AUGUST'S LAST SUNDAY

 

So it's almost September! Autumn is just round the corner ! The evening's will start getting cooler and the days are once again drawing in. I always love autumn, the days are still warm but the nights are now cool enough to sleep well. The trees and shrubs start to put on their autumn colours which brings another feel and look to the garden.

This month's been spent pottering about and doing this n that. Paul's been working on the playground items for this years Chat n Snap theme. 

And so far we have three completed items, one just waiting to be finished and another in progress ! I have to confess this is almost unheard of for us. Usually it's October and we start dashing about getting all the things sorted, that should have been done a couple of months before, even up to the night before the actual event.

So this is lovely being so far along. That will actually gather some dust !! Although still a few things to do. Paul of course managed to strip a couple of layers of skin from the palm of his hand by not turning off the sander before trying to knock some dust off it! It's starting to heal thankfully but is naturally quite sore.

I have made a couple of pinafores , using a Petrana pattern, but for my Roche dolls. I landed up making them completely by hand ,since I was still having issues with both of my sewing machines. 

And although I do enjoy making things by hand, using the sewing machine as well helps make it much quicker. So one of my sewing machines I have had for 20 years or so, the other I bought off my daughter who after buying decided she didn't want it a few years later so I had it. However this is one of those machines that you press a button to start it sewing !! I find that makes me a little panicky ! and no in control.

So I decided to buy a new sewing machine  and get rid of my oldest one, get the panic making one repaired and go from there. The new machine arrived at the end of the week and I'm getting used to what it does etc and then will start making a few things come Monday.

And it's got the foot pedal control, thank goodness , so no panicking when wanting to start and stop and speed control.

Today's headliners are Ruairi and Scott, who very kindly allowed me to take their photos.

Now on the doll front, it's been like a slippery slope , almost really a slide, with me whizzing down , climbing back up , only to whizz right back down again !!!!!

So while some more dolls have gone, some others have galloped over the horizon and bounded into the village at a screeching stop!

One who arrived is Cilla, now she was not a screech but a slow traveler. Since I saw her back in April on the bazaar and asked her seller about a layaway. This was agreed and then it was a very slow move due to the doll market going quiet along with me wandering off all over the place finishing off a couple of other layaway's.   But finally she's arrived and is wearing a lovely Petrana outfit, I treated myself to.

Then there is Scott Walker, an unexpected purchase. He'd been restrung many moons ago, his arms with a rubber band that looked like it would just melt at any minute. I think he's a later 68/ early 69 boy due to his clothing. Well he needed restringing because his string between head and legs was way too tight and his arms lucky the rubber band was still working. So that's what we did restring him ! Nightmare trying to get his strings tight but not too tight. So at present we need to take him apart again and just tighten his strings up a little more !

and as to just how many babies have arrived this month , I would rather not say ! However I will introduce the lovely Irka, who I love the hair of. 

But there is another Sasha still on her way here !! But more about her another day.

So on that note I will wish you all a lovely healthy happy week ahead and just remind you all the tomorrow is the first of September and then on the fifth it will be doll photo day.

Have a great week 

Dee