What i did on a Rainy day😆

I played around today making doll clothes for an 18 inch doll. I made one jump suit, out of a pair of pants from a thrift Store!  ( was not easy ) one skirt I pieced together left over materal ( bee skirt) made a headband to match. And another skirt and tube top from a sock!

Check out the hearts I embroidered on the pantsuit.
Ziva was not happy about being inside most of the day.

FYI: I named the doll Abby😚

Poncho from Thrift Store Wool Pants

I was at a local thrift store a few months ago. They were having a bag sale and I picked up several pairs of wool pants. I cut them along the seams and felted them. ( washed them in hot water and dried them in the dryer on high heat) Then I cut them into panels and serge them together. I did do an extra step and sewed the hems of each seam down so they laid flat. I had to applique a few designs on the red due to the fact of when I held it up to the light I saw a few pin holes. ( that added a little time but it was totally worth it) I  did a rolled hem on the edge along the top and bottom of the poncho. I sewed the hem with my 1957 Necchi Supernova sewing machine and it handled all the bulk at the seams like a dream.
I wore the poncho today in the cold weather and when I was milking the goats I was warm and toasty.

Baby Bonnets and slippers from scraps

My first time drawing patterns from a picture. Took several trial runs but I think they are good to go now. I googled average size of babies heads and ran trial runs on dolls with measurements. Now these should fit 0-3 months. If you had or have big babies like I did well..... that's anybody  guess.  (Smile) I'm sure excited about this!

It's time to start hatching out ducks

Here we go. Incubators are running again.😄 can't believe it's that time already. This is the first time I will be attempting to hatch duck eggs. I will keep you posted along the way.

IT'S REALLY WINTER STILL IN KENTUCKY

you would never know it but it's still winter. Nice upper 60's sunshine

Real silverware find... antique- ing at its finest

I came across this awesome deal for all these forks. I like my silverware to be silver ( this is silver plated except one) it's heavier. Nothing matches and that's wonderful!  A few more polishes and they will be amazing.

We have baby dairy goats

Ziva looking after one of our goats