a request for autumn

I am so ready for autumn that it is not even funny.

So I made myself a gift.  I took a piece of muslin that was 37 inches by 37 inches and hemmed the edges.

I then drew a pattern I had modified on it so I could embroider it.

 

And then I just started to outline with thread.  I sat next to Russell and watched a picture show and embroidered instead of crocheting.

 

Now, I have a new dish towel to remind me that autumn is coming.  Similar but different to what my great (great?) aunt used to make and I grew up with.  It is amazing too that I made a dish towel for myself and not for somebody else.  A notorious gift around here. 

Let autumn get here quickly please!