A New Year.....

Began today and it is time to reflect on the past year and see what happened and what has changed.  Looking back on my post at the same time last year not much has changed in the way of many things.

COVID is still circulating in the community and keeps breaking out worldwide with a new mutation from time to time.    Life has had to go on regardless and we have had to learn to live with it.  Fortunately hubs and I have managed to escape it so far ( I hope this will not jinx us) but we are lucky enough to be in a position where we are not travelling on public transport in crowded peak hours or attend large and crowded events.  

The war involving Russia and Ukraine still rages on with no end in sight and during the latter part of the year there was conflict between Israel  and  Palestine - again with no end in sight.    Many innocent civilians have lost their lives on both sides of these conflicts.   

Floods and cyclones again have battered Far North Queensland as well as severe storms causing power outages to many thousands of homes,  widespread damage from golf ball size hail stones and strong winds all along the east coast of Australia.     Fortunately hubs and I have had no damage to our property.

I have had a very successful year in respect to having an outlet for my sewing with the opportunity to take a stall on 3 occasions during the year with the biggest event being the Spring Fair held in September.    It took a lot of work both on the sewing front in order to have a good variety of items to sell and also as a member of the organising committee for all the behind scenes work that needs to happen in order for the day to run smoothly.    The recent Christmas market was also very successful for me and there is to be an open day here in March so a list will need to be compiled soon of items to be sewn. 

I have joined in a monthly challenge along with many other Chookshed stitchers and look forward to making a start on that.   No 6 has just been announced and for me that is making cross body bags.  Time will be spent this afternoon pulling fabrics and zips from the stash.     I did have a last minute finish for 2023 while "Zooming" along with some of the other challengers on Saturday and that was to sew up three beanies, make 3 pom poms and stitch them on.

And my first make for 2024 was an order that I had for a snap top bag but it had to be a certain size to fit a mini Ipad and a charger.  It was finished off this morning and will be delivered this afternoon.    This was left over fabric from a nightie that was cut out during the week.   It is such a lovely piece of cotton fabric and pretty design I thought that I could get away with using it for the bag as the person who ordered the bag will never see  my nightie.   

My wish for all is a happy and healthy 2024 with lots and lots of 

Happy sewing all