Tuesday's Gifts

I am undone by autumn light! ...its long shadows and brilliance astound me...literally 3 of my lines of November's gratitude list have to do with it.  I am a lover of colors, and I think autumn light does something indescribable for color.

 This beautiful little angel given to me by someone dear, has a broken wing.  Later I will glue it with some really great stinky glue.  But she has captured me with her peace even with her broken wing!  We have adopted 3 broken kitties over the years.  The last one we named Harry Potter---he seems to be endowed by his Creator with magical love. 

Harry Potter

Lily, one of our broken kitties

 

 

Chula, once a very frightened little kitty

The past 2 days I have watched a miracle unfold as the 3 (loving, angry, and fearful)  PLAYED TOGETHER!!!  I never thought it would be possible.  But Love truly does heal even anger and fear.  Even mine.  For this Love of God I am soooo grateful.
 

 

And finally, today, I go into my studio to work/sew/embroider...grateful today for the joy of doing work that I love...and for this gift of MY Creator.  It has truly been a healing art for this soul.  I am so happy that Emily is doing tuesdays unwrapped now...It is the perfect break from the busy holiday stuff, to slow and be grateful for the ordinary in my life.  Here is her link to find more blogs tuesdays unwrapped blogs:
http://www.chattingatthesky.com/2011/11/29/tuesdays-unwrapped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChattingAtTheSky+%28chatting+at+the+sky%29&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail

May you see all your blessings in front of you today!
Love, Kathi

Skies of Blue

Cherry  Blossoms are starting to come out!  I'm hearing Duke Ellington singing in my head...

"I see  trees of green...red roses too

I see 'em blooming, for me and for you...

and I think to myself, what a wonderful world

"I see skies of blue...clouds of white

bright blessed days...dark sacred nights...

and I think to myself...What a wonderful world...."

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky

are also on the faces...of people going by...

I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do?

They're really sayin, I love you

I hear babies cry...I watch them grow

They'll learn much more...than I'll ever know

and I think to myself, What a wonderful world...."

So, I had to sew a cherry blossom dress for a wee one!  This one fits an 18-24 month girl...I love it with the eyelet top and bloomers

These little capri bloomers come in all sizes up to 4T...great with anything!

"Blue skies smiling at me! "

I couldn't make up my mind whether I liked this daisy and blue skies dress better with red or a black and white polka dot ribbon-sash, so I made it available with either!!  I think hot pink or lime would be really pretty, too!

"...and I think to myself, what a wonderful world
...oh, yeah!"

Dylan always wore the hat and his boots on backwards to garden!!!
Hope your are experiencing some wonder in your world today!

Pink Saturday

Well, this is my first time to get my Pink Saturday post actually coordinated and up, except not everything I planned to post was photographed before the sun went down!!  So my honey figured out how to scan in on his computer and email me my painting pictures, which I am sharing with you today...only the pink ones, of course!!  Late morning, I will add in the new little toddler apron I made yesterday, with bunnies and carrots and daisies!!

 My girl had to have tea parties DAILY!  And would pour the cream until it the cup overflowed, then stirred it until most of it was on the tablecloth, and THEN drank a sip, and started over!!!  I loved that!

I won 2nd Place with this one at an Art Show in 2000.  Chloe, a that time had to wear pink every day!!! I sewed a LOT of pink then, and I still like to!

This was just too precious!  She was helping make her birthday frosting for #2!!!   (Notice the apron!)...and feeding the beater to the cat in  between her own licks!!  Stay tuned for the little pink apron (coming later today)that is for toddlers sizes 2 - 4!  O.K.  AFTER EDITING AND ACCIDENTALLY DELETING THEM TWICE!!!!  HERE ARE THE APRON PICS!  Did I mention that this fabric is a remnant from a dress I had made for Chloe about 15 years ago?  The fabric is a cotton woven, so the bunnies and carrots are subtly woven into the  fabric, not stamped on.  I love ball fringe, but still wanted the feminine little daisy "necklace"!

 I love how the back looks!  The apron pinafore is one I adapted from a 1970's Simplicity pattern by enlarging the armholes so that it could be a comfortable apron for any 2 - 4 year old.  Now on to list it on my etsy store!

That Glorious Autumn Glow

This weekend really brought autumn to us here!.....its colors, the smells, and my favorite, the long low lighting! I really wanted to get out in it for awhile, even if it meant leaving my knitting. I was privileged to have my daughter and her friend join me for a bit to take some pictures. I was struck by not only the reds, orange and gold we expect on the fall leaves, but by the deep plum in the shadows of the leaves! and the many shades of greens!

Hats for the wee ones

Here are some of my berets and hat tributes to autumn's brilliant color. You can find these by clicking on my etsy button or the mini etsy pictures.