Portfolo: Taryn Kail

"Mockingbirds with Texas Persimmons" (2' x 3')  is the final project required to achieve my Oxford Certified Instructor designation from the Oxford Rug Hooking School.

The full title of this piece is "Common Ground of a Jake and Jenny." It is a 17" x 17" mat made with both regular and fine sized Oxford Punch Needles and hand-dyed 100% wool rug yarn.

"Twilight Deer Garden" was designed to be a throw pillow pattern for sale in my Etsy Shop: TexasCharmTradingCo. This color way is punch with a #10 Oxford Punch Needle on monk's cloth.

These 4" x 4" coasters are a farmer's market favorite for my booth during the holiday season. They make for great stocking stuffers.

This is one of my first patterns called "Hill Country Roadrunner" and I have made this mini-rug many times in different color ways and mediums.

This is one side of a diptych (duo) featuring colorful Texas Bluebonnets in an impressionistic style. Punched with the #10 Oxford Punch Needle.

"Go Texans!" is a football themed foot stool made with a #8 Oxford Punch Needle and 100% wool rug yarn on a backing material of 100% cotton monk's cloth. 

The "Firewheel Trivet" is a 12" x 12" whip stitched mat made with a #8 Oxford Regular Punch Needle and 100% wool rug yarn on a backing of 100% cotton monk's cloth.

The "American Flag" is made with a #10 Oxford Regular Punch Needle and 100% wool rug yarn on a backing of 100% cotton monk's cloth.