One more

 I keep getting ideas for Christmas ornaments so here is another one. Hope you are not getting bored of them😊

Another tiny dolly ornament

 Another little dolly ornament. I am enjoying making it as don't have to do much sewing and easily made. 😊

Using up little bits

I am trying to use up little bits of fabric. Here is a little ornament, a different take of the previous one.

 

Just a little project to wile away the time

 I was not feeling like doing much lately so did this easy peasy project I found in pintrest. I think it is quite a cute one to make little gifts or ornaments for Christmas . Maybe I will make some more.

Here is the link if you want to make it too. https://youtu.be/K4CVzq45WVM  

Pumpkin girl finished

 I finally finished  my pumpkin girl. I can see a lot of flaws in her. But one has to learn to do it better. I do find hard to judge the baking time for polymer clay in my oven. Since its a small oven I feel it really does not get upto the right temperature because the stem on her head kept snapping off. Anyway finally all done. I think the colour could have been lighter and a bit more orange in it. Here she is, hope you like her.

Pumpkin girl

 I just started making a pumpkin doll. It was a free course offered by Curious Mondo. The teacher was Karen Baker. She is a wonderful artist and a teacher. Its is a polymer clay doll. I have only made a couple of polymer clay dolls so I am learning still. I was going to go for a conference in Windy City 2 years back and had enrolled to take a class with Karen Baker . Unfortunately the pandemic happened so everting got cancelled. If I ever get a chance to go again I will grab that chance. In the meantime here she is. i am in the process of making her cloths now. A lot to do still. But it is a fun doll so having fun with her.

My mother

 I have been away from blogging again. So many things have happened in the meantime and one of them has been , my mother passed away after being ill and going through a lot of suffering. I was with her for the last 3 weeks but had to come away and she passed away after I left. She is now without pain and suffering in the arms of our Lord. She was 97 years.

I will miss her terribly. There are many things that are flashing before my eyes. One of the things she was always concerned was if we had eaten our food. She would always ask us if we had eaten. Would we like to eat something. This was not just for family members but for anyone who came to our house. Food seemed to be her way of showing her love and concern and caring for all.

When i was a kid she would stand on the doorway and look out for me, when it was time for me to come home from school. When she saw me walking down the road in the horizon, she would disappear and i knew she had gone to prepare my tea and i would get some mice things to eat. 

I would like to share a poem which I found in pintrest. It pretty much sums up what I am trying to say. And I think all mothers do that for their kids.

The Watcher

By Margaret Widdemer

She always leaned to watch for us
Anxious if we were late,
In winter by the window,
In summer by the gate.
And though we mocked her tenderly
Who had such foolish care,
The long way home would seem more safe,
Because she waited there.
Her thoughts were all so full of us,
She never could forget,
And so I think that where she is
She must be watching yet.
Waiting ‘til we come home to her
Anxious if we are late
Watching from Heaven’s window
Leaning from Heaven’s gate.

Sometimes

Sometimes it is so nice to do things just like a child would . I have just been scribbling a bit and putting colour to it without giving it much thought . When you are not in a mood to create anything much this sort of thing just makes you relax and enjoy puting colours randomly.

Sleeves almost done

At last did some more work. Managed to do the sleeves. I forgot to bring my glue so decided to felt the sleeves to the doll . I hope they won’t come off. Sorry the pictures are not good. But this girl can’t stand without support at present hence not a great picture. 

 

Palm Squirrel

While I was sitting in the balcony I saw this little fellow appear suddenly. At first I thought it was a mouse . I had forgotten  how small the Indian squirrel is. After seeing a European squirrel these Indian palm squirrels look really tiny.  He looked so cute sitting there nibbling something he had found. One of my cats used to catch these little guys and bring them home. I remember when I was young, I used to always try and rescue them. My mum would say that I was wasting my time as they would not survive after being in my cat’s  mouth. But i still went ahead and tried to rescue them..😊