Today we moved sheep. A bucket of grain seems to encourage most of the ewes to follow me, which makes life easier. They will all be together in a smaller pasture for the winter, since we have to feed hay. That allows the pastures to rest and grow as well. These two boys lost their harems as all the ewes are now together. So these two are reunited and deciding who is top ram.
This is John, who grabs a ram by the horns and leads here where we want them to be. He is showing me the new pitchfork he picked up while out getting other items we needed for construction.
I have been following a BlogSpot “object of design” where she has been playing around with different designs. This one looked like fun, so I played with it this afternoon. But before I make it up in other than scraps of fabric pasted to pieces of paper, it needs more work.
Sunbonnet Sue #2 is quilted and just needs to be bound and washed and sent off to a little girl in California. This quilt is 50 x 62″ and the Sunbonnets were pieced by my sister.
I have a home for Sunbonnet Sue #2, so have started quilting this flimsy.
It’s rather difficult to see, but these are leaves in the pink area. The darker red with have feathers.
First October sewing day, where more than half of the day was spent actually sewing. What a treat that was! The applique on this scarecrow is all sewn down, the binding is finished and all the little clips are now off. I have never used the little Wonder clips instead of pins before. Now I believe I will have to invest in more and also some of the larger size. They hold so nicely and they don’t poke the fingers. The Pattern is “
OMG for September – Hooking up with 
It turns out that putting all those little lights into the fabric is hard on the hands.
On the left is Daisy at 4 months (I know -not French, but she said that is who she is) and Beau on the right when he was 2 months. I find it interesting how long those little noses grow. Daisy has become quite playful. She gets so excited when I come to see her that her whole little body wiggles. However, today, Lacey let her know that she (Daisy) is at the bottom of the totem. She didn’t hurt her, just rolled her over.
Here is the “Ribbons” table runner for which I tested the pattern. It is available from the 
Twinkling Snowman is now basted together so that I can spent bits of time here and there sewing it down. I am pleased to get this far.
And this is the total amount of raisins from a 4 gallon bucket of grapes
They are horrible to pick off the screen, so I’m hoping not to do any more of these this year or else find a better way to do them.
Pumpkin head #2 is now ready to be embroidered and quilted. I think I should find a little black cat and a embroider a spider to finish them off. But finishing them may not happen this year. I may pin one of them on the wall just for decoration just like he is this year.
When putting together the applique pieces, I laid an a