Not quilts, but it is needle and thread. 
I bought a few kits here and there and make them while I'm at my Needlecrafters group so I can sit and chat around the other ladies. It's a lot easier to bring this than my sewing machine and stuff.
These are all wool. I had been doing some other penny rugs but used felt from Hobby Lobby. I can now see how nice wool makes the project. So now I'm scouring Goodwill for wool coats and jackets to use since a little wool 8x8 piece is about $8.00! yikes. I had to cut out the pieces for the fish and pinecones projects, the others had precut pieces which is a great help since each of the petals in those flowers are actually four tiny hearts sewn together. Also, I painted/dyed the fish. They are gray wool dyed with red and green Rit dye. I was apprehensive at first and it came out better than I expected!
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Why are they called penny rugs? It's an old term for wool work when ladies used scraps of wool and made decorative things for the home. I've heard two theories - one, they used pennies for templates to make circles, and two, they bought the wool pieces for a penny.
I bought a few kits here and there and make them while I'm at my Needlecrafters group so I can sit and chat around the other ladies. It's a lot easier to bring this than my sewing machine and stuff.
These are all wool. I had been doing some other penny rugs but used felt from Hobby Lobby. I can now see how nice wool makes the project. So now I'm scouring Goodwill for wool coats and jackets to use since a little wool 8x8 piece is about $8.00! yikes. I had to cut out the pieces for the fish and pinecones projects, the others had precut pieces which is a great help since each of the petals in those flowers are actually four tiny hearts sewn together. Also, I painted/dyed the fish. They are gray wool dyed with red and green Rit dye. I was apprehensive at first and it came out better than I expected!
2016-07-26 13.54.32.jpg2016-07-26 13.54.57.jpg2016-07-26 13.55.09.jpg2016-07-26 13.55.19.jpg
Why are they called penny rugs? It's an old term for wool work when ladies used scraps of wool and made decorative things for the home. I've heard two theories - one, they used pennies for templates to make circles, and two, they bought the wool pieces for a penny.
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