Fleece Hats for the Grandkids!

I made all 16 grandchildren a fleece hat, but didn't have them all done at once to take a picture. So here are 5 of them. Pink for the girls and yellow for the boys.

Yay! Another one done!

I got another afghan done! I've been trying to do these for my nieces and nephews for their birthdays...the ones that didn't get them this year will get them next year (let's face it, with 12 of them on my side of the family there's no way I'd have time to make them all one). Now on to the next project!

Spooky Spiders and Skeleton

Miles & I have been doing spooky crafts to decorate for Halloween! He's had a lot of fun helping out and we're planning on doing more projects tomorrow. I know the skeleton is quite freaky looking, but it was fun!

The yellow-legged spider is our doorbell watcher....oooooh, shpooky!!!

Flower Power

I did this with my embroidery machine. I am going to attach it to my purse. I think it will also look cute in the girls hair.

BIG Purse!

OK so it's not Friday but I couldn't wait any longer to post this purse that I made. It is so big and holds a lot! Decided it was time to post some sewing.

Canning ALL day long!

Chunky Fingers Friday participants Melinda & Rachel started canning peaches at around 7:30 a.m. the other day....our third CFF member, Karen joined us a couple of hours later to can some more peaches. Rachel got 14 quarts and Melinda ended up with 7. Karen broke the chain of quarts and canned 21 in the pint-sized jars (Rachel secretly wishes she had used the pints too since it's a perfect size for a small family, but is happy with the results nonetheless).

After we enjoyed a lunch of pizza provided by Karen (the only reason we invited her to can peaches was because she had the pizza...not really, but we do appreciate the grub!) Melinda & Rachel made a trip up to Neola to visit Kylene who had slaved all day to pick apples for us to make applesauce. Kylene had picked SO many apples for us that we were starting to run short on time. We got some jars filled and Rachel hauled them back into town to process them at home since there were still 2 bath canners there. Those were finished at about 6:30 so it was a very long day of canning, but well worth it! We're quite proud of what our Chunky Fingers can accomplish in one day!