July brings with it a joyous regrowth of the fields so ruthlessly cut by the utility company last fall.  First and foremost are the lovely field grasses ~ some taller than me ~ with seed heads ranging from the color of old parchment to rosy plum. They bend and sway in the breeze like waves on a grassy ocean.  Mingling with the grasses are wild raspberries and grapevines, their arching canes bearing plump clusters of fruit. Cattails raise their slender brown heads and call to mind magical summer evenings when, as children, we lit their tips by holding them to the flame of a citronella candle.  They became grand writing instruments in the warm night air or pretty sparklers when you blew on their glowing tips.  The fields are also home to Sweet William, Lavender Lady Yarrow, thistle, chicory, purple coneflowers, tiny white daisies, and a delightful scarlet flower whose name I don’t know.  At night fireflies dance above the field and against the dark backdrop of the woods.  And the heady fragrance of clover floats over it all!  To the unassuming eye it may look like any other rural field.  But if you look closely you will see all the delightful gifts she has to offer.  And if you happen to see a pair of little black ears and the tip of a wool hat, you have probably caught Miss Abby Hender walking along the path and tucking sprigs of the field’s bounty in her apron pocket!

Which brings me to my offerings for the month of July…

This month I am offering two new patterns.  Alas, I meant to have three, but I did not get the bit of stitchery finished in time.  That confession made, let me introduce you to Miss Hender ~ such a dear kitty!  She has French knot eyes and a sweet little mouth of red thread. She never goes anywhere without her crow pinkeep.  “You never know when you might be in need of a pin,” she says knowingly, and carrying pins loosely in one’s apron pocket makes one liable to be poked at inopportune moments (not that it has ever happened to her!). Although I show her mounted on an old mill bobbin, the pattern includes a template for legs should you like to make her into a full size doll.

And then there is Mary Tuttle (above) ~ so many of my favorite things are evident in this sweet doll – simple, primitive stitches, homespun fabric, old-fashioned cross-stitch & raw sheep’s wool.  She is one of my very favorites!  As with Miss Hender, you can make her into a make-do doll or a full size doll. 

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