An abundance of burp cloths

Working on getting these done for the craft fair. They look pretty all in a row.

Flavored vinegars

Today I started several vinegars that I plan to use for me and for gifts. I made a garlic apple cider vinegar, a basil white wine vinegar and also a hot pepper white wine vinegar.  You have to let them sit for several weeks before using. You also have to shake them a bit like my vanilla, which is doing well by the way. It is turning a lovely shade of chocolate brown.

Simple crochet rose

I am certainly a knitter, not a crocheter. I do find these crochet flowers oh so cute though. I can crochet a little, but I prefer to knit. I have to admit that I do like only keeping up with one needle however. These are just made by creating a chain that is 2 ruler lengths long. Then you single crochet every stitch and then you double crochet 3 times in every second stitch. I will try to find the link to the neat tutorial on you tube to post. I have made 3 of these now, each one taking about an hour. I used 3 different yarns and 3 different size hooks and they are all pretty cool. The smaller ones will be easier to use. The one pictured is out of cotton yarn.

The land in Fall and our lovely new wall

We had 2 guys come out and do about 12 hours of landscaping work around our farm and I LOVE IT! They were very good and it makes everything look so much nicer. We just have to put the capstones on our retaining walls. We still have to return the first batch and get new ones that look decent. They cut and baled our field this weekend too and it looks so much like fall around here. Hope you are enjoying the lovely fall weather.

2 More Nursing Blankets

I finished up 2 identical nursing blankets this weekend. I love this modern material in this print. It is a home decor weight. It works well for this pattern. Don't you love how I just keeep draping them over one another? Hope to get some more of these done before next weekend's sale.

More hair bows

I have made several more of the felt hair bows and some of our ladies at church will be making them on Thursday night. Ignore the bright orange bamboo knit flower. That is another project. You can barely see the rounded petal one to the right, but it is even easier than the rectangular one.  Here is Disney's link for those of you who asked.simple bows

Ahh! October

Time seems to fly although it really travels at the same pace continually. It is funny that we say "time flies" because it is never any faster or slower. 24 hours in a day is what we have been blessed with. My problem is usually trying to fit too much in and not taking time to rest and relax. Instead we run at a dizzying pace all the time and end up never feeling rested. If I had better time management skills, I would probably feel better and more accomplished too. Oh well, enough on that. I have been working on several projects. I finally put eyes on the 2 pigs I had finished. My tiny 3rd pig is still needing a little more wool top-stitching before he gets his eyes. I plan on selling these little guys at the local craft fair in a couple of weeks. If they don't sell, I will give them away as heirloom baby gifts.

I also started serging some burp cloths for the same fair. (Still have a large stack to do). I have been using cute flannels and a couple of cordurory prints for the backings. These are really cute and simple. There are many tutorials out there in blogland, but I went for the simple, strong method. My serger does not like the higher count weave diapers. Last night the thick middle panel of the pre-fold diapers was causing my serger to make weird noises. I might end up having to sew them on the Necchi. I think that thing could sew thru steel! Ha.
We have also finished laying all the block for our retaining walls. We still have to put the cap stones on, but the ones that were delivered are horrible! The guy who will be doing some of the dirt moving and landscaping comes this week! Yahooo! Will post some pics soon. Have a marvelous day!