HABITMADE STUDIOS is pleased to offer handcrafted luxury items for the home. Our Penny Rugs, Colonial Candle Mats and Whimsical Folk-Art Ornaments are lovely as gifts, or to keep as your own simply because you've earned it. We make it easy to indulge in Handmade.

Each cut of fabric, original motif and blanket stitch is done by hand in our modest studio - nestled in the Champlain Valley - within the vast landscape that is the Adirondack Park. Your newly purchased item arrives beautifully packaged with tissue, ribbons and gift tag. The artisan signs each piece.

Decorators Touch ~ Fill a basket with Ornaments.
Simple Centerpiece ~ A vintage bowl on a Candle Mat.
Be Memorable ~ Handmade party favors, a special treat.
Folk Art ~ Hang a Penny Rug in an entryway or stairwell.
Hand Crafted ~ We make it east to indulge.

The Wool Penny Rug and Folk Art Ornaments
are as much a delight to design as to assemble, with the added satisfaction of being able to — at last — use all those luscious bits of leftover wool. Nothing wasted!

Much like quilting, penny rug crafting can be a neighborly pursuit with friends gathered round a kitchen table, or the work can be a solitary activity on a cold winter night.

Either way, the process is the same. Gently felt the repurposed wool carefully cut the ‘penny’ circles, tabs, hearts and flowers, lay the design flat in front of you, thread the needle and begin the blanket stitch.

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