Birthday Gifts for DIL’S

Our family has two birthday seasons. The first is in the early spring, and the second in late summer, as in August thru the fall, with a few stragglers in the middle. Two of my daughters-in-law in the first group requested handmade gifts for their kitchens. One wanted some hanging hand towels and hot pads, and the other requested a new table runner. Their color choices were very similar, but one wanted a punch of red, and the other no red. When I was shopping for a spring look, so many beautiful fabrics had lots of red in them. Grey is going to remain popular as a neutral for another year.  I finally settled on a home décor fabric from Hobby Lobby that had the grey and light sage color with an herbal theme, and a couple of pieces from the “wanderings” collection by Poppie Cotton. Suzanne stenciled my floor for me. I just love it.