After the passing our our dear Hilda at age 97 last year, her daughter gave her wool to the Sunshine rug hookers.

We sold most of it and donated the proceeds to charity, but there were still many lovely pieces left. Mary Lou Justason and Linda Wilson came up with a wonderful idea and put it into action. They divided the wool into about 40 groupings and gave one package  to each of the the Sunshine members. We are now each creating a small hooked piece with this wool to have as a personal memento of our friend. We are planning to show them at R.U.G. and then invite Heather (Hilda’s daughter) to see them all at a meeting in May.

The package I chose was primarily navy, pinks and purples, and I decided to hook an English seaside sunset.

It’s tiny (just 25 cm. x 16 cm……sorry I can’t find an imperial ruler…but that’s approximately 10″ x 6″ ), and I added yellow orange/red and teal from my own wool.

Then, since Hilda’s wool was mainly solid colours, I  used the transition dyeing method (doesn’t use any dye), to create variation and highlights.

….and ended up with this….So now I’m having great fun creating this little English sea scape, and imaging that Hilda is enjoying the view as well.

Jean has created “Hilda’s Garden” with her wool.

…..aren’t those little quillies delightful?

I’ll share what everyone else makes in a later post.

At our meeting this week I was working on “Hilda’s English Sunset”,  and here’s a glimpse of what everyone else was working on.Joanne’s adorable owl has a very ‘mola’ look to me. 

Gail is hooking an abstract bench seat cover.

Marion was off visiting when I snapped this photo, so I have no explanation for her work.

Helen is continuing with her abstract moon/ night sky.Charlene told me the title of her lovely dressed tree, but unfortunately but I’ve now forgotten (so sorry Charlene).

Edie is coming along with the background of her floral piece. That lovely mottled background just makes the flowers pop.

Isabel is just getting this rose underway.

Linda’s grandchild painted this tile and presented it to her. Fearing that it was fragile, and might not stand the test of time……..

…….. she has hooked a replica of this very special keepsake.Liz’s necklace is the inspiration for her present project. A gift from he son-in-law, it is a maori symbol called a kora….

….and she is hooking a tribute to it….……using sari silk, and wool which she herself has spun and dyed.

There’s more to show, and I’ll include the rest in a second post.

Thanks for stopping by.