Unexpected order and FNSI

During the week one of my neighbours contacted me and asked if I could make her 6 bowl cosies.  Seeing that it was a very hot beginning to the week it was a good excuse to sit in my sewing room and sew away.  An early start was made yesterday when joining in for FNSI as all six needed to be top sewn and have their instructions added.   Here is the end result.

They were delivered to her last night when she then requested another 4 but does not need them until early in the New Year.  

This is the last FNSI for 2024 and thanks goes to Wendy for "getting us altogether" on the 3rd Friday night of each month.   I look forward to joining you all again in 2025 for another productive crafting year.

Wishing you all a happy and safe Christmas and enjoy whatever way you celebrate.

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It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas

In the City.  Christmas Tree in Martin Place

Tree in Queen Victoria Building

Strand Arcade all decked out in lights and decorations

One of the shopping arcades

A wallhanging outside my front door

My Christmas shopping has been completed,  all wrapped,  bagged and under the tree

Two placemats were sewn during the week for my daughter-in-laws parents.   They are avid birdwatchers.

The 5 ordered pot holders have been finished and delivered.

This coming week sees a few Christmas lunches with friends happening and only venturing to the shops for essential items as the shopping centres are becoming extremely busy with trying to find carparking  a headache.

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Hospital Auxiliary sewing and other bits and pieces

During the week two items on the "to do list before Christmas" were ticked off.    Priority was given to 3 small dresses and 6 bibs that were sewn for the December hospital stall.

This audiobook was playing alongside the sewing machine.

I had an order come in during the week for 5 pot holders.   Fabrics have been decided upon....now to sew them up.

 

I had a few spare minutes this morning and decided to give the sewing machine a Christmas clean.  Well not before time by the look of this

After 10 minutes it was looking brand new again.

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Berry delicious

My favourite fruits would be strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries so it is no surprise that these items are on my weekly shopping list at the moment and top my cereal each morning along with yogurt and passionfruit.   

There has been a run of lovely warm weather this last week which has allowed me to start off each day with a swim.  

On my way back from the pool I walked past one of the "locals" lounging around

Some beanies were finished off

As were two more small quilts

And another pile of books to read my way through.

A list of items to sew for the hospital auxiliary stall next week and some Christmas gifts has been compiled and will be worked on during the coming days giving priority to the auxiliary items.

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The Caylax

Today was one of those days that you just had to be out and about in the beautiful sunshine.    Waiting for the ferry to leave Manly wharf to head into the city. 

I was lucky to get front row seats without anyone in front of me until we neared the City.

The purpose of my trip was to visit the Caylax in the Royal Botanic Gardens.

To see the current exhibition

Inside the Caylax

Time to have some morning tea,  find a seat to sit down and enjoy only to be joined by "a friend" who was eyeing off my piece of cake.  He did keep his distance and behaved himself.  

Walking back to the City  via the Rose Garden.

Where some stunning roses could be seen.

No matter which direction you walk within the Gardens glimpses of the City can be seen from most areas.  One of the many statues and fountains that can be found throughout the Gardens.  

Some sewing has happened this week.   My mother asked if I could make her some placemats for gifts.  The brief was 5 single placemats, each to be 12" x 18" using only feature fabric without borders.   The requested fabrics were  chocolate,  cheese, cats and two were to be wild birds.   Onto my favourite online fabric store - Find a Fabric - ordered the requested fabrics which arrived quite quickly.    Here is the result

Two small quilts were also finished off.

Now that the weather is warming up me thinks that it is time to try out the pool tomorrow.....maybe.

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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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