I was putting away an order of things I'd received The Workroom when I found this disk tucked into the folds of my fabric (spool of thread included for scale). I think it is intended to become a necklace; it would certainly work nicely as one. After taking a few pictures of it and finding a home for it on the shelf above my sewing machine - a favourite spot for new and interesting treasures - I realized that the little holes are probably meant for thread and I can make my own embroidered disk necklace. I'm trying to decide what sort of a design I'd like to use. I've got a few vintage cross-stich patterns and instructions for some samplers with interesting stitches. I'm not sure if I want something kind of old fashioned looking or if it should be something modern or some combination of the two. I see some intensive pattern searching in my near future.

Some more sewing for the dog ... sort of. We are doing obedience classes with Abby. If you've ever trained a dog you'll know it involves a lot of treats. For the first class I was just keeping them in my jeans' pocket but they were difficult to get to quickly, especially if I was bending over or anything. Our instructor has a nifty little treat bag that clips right onto her belt and I thought I could probably make something similar.


I did a few mock-ups with freezer paper before moving on to fabric. The first couple looked alright on paper but were way too small when I tried to put my hand inside to grab an imaginary treat. Once I was satisfied with the size and shape of the freezer paper mock-up I went into my sewing room and got out some fabric: the outside is a home dec weight cotton I got from Goodness last spring; the lining is left over from a Regency dress I made for Samera a couple of years ago; and the rick-rack was hanging out in my tools drawer when I went looking for my scissors. I've always wanted to add rick rack into a seam like that; wouldn't it be fun around the edge of a quilt?

I was originally going to make a belt loop for my little pouch to hang from but then I though "What if I'm not wearing a belt?" and came up with another idea. I used a hair clip. You know those big spring clips. I sewed one right into the back of my pouch and now I can clip it onto whatever I'm wearing wherever it is most convenient.


I've used my clip-on pocket twice now and it works really well (except for that time I jumped to distract Abby and dropped treats everywhere in front of my otherwise distraction-ignoring dog ... lesson learned).


The weather has been awful here today. Yesterday was sunny and warm (+5!) but this morning we woke up to rain that gradually turned into snow. Everything was so wet and dreary. The snow started to stick a couple of hours ago and the world is slowly being transformed into her pretty winter self. Abby has been staring out the family room window for nearly an hour now watching for our squirrel. She's so excited she's quivering and if you touch her she makes funny little squeaks.

Happy Thanksgiving.

The sun always seems a little brighter once we've had a dusting of snow. I hope I'm not the only one eating leftover pumpkin pie for breakfast today  :)