Purchasing Information for my Hooked Rugs & Chairpads

I sometimes get inquiries about how to purchase my hooked rugs and chairpads that I feature here and on my  other Old Crow Farm Blog…and I am asked why I don’t post prices, etc.

Since I am an individual folk artist creating mostly original, one-of-a-kind work,  I don’t have a group of rugs or chairpads of one design for sale. 

On these Blogs, I am teaching, discussing rug hooking and showing you all the type of work I do and why I do it…if you are interested!!!   : )     

The pieces are often sold already as special orders or are being done for my November show (Vermont Hand Crafters Holiday show), for the Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Gallery in St Johnsbury Vermont or for Art Quest West in Idaho.

I am very happy to discuss a special order with you or to let you know if I have a rug or chairpad at home that you might be interested in.  My chairpad prices range from $75.00 – $95.00 depending upon the design and if I am using a lot of hand-dyed wools (which are more expensive), etc.

My hooked rug prices usually range from $395.00 – $1200.00, again depending upon size, design and wools used.  (A rug the size of the “Homeplace Primitive” (3 feet x 5 feet) would run $2000.00 and over and would only be done on commission as it was designed and hooked especially for the customer and will never be made again.

If you have a special request for a rug or chairpad…I’m very happy to discuss it with you!   : )

Also, I do offer some of my smaller pieces as patterns, but since I do primarily one-of-a-kind work, I am not really the best source for patterns.  There are some delightful people out there designing hooked rug patterns and you can “Google” them to find them!!

I hope this answers the questions I’ve received! 

You might enjoy seeing the sign I’m hooking for my booth!!  It is great fun and keeps the “funny” rug theme I’ve been hooking lately (along with my usual hooked pieces, of course!!!) LOL

 Happy Hooking!  Sunnie  ; )

 

Hooked Chair Pads – Sunnie

I thought you might enjoy seeing what I’m working on while I’m hooking on my two big rugs!!!!!  I’m finishing up these chair pads and will also be working on a couple of other rugs and more chair pads at the same time!  I enjoy chair pads because you can have so much fun with them!!!!!  : )  LOL

So you can see I’m not just lying around eating bon bons and watching TV!!!!!  LOL  I’m workin’!!!

Happy Hooking!  : )

 

Homeplace Primitive Hooked Rug – Sunnie

The ducks are hatching and the pond is filling up today!  : )  I might want to use a duller blue for the pond after I get more of the rug hooked.  This blue might draw the eye too much…but I’ll leave it until I have a lot more of the rug done!!!  LOL

I’m almost to the halfway point…and I’ve been doing the border and filling in holidays and open places as I go too.  I love the animals…still a lot of fun!!!  : )

Happy Hooking! 

 

New Hooked Rug – Homeplace Primitive ~ Sunnie

The chickens are emerging and the flowers are blooming!!!!  What fun!!!  : )

This is such a joyful rug to work on!!!!  : )

Happy Hooking!!

 

New Hooked Rug – Homeplace Primitive ~ Sunnie

Extra…..Today’s Progress…about 5 hours of work!  : )

I’m so excited to be doing the flowers at the lower right!!!  They are looking like I wanted them to look!!  : )  Hooray!  I looked at a lot of rugs that had flowers hooked in them…both primitives and narrow cuts…and decided what I wanted to do.  Homeplace has lots of flowers so I wanted the rug to be filled with them!!!  What fun!!!!  : )

Did more wool dying yesterday!!  What fun! : )

Happy Hooking!

 

New Hooked Rug – Homeplace rug – Sunnie

I’ve been starting on the “Rhode Island Reds” chickens and on the Donkey along with working on backgrounds and the Horse too.  She had both black and red chickens so one of the chickens will be black.  the ducks are white ducks and I’ll give them a little pond too!!!

What fun!!!!!  : )

This is such fun to work on!!!  I’m enjoying the animals so much!

Happy Hooking!!  : )

 

Hooked Chair Pads – Sunnie Andress ~Where to view or purchase

Lauri was kind enough to ask where my work can be seen “in person”!  : )  I am a member of the Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild and their Gallery is located “Under the Purple Awning” in downtown St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 

A selection of my chairpads, rugs and small hooked pieces can be see there as the shop is open to the public.  : )

Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild, 430 Railroad Street, St Johnsbury, Vermont 05819…..(802) 748-0158

This is a cooperative Gallery featuring fine handcrafted gifts by Vermont Artisans.  Along with hooked rugs and colourful textiles, there are works in clay, fiber, glass, wood, metal, handmade candles, paintings and prints.

More new chairpads I’m doing!  What fun!!  : )

Kitty Dreaming! : )

Gramma’s Blue Pitcher : )

I also show and sell my work at the Green Mountain Rug Show at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont!  This year, it will be held on Friday, November 6th to Sunday, November 15th.  If you can visit, it’s a wonderful show!!!

Also, I am a member of Vermont Hand Crafters and our beautiful Holiday Show is held at the Sheraton Hotel on Thursday, November 20th to Sunday, November 23rd.  Many people tell us that this show is the best Fine Craft and Art Show they’ve ever attended.  I have a booth there featuring my Santas and hooked rugs!  : )  We’d love to have you come to meet the artists and hear their stories!  : )

Happy Sunday!  : )

 

Hooked Rugs/Chairpads – Sunnie in Vermont

Thought you might enjoy seeing the primitive chairpads (in different designs) I am working on for the Gallery.  I love designing simple things and doing them in the primitive colours…in this case, a red-purple and a plum plaid for the background and different yellow-golds for the sunflower.  Also,  nice prim reds and greens add accents!  : )  Each chairpad is different!

If you are new to rug hooking, chairpads or small table mats or wall pieces are a great way to practice and …  to have a project that can be done quickly and finished without a lot of fuss!!  I encourage new rug hookers to do these smaller pieces because the hooking practice and the experiment with finishing techniques really helps! : )

I finish my pieces by sewing rug tape by hand all around the edge…close to the last row of loops.  Then, I fold the rug tape to the back and whip the edge with wool yarn (over both the tape and the backing) all around the piece.  I then steam the piece again – on both the back and the front – and let it dry completely.  For the final steps, I sew down by hand the loose edge of the rug tape and put a label on the back of the rug or chairpad stating who designed and hooked it.  : ) 

Some rugmakers do not  steam the pieces on the front, only the back…but I steam both sides.  Also, I steam parts of the rug I have finished while the piece is still in progress.  : )

Happy Hooking!  Sunnie  : )

 

New Hooked rug – Homeplace Primitive ~ Border closeup

Jacque asked for a closer look at the “blocks” border!  I hope it comes through…I think you can see the different browns!  : )

The corner square is the same charcoal gray herringbone as the fenceposts and all 4 of the corner squares will be this same gray.

I love doing these block borders!!  : )

Happy Hooking!  : )

 

New Hooked Rug – Homeplace Primitive

I tried lightening this picture up so you can see the colours of the tree leaves and the border.  I had thought I might choose just one colour for the border but I thought this mix of browns done in blocks might give it a softer look, enhance the rug center and echo the rural ,”fence”, farmyard, etc. feel of the piece!  The “blocks” border is one of my favourites for country rugs because it is so fun and “scrappy”!!  Not formal or sophisticated at all!!!  : )  LOL 

As you know if you follow my other wordpress blog, I like doing the border at the same time I do the rug center, not only because I can tell right away if it works or not (!!) but I don’t like to do the same colour or same motif over and over and over all around the rug when finishing it up!  Very tedious for me doing it that way.  The same goes for backgrounds!!!  LOL

(Since this rug is for a Vermont homeplace, I thought a touch of Autumn might be nice!!!)

A little larger picture! : )

This is really a fun rug to work on as it has such cute  ”primitive”  animals!  : )  (I am changing the donkey’s ears to go forward because the customer told me that when donkeys are happy, their ears point forwards!!!!  WE want the donkey to be happy!!!!  : ) 

Of course, a rug like this could be done with very realistic animals in a fine cut…but then it wouldn’t be in my folk art style!  It would probably take me 10 years to finish it!!!  LOL 

I have been asked about pricing on my rugs – how I figure it out – …and, of course it all depends upon the size of the rug, the amount of wool used, the time it takes to hook, the complexity of the design, etc. etc. 

For this large rug, it is like hooking two of my more “usual” sized rugs, so the pricing would be based upon that as well. 

Handling a large rug is more difficult also, but I have learned (by doing the Bradley Primitive and Helen’s Tapestry) how to handle it on my Snap Dragon frame!!!  Thank good ness for this frame where I can turn my work every which way and hook in the way most convenient for me!  : )

My customer helped with the design for this rug so she made it easier for me.  : )

Happy Hooking!  Sunnie  : )