Productivity At Last!

You still have until Saturday to enter the "Yaya"s Apron" giveaway, so make sure you read this post and enter!

Some of you have asked how the apron fits on someone who is, er..."fluffier".  So, I am gracing you with this lovely, no-make-up, non-retouched photo of myself wearing my prototype. There might even be some baking crud on the apron I am wearing, as I just finished baking these.

Pumpkin Chip Muffins

Just click on the link if you want the recipe. These are GOOD!

The recipe said it makes 24 but it made 36 for me!

Yep! Another apron. The ruffle is really even but it sure photographed weird!

This little pocket is so cute!

Another one! I LOVE Mary Engelbreit fabrics and tend to hoard them. But this apron design just screams out for them, don't you think?

And then, I had to take a little break to make Ahnalin a Christmas dress. I am so crazy about this fabric.  There was just 1 3/4 yard buried on the flat fold table at our local Ben Franklin early in the spring. I fell in love!

The fabric is "Angel Cakes" by Alexander Henry and the pattern is

McCalls 5966. I like the pattern, but next time I make it, I will make a size 3 in width

and a size 6 in length. It is really cute, but very short and wide.

I love vintage buttons. This button was a very lonely old button found in

one of the many button boxes given me by generous friends who do not have

the passion for old buttons like I do. I have no idea how old it is, but it was perfect for this spot.

I took a little break this morning to go to Ahnalin's school for their Thanksgiving Feast.

Ahnalin had INSISTED on Tuesday that I HAD to make her a full

"Indian Princess" costume by today. However,  I volunteer in her classroom on

Wednesdays and discussed this with her teacher, who informed me that they had made their own

costumes out of brown paper bags and feathers. Well, that was a relief, but I do have that piece of brown Ultrasuede in the stash that could have been made up quite easily.....

This is the last picture for today. This......is a lovely purple cotton sateen blank slate! Oh I LOVE smocking! In a few days, this will be the front of Princess Madison's Tinkerbell Dream Birthday Dress! I plan to ship it out on Monday, so I had better get smocking!

If you have not yet entered the giveaway, go ahead and do so now.
Please make sure you have your email enabled on your profile, so I can contact you if you win!
Did I mention that I am LOVING reading of all your holiday traditions? So fun!

I pray you have a beautiful and blessed day.
Sivje