I haven’t managed to work any more on my mini quilt. My days are basically occupied with working on the top secret project we are doing at Bobbin’s Nest — to be revealed at the store on Saturday, by the way! — and reading A Dance with Dragons. I have been waiting for months for my chance at this book from the library and now that I have it, I need to get all 960 pages read within my 3-week check-out period. Because there is a wait list for it, you aren’t allowed to renew it, and they fine you for keeping it over the due date. So, I’m trying very hard to get the whole thing read within my three weeks, but it’s definitely a challenge!

Fortunately, I still have a few things from the last month or so to show you. Otherwise it would be pretty dull here on the old blog. I really need to get quilt-making!

A couple of my favorite children turned 5 recently. Which is, of course, huge, right? So, for their birthday I made them backpacks following a tutorial over at noodlehead, except for leaving out all the exterior zipper pocket stuff.

These are for boy and girl twins. The girl is a pirate. This would be obvious to you if you met her. So, she clearly needed a pirate backpack. But I had a terrible time finding fabric for hers. This turned out to be perfect (except for the notable absence of any substantial amounts of pink or purple). I found this at StashFabulous on Etsy. She has more of this still, as well as some other coordinating prints that are really cute, in case you’re looking for pirates!

On the other hand, the boy LOVES alligators, which he refers to as “snappers” because, well, they snap at you. He was at my place for my birthday party back in May and suggested we hang the banner of Susan Beal’s that he saw lying in my sewing space. After hanging it, he declared that his favorite fabric of all of them was the Tammis Keefe snapper fabric. As this is readily available right now, how could I deny him?

I hear they have already taken them to school. A success!