My mother's rug stories, another installment

I shot a LOT of video the last time we were home with my mother, but I've been so busy and sick that I've not been able to weed through the 6 gigs of files to find what is worth posting and where, what should just be kept for family history, etc.

My health has largely returned, so I started in on the project again last night.

When my wife's health stabilizes, we'll shoot the improved tutorial videos for which several of you have asked.

Grandma's unfinished rug which my mother finished, the rug Mama made from her children's flannel jammies, etc.

This is one of the longer and more poignant rug story videos I've uploaded.
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My mother telling the stories behind her rugs, including the rug my grandmother (her mother) was working on when shedied and which my mother finished, the rug my mother made of all of us kids' flannel jammies, etc. As always, my papillon dogs Hilde and Killian make cameos. I shot in lower frame rate mode to conserve drive space while visiting my mothers', so when people or the camera are moving the video is a bit herky-jerky. My wife Tess also is heard off camera.

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Some rugs my mother made "just because" and the papillon' appreciation of them

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The long promised videos of us talking about our Anniversary Rug

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I've been wanting to do a video series with my wife where we talk about this rug since I finished it during her last hospitalization. This morning, I said to her, "Honey lets do it" and we did.

For each video, I have both the high res but slower speed Veoh version, and the lower res but quicker for slow connection Youtube version. An extra in this post is the ORIGINAL version of part 2. When we first shot it, it ran too large to upload to Youtube, so we quickly reshot it, watching the time more closely. Thus, for video 2A there is only the Veoh version.

Part 1- Tess' show and tell

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Youtube version

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Original Part 2, Veoh only
We both talk about the rug and the clothes and love behind it

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Part 2 reshoot
We both talk about the rug and the clothes and love behind it

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Youtube

Three rug stories by my mother and some tips too

I asked my mother to tell the story behind some of the rugs she made. I shot this in D1 quality but at a lower frame rate. One is a rug she made from her mother's old coats. Another is a rug she made of her old dresses A third is one she made of her old bathrobes (I remember going shopping with my father to buy her those!) She also discusses a bit of the technique of doing color block rows.

(The photo is 2 years old of her down at Berger Park holding the rug I made for Berger Park.)

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