Mr. Squirrel Dressed for Autumn

Welcome friends, hope your Friday 

was fabulous!

I'm dressed for Fall wearing a cozy sweater 

and as I type this my hands were so 

cold I needed to put on some fingerless gloves!

The Studio is so quiet with no air conditioning 

or fans...I could hear a pin drop!  

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Mr. Squirrel was transformed back into a working pinkeep

while watching Monday night football...

I started with a small scrap of vintage dark olive drab velvet.

Then packed it very firmly with sawdust...

....and finished by distressing it with my secret antiquing 

methods to give it an old look. 

I decided to make a handmade acorn that 

would fit just right between his two paws...

The acorn was made in the same manner as the pinkeep,

except embellished with a real acorn cap!

I hope he'll be happy for many years to come

dressed in his new suit of clothes!

Next week, 

I'll be doing a free gift give away drawing for a

 similar handmade acorn...please watch for

all the details next week.

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News Bulletin for

 "The Sheepish Needle Samplar Club" 

If you would like to become a Sheepish Needle Samplar

Club member, please click onto the above photo to

go to the direct Etsy listing for all the details.

The second club release is scheduled to ship on 

Friday, October 23rd. 

The above photo shows a sneak peek of the 

Civil War Reproduction fabric that will

be used in this project.

I'm working on finalizing the pattern so I can 

cut the linen and start stitching on the 

samplar over the weekend...hope to 

share a sneak peek of that on Monday.

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I decided to fill my old wire garden basket with

the beautiful "Wild Bittersweet" that was 

gifted to me last week by my special 

friend Ona...

It was a perfect fit!

 I added some tall branches of daisy like weeds,

and nestled in my two dove decoys...what do

you think?

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The highlight of my week was going over 

to my friend Ona's house to gather

more Bittersweet and Acorns...

This is her gorgeous "American Bittersweet" bush 

just loaded with branches of berries! 

This is a close up of the berries on the bush.

 My gatherings include from left to right...

basket of dead headed Marigold flowers, branches of 

American Bittersweet, and a basket of Acorns.

Acorns come in many different varieties, these are large

dark acorns.

 Plenty of wonderful acorn caps to add to my 

stash for making acorn pinkeeps!

 Dead headed Marigold's will be dried and their

seeds saved for next year.

I was excited to prep the Bittersweet branches for drying.

I started by attaching a looped string from the tops

of the branches.

Next, I removed all the green leaves, then hung

them to dry from the beam in the Studio.

I was excited to see how they would look the 

next morning...

WOW...most of the berries had popped overnight!

 And now they are ALL popped and ready to start 

drying!

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All of the out of print charts shown on 

Monday were listed Thursday night

on Ebay as auctions all with 

starting bids of .99¢

If you are interested in any of them, 

here are the individual direct links that will take 

you directly to that listing by clicking onto

the individual photos.

 Hope these wonderful hard to find patterns will

all find good new homes...best wishes on 

winning!

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Weekend Soul Food 

Peace I leave with you,

my peace I give unto you:

not as the world giveth, give I unto you. 

Let not your heart be troubled,

neither let if be afraid.

John 14:27...KJV

♦

Wishing you a weekend filled with 

rest and happiness!

Autumn Blessings, Tammy