Playing Hooky On Saturday

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Today was our monthly rug hooking meeting.  This month it was held at the Presbyterian Church on Main Street in Danville, VA.  We had a small group of talented ladies today.  Jean and Nina served a delicious seafood casserole.  I'll post the recipe as soon as Jean emails it to me. 

I didn't get pictures of eveyone but here are the ones I took. 

Fran is working on an oval morning glory rug.  You can see a little of her background color in the lower right corner - an off white. 

Nancy is working on a rug with a pineapple in the center and vines of flowers on both sides.  Looks like she is almost through with this piece. 

Chloe is just about finished with this sweet floral.  I love the movement in her background.  See how the background is mottled - not solid.  This gives the rug movement and depth.  Gives it much more interest and keeps it from having a flat appearance. 

I love Brenda's colors in this garden rug.  Very rich.  Her rug shows you how a rug hooking pattern appears prior to hooking any woo l through the foundation.  It's a black-line drawing like a coloring book.  The rug hooker fills in the spaces with as-is off the bolt wool, hand-dyed wool, or recycled wool - textures and plaids.  See the design areas Brenda still has to fill in - the butterfly, the dragonfly, flowers, etc.??  Then, she'll work on filling in the background around the designs.  Can't wait to see this progress.  Very nice!

Our rug hooking group will be having a rug exhibit at the library in South Hill, VA the month of October so everyone is trying to finish as much as possible for the display.

Danville, VA is my hometown.  The city sits right on the Dan River where Highways 29 (N and S)  and 58 (E and W) intersect.  It borders North Carolina.  Known for Dan River Mills - the largest single-unit textile mill in the world, Danville was a thriving mill town back in the day.  It has been heavily hit by the exodus of t extiles from the United States.  (Other towns along the Dan River have also suffered as they have lost their main employers - all textile - J P Stevens, Tultex, Burlington, etc.)  It was also known for its tobacco.

Danville is a pretty city with lots of beautiful historic homes along Main Street.  It's sometimes called "The City of Churches".  It has more churches per square mile than any other city in the state of Virginia.

In 1903, the most famous wreck in American rail history occured in Danville - the  Wreck of the Old '97 - Southern Railways' express mail train. 

The Presbyterian Church, where the rug hookers met today, is right across the street from the Danville Museum.  The museum building was the home of Major W. T. Sutherlin and, in 1865, became the  last Capitol of the Confederant States of America.

The Dan River is sometimes referred to as "the Muddy Dan".  Wonder why???  HA!  This was a picture taken today.  With all the rain we've had, the Muddy Dan is over its banks and flooding any and all low-lying areas. 

Hope all you mothers out there have a wonderful day tomorrow!!