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Almost Halloween

Here's a pretty little girl all dressed up for Halloween.   I so love everything done in this manner - I would guess it is from the 1920's.  She is so cute.

I have been working away at the granny square afghan and have most of the individual rows sewn together along with two long ones shown above.  Not lots of fun but necessary.  I probably could have been finished with it except for.......

the fact that I started another one!!  What in the heck am I thinking?  This is a stitch called larksfoot and it does go quickly, but I certainly don't need another afghan.  Monkey see, monkey want to do!!   With this, when you are done with the rows you are done.  In the middle picture, you can see some of the blooms and buds on my Christmas cactus that usually blooms for Halloween.  Not as many as a couple of years ago when it was just loaded with blooms. 
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Working on Three Projects

I have been working on projects - but ones that I started and have not finished.  Three of them are lying around my living room right now and I kind of jump from one to another and slowly progress is being made.  My granny squares have been done for a long time, but not put together.  So I am in the process of joining them and then will have to crochet a border around the completed piece.  This kind of work is not fun - but it comes with the territory!   Next afghan I do will be a one piece!!

My Mexican Star is all together but the little triangle thingies have to be laid back and sewn down ala catherdral window.  I have maybe seven of them done.  All the time I work on these finishes I think of other things I would like to be start, but I'll bet most quilters do likewise.

Last winter I did the little snowman and now I am almost done with Santa.  Love these little embroideries.  Six or seven more snowflakes and a puff of wind in the corner and Santa is done.  There is a pattern for a tree, also, but I think I will pass on that one.  Found some cute fabric so will make a couple of little wallhangings.  So tonight while tv is on, I will work on one or the other or all and eventually they will be done.  (Click to enlarge)   

Two More Laurel Wreaths



Spent some time these past two rainy days cutting out leaves for the wreaths and there are plenty of them to be cut if I carry on with this quilt.  Wanted to see how it would look with some in a row and I pretty much like it.  No flower or bird in the center of the top two for now.  The little black splotch on the bottom flower is a piece of black with tiny white polka dots that I will use to replace the solid color already there.  It's hard to see unless you enlarge it.  Plan to use a little black and white in each center object and think that would add some sparkle.  Think for now this will go back in the box until after Christmas as I have lots of things I would like to do.   It seems the older I get, the slower I get but I'm not about to complain because I'm still moving and getting the fun things done.  Housework and cooking?  Not so much!  (Click to enlarge)

Choosing Pumpkins is Exhausting

First you have to get dressed in your jeans, cool hat and argyle socks - then meander all over looking for the perfect pumpkin.  Whew!  Looks like this is the one, finally, so now it's time to get a little rest.  More pictures on Mommy's new blog post.    (Click to enlarge)

Sweet Little Poem

There is so much to see on the internet - easy to spend way too much time just going from one blog to another and to different websites.  I love things from the 20's and 30's, especially relating to children.  Could it be because my childhood was in the thirties?   Talking Pinterest again, but I found my way to a blog http://loverforbooks.blogspot.com/ that is full of beautiful illustrations with many of them from my time.  This sweet little illustration (the illustrator is unknown) accompanies a little poem that I have heard before.  It is by Dorothy Aldis.

Little
I am the sister of him,
And he is my brother.
He is too little for us
To talk to each other.

So every morning I show him
My doll and my book;
But every morning he still is
Too little to look.

Hope you enjoyed my little find!

Finished Tabletopper

All quilted and bound, the little Christmas tree tabletopper is done.  I chose not to make scalloped edges by following the bottom of the trees and the circle is really not an exact circle but that's okay.  I am going to put it under the quilt on the sewing room bed and that little hump on the edge will flatten down.  Love the way it looks with my old pitcher which I bought at an antique show a long time ago.  It's one of my favorite things.   And I have the Mexican Star all together but the borders-boy, that little bugger was a puzzle to piece and required several sessions of "unsewing".  Turned out great, though. (Click to enlarge)