26 January, 2014

What's Underfoot (Paw) and Under The Needle

We have new rugs in the kitchen, the old ones had served their purpose and lasted for ten+ years; Mr. Goodneedle saw these in the LLBean catalog and thought they'd look good, I agreed and the order was placed. We had two of the grandchildren here, napping, when the rugs arrived. We opened the package, unrolled the rugs, and immediately placed them on the floor. Gregory awakened a short time after that and when he came into the kitchen he walked right on this rug, looked down, and asked "what's this"? We told him that Nana and Pawpaw bought new rugs. "Oh", he answered, with a sad voice, "I liked the old ones better". He's a funny little boy. At 3 years of age he has already told us that he "really loved" the old TV in the kitchen after it was replaced with an under-cabinet mounted flat screen and he claims that the old sofa his parents got rid of, in favor of a new sectional, was his favorite sofa! With apologies to his Methodist grandparents, it looks to me, through this mindset of his, as though Gregory is truly Lutheran through and through! There are no complaints on the new rugs from Hannes; they're hooked from 100% wool and are super warm and cushiony underfoot, he loves them... and so do we!
Sundance and have I spent a good amount of time quilting this week, as many hours as we could squeeze in. For some (crazy?) reason I decided to quilt this one with dense background fill stitches; it's coming along, and I do love the results, and yet... it's s-l-o-w going (lots of hours and thread). I've named this one "How Much Is That Doggie?", it measures 52" X 59". The pattern, "Nickel Dogs" (the puppies can all be made up from five inch charm squares), is available from Me and My Sisters. It's a good feeling to get this one out of the to-be-quilted queue.
Life is Good!

7 comments:

Kathy ... aka Nana said...

The design of that new rug would make an awesome quilt ... I see quilts in almost everything. ;-)

Linda said...

Yep, we Lutherans are guilty of not liking change ;-)

Carrie P. said...

sounds like Gregory doesn't like change which I don't blame him. I do like the new rug though.
Super cute quilt!

LizA. said...

Love the new rug -- it wold look lovely in my kitchen, hint hint....those doggies are just too darn cute. I especially love the polka dot dog. I think I might have to make a whole quilt of different colored spotted dogs.....I'm with Gregory, change is tough.

Elita@Busy Needle Quilting said...

I LOVE that rug! It reminds me of a quilt I just saw yesterday on the In Color Order blog though the quilt is much busier. General design seems to be popular these days. And your Doggies are adorable! Very nicely pieced and gorgeous quilting!

Little Penpen said...

Love the doggie quilt and LOVE Gregory's comments. LOL

Janet O. said...

I thought Gregory was going to say that the rug looked like a quilt. His answer surprised me, but yes, here is a boy who enjoys the status quo. : )
What a cute doggy quilt! Oh, those densely quilted backgrounds eat up thread time, and my patience! But they sure look good!