{the tin man}

 Where would Dorothy be without the Tinman?

Unfortunately and just prior to this Halloween, I had broken my tailbone and sprained my wrist when I caught my high heel in a gap on my brother's driveway.  After a VEERRRY LOONGGG ride home from Denver in my dad's Buick and a trip to the ER, I started on the Tinman the next day.  It goes without saying that sewing on silver pleather (and finishing Dorothy & the Cowardly Lion) with a broken tailbone and sprained wrist made for a interesting and memorable Halloween that year.

I've got to admit - one smile from the Tinman made it all worthwhile!  The thing is . . . the Tinman always had a heart!  Who needs a wizard?!?