September Birthdays

I know far too many people born in September, which lead to a couple of weeks of mad sewing. I'm not sure how it happened, but I swear, the birthdays crept up on me! 

This month I made a Feliz Cumpleanos banner (not picture -- I didn't have time to take a photo before I mailed it off), two Happy Birthday banners, a set of mustaches, and one last gift that has not quite made it out of the door, so I won't spill the secret.

Zissou, also a September birthday, is never camera shy. I kept fighting with him to move so that I could snap a couple of photos, but he wouldn't have it. Instead fighting him, I let him have his way, and I ended up with this adorable photo. 

Here's an up close photo of the Happy Birthday banner. I made two of these, much smaller than my original banners, and with a new font, which I'm liking more than the bolded American Typewriter I normally use. 

The letters are a little more work, but I really like how they turned out. I'm hoping to head out to the fabric store sometime this weekend to pick up some materials for my Christmas banner.


And, as a special gift for my friend and coworker, I made this set of mustaches! The hardest part making these was deciding what kind of mustache I wanted to make. I'm not exactly happy with who they look (there's a little messiness where the douwel was hot glued in), but I started cutting and crafting without a plan. Now I know for the next time. Does anyone want a set of these?

I have one last gift that I made for my sister, who's birthday is next week, but I'll post that after the 29th. 


Happy Birthday, everyone!

Birthday gifts

Wow. I can't believe it's been a whole month since I last updated! There have been so many evenings that I've wanted to write, but just didn't have the energy to put together a new entry, or to even work on a project. I recently started a new job, and have spent the last month adjusting to a new schedule and attempting to manage my energy. I'm only now gaining the upper hand!

On a positive project note, I did finish up a birthday gift for my mother-in-law. Remember the Patchwork Star I made in June? Well, I spent a good two weeks sewing the star onto a piece of muslin. When it was finally finished, Joel stretched it on a piece of matt board, and framed it. It took much longer than I initially planned, but I made my deadline, and my Mum received her gift on time. And, she loved it!

I'm finding myself drawn more and more to quilting! Maybe it's because it's one of the few projects I can work on while plopped on the couch and watching TV?

Well, I have a quilt planned out (more about that soon), and can't wait to go fabric shopping this weekend. I promise I won't neglect this blog as much.