FNSI

My plans were washed out yesterday due to a wet day which proved to be the perfect day to spend in the sewing room and start FNSI early.   I had been working on and off on some apple shaped pot holders over the past couple of weeks so I took the opportunity to finish them off.

They are now all ready to go to the December hospital auxiliary stall.

I am happy to say that there were no unforeseen mishaps in the sewing room yesterday.    Time was spent sewing and not picking up spilled items off the floor as was the case earlier on in the week.  

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This week in the sewing room

A quick thank you gift was made for a friend who handed over a big bag of yarn to me.

I can see lots of beanies in the future from what she handed over so a start was made on casting on another 4.

A couple more small quilts were finished off

Thinking that I will just quickly pin something on the floor did not quite work out as planned.   I was side tracked, walked out of the room only to return pick up fabric off the floor forgetting that the pins were on the fabric.  

After picking up all the pins it was time to return the cutting board to my sewing table and in the process knocked the thread rack off the table.  

Once that was cleaned up it was time to walk out of the sewing room.  

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Finishing up bits and pieces and FNwF

The bibs that were cut out a couple of weeks ago are now finished, packed and ready to go to the November hospital auxiliary stall tomorrow morning.

Along with a few pot holders

Another small quilt was finished off.

Some reading matter

This month's book club book.

2 pom poms were all that was achieved when joining in with Cheryll and the other crafters for FNwF.

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Fiddle muffs

Ended up being  my Chookshed  # 8 challenge.  As mentioned in my post at the beginning of the month fiddle muffs were a mystery to me but after some research 11 were made and handed over to our Sales Manager for distribution to dementia patients in various nursing homes.     There is just as many objects inside the muffs as on the outside.  

There is still quite a supply of bits and bobs left over for future fiddle muffs especially empty thread reels. 

  

That now completes the Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge.   Thank you Deana for organising the challenge each month.   

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A mini Sewcation and FNSI

Back in April I gave myself a three day "sewcation" with the view of having another one soon however the year has just skidded by and somehow it did not happen until the other day when my Tuesday afternoon quilt group was cancelled so I saw this as the opportunity to turn it into a mini sewcation for a day and as there were no pressing matters that needed to be attended to on the Wednesday morning it turned out to be a day and half of uninterrupted sewing.  This is what was achieved

Two small quilts bound

Three small quilts had their borders sewn on

As the supply of bibs for the hospital auxiliary stall is running low it was time to cut more out

Lining up the left over fabrics from the bibs to cut more squares while in cutting mode.

A pile of  cut squares on the right side of the photo and left over left overs for the scrap baskets on the left side of the photo.

Three beanies that had been knitted but just needed their pom poms made and attached.

And while the sewcation was happening this audio book was playing alongside me.

I was pleased with my sudden and unexpected mini sewcation and what was achieved.   I cannot see another one happening until next year but who knows.

When joining in with FNSI 3 more beanies were cast onto the needles.

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The week that was

Miss M stayed with hubs and I for the last week of the school holidays and for the most part the weather was good which allowed us to visit the beach.    Miss M braved the water while I on sat on the warm sand keeping guard.   As you can see by the flags it was breezy.  

Some rock climbing 

A visit to Cockatoo Island

Along with a shopping day at the local mall kept us busy for the duration of her stay.  

Prior to Miss M coming I had been looking through my scraps and noticed that a lot of smaller pieces  had been sitting around for quite sometime so it was decided to up end them from their various colour coded boxes into one big bag and give them a press.  

I have not joined in the RSC for a couple of years - me thinks that this will be put on next year's agenda. My thoughts for the scraps when cut would be to use them in potato chip blocks which would use up quite a lot of them each month.    More thinking needs to be done along these lines.       

This month's book club book is  

I will make a start on reading it tonight.  

That about sums up the week that was.

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Chookshed Challenge #8

At the time of compiling my list last year I put challenge #8 as a "mystery item" which did indeed turn out to be a mystery for me.    I was approached by the sales manager where we live and asked if I would be interested in making some fiddle muffs for dementia patients in a couple of the local nursing homes.    Fidget mats I had heard of but not fiddle muffs so after some research ideas were found and I said yes to her request.  Collecting suitable fabrics together with bit and bobs was all that I managed to do when joining in with FNwF.

Now to get sewing them up and I hope to have some fiddle muffs to share with you at the end of the month.  

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