Birthday Presents

For my birthday (last Friday, in case you were wondering :p) this year I asked for mainly sewing supplies, so I was very pleased when that is what I got.  :)  My sister Elise - who has her own blog (yes, I purposely linked to the post I'm in :D) - got me a sleeve ironing board, and my sister Gretchen - who does not have a blog but we still love her anyway* - got me two pairs of spring-loaded scissors!  I only asked for one pair, but she found a great set with a bonus super-sharp pointed snipper.  I'm sure that's the technical term, anyway.  Someday I'm going to do a post all about the myriad pairs of scissors I own.

I already owned the mini-iron; I just think it looks cute with the tiny ironing board!

*Gretchen does have her own imdb.com page, so she kind of wins.

I also got flowers and chocolates from my boyfriend, which is not sewing-related at all.  I just like to brag.  :p

Happy Birthday to me!  

I spent my entire birthday sewing, as I had a ball to attend the following evening, but it was sewing for me, which makes it fun.  :)  And the ticket to the ball was my birthday present to myself.

A New (Old) Tool

I'm visiting my parents in Iowa for a long weekend, and in a tour of my mom's new sewing room I made a comment about how many sets of pinking shears she had - I counted three!  And I knew she had recently given one pair to my sister, so I was curious how she ended up with so many.  She explained that some of them had come from her mother's stash, and pulled out one pair to show me how it was actually a set with a scalloped edge, and she had no need for it!  So I gallantly offered to take it off her hands.  :D

Needless to say, I'm super-duper excited about the potential for making scalloped fabric trim!  I'm looking forward to many future projects involving my new (old) tool.  :)