The Marriage Pen Wiper Rug

 

I am beyond thrilled to have finished The Marriage Pen Wiper Rug.

 

An Anniversary gift for friends of mine and finished in the nick of time.

The idea behind it is that of a family tree stitched in thread.

 

The kit was from Cee Rafuse of Early Style Penny Rugs on Etsy.

The aged wools and string give it an antique look and style.

The Marriage Pen Wiper Rug

It's be awhile since I've shown my progress on The Marriage Rug.

I need to add a few more dates and initials before I'm finished.

It's an anniversary gift for friends of mine.

 



 

This was a kit from Cee Rafuse of Early Style Penny Rugs.

This is Cee's version from her Etsy shop.

 

 

Early Style Penny Rugs

 

Heart'n Hands is ready to have the binding sewn on...

You'll have to wait to see which fabric I decided to use.

I do appreciate all your comments and suggestions on the fabric choices.

 

The Marriage Pen Wiper Rug is all ready to be stitched to the backing.

Then I will add the embroidery stitching to the center and the pennies.

I hope you can see how time worn the rug looks.

 

These design and kits are from Cee Rafuse of Early Style Penny Rugs

 and can be found in her Etsy shop.

The Marriage Pen Wiper Rug

I fell in love with this wool rug the minute I saw it on Cee Rafuse's blog. 

 The Marriage Pen Wiper Rug is made with aged dark wools and aged string for the embroidery and blanket stitches.

 



 

The rug tells a story of a marriage of a couple and their family.  The initials of loved ones are stitched with important dates such as their birth, a marriage or a death...much like a family tree.

 

I'm making it for a friend. 

I have lot of research to do on their family history 

and one hundred tongues to blanket stitch just to get started. 

 

The above photos are courtesy of  Cee Refuse.

 

The kit from Cee Rafuse of Early Style Penny Rugs came with all the tongues cut in those wonderful aged wools and the aged string.  She even included one tongue stitched so you could see the size that your blanket stitch needed to be.  Of course she has her YouTube videos for instructions. I have a chocolate prairie cloth from LJFibers that I'm going to use for the backing.