Ticking off goals and FNSI

In my last post a list of goals for the rest of the month was made - namely filling an order for a drawstring bag.  Done

Making a start on cutting out fabrics for future small quilts.  Started

Just as I was cutting my way through various piles another friend donated this bundle to the cause

They have been stored away for another cutting session.  

Tidying up the sewing room.   No tick against this one....as you can see fabric is on the floor, on top of a storage box as well as all over my machine and sewing tables.   A tidy room in my next post....we will see. 

Last but not least is getting the three small potato chip blocks quilted which will hopefully be finished off by the end of the month.   

When joining in with FNSI last night another purple beanie was started.

That was my week in the sewing room.  

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Back to bowl cosies and other things

Last week I had an order for 4 bowl cosies

Just as these were being finished off an order came in for another 2 from someone else.

While delivering them an order came in for a drawstring bag which I will get to this coming week.   

In between heat packs and bowl cosies I did manage to put together and start quilting one of the small quilts using 4 of  the potato chip blocks while being accompanied by an audiobook.

My aim for the rest of the month is to put together the remaining 8 potato chip blocks to make another 2 small quilts, fill the order for the drawstring bag, go through the piles of scraps and cut them into various sizes for future small quilts and tidy up the rest of the sewing room for a break over the Christmas period.  

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Dressing up a plain handtowel

During the week I had an order for a plain handtowel to be "dressed up" for a cat lover who has a cat called Ginger.    

                                          

Here this is the result.

I also had an order for two heat packs which I worked on yesterday when joining in with FNwF.  They were ordered as Christmas presents for two boys.

You can see more FNwF achievements here.  

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It is Jacaranda Time

The streets are awash with that gorgeous purple haze of the flowering jacaranda trees that appear in many suburbs of Sydney.

In keeping with the purple theme it was decided to pull out all the yarn in the cupboard and make November a purple beanie month.

A small quilt was finished off with a purple border.

The 12th potato chip block was finished (not purple) and will now allow 3 small quilts to be made in due course.

And 4 more beanies were finished off 

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Black and white potato chip block

Digging into the black and white scrap pile produced this potato chip block

This month is the last month of nominated RSC colours so now it is time to put the blocks together.  My plan when starting the RSC challenge this year was to make  potato chip blocks 16 1/2" square in order for 4 of them to be joined together to make a small donation quilt the requested size.   So far 11 blocks have been made which leaves 1 more block to go so that 3 small quilts can be made.   Watch this space for the last block - not sure what colour it will be -  and subsequent results.

Linking with So Scrappy 

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Beanies and RSC block

This week in the sewing room has been all about finishing off a few beanies that were in various stages of completion.  A couple needed to come off the needles, some needed to be sewn up and one needed a pom pom added.   Mission accomplished.

Next on the agenda was a potato chip block in one of this month's RSC colours - I went with various shades of  brown and will do a black and white one hopefully this coming week.

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DJ's Spring Flower Show and FNwF

A must every Spring is to visit the annual Spring flower show in  David Jones City store which is always held during the first week of September but for some reason it was pushed back to this week so I was pleased to know that I had not missed it.   The colour theme this year is black and white (which are DJ's signature colours) with splashes of various shades of yellows  and greens.  A completey different colour pallete from last year which can be seen here.    None the less it was  impressive to see.

While the ferry was pulling into Circular Quay the sun caught something shiny in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art and of course I had to go see what it was.  The detail in the braiding was amazing.  

When joining in with FNwF last night I finished off sewing  my doily challenge coasters.   Here is the result.  I feel that they are far more functional as a coaster now with a backing under them.

You can see more FNwF achievements here.

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