ISSN 2207-001X 6th June 2017
The Sunshine Coast RugCrafters in Beerwah, Queensland have added glitz to their rugs so are hanging them on the wall ……
Stella Edmundson, researched Mewar (Indian) painting online before coming up with her rug “Mewar Dreaming”.
At Stella’s suggestion, I went online and discovered bright and brilliant colours of red, orange, green and blue are a feature of these paintings. Small hillocks and mounds are inserted into the paintings which are typically of the birds, animals, ornate trees and bunches of flowers, depicted in Persian style.
Stella began her rug which is just under 2 m wide, by drawing templates for her motifs and drawing around them directly onto her backing. She said she had fun with this piece, using “Q” tips for the stars.
Judy Owen is also a member of the Sunshine Coast RugCrafters –
It’s finished ….. not only that, it’s hung!
We see rugs by members of our various groups during the design and hooking process and we’re sometimes asked for help or offer a suggestion here and there – so it’s great to see the finished project.
Now “There’s a Unicorn in My Garden” is hanging in place, the size of the rug designed and hooked by Judy can be appreciated.
Judy used bainia (Aran) wool, knitting and rug wool, dyed wool yarn, blanket, fabric strips and metallic thread to hook this piece.
I’m travelling to Queensland in July; looking forward to meeting Stella and Judy again when I visit Judi Tompkins group.
Judi and I plan to bring you video interviews with Australian rug hooking artists; Stella and Judy will be our first! Jo Franco, Editor
