Comfort Doll Button

Wanted to take a moment to say a special thank you to Janet for taking the time to help me out with sizing the Comfort Doll Button down so it fit in my sidebar! As you can see, it's there now and the link to Pat's Comfort Doll blog works! Thank you so much Janet for all of your help! Big Hugs!

Aqua Cat

I started on this little cat yesterday afternoon:



I'm sure I'll have time to finish him up today.

I want to mention that Pat has added a "Comfort Doll Button" that can be added to a blog. I tried adding it to my template but it's wider than the border and it overhangs and looks funny. Does anyone know if there's a way to make the button smaller? I'm not good with HTML. If nothing else, I can add a link but the button is cute so I'd like to use it if I can.

I also wanted to mention that I was asked about the "cornucopia image" that I used on my mom's doorknocker. I didn't purchase that. I found that image on the internet years and years ago. It's probably been sitting on my computer (3 of them through the years) for the past 10 or 11 years!

I print my images on inkjet fabric which is a little stiff, but the colors are bright and when heatset, they are permanent.

More Stitching

I finished up the little Cornucopia Doorknocker that I started the other day for my mom:



It doesn't scream "Autumn" or "Thanksgiving" so she can leave it out all year if she wants to although I know she changes things with the holidays and the seasons. I'm planning on a sewing day for Friday. I'd like to this sewn up along with a few other things that I have ready for "finishing".

I was asked if I'd consider making a custom cat doll for purchase. I'm totally ok with that so this one will be my next little project:



That middle piece of fabric looks gray but it isn't. It's actually cream color. Anyway, I'll start on this one later today. When I finish this, I'd like to work up another cat to send to Pat and then I'll stitch on another gift. I have a cat that I pieced in black fabrics and I thought it would be pretty to stitch him with pinks and whites. Stay tuned!

Cornucopia Doorknocker

I've almost completed my current gift project and since it's a bit large, I thought I'd plan on a quick little doorknocker next:



This is a little do-dad to give to my mom just because. She loves the Autumn season. Heaven knows why! All the good stuff leaves this time of year. The flowers, warm weather, the robins...I was devastated this morning when I realized that my hummingbirds are gone now. They've headed south for the Winter. The last one I saw was on Wednesday afternoon. And baseball leaves too. Thankfully, my Cubbies are in 1st place. Maybe this will be a lucky year and I'll have a few extra weeks of baseball.

Sorry everyone, ya'll know how I feel about Winter. I can't stand it. One of my dreams is to have a Winter house in Florida so I don't have to put up with the snow and cold.

Anyway, I'll start on this little project later today.

Worlds Fair Tablecloth Pattern - Vintage

Another pattern from my collection of vintage and antique designs:





This one isn't dated but I'm assuming it's from the 30's or 40's. It was a complimentary pattern from The American Thread Company.

I scanned the pattern at 300 dpi so it should be quite readable. Click on the image to go my Flickr site where you can download the large version.

Enjoy!