September Days Pillow Cover

A while ago I bought a scrap bag of fabrics from a fabric shop on etsy.  I had every intention of using them to make a quilt but alas I am not a quilter and it never came to be.  The bag had all these lovely orange and brown pieces that I thought would just make an adorable pillow cover.  So last night, without a plan I just sat down and started sewing.

 

It came together very nice but it still had something missing.  I had a big brown block in the middle and decided that a poem or quote about September would be an wonderful thing to put there.  After a quick search on the internet I found the poem "September" by Helen Hunt Jackson.  I couldn't fit the whole thing on my pillow so I just used a few lines and I also didn't use them in order either.  I used my sewing machine decorative stitch that does letters to stitch the words onto the fabric.  I didn't use spaces and I really loved the resulting effect.  I've found a typo, and it's definitely not the best for actually reading the poem, but I just love the way it looks!

Linking up to Celebrate Color at Stitched in Color!

Bird Stitches Block 9

So you remember way back in January when I stitched the block for the adorable Birdie Stitches by Little Miss Shabby?  Well as you know I haven't been very good about keeping up however I finally finished 3 more of them!  Block 2 & Block 3 that I actually stitched up way back in March but finally finished into pillow covers and the adorable Block 9 for September!

Just so cute!!  I had this dot fabric leftover from another project and it matched my other September project so I matched the floss colors to the fabric and went to stitching!  It looks so cute sitting on my couch!  Also here are the other two blocks finally all done as pillow covers.  Linking up to the Celebrate Color event at Stitched in Color.

 I also have plans to do the Easter block and the 4th of July block but that might not happen until next year.  I just love these blocks and have had some much fun stitching them!

A Little Autumn for September

Around here the temperature is still in the 90s but for me September is always when I really start craving all things Autumn.  I figure even if it doesn't really feel like Autumn outside that doesn't mean I can't bring Autumn inside.  I while ago, I fell in love with the vinyl crafts from a website called, Thoughts in Vinyl.  So I bought a couple of kits that she had options to make them for all the months of the year and got started.  I figure I can just buy the new ones every month so I can have these up all year round!

I'm using the Reversible Subway Art for on top of my coat rack that is by my front door and the 4 Sided Stacker Blocks on top of a tall skinny book shelf I have in a corner near my dining table. 

 

 Even though they both use vinyl, it is used in different ways.  With the Subway Art it's a vinyl stencil that you use craft paint with.  This one challenged my patience a little bit with the drying time required and in fact I had to order a new stencil for the Autumn side because I hurried it too much the first time and ended up having to redo it.  So I had to learn a lesson in patience, but if you are patient, the results are well worth it because it turns out amazing!  For the Stacker Blocks you apply the vinyl words on top of the background.  She suggests you use scrapbook papers for the backgrounds but I opted to just paint the backgrounds with craft paint because I wanted a simpler look.  I've been looking for something to put on top of that book shelf and these blocks are just perfect!  Because these kits use all the sides of the board and blocks, I also completed the August/Back to School sides of these crafts.  

I love monthly/seasonal decorating so I'm super excited to do both these projects every month until I have a full year set!  If you like monthly/seasonal crafts then go check out Thoughts in Vinyl for sure!