Blast from the Past - Easy Flannel Pumpkins

I had to come up with a simple project that the kids could make.  First you start with an old flannel shirt.

Cut off the sleeves - don't throw the rest of the shirt away, you can save that for another project - like the back to a pillow.

Cut the cuff off the sleeve and then cut the sleeve in half.  Turn inside out.  Cut 7 pieces of jute that measure twice as long as the cut part of sleeve.  Put the jute inside the sleeve.  Pinch the end of sleeve around the ends of jute and tie tight with a smaller piece of jute.

Turn right side out and stuff with fiber fill.

Pinch the top together to cover the fiber fill and tie closed with a small piece of jute.  Then, spread out the 7 long strings around the bottom of the pumpkin and pull them to the top.  Wrap another small piece of jute around the top and tie.  Pull the ends tight to make the sections of the pumpkin.

Take the ends of the 7 pieces of jute and wrap around the longer piece of sleeve.  I wrapped 3 one way and 4 the other so that I could tie it tight.  This makes the stem.  Then cut off the end of the sleeve so that it is even with the end of stem.

That's it.  You can trim the ends of the jute or leave to look like vines.  Really simple and I think really cute!

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

This and That from Me to You

 Here it is at the end of another month.  I need to catch up with all my blogging friends.  I wanted to share a cute story about my granddaughter, Lauren.  She is now in school, so the little time I have to spend with her is so precious.  She is very insightful for her age.  We were playing at a park and the leaves were so beautiful.  I took some pictures of her and the color was amazing.  I wanted to take some pictures of just the leaves and she says, "grandma that leaf is stuck on the tree"  I looked up and sure enough it was just hanging there.  

Then she says something like this..."hang on little leaf, just because all your friends are falling, doesn't mean you have to."  Are you kidding me, I couldn't have come up with a better one even if I tried.  I love it!  I actually have been thinking about this as my October inspiration!  

It's been a busy month with my setting up the Ringle Harvest Day flea market.  It was a HUGE success and I am thankful that the Lord gave us some nice weather.  We are also doing a partial estate sale this week, that we just basically got started on this week....it'll be a digger sale.  Family visits, family time with grands at the zoo, baking, cleaning out garden, you know all the "things" you all are doing too.

One of my favorites...dipping oil.  My herb sourdough bread.

Bountiful apple harvest.  We still have more to pick and snow is coming Sunday.  

I was interviewed by Canvas Rebel about my being a woman, sole proprietor and entrepreneur.  (I do see some spelling errors...eek).  If you want to know more about me and my services, please click on link to article:  https://canvasrebel.com/meet-jacky-luetschwager/

This is a short post, I wanted to share something before the end of the month.  

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.