NOT YET...

I am still procrastinating ... wish I could overcome this flaw...

"Santa on Unicycle" is being put on the back burner for now. 

"Sleepy Time Santa" is calling me... 

so here it goes as he is one of my 29" tall 'Dummy Boards' 

that will be gifted to my son & DIL for our three young munchkins.

Here it is with my precious Kohana a few years ago. 

He will soon look great on their staircase landing 

as the grand babies go to bed and have visions 

of sugar plums dancing in their dreamy heads...

For now he will become one of my new punch needle design ornies.
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Just have to reduce the size of an already smaller ornament pattern 

down to Punch Needle size ... not so bad and faster too.

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Making this Santa into a Punch Needle Pattern

This is a picture of my painted Victorian Santa riding a vintage unicycle...

He is currently a 'Dummy Board' about 30" tall.

Now to reduce him down to size for punch needle..
oH, oH still in storage...
Here's a picture from the cover of my book "MERRY OLDE SANTA".
Have been thinking about this for some time ... it is now or never.

This is my "Sleepy Santa" Dummy Board... in front of the fireplace,
 and my beautiful Granddaughter dancing in front of him ... AWESOME memories.

It's never too soon to think 'Christmas' ... it is creeping up on us way too quickly.

Better get started ... already running out of time.

Have a Super, Great weekend.  It's beautiful out there.

Folk Art Hugs and thanks for the visit,

Barb

Needing a break ...

Yup, I guess I have Dupuytrens in my right hand ring finger.

It has been a problem for years and always called it a trigger finger.

Injections always gave me relief for many months, but now I have this knot in the 

middle of my palm and do not remember having that before. 

My social life involves visiting the Dr's. offices regularly.  what FUN!

Will have to  lay off the punch needle for while...

I just listed my last and hopefully really NOT my last design on Etsy...

"ACORN with WOODLAND'S SQUIRREL"

He is so cute with that big fuzzy tail...

Loving how the acorn turned out with some small Maple leaves too.

This picture show the tail after I clipped the longer loops.

In this photo, Mr.Grey is still in the hoop, needing more background to be added. 

Added his glass eye giving him some life. 

Long loops have not been clipped.

See the difference?

That's the fun part, creating dimension and texture varying those loop lengths.

Now I need a break, sit back, watch the Yankees play and hope to relax.

A brief update for those of you who know...

Our Sandy, born with Williams Syndrome.

 just turned 55 in August and has always lived with us.

 As they get older they have anxiety and problems with depression. .

This last May,  I was no longer able to help and keep her safe.

The past six months has been the most difficult time of my entire life.

 Dr. Chris McDougle, a Professor at Harvard, sent to us from WS Association.

Christopher McDougle, MD, is the Director of the Lurie Center for Autism, a multidisciplinary program that treats children, adolescents and adults with autism spectrum and other neurodevelopmental disorders.  In addition to persons with autism spectrum disorder, Dr. McDougle specializes in the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of those with Williams syndrome, Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, and Angelman syndrome, among others, especially adults.

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This Doctor's God sent guidance is making the difference. 

I Thank the Lord daily for sending Doctor McDougle to us.

Our Prayers have kept me strong.

I continue to "Trust in Jesus".

Thank you for the visit.

Peace and Blessings for ALL,

Barb