Sweet Allegiance...an all American girl

Sweet Allegiance is a big girl. She is thirty six inches from the top of her head to the bottom of her red wool shoes. She wears a vintage baby undershirt and an antique linen petticoat. Her skirt is an antique woven homespun wool blanket with a red antique wool waistband. Her red shoes are her most prized possession and she is always willing to show them off.

Sweet Allegiance carries her wool doves in an old woven basket and is looking forward to releasing them at the big 4th of July picnic...right after the band plays The Star Spangled Banner.  She's named her doves Benny, Soldier Boy and Hero, and is nervous about their welfare once they are on their own.  

Sweet Allegiance is a true believer in the philosophy that a little red lipstick and a single rose, strategically pinned to your blouse, can brighten even the most ordinary of days.

Enjoy the evening,

Robyn

...heading toward Summer

With Easter over, the full press toward Summer is on. Red, white and blue creations are swirling in the heads of all of us who are always working a season ahead. Pumpkins and black cats are fighting for equal time. Red and green are on the move, as well. Oh, don't you love this time of year? 

Changed my mantle up a bit...

...a great rug (not mine) with great Americana colors.  The temps outside say Summer is close...making the inside a little lighter as well.

Think I like this look the best...more blue and less stuff.

Enjoy the day,

Robyn

Easter Blessings

This is my Easter basket. It was my older sister's basket before I was born, and when I came along, it was handed down to me. 

It is now my daughter's Easter basket. It has been waiting for her every Easter morning of her life, just as it was there for me, every Easter morning...filled with sweet, colorful goodies.

Tonight, my sweet Annie will put her basket out, and she'll feel the excitement we all felt as children...believing that good things will await her in the morning.

Happy Easter, my friends. Hoping good things await you in the morning...and every day forward.

Enjoy the day,

Robyn

Sweet Allegiance

I love when a doll I have envisioned actually appears. I see a doll in my mind's eye...draw her  on some fabric...sew her up..and am so pleased when the end result, is indeed, the very doll I saw. It's just so much darn fun to see a dolly come to life.

Still working...but I'm loving her so far. And Robin...aka The Cranky Crow...I'm going with your suggested moniker. Many thanks, fellow birdie.

Enjoy the day,

Robyn

Miss Libby Bert

 

This is a rug in progress called Libby Bert. Again...a rug I started and put down for way too long. I'm going to finish her before the 4th! I think her face needs a little tweaking, but it's the first "people" face I have done, so it's a learning process.

She looks in need of some serious orthodontic care close up...and, perhaps, a nose job.

...but from a distance I kind of like her smile???

Working on this young lady's smile as well. She's coming along. Next comes the fun part...clothes!

Enjoy the day,

Robyn

...the red, white & blue

These are the colors on my work table these days...Summer is on the way! 

...lots of wool...old and new...

...calico and ticking...Summer fabrics from days gone by...

...indigo blues...turkey reds...

Shhh...she'll be wearing red, white and blue...but right now she is in the early stages. She's a big girl...made from vintage grain sacks.

She's working on the Pledge of Allegiance...

Enjoy the day,

Robyn

Seaside

Seaside is a place I have always wanted to visit. It is a planned community on the Panhandle. The movie The Truman Show was filmed there. Early on, Seaside was a small beach town with colorful cottages and a small town atmosphere. We stopped there on our recent trip, and it was hopping with Spring breakers and families on vacation....no longer is Seaside a small beach town...it has become a tourist destination.

These photos were taken from a moving car...sorry for the reflections of the dashboard!

The cottages are many different colors and architectural styles. 

These homes are right on the main street of town, and face the beach on the opposite side of the street.

When I went to the beach with my family as a child, a "cottage" had knotty pine walls and barkcloth covered pillows on the lumpy couch. These homes are a tad bit bigger than what I would consider a cottage to be, but they charming and have great views.

...lots of bikes, cars and people in town...

...a few antiques...

...and lots of galleries...

I'm fairly certain this is my third grade teacher. 

Whenever I see this color combo I am always amazed...."and I think to my self...what a wonderful world".

Hope you enjoyed our brief spin through Seaside. 

Enjoy the day,

Robyn