Fall Throw Pillows With Cricut

Throw pillows continue to be one of my favorite projects!  Unfortunately, I made these without taking notes, but I attempted to gather the free svgs, and design elements, that I used to create these, and list them below.
These pillow cases are SUPER easy to sew.  Four simple seams!  
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/03/how-to-sew-simple-envelope-pillow-cases.html

This is one of the first fall pillows I made - and I bought that svg off etsy and customized it.  Since then, I have found two very similar FREE svgs that you can use instead - 

Remember that with an svg, you can always delete the extra elements, add new elements, and change the text and colors, to change these for any season!

To remove the date on the pumpkin truck, ungroup, ungroup, ungroup.  Then use contour

Free SVG From LoveSvg



I cannot find the exact flourishes I used top and bottom here, and I did not save this project.

The banner is from the KG Flavor & Frames Font - these fonts (there are 6 or 8 now) are my favorites for extras like this!  https://www.dafont.com/kg-flavor-and-frames.font

Simply type your text (in this case Family Farm) and attach to the text to the banner.  It will work the same as slice.






This was a freebie at some point -  but it's $3.49 now

It would be pretty simple to collect similar free elements and make your own version of this!

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Christmas Throw Pillows

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An Index Of Free SVGS & Projects For Fall

https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2020/08/crafting-with-fields-of-heather-in-fall.html

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How Labor Day Began


While most of us in 2019 expect to work 8 hours a day five days a week,  that was not the case in the late 1800's.  

 "At the height of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in order to eke out a basic living. Despite restrictions in some states, children as young as 5 or 6 toiled in mills, factories and mines across the country, earning a fraction of their adult counterparts’ wages.

 People of all ages, particularly the very poor and recent immigrants, often faced extremely unsafe working conditions, with insufficient access to fresh air, sanitary facilities and breaks.
As manufacturing increasingly supplanted agriculture as the wellspring of American employment, labor unions, which had first appeared in the late 18th century, grew more prominent and vocal. They began organizing strikes and rallies to protest poor conditions and compel employers to renegotiate hours and pay."  https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/labor-day-1

On September 5th 1882, 10,000 workers took unpaid time off to march from City Hall to Union Square in New York City, forming the first Labor Day parade in the history of the United States. (See newspaper article below)

 "Today's demonstration is officially declared  as intended to inspire the working people with a friendly feeling for one another, so that by concert of action they may at some future day be dis-enthralled from the yoke of capital." Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York)05 Sep 1882, 

 "The idea of a “workingmen’s holiday,” celebrated on the first Monday in September, caught on in other industrial centers across the country, and many states passed legislation recognizing it. " https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/labor-day-1

"On May 4, 1886, a labor protest rally near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Despite a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing. The Haymarket Riot was viewed a setback for the organized labor movement in America, which was fighting for such rights as the eight-hour workday. At the same time, the men convicted in connection with the riot were viewed by many in the labor movement as martyrs." https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/haymarket-riot

Labor Day would not become an official holiday until a watershed moment in American labor history brought workers’ rights squarely into the public’s view.

 That watershed moment refers to the Pullman car strikes in May of 1894, when in the wake of the depression wages were slashed.  Union representatives called for a complete boycott of all Pullman cars. Switchmen refused to attach Pullman cars to trains.  More than 100,000 workers on 29 railroads were involved in the strike. To break the Pullman strike, the federal government sent in US Marshalls and Army troops, spurring riots that resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen workers.
"More than a century later, the true founder of Labor Day has yet to be identified. Many credit Peter J. McGuire, cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, while others have suggested that Matthew Maguire, a secretary of the Central Labor Union, first proposed the holiday.  "  https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/labor-day-1  
No matter who proposed the idea, in the wake of the Pullman strike, Congress quickly passed an act making Labor Day a legal holiday, and on June 28 1894, President Grover signed it into law. 

 For many of us, this holiday now signifies the end of summer, just another holiday, in addition to breaks, holidays, vacations, and sanitary working conditions that are more than most workers could even dream of in the 1880s.  
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Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York)05 Sep 1882

The Topeka Daily Press
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Monday, September 3, 1894
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Corn Fritters

Thanks to Aunt Natalie, I have finally made a good corn fritter!  

The Recipe

2 cups fresh corn
2 eggs, beaten
mix together well

In a separate bowl mix:
3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Mix the dry ingredients into the corn.

Fry in  hot oil, about a minute and a half on each side.

(I use a cast iron pan and about half an inch of oil)


I served them with local maple syrup - and I'm pretty sure I will be making these a lot over the next two weeks while the corn is on!

Want to learn more about sweet corn season here on the farm?  
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2017/09/all-about-sweet-corn-season.html

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Dollar Tree Roll A Doodle - And A Team Version

Foam Dice, Dry Erase boards, free printables, and a bucket from the Dollar Tree, decorated with cricut, made this outdoor version of Roll A Doodle

Supplies:
  • Bucket or container from the Dollar Tree
  • Foam Dice From The Dollar Tree ( 2 for $1)
  • Dry Erase Markers From the Dollar Tree (4 for $1)
  • Eyeglass Cleaning Cloth from the Dollar Tree (for an eraser)
  • Free Printables (listed below)


The Bucket:








The Game Sheets:
I found these foam dice at the Dollar Tree while working on the Yardzee / Yarkle sets, and decided to put together a quick drawing game.  There are a lot of roll - a  - a doodle sheets already pre-done, a pinterest search will show you so many options!  The holiday versions look especially fun, and I will probably put some of those together for a Christmas party later this year!


But I wanted something that could work for a larger group at one time, in addition to keeping the  kids busy, so I created my own team version.  How It Works:


Split into  even teams.  ( 1—8 members on each team)  Agree on how many turns each player will take. (3-6)  Player One on each team rolls a die, then draws the corresponding shape on the dry erase board, then passes to the next player on their team, who then rolls the die, and adds their shape to the design. 
 Repeat until each player has had at least 3 turns adding a shape to the design.  (the fewer players, the more turns should be taken.  )  The team with the best picture made from the random shapes each player added to the design, wins.

Download a pdf file of the Team Roll A Doodle Sheets Here.
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Step By Step Yardzee With Free SVGS
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/08/making-yardzee-yarkle-set.html

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Making A Yardzee / Yarkle Set

DIY Yardzee and Yarkle  - with free printable score sheets & tips for decorating the buckets.

Links For The Downloads:
Supply List:
  • Bucket, Basket, or Container
  • 4x4 board, cut into 5 3.5 x 3.5 dice
  • Paint (Optional)
  • Clipboard (Dollar Tree)
  • Dry Erase Marker (Dollar Tree)
  • Eyeglass Cleaning Cloth (Dollar Tree)
  • Vinyl
  • Yahtzee & Farkle Score Sheets
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YOU CAN BUY THE DICE RATHER THAN MAKE THEM.
(Instructions for making your own are below)

You can buy a yardzee set for $21 on Amazon. I don't know if the label from the bucket could be removed or not...  https://amzn.to/424zbxY

You can also buy just foam version of the dice  - right now they are $3.20.  https://amzn.to/3NkDVf2  

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MAKING YOUR OWN DICE


The Dice
My husband made the dice.  We used a pine 4x4, which was cheap, and gives a rustic look.  They are not perfect.  Instructables recommends using cedar, and their dice are gorgeous!   Once the blocks were cut, we used a template and a drill press to drill the holes, and  sanded the blocks.  Then I painted them.  Ours are definitely very rustic.  I used the diaper wipe method (use a diaper wipe to apply the paint, instead of a paint brush) to paint the blocks white, letting the wood show through.

One 8 foot long 4x4  is approximately $10 at Lowes and will make 4-5 sets of Dice. 

Here is a step by step on cutting the blocks - and there is a free template for the dots on this site as well.  https://www.diymontreal.com/diy-yardzee-yard-dice/



The Buckets
We have access to really cheap 5 gallon white food grade buckets, so that is what I used for these.  Three gallon buckets, sold at Wal-mart, would be plenty big enough!   Amazon sells a 2 gallon bucket for under $4.  

I've also seen these stored in bags - a simple drawstring tote bag could work well, and could be personalized with htv.

The Design on The Bucket


Note - The Deadhead Classic font is one I use a lot - I downloaded it when it was free.  It's normally $20.   

There are so many ways to customize these! If you search pinterst, you will see it's popular to make these in sports team colors. 


The Score Sheets
I chose to print the score sheets on card stock, trim them, glue them fast to  a clipboard using a glue stick, then cover them in clear contact paper to make them a sturdy "dry erase board".  I then tied a dry erase marker to the top of the clipboard, and clipped an eyeglass cleaning cloth onto the clipboard to use as an eraser.  The clipboard, marker, and eyeglass cloth are all from the Dollar Tree.  The duck brand contact paper I had on hand, I bought it at Wal-mart to use as transfer tape.  I prefer Dollar Tree contact paper for transfer tape, but I think the duck brand works better for "faux laminating" things like this.  You could use the Dollar Tree clear contact paper  - I just prefer the Duck brand for this.  

That's all there is to it!  Making the dice is definitely the hardest part!  The score sheets and buckets can be made very quickly, but the dice took quite awhile.

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ROLL A DOODLE


While in the Dollar Tree for the score sheet supplies, I saw the foam dice and decided to make a Roll A Doodle set - and I made up a team version that I thought might be fun to play.  You can find those instructions here: https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/08/dollar-tree-roll-doodle-and-team-version.html

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