Something About Nothing

I received a little surprise in the mail this past weekend. . . . . .the latest issue of Quilting Arts Gifts   which contains all kinds of yummy patterns for holiday Gifts. My friend Candy's pattern made the cover! Wahoo Candy! There are a lot of creative items to make in this issue.  I am always excited to see the great ideas people come up with!  And this time I was very excited to see that one of  my Gift Tags made it into the Gift Tag Challenge pages. . . (blue snowflake by the arrow!) . . .and my Ghostly Trio Banner pattern was publish! Wahoo! There is also a bonus online pattern for a Jack'o lantern variation, and another bonus of holiday cookie recipes that anyone can download here . This coming in the mail reminds me that there are only about 3 1/2 months until Christmas!   Gah!  I should start my Christmas making!   Have you already started? You haven't?  Well maybe a copy of Quilting Arts Gifts wi...

Halloween is just around the corner and I decided I needed a new Halloween decoration. After playing around with some drawings I decided these ghostly images would make a great door or hallway decoration. One of the best parts of the pattern cannot be photographed - at least not without a more expensive camera!  The ghosts are made using a glow-in-the-dark fabric. They look very cool glowing in the dark!  I've written up a pattern and am selling it on Craftsy in my pattern shop.  I am also selling a second banner in my etsy shop.   Have you ever made anything using glow-in-the-dark fabric?

They've all grown up a bit since these photos. This sleepy birdy became. . . a little princess in blue. And the little princess in yellow wore her big sister's poodle skirt for Halloween last year. . .   And this little superman was always some sort of superhero. . . including the sports legend kind.

Halloween 1979 I'm the one dressed as the Hillbilly. And yes we seem to be the only high schoolers dressed up for Halloween in the entire cafeteria.  That's just the way we rolled. And I'm glad we did! My sistah is going to shoot me for posting this photo but I think it's the only photo I have of her in a Halloween costume.  By the way, I made the clown costume for myself for the previous Halloween and wore it to school too.  I love the pillow we put under the costume to make my sistah look fat because, of course, ALL clowns are fat!  However in this case she looks more preggo than fat.  Ah, good times.