Mother Nature

Can create exquisite creatures such as this butterfly which was spotted on the balcony table and thought at first glance to be a leaf which was destined to be swept off  into the bin.  Just as my hand was about do this dastardly act I saw it for what it was.  The smallest and prettiest butterfly I have ever seen.

 After a while it closed its wings up and a $2.00 coin was put beside it to give a comparison of its tiny size.    

Then on the other hand Mother Nature can be very destructive which has been proven over the last week as a series of violent storms have rolled in.   The one that hit Sydney Wednesday lunchtime was very short but very severe with lashing rain, hail and gale force winds.   It brought down many trees, ripped roofs of houses and buildings, caused flash flooding and resulted in the death of a person.  We were lucky that there was no damage where we are but it did bring down quite a few large tree branches over the driveway and down across  one of the garden areas.  It was scary watching the trees bending in such strong winds and then hearing the crack as the branches broke and crashed down.  

The ground staff got onto it pretty quickly and had it all cleared up within a couple of hours with the help of chainsaws.

Once the drama of the storm was over time to head into the sewing room and get on with tidying up.  The top of the fabric box now looks like this

The pile of fabric is off the floor

As are the piles of fabric that were sitting on top of the sewing machine and tables

Just do not ask to look behind the cupboard doors....but then again that is what cupboard doors are for!!!!!

At the beginning of the month I had rounded up quite a few balls of yarn that were various shades of purple - to honour the jacaranda tree - and knit them up into beanies.   Done.

When down at the library the other day I grabbed a pile of books which will make good holiday reading.   The top one is our current book club book.  

All that is left on my sewing room list to tick off before Christmas is to finish off the 2 potato chip block quilts.    Good progress is being made on these.  

Back soon and in the meantime 

Happy sewing all

    

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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Happy sewing all  

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.  

Back soon to report on my progress and in the meantime

  Happy sewing all

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.  

Back soon and in the meantime

Happy sewing all