A Rug of Two Hearts

This was my inspiration. I just really like the simplicity of the pattern. 

Then Lauren of Rugs and Pugs blog sent me this picture from a rug showing at her local guild. I fell even more in love with this pattern. 

Oh yeah, love it. Love those primitive colors and wonky shapes. When I drew my pattern out I made the diamond shapes near perfect. But I really like the irregularity of the ones in the above picture. 

So here's where I'm at .  

So far I've been able to use up my worms, except for that blue. And I'm not sure that blue will get to stay. I'm just not sure I like it. I still have a few brown worms and neutral worms. The browns won't be enough to fill the heart, but the neutrals looks like enough to finish the background. I'm not sure how I'll fill the remaining diamond shapes. After posting my inspiration pictures I kinda like that red heart. 

I think that's why I've stalled out on the hooking. I am not like Saundra, I do not have a second project going when I stall out on the first one. But I do have an idea for my next rug. 

I've also been quilting. I put the binding on the two green quilts and I'm working on the binding for the Sun Burst girl version. It's girly because its got some bright pinks in it. On the back I used a white and pink Parisian print. These are all for donation. I have two more that are quilted and just need binding, a boy version of Sun Burst and a multicolored 64 patch. I've got one more top pieced,  it's a purple version of the June pattern.  This one still needs a backing and to be quilted.

My sweet, sweet Henry. 

I've also been working at cleaning my sewing room. The trouble with that is I keep finding unfinished projects and go down that rabbit hole. There's so many patterns I want to make. There's so much fabric I need to use up. There's so many rugs to be hooked. 

I also attended this year's final regional Academic Challenge tournament. This is Lexi's second year to be on the team. They placed third. She is so intelligent. I'm so proud of her. She's already taking college classes. 

And that's all for this week. Have a safe and jolly weekend. Sue