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.  

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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.  

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High Tea at the QVB

Today I was treated to High Tea at the Queen Victoria Tea Rooms by Miss M and her mother.  The Tea Rooms are very elegant as you can see below.

A closer look at the chandelier above our table and the decorative ceiling.

Delivered to the table was a traditional high tea tower for two complete with a plate of small hot savouries, finger sandwiches, plain and fruit scones with clotted cream and jam, a selection of mini cakes and sweet tarts.    Miss M and I ordered coffee and my daughter in law a pot of tea.  

Miss M had her own mini tower which included everything but the scones.

All three of us enjoyed playing "ladies" for the day and finished off with a bit of retail therapy at a couple of the nearby shops.  

While browsing in one of the bookshops today the title of this book caught my eye.

Back into the sewing room and yesterday afternoon was spent finishing off the drawstring casings on the library bags. 

Once that was finished they then had to be turned right side out.   Job completed and ready for delivery.

Now I can get on and finish off the black and white RSC blocks from last month and start on the aqua ones for this month.

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Sydney Fish Market and FNwF

Earlier on in the week I met up with two friends and we headed off to the new Sydney fish market (it was opened in January).    After catching two buses to Manly Wharf, a ferry across Sydney Harbour, two light rail trams and then a 400 metre walk we arrived. 

It was the perfect day weatherwise which allowed us to sit outside and enjoy our lunch.   I decided to go with fresh prawns and oysters seeing it was the fish markets.

The view across from our table to Anzac Bridge

After eating our lunch we then headed inside to check out the retail shops and of course  coffee and cake were a must to finish off with in order to give us energy for the return journey home. 

I did manage to finish off two beanies and make a start on another one during the week.

A visit to the library supplied this pile of books.  In my last post mention was made of a book which I thoroughly enjoyed and when I spotted another one by the same author- Rose Carlyle - it was quickly grabbed off the shelf and added to the pile.     A start was made on it today and it is proving to be a "page turner" like the previous one.

When joining in with FNwF last night it was time to start sewing the casings on the library bags.  I managed to get through about half of the 54 that need to be done before calling it a night.  

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Happy sewing all