Autumn Cellphone Pouch

I had hoped to finish this last night but unfortunately, we have to eat! I stopped to make a big salad for dinner and just never got back to it. But I do expect to complete this today:



I'll be doing some serious sewing this weekend so I'll have loads of things to share with you!

Antique Crochet Pattern

This antique pattern is from an old newspaper. I believe the paper was called,
"The Ohio Farmer":



I scanned it at 300 dpi so click on the image to go to my Flickr site where you can download the large image.

Enjoy!

Peach Comfort Kitty Doll

These stitch up so quickly:



I stitched this kitty in about 3 hours! I added a spider and web to this one. The Victorians considered spiders to mean "good luck" so I thought it would be a nice touch on a Comfort Doll.

I'll sew these last 2 kitty dolls up over the weekend.

In the meantime, my next little project will be this Autumn themed cellphone pouch for my mother in law, Margaret:



I bought the little pumpkin pin in Kentucky. Margaret really puts her cellphone pouches to good use so I'll pin it on and sew it on to make sure it's good and secure.

Blackwork Fruit Bellpull Counted Cross Pattern

This design is now available in my Etsy shop for a LIMITED TIME ONLY:

Comfort Kitty Dolls

I sure do love making these! I stitched up the aqua kitty yesterday afternoon:



Is this cheery or what! I love the yellow with the aqua background.

Later today, I'll stitch on the peach kitty:



I plan to put some serious mileage on my sewing machine this weekend. I want to sew up some new blocks for kits. I've been asked for Christmas Ornament kits so those are on my list and I want to have these cats ready to sew together as well so I can send another package to Pat. And I'll sew up some more cats to stitch on!

I'd really like to encourage my readers to make a little comfort doll for Pat's Charity. It's really fun to make something for someone who could use a bit of comfort. They don't have be crazy quilted. You can do any type of doll and any type of needlework. Try some cross stitch or outline embroidery. Pat asked that the dolls be 6 inches high or less so they stitch up quickly and honestly, it's just so nice to do this. If you need a bit of inspiration, check out the Comfort Doll Group at Flickr.