Working on my green penny rug

 YIPPEE!  

I actually found enough thread! 

 The match was close enough to the hand dyed pieces I started with,
 get this, 2 years ago for this rug!

(stitching slow as time was flying by!)

  

Last night I finished the last row. 

This rug is a collection of 2" greens.
Some are brownish green, some are greyish green.

I'm not going to add any other pennies or colours.
This is the rug I envisioned when I started.

Simple.

This is my first cotton backed rug. The last one was linen.
I found a reproduction feed sack and aged it with tea.
Note: some teas will leave a pinkish tone, test your tea first.
 I use the cheapest brand for dyeing, don't use orange pekoe.
BUT you should try onion skins for dyeing!  Check Cee's post here
The Diary of a Rug Maker - the dye pot is on
Start saving your onions skins!
  
I really enjoyed working with the cotton backing.

With lots of thought and discussion I think I'm going to trim it with a cotton binding.  

There might be enough fabric to fold over and stitch, but I think I'm going to try binding it. 

This will my first "bound" penny rug.
 Cee suggested cotton binding.

These are straight edges, so I don't think I'll cut my binding on a bias.

So, onward and stay tuned for the finishing and my YouTube tutorial.