Thanksgiving ....

This is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada ... time to
 appreciate all that we have and count our blessings.  Luckily, 
the weather is cooperating and that means easy travelling
to be with family and friends.

With all the outdoor work done I've been catching

up in the sewing room.

Here are a few finishes and a new recipe ....

This definitely describes Little Dog. ^^  On the backside
I used a remnant featuring fat cats.

You'll find the embroidery design HERE. 

This is a Jacquelynne Steves panel that I received last year but
didn't get finished till now.

Yummy Brown Sugar Shortbread from The English Kitchen. 
My demerara sugar was so moist it wouldn't sprinkle on top. ^^ 

I'm linking up to TGIFF and Finish it up Friday
and Sew Darn Crafty

I've got mail .....

Look what arrived in the mail for me, yes for me, all the way from Eniko in Budapest, Hungary!!  Needless to say I was thrilled to bits!  The Mary Jane key ring and the rose ring are so tiny and perfect ....they fit into a box that is 4 cms/1.75" square - that's how tiny they are.  I love the little birdie design on the bookmark and she did such a lovely finish on it.  

Thank you, Eniko, for honouring me with these 

lovely handmade gifts. 

keeping busy .....

I'm not one to sit idle - usually I have needlework of some sort in my hands .... some of which ends up in the sewing room waiting for the 'finish'.  Once we returned home from the cabin for the 'winter' there was a sizable stack of items waiting for their finish.  This is what I've been working on .....

a primitive mug rug

for a friend - the fabric is drop cloth - an Elefantz design

bookmarks

winter cowl from here

Fall ....

Our heatwave ended abruptly and it's cool enough that I was looking at my winter jacket yearningly for a couple of days.   I figured it was time to dig up the few beets and carrots remaining in the garden and they're on the menu tonight.

This sunflower was a late bloomer and looks so pretty.  All of the others are hanging their heads and their seeds are being enjoyed  by the chickadees...

And these lavatera have endured many nights of frost this month and are still blooming ....

This being pumpkin season and us with no pumpkins but an abundance of carrots means our pumpkin pies are made from mashed carrots - no kidding.  Once I add the spices you'd never know it wasn't pumpkin.  By the way, the MGCC shared their homemade pumpkin pie spice here.
Their pumpkin cupcakes are delicious, too - pumpkin pie without the crust.  And if you want to stabilize your whipping cream try this. 

I have an assistant ....

This mini quilt was stitched ages ago and is finally finished .....

We're having some beautifully warm hot and sunny weather just now .... I think we're finally having summer!  Summer was cool and wet so this warm spell is a delightful treat! 

I now have an assistant and I'm not sure how I managed before.  I'm grateful that Geta introduced me to Evernote, my new assistant.  At first I wasn't sure how I would use Evernote but on a trip to the cabin the light came on it came to me and now I wouldn't want to be without it. ^^

to market, to market ..........

Made myself a market bag over the summer .....

from a pattern I found here. 
I'm definitely going to make more of these.

We've closed the cabin for the winter and shall stay home till spring.  There's been no frost in cottage country so the flowers were still happily blooming - I was sad to leave them on their own. 
This is the last sunrise we'll see there this year .....

summer stitching .....

Here's another of the pieces that I stitched over the summer.
  I wanted it to look old and tried my hand at antiquing. 

 It's a design by Niky.

There seems to be a shortage of hand towels at the cabin

so I recycled a small bath towel into two hand towels.  I cut the towel in half and added some fabric trim to the cut edges.  To make it a totally recycled project I didn't use new fabric for the trim but used a piece from an old shirt.  

Interestingly, this project gave me a lot of satisfaction.