New doll and a little pumpkin patch

My newest doll has a kinda flapper look, I think. I was really inspired by this site, originally posted by Molly Chicken (thanks!), and I wanted to try my hand at making some patchwork in the style of Unfinished Business from The Modern Quilt Workshop. I used the patchwork for her dress and her hat. It was fun to try, but boy is it time consuming! Lot and lots of ironing. I made a matching cloth-covered button for the flower pin on her hat using the button maker my BackTack buddy sent me. And I made eight little Sculpey beads for her boots. She has her own messenger bag with a little white teddy to cuddle.

Here she is sitting up.

And because I think the process is just as interesting as the final piece, here is a shot of my sketch book.

On an entirely different note...last year around Halloween there were some very hungry squirrels in our neighborhood who ate, yep ate!, all the pumpkins. In late August this year I noticed a little baby pumpkin growing in my neighbor's garden. She said she didn't plant it there - a seed must have been buried last fall by a squirrel. Needless to say, I am so envious of her pumpkin patch that after carving our jack-o-lanterns this year I set aside a few seeds when the rest went on the roasting pan and planted them in a little pot. And wouldn't you know...

But now I'm worried that if I put them out in the garden they'll freeze and die. Hmmm...will a pumpkin patch grow indoors?