showeredwithgrace

Beginning a little handwork.

 

     

 

Done.

There is nothing perfect about it ~ but it satisfies.

I'm sadly addicted to Minkee and silk.  For those of you who don't know, I speaking about fabric.  Two of the softest, silky fabrics in existence.  They are brutal to work with but I can't help myself.  With any luck I'll finish this quilt today ~ just in time for my son's girlfriend's birthday . . .

 

Rose Red was St. Therese of Lisieux ~ 'The Little Flower' for Halloween this year.  Her good buddy 'Romeo', our godson, went as St. Francis of Assisi.

As you can see, Rose Red was very interested in what was being dropped into her pumpkin!

Happy Halloween!

We have Saints popping up among us ~ with any luck they'll be here by All Hallow's Eve ! 

I made a body double for Rose Red.  Have you ever seen one of these homemade versions?  They are so easy to make.  I'd like to create a Halloween costume for her to wear and thought having one of these would be an enormous help.  I just dressed her in an old shirt and then wrapped her up (over the shirt) in a strong, minimally stretchy duct tape.  After that, I split it up the back with scissors to remove it from her body and then taped it together again.  Voila! ~ body double.  I wasn't sure how she'd react to the duct tape being wrapped around her torso as it gets pretty snug ~ but she found it all great fun!

Here is a picture of her body double with one of her little dresses on it (I did not make this dress, however).

You might be able to see how I duct taped a small hanger to the top and a white stick inside which emerges below the hem of her skirt.  When the stick is upright on the ground the body double stands at Rose Red's height.  I'll probably also stuff it with batting ~ but it's so small it maintains it shape pretty well as it is.

~ making corporals and purificators for our church Atriums.