News, weekly blog posting from Della's Rug Hooking.

I love the feeling of finishing a project.  It is like a weight off of my shoulders.  The Russian Alphabet  rug, I've been working on and mostly off for a year, has now been completed.  Front and back side as the back side has the 'secret message'.  My granddaughter will enjoy this in her playroom.

I attended an online Fine Shaded Flower course using Non-Traditional materials with Robin Whitford.  We have...

Can you guess from the above picture where I was?  If you guess a sheep farm, you would be correct, it was the Woolies Of Upperbrook Farm (www.woolies.ca) and we got a wonderful tour, lots of information of the process and we were told their sheep lineage dates back to 1968. Beautiful wool sheep and a small mill!  This was just one experience provided through the Sisterhood Fibres Spring Retreat (www.sisterhoodfibres.com).

Myself and a couple of friends spent the weekend at the Hospitality Centre in Debert, NS where fibre artist gathered...

Does the daylight savings time change bother you or are you like me and can't wait for it?  Not only does it reward us with more daylight but surely it means spring is on it's way?  I predict warmer weather is in our future!

I don't have an update to show you of my whipping on my Russian rug but I'm at least 1/2 way done.  Next blog I should be able to show it complete, maybe.  I am excited to be starting a new project today though!  Robin Whitford of...

Winter seems to have arrived in Nova Scotia all in one week. I went with my daughters family to the local ski hill on Saturday and was reminded how I enjoy being inside when it is cold outside.  I guess that is why I don't ski or snowboard.  The above picture I captured of all the ski's and snowboards propped up while people ate at the restaurant inside or sat by a cozy outdoor fire.  A lot of happy folks being able to get out on the fresh fallen snow.

I...

Do you daily spend time feeling like you are running a race, going from one thing to another, but still have unfinished projects or you feel unproductive?  Do you put off doing those things that either you dislike doing or you are afraid of the unknown? If you are like me, we put our own imaginary pressures on ourselves.  A customer wanted a Northern Lights piece of wool for a project of hers.  I had never painted wool to try to look like the Northern Lights.  I was afraid to try,...