No Excuses

Here it is, nearly September, and I haven’t posted since mid June. No excuses, I just haven’t. I need to either blog or quit. I really don’t want to quit, so we’ll see. 

I have done lots since my last post, but I will just share a little today.  Then I’ll have plenty for another post…or two.

My most recent finish is this little Halloween mat in wool applique. 

It still needs a good steaming, but I think it’s pretty cute. 

This sweet little sampler is Amelia Ellis by Whilst Iris Sleeps.

I had to stitch it as soon as I saw it. The small size and sweet colors just drew me in. 

Sara Ashley wanted me to make her a crocheted granny square tote bag before she went back to Clemson. This is what we came up with. 

She is a hoot…..she told me she really liked “crotchit”, and in this family, crochet will be forevermore known as crotchit. 

Here she is in her dorm room the day her mom and I took her back to college.

Also finished this quick cross stitch for a tray I found on sale at JoAnn’s that has a blackbird on it. 

Can you just feel a theme coming on here?

I started a Christmas tree skirt in a virtual class with Lisanne Miller. 

This is as far as I have gotten. Lots of little pine needles. The plan is to use it under a pencil type tree with cross stitch Prairie Schooler Santa’s decorating it. This year??? Well, that’s debatable. We all know about good intentions. 

We had rat snakes eating our eggs at the chicken house. We like to have rat snakes around because they eat rats and poisonous snakes. But once they start on our eggs they have to go. The other day Blake found two in the chicken house. Our neighbor, Amy, had expressed an interest in rehoming some to her debris pile on her farm, so Blake called her. Here they are wrangling one of them into a tub for transport.

Both were successfully relocated. Can I just say that I was glad to be away from home that day?

Guess that is enough excitement for this post. Hope you are all staying well and safe. 

Take Care,

Jennie