Old School Acres

Baby rattle #2 - red and aqua

Baby rattle #2
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Owls for babies

Baby owl rattle
Originally uploaded by Old School Acres

An owl for babies reminiscent of my owls for grown-ups. Available soon at The Baby Gardner in this color scheme and in my Etsy shop in other colors.

I'm embarrassingly behind on posts here. So many things to share about. A beautiful new paint pony. A cherry tree with stems but, strangely, no cherries...hmmmm. Clothing items that appear in the laundry and no one knows who they belong to??? And lots of sewing projects.

Red, white, and scotty*

A new item for The Baby Gardner.  With my friend Rachelle's help I'm branching out into things I never would have thought to make.  The scotty mobile was the test project.  Pigs and little dresses are up next.

*So named by Deanna at The Baby Gardner

Whooooo's so cute?

This one was until sewn up.  Then?  Not so cute.  Back to the drawing board for a rattle but just right for applique.

These are for the next project on the drawing board.

P.S. I'm answering comments in the comments section.  I've emailed people but the responses go to the comments section and not to email?  Weird.

Meet the newbie

Rudy?  Is that you?  Nope, it's the new girl.  I think it was an even trade.  But this poor girl doesn't have a name.  Ruby?  Maybe she should have an "M" name like Marge, Molly, Murray, Max, Murphy, and Marshall?  For now she's just the new girl.

Horse swap

Two years ago we traded our paint mare, Maddie, for 2 Belgian-Haflinger horses.  Daisy, the filly of the 2 was struck by lightning last year and died :(  Rudy, her half-brother, was on the schedule to start training soon.  But his old owner stopped to ask if we would trade Rudy for a horse already trained by the Amish.   Hmmmmmm.  Yep.

Here is Rudy "parked" in the drive.  No, he wasn't really parked.  Brett was on the other end of that lead rope getting his phone out of his van.

 

Anyway, Rudy went back to his old home yesterday.  I'll show you his "replacement" tomorrow.

Itty Bitty Kitty Ears

Look at the ears on this little one.  Squeeeeeeee.  I love those itty bitty ears.

Momma cat moved her 3 kittens to this dog bed laying on the patio.  They are about a week old. My girls are in heaven. 

If you look closely you can see an itty bitty belly button. 

Round and round

I ended up buying a "flower foot" for my sewing machine.  I've not quite figured out how to do all of the designs shown in the other photo but I do like what I've done so far. 

I would have taken my pictures but Brett snagged my camera to take photos of hooves.  How many of you can say that?!?!  LOL

I bought the foot through ebay.  The auction says it's for a Kenmore but it should fit any short-shank machine.  I'm using it on my Brother.

I've only stitched on wool felt.  Anything lighter should be backed with stabilizer. 

If it walks like a duck...

Little duck crib shoes for The Baby Gardner. 

No time for much else but stitching and sewing.  I missed my 3-year blogiversary so as soon as I get caught up we'll have to have a giveaway.

Who doesn't love pigtails?

Especially when they are part of a purse!  Available at Two Homes Handmade.  Made by my talented business partner, Rachelle.