The Urban Acres

Sometimes the project you started because you were in a slump, becomes the one you’re the most proud of.

I made this rug 3 summers ago. It was the biggest project I had ever tackled and I started it because I was feeling so uncreative at the time.

I made it in my sunroom amongst my children’s toys — we’ve added two more kids since then!

I worked on it over the course of my 3rd pregnancy and while the rug got larger so did my belly 😂

When I look at it now, I think about the tiny hands who loved putting in stitches with me and sitting in my lap while I worked. We talked about The Magic School bus and how which colors were our favorites.

It represents so much more than a creative project. It reminds me of a treasured season in my life when time was a little slower and my babies were still babies!

It’s like I embedded a memory in every single stitch and I treasure the process just as much as the finished project.