Odds And Ends

 

I have made some things but with so much going on I haven't had a chance to post any pictures.
This first pattern came from Pineberry Lane. I like this pattern so much that even when I see other people post pictures of it I still like it as much as I did while sewing it. 

It is another in the series of Fancey Blackett. The sunflowers and the crows just made me happy, but that little scarecrow was the best.

The next thing I worked on was a snowman. This pattern is from Threads That Bind. I have had it a long time. Of course like cooking, my recipes are always changed, the same goes for doll patterns. I had to change it up a bit but it was a fun project.

He is really big. I have  few snowmen that I have made through the years. This is the first one in a long time.

I ended up making his nose out of skulpy. I enjoy working with that and I always like how it turns out.  I was pretty proud of the hat. I took some old black socks I had in my sock drawer and kept playing with it and finally I cam up with that hat. I also used part of the socks for his mittens. I hand sewed them together and then turned them wrong side out so the mittens would look fuzzy. I had the eyes and mouth beads from when the kids were small and I would make them stuffed animals. The package was marked 75 cents. It made me chuckle. I wonder how much they cost now.

One of the things that is nice now that Hobby Lobby opened, is Michaels   was not a zoo.  I went in and walked around and looked at things. I have a cookie/ornament exchange coming up in December so I thought I would go by the Christmas ornaments. I found a couple.

There was this adorable hen. I was totally sold when I spotted her shoes. I have a thing for ruby slippers ever since I saw the Wizard of Oz at about 3ish.

I knew this little hen was coming home with me. Then I spotted the rooster. I realized he needed a home too.

I bought them both. I think I will have to go ornament shopping for something else to exchange. I don't think I can part with these guys. I kept taking them out of the bag to show everyone and every time I did I was more and more attached.

Last night I thought this would be a good time to finish this rug. I thought I had a small piece of  tweed wool left and nope. Someday you will think I will get this down and not run out of wool at the end. I think I have done that with my last three rugs. So I will put it away until I can get some more. Ron asked me if I was going to sell this one. I told him I have waited 15 years to make this. I laughed and said, "when he starts selling his Bonsai trees, I will sell rugs". :) I am having some hoarder moments I guess. Maybe I will make this pattern again and then I will sell that one.

Have a wonderful Thursday. Today is one of those days, that I have miles to go before I sleep.

~Kim~