Covered wooden stools

I have a collection of wooden stools. My intention is to cover them with my own hooked projects. Here is a couple that I've completed so far.

Patchwork Cat

I can't seem to make a project following a pattern. I started this "patchwork cat" by DiFranza patterns with Bev Conway at the Delmarva Hooking School at the Dunes Hotel in Ocean City November 2007. I was so good, following the pattern for the first 3 outside squares. Then Bev helped me change the patchwork cat to a normal cat (which I absolutely love... his name is Morris... hi Boo!) and I took off changing the outside squares... I think 9 out of 14 were changed, not that they weren't great pictures, I just can't follow directions!! ha ha

Hope you enjoy my Morris and my little angel/fairy! Franie

stary night in fairy land

I love faces.... and I'm getting better and plan to take classes to learn more. This is a pattern I printed from Chantal's free stained glass pattern site.

(http://chantal-stainedglasspatterns.com/) . There are great free patterns to use for all sorts of crafts. I've used a few of them as stained glass and for rug hooking patterns. These two will be for sale on my etsy site at http://www.franiefran.etsy.com/

check it out!!

stary nite has been adapted a bit with my own thoughts, but the church is still a focus point. This will be a tote bag also.

Apple of my eye

The McGown Guild has a challenge this year of an apple pattern. Everyone does something different with the pattern and at a biennial in October all the "apples" with gather to be displayed in Owego, New York. I of course will miss this (wahhhh) to go to a family reunion (yeah!) in Williamsburg, VA.

After looking at a few cliparts of apples I had a brain storm of "the apple of my eye" which of course is my daughters!! Check out the process!

Ebay vs Etsy

Well, I've sold a few frame covers on ebay, but you can't post the item for more than 10 days and the cost is just too high. What a shame, because it is so easy and popular. So I'm only posting my "goods" on etsy now!! But I have two sites. www.franiefran.etsy.com is my "hooking" site. I'll be selling my hooked totebags, original rug hooking frame covers, little odds and ends that pertain to rug hooking. My other site is with Stevie!! It is www.recreateit.etsy.com and has our REcycled Repurposed Recreated items like my felted wool sweater purses and backpacks, wool cozys by Stevie, recycled glass pendants and bracelets and any other "stuff" made from other "stuff". Stevie and I enjoy getting ideas from each other and working together to create something unique while utilizing things we would have just thrown out (of course we NEVER throw out... we RECYCLE). I hope you can find something you like are our etsy stores and come back often, we are always adding a new "recreated" surprise.

Custom Rug Hooking Frame Covers

These are my two new frame covers. I made these custom for a new friend named Trisha in Florida. I think they came out beautiful. The rose cover is for a octagon frame and was "made to order" Thanks for the pictures Trisha!! B