Sweet September

So September is a sweet month in our family. My mother, my sister, my daughter, my late grandmother, and myself were all born in September, so it's pretty much a marathon of cake, laughter, and presents. It's exhausting and wonderful all at the same time, like all of the good times in my life lately.

This year for my birthday I made myself a pile of cloth napkins because you know, who doesn't want to wake up to a pile of napkins on their birthday? They are eco-friendly, easy to sew, and they make me feel fancy every single time I use them. Plus, I do at least one load of laundry a day with three little people in the house, so what's a few napkins added to the mix?

For this project I used the simple intructions outlined in Malka Dubrawsky's new book, taking stacks of fat quarters and sewing them into reversible napkins while watching tv late at night. This is what my stack of fat quarters looked like BEFORE.

And here is my finished stack of napkins AFTER. 

You can see them lounging at birthday party number one next to the amazing brownie cake my husband brought home from Babycakes for me. This cake was so good that the very first thing my three year old said upon waking the day after my birthday was, "where's the cake?" He cried just a little bit when the last slice was eaten. 

And here are my awesome napkins again at birthday party number three bedding some forks.  

Ah, sweet September.