The mad, old lady covered in threads

The Patchsmith's Pumpkin Patch mug rug pattern

Autumn is just around the corner and the nights are drawing in ...... ooh, sounds like another story but I hate to disappoint – I am just waxing lyrical (again!).  It will soon be time for my daughter and I to visit the farm to pick our pumpkins.  They are all in the field waiting to be collected.  What a sight – row-upon-row of glorious orange and mustard coloured pumpkins.  But they are not in the farm shop yet so there was nothing for it - I just had to make my own little pumpkin patch to tide me over until harvest.  In fact I made two – one for me and one for my daughter, Beth.  This pattern was so quick that I made two in an afternoon.  In fact, I spent more time trying to get a good photo of them than I did stitching them.  I have added the pattern to my Etsy shop so be sure to check it out (literally!).  

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Here in England pumpkins are regarded as little more than Halloween decoration.  It they are lit  then trick-or-treaters may call, but if there is no pumpkin alight in the doorway then trick-or-treaters are not welcome.  We always have two pumpkins blazing away but last year I had to blow them out after we run out of sweeties – there were so many wonderful children all dressed up.

 
This evening I received a blog post from Eamylove in which she has co-ordinated the tea-and-cake mug rug with her pretty home (I am assuming it is pretty from all the wonderful things she has in it - though having said that I haven't seen a picture of her husband - he might be a shocker!!).   

Tea and Cake mug rug pattern

What a clever lady Amy is - she has made the mug rug slightly bigger to give her more room for cake no doubt!   Amy has also provided a free tutorial on machine-stitched binding with a free PDF download .  It was mentioned on Craft Gossip too so don’t be left out.  I have yet to give it a go – I am a little bit daunted because Amy makes it all look so lovely, I am sure to have squiggles and wiggles and threads all over the place. 

But hey, at least I wouldn’t need a costume for Halloween – I could just go as the crazy, raggedy old lady from the village (not that I'm old you understand - it is just anybody is 'ancient' to a six-year old).

Until next time .......