NUTCRACKER AND MUSHROOMS

 

My finished Nutcracker Lady

[I think this looks like a child's drawing!!

But I am just calling it Primitive hahaha]

👶😊😍

After all the tiny hand sewing on

this one, I decided to keep the

rest of this page simple. 

I had to keep on resting

my hands after I dealt

with such tiny pieces...

;000

These second sets of prompts, I feel,

were very challenging this month.

I wondered if I could even attempt them..

I am hoping that next month's will be

a bit easier...

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Here is the base for my

Winter Mushrooms that

I finished pinning 

this morning...

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I have to thank my good blogger

friend Lizzy at

[Gone2thebeach.blogspot.com]

for her research on

Winter Mushrooms...

And

for also 

GIVING ME 

this mushroom fabric 

--{💝 love love!!💝 }--

which I unearthed

from my "special" fabrics

stash.

At first, I thought I wouldn't be

able to use it in my Winter

low volume Fabric Journal..

because...

it was originally a bright orange--

Soooo----

I tea dyed four strips

to achieve this (hopefully) 

wintry, muted  feel to

the colors...

I love how they came out..

The bottom laces are from

an old fabric edging--

and are meant to be 

the "snowy landscape"

where my mushrooms grow...

Here is a little info on this type of

mushroom...from 

"My Growing Traditions" blog:

(and thanks to Lizzy's researching)

[click to read]

and so, my little page was born...

It needs to be basted in place and then

I will have plenty of room 

for further embroidering..

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We are experiencing much cooler

mornings--low 40's--now.

Beautiful sun-filled days and

cool nights..

Autumn has definitely arrived here...

And a few leaves are starting their

annual Fall color parade..

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We are so looking forward 

to this Sunday,

when my daughter and my

eldest grandson, Steven, 

will be coming for a visit.

We will be watching The

Patriots and having a bbq.

Tom will bbq burgers for us

and

I am making my 

German potato Salad 

and

Candice is bringing a 

Caprese Salad.

We haven't seen Steven in 

almost 1 and 1/2 years...

so it should be great to

catch up...

Enjoy this lovely time of year...

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

[still-working-from-stash-euse]