Gnome Love

Wow, it’s October already?  Dang…I have some catching-up to do!  September was mostly a blur of travel for work but there were definitely some fun points, like the sewing weekend I spent with Karissa!  We had a girl’s night of fabric shopping, pizza and beer, and hand sewing while watching Heathers, followed by the next day of more fabric shopping and lunch at a cute French bistro.

Surprisngly, during National Sewing Month, the only real sewing I did was for this adorable little sewing kit:

The above is a felt applique kit I found at our trip to Quilter’s Way in Acton, MA – isn’t it too cute?!  It reminds me of the 80’s kid’s cartoon David the Gnome, which I loved, and yes I have some episodes downloaded on my laptop, duh.  This was really fun to make and easy to work on while binge watching Breaking Bad, I think the trickiest part was cutting out all of the teeny tiny felt pieces and pinning them all in place just so.  My stitches aren’t perfect, but I think it adds to the overall charm.

I said to Chris this looks like us – except he doesn’t have a beard.  Or white hair.  Whatever.

I love how the little hoop fits in nicely with my entry-way décor!

How was your September?  Did you get a lot of sewing accomplished?  I have a backlog of projects I need to get moving on now that the fall weather is officially here.