Dolly clothes

I love to make dolly clothes. This was for a Round Robin and it got mailed today. It's a darling striped wrap style dress and a polka dotted apron to go with it. I also made little socks (not shown) and had a set of tiny gardening tools to go with. The theme was Gardener's Delight.

Nice new jacket.

My doll Hilly has a new warm jacket ca.1950's. It's a pattern from Patti-Ann Stanley. She designs a wonderful pattern. I had everything I needed in my stash and had it together in an afternoon. This lovely plaid hooded jacket is lined in silver/gray satin and has a black picot-trimmed ribbon for the drawstring at the waist. It's trimmed around the hood and sleeves with fake fur. Hilly is very happy though she doesn't look it.

Robot fun

Robby is now finished. I know, the names not so inventive, but he looked like 'Robby' to me. His new mom can name him whatever she thinks will fit him. He's so darn cute I'm going to make one for my nephew and make him baby friendly-ie. no pellets, no hardware. I'll just use stuffing and embroider his features. anyway, another cutiepie finished.

Pretty coats

Today I finished a new pretty coat for a friend. Actually, she bought me a coat and it came with the pattern to make more. I loved that coat so very, very much I wanted to make one for her. I found a piece of lovely, dreamy, creamy spring yellow felt in my stash (some of my friends are now refering to it as "Ellen's Legendary Stash" LOL). I found a lovely hank of lavender embroidery thread and went to work. Here's the result. I think she'll be thrilled.

Comfort Food

There is nothing better than comfort food on a cold, crisp winter day. I made a lovely roasted chicken on Sunday so today I picked the remaining chicken off the bone. Plenty of leftover to make two Chicken Pot Pies for our dinner tonight plus enough chicken to freeze for another meal next week. Maybe some sort of chicken casserole..hmmmm....I'll have to think about that. Hubby and I love chicken potpie and I've made it since the kids were little. Yes, I even make the pie dough from scratch. I also make Turkey Potpies from leftover turkey. I learned to make individual pies as the kids would fight over who got the last piece so I solved that problem right quick. Tuna potpie is good too. try it sometime. Fresh, hot Chicken Potpie and a tall glass of ice-cold milk....it just doesn't get any better than that....snow be dammed! LOL....

Robots are so cute

I've been crocheting a little robot for my bestest friend because a. She begged me to crochet him, b. She loves robots and c. She bought me the pattern-LOLOL...she didn't really beg, i'm just teasing her! so now I've been sending her tease pictures each day as I finish parts of him. He is definately not for kids because he has real washers for eyes and a real screw for his nose. I actually had to screw the nose in with a screwdriver! that's not coming out for a loooooooong time. He could be easily made child friendly though. just so darn cute!!!

Another Wonderful Countdown from Lisa

I love ephemera. It's amazing how cool some of it is and the creativity it inspires is always great fun. Lisa Vollrath is doing her Valentine's Countdown from now until Valentine's Day. A new piece of ephemera available to download free to add to your stash. She always has terrific images so don't miss this!