Halloween Fabric, More Fabric and A Yorkie~ Oh My!

Oh how I love to play with fabric! And so does Chloe, my sweet little Yorkie girl. She will be 2 years old in August and she thinks that if it’s ok for Mommy, then it must be ok for her. She is forever taking something, wanting to have a game of “Look What I Have, Come Chase Me”.

 

 Fall will be here before we know it, so it is time for me to start making goodies for the Sauerkraut Festival. The first thing I did was to get out my stash of Halloween fabric to see what I had. There are Jack-o-lanterns, Pumpkins, Moons, Stars, Black cats, and Crows, Oh My!

So I thought I would share some photos of my favorites.

This is not even all of the halloween fabric that I have. I always purchase a yard of any fabric that I like, even if I am not sure at that moment what I might create with it. And if I really really like a fabric and know that it will be a hit, I get 2 yards of it. Can a girl have too much fabric? LOL

It has been so much fun to get all my fall fabric out and go through it. Some fabrics bring back memories of the good times I had when I worked at the quilt shop. Others remind me of road trips to quilt shops with my best friend and what fun we have on our day out. Which we are hoping for one of those days this week. It has been awhile since we’ve gone and of course, we need our fabric fix. (Like I need more Halloween Fabric, hee-hee!)  We are so lucky to have 5 quilt shops within 30 minutes from us. And a total of 8 quilt shops within 50 minutes. (That is not counting JoAnn’s and a JoAnn’s Super Store.) I’ll post more pictures of my new fabric finds after our quilt shop hop trip.       

Happy Sewing for Now!

Raggedy Ann’s and Annie

I just recently started making dolls again. I believe it has been since the late 80’s that I have made any rag dolls. I have made some seasonal stuffed items over the years but no dolls. I’m not really sure why I stopped making them. I think that the appliqued/embroidered clothing and jewelry just started to sale so well that I just got known for that and therefore spent all my time creating those items over the years. At my shows, I was known as the “Pin Lady”. I’m not sure how many I’ve made over the last 24 years but I’m thinking hundreds if not a thousand or more. At some of my shows, I might of made 50 of just one kind and there were usually 50 or more different kinds of Fall, Halloween, Christmas, and Winter pins. No wonder they called me the Pin Lady!! I really loved making all those pins and decorating the clothing but I am so ready for a change. To just slow down a bit and make some one-of-a-kind items.

I have been looking at all the dolls that some of my favorite doll designers have been making and I realized how much I missed making them. I’ve made 3 raggedy ann dolls over the last few months and I feel that I’m very rusty at it, but I am happy to say that all 3 of them sold and went to live with some very nice ladies.

I’ve recently purchased some Halloween primitive folk-art doll patterns to make for the “Ohio Sauerkraut Festival” and can’t wait to get started with them. I already have a couple doll bodies made just waiting for me to make their dresses and finish them up.  I also hope to list a few on eBay and Etsy in the near future.

Raggedy Blessings for Now.