Bunnies and Chicks

I tried out a new bunny pattern thanks to JJ's conversion from knitting.

Isn't he cute?  In spite of the kind of hunch back neck from my error.

I foresee more of these fellows.

Since you can see the bottom corner of my quilt in the above photos,

I thought I would share that as well.

LOL  This is my flock of chickens.

Too bad the newer TV sets higher and blocks half of it.

The pattern showed hand done eyes but I used the plastic wiggle eyes.

They may not be archival but they are fun for now.

April Walker Decor

Easter is quite late this year.

So the April decor is of course

a bunny and carrot.

For a Red Hat Friend

A long time friend of mine

belongs to the Red Hat Society.

So when I saw this pattern I could not resist

making one for her.

I am not too good at felting

But I think she will enjoy it.

Birthday!

I am blessed to own a few old sewing machines.

So my family always keeps an eye out for 'notions'.

And for my birthday this year my son surprised me with this lovely tool kit.

Absolutely complete,

and such detailed craftsmanship.

What a marvelous find.

Including the book!!!

What a wonderful gift.

And then they took me out to dinner.

I am truly blessed!

Repairs

I finally began the foundation repairs.

This required lots of holes.

Lots of landscaping was moved.

Pilings were installed.

A very nerve-wracking, process that meant any dishes, books etc.

that were not moved soon fell.

Then an impressive display of coordinated jacking

as the house was basically lifted and leveled.

A process that magically caused most of the cracks

inside to vanish!

I guess this crew came prepared.

I have never seen one bring their own microwave!

It sure reminded me of the movie Money Pit,

and made me wonder how long they expected to stay!

I sure hope they finish this afternoon as promised

since I have a plumber scheduled for tomorrow!

Blankets for our Babies

Another Christmas gift finished.

This is two blankets.  One for my 2 year old granddaughter.

The other, smaller one, is for her baby doll.

She just brought a cradle over to keep at my house for her dolly

so I decided we needed some blankets.

Think I will get that sweater knitted in time?

Thanksgiving Wreath

Tomorrow I will have help putting away the Halloween decorations and we will bring out those for Thanksgiving.

So today I put together this wreath that I have been working on all week.

Well, I started the orange slices to drying,

and made the cinnamon ornaments which also had to dry.

Once dry I chose to accent the ornaments with some glitter glue,

which then had to dry.

So not really working...

Can you see the little acorn and leaves up under the bow?

My daughter is much more talented with wreaths and bows and such,

but I am happy with how this came out, (though the bow could be better).

Even more so of the fact that I only had to buy two of the ribbons and the orange.

The rest was from what I had on hand,

(cinnamon and white glue, glitter glue and ribbon for the ornaments, as well as

the bay leaves from a tree in my yard and the grapevine wreath made from

the grapevine in the back yard.

Enjoying the bounty (and the wonderful smell from this) and looking forward to family.

Halloween 2013

This year's carved apple heads.

I have everything out for the skull bracelet to tat but am side tracked now so it may not happen until next year.  Time will tell.

I do still have all my decorations out so anything is possible.

Tatted Skull Earrings

Just for fun,

and because I have been wanting to work on my tatting skills

I decided to give these a try.

I fudged a bit on parts of the instructions

but as I said they were just for fun.

There is a matching bracelet.

It requires a technique I have yet to try.

So we shall see if those appear or not this season.

Starting Early

Well kind of.

I bought this fleece last year but never had time to do anything with it in time for Christmas.

So I set it back in the closet.

I ran across it a couple of weeks ago along with directions

for an easy way to edge it.

So the first gift for Christmas 2013 is complete.

And counting...