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We like St. Patrick’s Day. On St. Patrick’s Day all the Leprechauns around the world swarm out, looking for new homes and nice places to stay in the coming year. Maybe they’re tired of their old home, maybe they’ve multiplied and need a little more space, I can’t say. So we make beds for them, and find in the morning that they have left chocolate coins sprinkled about, as if to say, thanks for the effort, but we’re not moving in this year. Someday perhaps we will get a Leprechaun to move in, but we aren’t upset with the chocolate coins and occasional jewel.
This year Rebecca chose to use the soft tree bowls I’ve been working on to turn into beds with some lace doilies we had out for ‘tea party week’.
Would you like to make one of these lovely hollow tree stumps? I’m sure you would! Would you like to test my pattern for me? I know you would!
To qualify you need to either have a blog, or have commented on my blog before when it wasn’t a massive cross-blog giveaway day. This is really just so I know you are a real person, if you have another way to show me you are a real person, by all means let me know.
Comment on this post, and I will choose one person to get a free pattern to test. You will need to have 2/3 yard of fabric and medium/heavy interfacing, and it will probably take about one hour (maybe more?), if you are good at this sort of thing and don’t have kids hanging on you. You are committing to have feed back to me by next Sunday (just let me know the parts you had a hard time understanding), or give me an estimate of when you think you could find time to do it in your comment. [I’m giving the job to maryanne.]
Also, if anyone can come up with a nicer name than ‘Tree Bowl’ and I decide to use it, I will send them a copy of the pattern too.
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Add Yours →How about “Hollow tree”? I would love to test your pattern, and I should be able to get back to you with results by Sunday!
Thanks maryanne! I’ve sent you the pattern.
I see Maryanne and I are thinking along the same lines, before I saw her comment, I was going to suggest “Tree Trunk Hollow,” which sort of sounds like it could be the name of a little village, like “Woodcock Pocket” from the “Toot & Puddle” books. Very cute pattern. I won’t volunteer to test it though because I don’t think I’ll have time this week.
That sounds very Wind in the Willows. Glad you like the pattern, I’m trying to decide if the bottom is too ‘messy rumply style’, if I like it, or if I am just being lazy and don’t want to redesign it? 😛
sooo happy to see nellyP in her chocolate coin excitement!
what fun, why didn’t i know about how leprechaun’s are looking for new homes- love your story!!!
can’t wait to see you all. jennifer
Perhaps because I might have made it up? I’m pretty sure it’s true though. Penelope very much enjoyed all of the chocolate coins, and also your visit!