October is always the hardest month of the year, because our two biggest shows happen this month - and only a week or so apart!  On top of that, I'm trying to get some designs finished and stitching done, LOL ... and while I have so much out of my office (my van is still about half full), I'm trying to clean and re-organize... so arrrggghhh, ROFLOL.

So, what have I been up to?  Well, last month I told you that I'm working on a design I'm calling HAPPY CAMPER... four 'boxes' with different sayings about camper trailers (ie "We go where we're TOWED"), laid out rather like the fishing pattern I did a couple years ago.  I did get the design done, and have about 1.5 boxes stitched, but there was no way to get it done for release this month. 

I also finished the designs for my FLAMINGO CARDS (for A Needle Pulling Thread), did I tell you that, LOL?  Haven't started stitching them yet, but they (hopefully) won't take long to stitch - and I think I have until January, so I'm good for time. 

But (being me, LOL), I got sort of sidetracked with an idea for a little elf to go with my SANTA BALLS.  I have these great medium-sized bells, about half the size of the ones we used for SB.  Basically, I figured out the assembly - how I wanted to do his legs and feet - and wrote out all my instructions, but I haven't had a chance to work on faces and coats, and actually get one put together.  It's also much to late to release a Christmas design, so this will be a 2020 release (look for it next summer). 

OH!  I know what else I worked on, GBG, how could I forget?  I have a DRAGONFLY PURSE design, and I need to finish a little snap wallet (with those metal strips you push from the ends, that open in the centre), to go with it.  It's assembled, but I need to do the lining and add the channels for the snap strips, so this won't be released to our distributors until next month, since I have so many other things on my plate for the next two weeks (wink).

I also didn't get the wee halloween bellpull stitched I've been working on (sigh), and it's all designed too, LOL, so that too is being pushed forward to 2020.

Well, that's it for this month, enjoy your halloween, and we'll talk next month!