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Still Trying to Get In the Christmas Spirit

It’s really hard to do… in September. Geez, fall hasn’t even officially started yet!

I finished a Christmas outfit this week and it didn’t help to get me in the Christmas spirit… AT ALL. It simply seems way too early to be looking at Gina all bundled up in a wool sweater and hat with fuzzy white trim and Christmas/winter motifs. Yet, I know this is how early I must start to be able to complete LOTS of holiday outfits this year. Hopefully, it will get easier as we get into fall and fall-like weather.

I confess that I had a bit of a setback yesterday when I got back to work on a fall sweater that was barely started when the Christmas bug set in early last week, so you may see another one or two fall ensembles. I love the greyish plum, neutral pink, merlot, and ecru/ivory in this print and wanted to continue with the ensemble.

My pumpkin dress/hat sets are all on their way to dress “tinies” for the fall season. Amelia Thimble, Izzy, Sugar, and I are all very happy that these sets are going to help make some little ones look oh, so cute for pumpkin patch picking!

Well, now I must get to work packing up outfits, printing out labels, and working on that fall outfit. Oh, and I promised to make a pot of soup today, so that we don’t all starve. Ha ha!

Everyone… have a great Monday!

This and That…

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My tiny pumpkin dresses are all finished. There are two for Amelia Thimble and Izzy, and one for Fairyland’s Pukipuki. I still have to write website pages for them. They will probably be available for sale one at a time, so stay tuned.

Talyssa got her bangs cut yesterday. I was looking at photos of her on Pinterest (I’m not sure who to credit with the photo) and was captivated by this photo of her with bangs. I think it makes her look a lot younger, and cuter.

Who likes spiders? I like that they are good for the garden, but I find them creepy, to say the least. I looked out the window yesterday evening and in the middle of a 3′ x 3′ (at least) web sat this HUGE spider. After I took the photos, I went back out with a ruler, he was gone. I am guessing him to be about an inch long, the biggest that I’ve ever seen. Anyone know what kind of spider this is? My daughter and husband couldn’t believe how close I had to get to him to take this picture; I didn’t have a zoom lens on my camera, so he was about a foot away from the camera!

September is National Sewing Month and the only things that I have sewn this month are three pair of tights! Sew… I am going to sew today! I need a dress to go with the Christmas sweater and hat that I have been working on.

Bye for now! Hope you have a great day!

Is it Too Early?

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To be thinking about creating Christmas ensembles??? Well, I’ve been thinking about them since July, and now it’s time to start acting on all of that thinking. Yes, Christmas is months away, but I need time, lots of time!

Christmas outfits are my very favorite and I never get as many done as I’d like to, so I am starting EARLY this year. You may think, way too early, and you may be right, but I am already in the mood for red and green, Santa hats and Christmas fabric, embroidered holly, fluffy white mohair yarn that looks like snow…

Here are some pieces of my Christmas fabric. Some of it is new this year, some I never got to last year, and some got made into ensembles last year. Here are some photos of those ensembles from last year.