Gearing up for our Harvest Festival!

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Summer days are fading into cooler days…autumn begins!  We’re so excited to celebrate this fall and harvest time of year so we are… …gearing up for a Harvest Festival for our Deluxe Magazine subscribers. Don’t miss out! Along with dozens of ideas and articles for: Halloween ideas (inc. costume ideas) Pumpkin, squash, apple recipes and [...]

Harvest Festival at the Homemaking Cottage

Fall harvest

October is a beautiful month filled with colors, bounty, and many things to do before winter approaches.  Many homemakers prefer to do fall cleaning before the cold weather sets in. The following fruits and vegetables are in season: apples, beets, blackberries, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, chicory, cranberries, dates, figs, grapes, leeks, lettuce, okra, oranges, [...]

A few Family Pictures

My children had a lovely time for Halloween. Four of the girls were ballerinas, my son was a scarecrow, Phoebe was a witch, and the baby was a piggy-boy (as she calls all pigs.) Chloris and Calypso -ballerinas Mercury- the scarecrow Maia- a ballerina Athena- a ballerina Phoebe -the make-up didn’t work well with the [...]

Sew Count of Monte Cristo

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We are inlove with the Napoleonic era right now: Captain Horatio Hornblower, and the Count of Monte Cristo. I am I’m now sewing each of us a dress (or suit for my son) for Halloween and of course after that for dress up or plays. For me, I’m using Butterick pattern B4890 For Chloris and [...]