Inspired by vintage, I create hooked rug patterns and handwork needfuls.
My mom taught me how to sew when I was a young girl. Ever since I've been creating things with my hands for my home. Often the motivation was wanting an antique but not being able to afford it so I'd sew my own version. I studied what made an old piece so endearing: a frayed edge, a rip from a pin, an age spot or two. So then I began learning how to incorporate frayed and age spots to my projects. When I learned to rug hook, it wasn't long before I found myself overdying my own wool and drawing my own patterns. Show me a textile that is old or made by a school girl or tattered, frayed, or floppy with age and I'll love it... and want to make one just like it!
Working with my hands is very satisfying and I love to help others be able to experience the same sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. For this reason, I am happy to be able to provide patterns so that if you don't like to draw, you can still give rug hooking a try. My patterns come in two forms: paper that you will need to transfer onto a foundation cloth and on linen with the pattern drawn, edges stitched, and ready to hook.
Inspiration for my work is drawn from the old textiles and legacy of the farm women who helped shape my home state of PA. From the handwork of Quakers to Pennsylvania Dutch and all in between, I try to have my work honor their legacy.
Everything in my shop is made by me in my small cottage that sets on a hillside surrounded by rural farms in Berks County, PA.
