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"As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With a sleigh full of toys--and Saint Nickolas, too."
"A Visit From Saint Nicholas," Clement Moore, 1823.
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P made another cat bag today.
We thought we'd share a tutorial. Here is the pattern It is on one inch grid so that you can draw your own. I hope you can follow P's directions.
1. Fold the fabric over and put the cat on top of the folded part and then cut it out. Then take the pattern off.
2. Put pink thread on your sewing machine. Sew around the cat. Leave a little hole on the bottom.
3. Turn it right side out. Make the face with a permanent marker.
4. Stuff it with rice. (about 3 tablespoons). Sew the hole on the bottom closed.
5. Hold the cat upside down by the bottom corners.
6. Put one corner under the other.
7. Stitch them together.
Another kitty for the set.
There you go. Super cute and you can even wear it on your fingers.
If you make something using this tutorial please add photos to my flickr group. I'd love to see what you've done.
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I love the flurry of creative activity that occurs in the last days before Christmas. Everyone in the family seems to be working on projects.
D made this origami crane. Tiny. VERY tiny.
P has cranked out a few of these little cats on her sew handy sewing machine and filled them with rice. I think they turned out super cute!
Here is a peek at one of my recent projects.
I'm still working on this one.
Yep, we love all of the holiday crafting.
It's time to put my feet up and knit....
I hope you are keeping warm and doing things that you like to do.
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I have said it before, but the holidays always bring back a lot of memories for me.
This 1950s Santa is one of my favorite decorations. It was given to my mother by one of her friends. I remember visiting in her friend's home and seeing this Santa on display when I was young. My mother had a large collection of Santas and her friend gave this to her to add to her collection. It reminds me of my mother and the wonderful friends she had and the joy she got from giving to others.
I love that in December my home is filled with reminders of family and friends.
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"Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful that he forgot to be frightened any more."
Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne, 1926.
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Did I tell you it got cold?
My fingers were so cold yesterday while I was working that I put a thermometer on my cutting table to satisfy my curiosity. Yep. 55 degrees. Inside. The joys of an old house on a cold and windy day.
It does make it good for storing our yummy gift of Florida sunshine until we eat it.
note: B lit the boiler last night and the house is warmer today now that we are burning corn!
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The people at Lulu chose my calendar to be included in a selection of calendars that they submitted to Amazon!
I feel so official now. They are fixing up an "author page" for me over there. Woo hoo. Here's the link to the calendar.
Oh, and that pencil photo is the April photo in the calendar.
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Last year I made a calendar that I gave to friends and family. I wanted to publish one that I could share with all of you but I wasn't 100 percent happy with last year's calendar so I didn't offer it to you. This year I tried again and am thrilled with the result. The print quality and paper are much better than last year. It was hard to narrow down to just one photo from each month. All of the photos were taken here on our property. Some months required a family vote. But here it is:
2010 - A Year on the Farm with The Little Red Hen
You can get yours for $15.99 by clicking the Lulu button below.
Lulu is offering a 10% discount if you enter the code "HUMBUG" at checkout! The discount is good until the end of the year!
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