos to help you create your own cat purse. Hints for how to create your own unique cat purse based on a cat of your choice. Detailed instructions are included for how to assemble your cat purse. 

Note this is a rug hooking project not latch hook. You need to know how to rug hook to create this.

Go to the side bar to purchase directly through Paypal.
 

Cost $14.95 free USA shipping

Please contact me for out of USA purchases. 

If you would like me to make you a purse from a photo of your cat email me.

My Dimensional Rug Hooking Blog

 

In my art I find myself traveling many different avenues of mediums. One of my favorites is rug hooking. This love prompted me to start a blog called dimensional rug hooking. Some of those who follow my art are interested in Rug Hooking and Needle Punch only. Since I also am a doll maker I felt that it was a good idea to try to separate the two. Although I still do post my rug hooking creations here in my BeFRuiTFuL KReaTioNS Blog

 

My Dimensional Rug Hooking Blog

 

Over the last week I have been working on a Rug Hooked Cat Purse.  I am hoping to make this into my next pattern. This will be a little challenging to write a pattern for so wish me luck with this. 

Our Cat has been the model for this purse. Here he is.

 

 

I will be posting photos of the cat purse shortly. 

Free Waffles & Strawberry Pattern

Yours for Free
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Gingerbread Tissue or Kleenex Cover Doll Pattern

This adorable Gingerbread doll is about 14" tall which makes her a perfect size for any room in your house. This pattern comes with complete instructions to teach you how to draw and paint the facial features of this gingerbread. Detailed directions on how to make the tissue bowl are included.  Through my years of doll making I have gleaned many tips for making dolls. I have passed many of these tips onto you in this pattern. Instructions for the clothing construction are included. I believe that a picture often speaks louder then words. So many relevant photos are included in this pattern. This pattern does include  full size patterns pieces. I will teach you how to make everything you see in the cover photo.       

See contact information in the left column. 

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Pdf Version

$9.95 USA

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Gingerbread Tissue Cover Doll

*** Isn't she the sweetest ***

This is my latest Tissue Cover doll. 

The tissues come through the bowl on her apron. 

I am taking special orders for the doll at this time. 

This doll has a gingerbread fabric dress with blue homespun accents.

The pattern will be available soon.

Look For a New Needle Punch

Witches boot design  

coming soon. 

Here are the witches boots that I have created.

 I hope to make some of these into patterns. 

I am still perfecting how to assemble the witches boots. 

I would love to here your thoughts!!!!

Gallery of BeFRuiTFuL KReaTioN Witches

A few of my witches

want me to make you one?

Mammy Tissue Cover

This beauty was created for Gwen as a special order. 

Bessy Aleena Bunny

This sweet little bunny was made for a friend by special order request.

Isn't she sweet?

She is created with the wonderful art of Needle Punch and is my own design.

She is like my Lizzy Beth Bunny who is created using Rug Hooking. 

Bessy Aleena is over 7" tall.