Saturday Snippets

Hello friends!

Halfway through January already!  How is your year shaping up?  I have been enjoying some quiet days.  It's still hot here, but cooler than it has been, and the horribly strong winds have mostly stopped.  I've also been enjoying some headache free days, which aways makes things better :)

My 'one chapter a day' Bible reading is progressing well, and I'm halfway through the 'one book a month' I am reading...

The strawberries are doing well...

Baked bread this morning...

It's been a bit too hot for knitting or crocheting... 

So I've been enjoying some slow stitching.

I don't remember if I mentioned this last year, but I have been wanting to make some little calico dolls...

from this lovely little book

I chose Effie

pinned and ready to stitch by hand

maybe I'll make some of the other dolls if Effie turns out well

there are also patterns for little doll quilts :)

In my previous post there was mention of treadle sewing machines, and I remembered the West Ladies use treadle machines in their crafting DVDs.  I bought the whole series many years ago, and love to rewatch them, especially the sewing and quilting ones...

And I've just discovered you can watch them ALL on YouTube HERE!

They make lovely 'slow day' viewing  

And while we are on the subject of crafting, Hayley sent me a photo of Hazel with her Christmas blanket...

The book with the doll patterns is also the fictional diary of Sarah Jane, age 8, who lives on the Kansas Prairie in the 1880's.

I'll leave you with a little 'slow Saturday snippet' ...

January 21  I made a doll today.  Her name is Hannah.  Ma cut it from an old petticoat and I sewed it up by myself.  Pa let me have some sawdust to put in her.  She even sits.  Ma says Hannah is just like the dolls she had when she was little.  Gramma made me a doll named Mary but I lost her on the trip.  I hope another little girl found Mary.  She had a real face and clothes and a quilt.  I wrapped Hannah in Molly's quilt but Ma took it away and gave me a feed sack.  Hannah wants a face.

January 26  Ma made a face for Hannah today.  She is real pretty now.  Ma let me pick buttons for her eyes and she sewed a mouth with red thread.  Hannah wanted yellow hair but all Ma had was black.  I wish Hannah had a dress.  Molly wants Hannah.

Have a blessed and safe week 

xx