Well, on to all the things I've been up to lately!
What's up around the house
It's a lovely 75 degrees here in western NY! I've been taking advantage of the unseasonably good weather by putting up my Halloween decorations. I'm going to have my hubby help me put up the Halloween lights on the porch tonight. He's 6'5 and he doesn't need a ladder or chair the way I do, so that's handy! I've gotten everything else up though, and it looks really nice.
Here's a pretty little home. I got the ghouls out yesterday, and the tombstones and the pumpkin buckets on the railing. My mums are starting to fade a little bit, but that's ok, that's just the way life is.
I have lots of decorations inside. Since we were married in the fall, we have lots of fall decorations leftover from the wedding, and over the years I've added some nice things to the collection. Here's a tour of my fall home! (PS, sorry for the bad pics; it's really cloudy today.)
Here's my front room.
And facing the other way in the front room.
Here's our niche in the front room.
And the desk by the front door.
We have a bigger tv this year. For many years, we had a small tv and an old fashioned entertainment center, and I could decorate the top of it. I don't have that now, so I did the best I could with the new set up.
Here's the bookshelf in the dining room. The bouquet on the left is my wedding bouquet that I made myself! (It was a very frugal wedding!)
Here's our dining table. It's currently a mix of fall and Halloween stuff.
This is the centerpiece on the table, a bowl full of fabric eyeballs I made a couple of years ago, lol. I like to point one right at my hubby, lol!
That's all the pictures I took, but there's so much more that I couldn't get a shot of. I love getting out my fall decor because it makes the house so warm and cheery, which is so important as the year gets dark and cold.
What's up with plastic canvas
Well, I started out last week by just making free patterns. I wanted to get a good pile of them made up in advance so I wouldn't have to worry about them for a few weeks. However, on the second day, I made a really cool pumpkin box I liked so much that I decided to put it in my shop.
And then I made a couple more boxes to go with it! I should have the pattern up by next week sometime, and then I decided to make Christmas boxes too! Yay!
I did get one free pattern done last week, lol, so you'll be seeing this again soon.
What's up with sewing
I decided that before I get back to my quilting, I need to get my clothes pieces sewn for colder weather, which will be here shortly. I made a pretty shirt a couple of weeks ago, and last week I decided it was a good time to make a pretty jacket. It came out so well!
It looks very professional and I'm actually excited for cold weather to get here so I can wear it. I'm going to start a turtle neck tunic dress tomorrow, and after that, I just have one more piece to make. That will round out my winter wardrobe pretty nicely.
Well, that's all for me this week. How are you all doing? I hope you're getting a chance to enjoy these lovely days before winter gets here. I'm certainly trying to!
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