October Musings

Until two weeks into October, I had not made a single Eccentric figure for Halloween.  In fact, I have not made any for nearly a year.  Then my daughter Erin began telling me about her plans for her Halloween party this year--the first in her new home.  She was so excited. Max and Mila have been involved in the planning and will be helping with all of the details.  

After I hung up from that conversation, I was excited, too, and decided to make her a Halloween something.  But what?  Something that I could finish and get in the mail.  

Eek is cloth and clay

and was a bit of a rush job.

The cloth body went pretty quickly:

choose fabrics, cut strips, sew together,

make a pattern, trace onto fabric strips,

sew, cut out, stuff, add clay for the face.

Then quite a few hours were spent watching Netflix

as I added French knots and beads and decided on  embellishments.

That is the fun part, slow, but fun.

Working on Eek took several days,

and I got behind on answering letters!

Incoming Mail

from Naomi in Australia--

an arabic aerogram!

 love Hannah's Grumpy Cat stamp!

Lisa at lil fish studios posted this leaf mandala a while back,

and I keep going back to look at it!

Isn't it gorgeous?

If I had done this,

I would frame it and hang it on the wall

so I could enjoy it daily.

I'm having one of those weeks where I want to make things,

but can't make up my mind what I want to do.

Too many ideas all of a sudden

and unable to decide.

What are you up to this October?