FNwF

As mentioned in my last post an order came in for 2 bowls cosies which I am pleased to say were finished off when joining in with FNwF last night.  

The RSC colour for this month is purple.    Out with the purple scrap basket to sort through, iron and cut the necessary strips.

A purple beanie shall be knitted with this yarn.

Back soon with an update on progress as it happens and in the meantime

Happy sewing all 

Showcasing some fabric

 A couple of years ago I was gifted this gorgeous fabric

Which has been sitting in my stash and pulled out from time to time, unfolded, patted then refolded and placed back in the stash waiting for the right project to come along as I did not want to cut the fabric up into small squares.   On getting it out again at the beginning of the week it was time to make a decision on how best to showcase the waratahs.   Some cutting, stitching and quilting happened

And the result is below.    It was very hard to get a good photo of the runner due to the light coming in through the window.    The red leaf, green blender and black and white spot fabrics were all from my stash.   

 An order come in during the week for a couple of bowl cosies so I am off to "stash dive" and make a start on them.   

Back soon and in the meantime

Happy stitching all

FNSI

Not a great deal- in fact nothing - has been happening in the sewing room over the past few weeks but somethings had been started then put aside and today was the day to find some time and make an effort to finish off those items.   First up was a small donation quilt which had been sitting around for ages  just waiting to be quilted.  Ticked off the list.

Next on the list were my yellow RSC blocks.  The strips of fabric had been cut out but needed to be sewn up.  Done

I had been knitting some beanies that needed to be sewn up, a pom pom added to one and a new one was cast on.  Also ticked off the list.

It felt good to be able to spend some time back in the sewing room again and finish off a couple of items that had been hanging around in an unfinished state for a while.

I have just returned from my walk and found these gorgeous plants along the way.

Back soon and in the meantime

Happy sewing all  

I don't believe it.......

When shopping in the supermarket yesterday there they were - Christmas mince pies in August.    

I thought last year in September that it was far too early for them to appear in the supermarket as can be seen in my post below.

Karen's Korner: FNwF

But this year they have arrived in August. 

Not much - absolutely nothing at all - has been happening in the sewing room over the past few weeks due to various family members having health issues.    Hopefully things will sort themselves out soon and life can get back to "normal" - whatever that may be.

Back soon and in the meantime

Happy sewing all

A Tea towel challenge

Was issued by my quilting group last month.   Anything could be made as long as it was from a tea towel. Thinking cap on and several ideas were discounted until I mentioned the challenge to a good friend who suggested a plastic bag holder.   I know that plastic bags are frowned upon now but I always seem to collect a few when doing the fruit and veggie shopping.   This is the chosen tea towel

And this is the result.

It will be interesting to see what the other challengers come up with.

Back soon and in the meantime

Happy sewing all

Last week of July

Now that is scary....where has the last 7 months gone???????  Hubs and I did take ourselves out for a Christmas in July lunch during the week.  Hubs had "room" for a Christmas pudding with custard but I stopped after the main meal.  

Not too much has been happening on the sewing front.  I did have an order for an adult bib.   

Five more beanies were completed and handed over to one of the local charities during the week along with a couple of donation quilts.  

I was handed this bag of fabric today.     It was tipped out and needs to be sorted, pressed and cut.   A job for another day.

While hubs was doing a physiotherapy session I took myself for a walk along the headland at Mona Vale Beach.   The water looked so inviting looking down over the beach area.   Roll on summer.

Sadly no progress (not even a start) on this month's RSC blocks.   Note to self to be more diligent and get July as well as August blocks done.   Once the colour for August is announced I will get cutting and sewing.   Watch this space.  

Back soon and in the meantime

Happy sewing all

This week in the sewing room

Saw a few items moved along to the finish line.   First up a small donation quilt that was being worked on for sometime is now complete.

This was a series of 4 patches in various colour groups joined together.  No border and easy quilting done within a 1/4" inside the squares starting with the middle 4 squares and working out.  

Next finish was the black and white RSC blocks.

There are more black and white scraps so I will endeavour to get one more block completed in the not too distant future.  

This morning felt like it was a good scrap fabric cutting out morning so I set myself up on the kitchen bench with all the necessary equipment complete with audiobook.   

After about an hour of pressing, measuring and cutting 4 piles of various size squares were the result.

This is what one of the scrap baskets looks like after that session.  Sadly  it does not look any less than when I started.  

The kitchen has now been restored back to normal, cutting board, rulers, fabrics etc are all back in the sewing room ready for another cutting session soon.

I have yet to make a start on my aqua RSC blocks for this month.   Maybe they will happen next cutting session.  

Back soon and in the meantime

Happy sewing all