socialsue's 2010 and 2011 projects

[K1nS]

[Nachstenliebe]

Wonderful work!
Faith

[meerkat]

This is such a pretty SAL

[maggs]

That is so pretty

[Mabel Figworthy]

Great progress on the Little Heart sampler!

[socialsue]

Just finished my grandson's name alphabet for his new bath towel. I will be stitching it onto the bath towel, then wrap a Christmas present inside. He is into Space stuff so this design is Rockets and Planets. It is hard to see due to the dark blue in the background. There were no backstitching required so maybe that is why the rockets and planets kind of blended with the letters.

[Nachstenliebe]

Looks great! What a fun looking alphabet!
Faith

[karen4bells]

very cute!! That will make a fabulous way to wrap his gift!

[Rose]

Looks great and very nice gift!!!!!!

[Like_Fine_VVine]

Very sweet gift!

[vanessanjf]

Lovely

[pamelam]

Great work; your grandson will love it!

[maggs]

Im sure he will love it.

[Cockneystitcher]

Just caught up with your thread,nice stuff...Your Heart SAL looks good too.

[meerkat]

That will be a very special towel.

[dollystitcher]

What a novel way to present your work, your grandson will love it, as do I

[socialsue]

I finished the 2nd Navajo mini-stocking and I am starting on the 3rd .........when done, I will be able to start on the finishing part. The first design is called, "Chief Blanket". The 2nd design is called, "Old Style Ganado". I have the history of the blanket listed as well. If u want know the history, let me know and I will submit to the group.

"Chief Blanket" -Chief blankets are the earliest established Navajo weaving style. These blankets were woven as wearing apparel and were generally made wider than long as they were designed to accentuate the wearer. Because it was a trade good, this blanket got its name from the chiefs of the Pueblo and Plains Indians who obtained them.

"Old Style Ganado" - Ganado ( Spanish for "herd of cattle") is a small trading center in the southeast part of the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. Its trading post, founded by Juan Lorenzo Hubbell in 1878, is still maintained as a National Historical Site. Hubbell promoted rugs through catalogues and hung painings of rug designs on the walls for the weavers to use as reference. The colors usually are black, gray and white on a red background with a symmetrical design containing crosses and diamonds.

references: from NP Designs in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA

[karen4bells]

Very pretty and these are definitely going to be fabulous to add to your Christmas decorations. I would love it if you'd post about the history of the blanket

[Rose]

They look great!!!!!!

[pamelam]

Very nice! That's very interesting to know the history behind the woven designs!