FNSI

The sewing room has been a hive of activity during the past couple of weeks as bowl cosies have been on the agenda.   The first order for five with floral fabrics was completed along with the next order for 6 with assorted fabrics and the remainder left me with a bakers' dozen - 13 - for my stall next month.  The last ones came off the machine yesterday afternoon while joining in early with FNSI.

The sewing machine has been cleaned out after all that fluff from the wadding and the sewing tables washed down along with my sewing chair which seemed to attract the most fluff.

A large parcel of fabric was sent to me by a very good friend earlier in the week and as you can see a couple of the fabrics were used for the bowl cosies.

I did take time out during the week to meet up with a couple of friends for lunch which comprised of lobster with shallots and ginger.  My other two dining companions also ordered the same dish  and we were all of the same opinion - delicious.   

A few beanies have been hanging around the sewing table waiting for their pom poms to be made and sewn on which happened whilst watching tv last night.  They are now packed up ready for the hospital stall on Saturday of next week.  

The multi-coloured pink one in the front has been spoken for with the purchaser also requesting another all over pink one to fit a 3 year old.  

A check of my giftie/stall box reveals that a few pot holders need to be made.   Fabrics have been chosen and the next step is to cut them out.  

Some new reading material was added to the pile during the week.   The top book is this month's book club book.   It is by the same author as last month's book but I believe it is a totally different by all accounts as reported by one of the members who has previously read it.   

I have already started The Dictionary of Lost Words and thoroughly enjoying it.  

That about wraps up my week - time to start the day.   

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Happy sewing all

Feeling Blue

Blue was the chosen RSC colour for February.   A blue potato chip block was created from the scraps in the blue scrap basket

6 blue library bags were cut, overlocked and the drawstring channels sewn.   They get passed onto another person who threads the cord through.

A blue beanie was started

Two small quilts were finished off.   One all over blue

And the second has quite a lot of blue in it to qualify.

And the first bowl cosy to come off my "production line" is blue.

There is still another 2 weeks of the month left so some more "blue" may happen but for now my main focus is the complete the production line of bowl cosies.  An order for another 6 came in this week so I had better get cracking.

Linking with So scrappy

                      The Joyful Quilter 

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Ready, cut, sew

When joining in with FNwF an early start was made as my mission was to cut out the required fabrics and wadding for 20 bowl cosies  -  5 were for an order that came in last week and the remainder will be for my stall next month.

Mission accomplished now to sew them up.  

I joined my parents for a birthday morning tea during the week.   Their birthdays are one day apart. 

Over the course of many of my previous blog posts some of the items that I have sewn for our local hospital auxiliary stall have been shown so I thought that some of you might be interested to see a photo of myself with a few of the other volunteers - we do the set up and morning shift up to midday - taken at our stall last Saturday.  I am the tallest of the group.

On Tuesday at the first Auxiliary meeting of this year we were presented with a Certificate of Merit for raising in excess of $50,000 this financial year.

Time to head off to start the day with shopping and then attending my quilting group after lunch.

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This week in the sewing room

Was all about finishing off the last order for 6 bowl cosies

Blue is the colour for February.   The blue scrap basket has been pulled and needs to be sorted 

I had a phone call during the week asking if I would be interested in taking a stall on the Open Day in March that will be held in our complex in conjunction with Seniors Week.   My next task is to do a stocktake of what is in the giftie/stall box.   Bowl cosies will definitely be on the list.

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Happy sewing all