Joey Pouches

Last night for FNwF I had intended finishing off my winter blues blog hop item but a more pressing issue had come to light during the week so it was onto making medium large pouches for injured medium sized roos and wallabies that have been rescued during the bushfires.    I cut out 15 pouches and got as far as sewing up 11 of them.     There is still plenty of fabric and offcuts leftover from the pouches to make smaller ones for sugar gliders and ringtail possums.  

Each of the pouches needs to have 2 to 3 liners to be made which will be on the agenda for the next couple of days.  

I hope to get these all completed by the middle of the week and delivered to one of the the drop off centres which is the next suburb away from me.

Time to head on over to Cheryll's blog to see what else was achieved by those who also joined in with FNwF last night.

Linking with Finished or Not Finished Friday.
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An Unexpected Project

As you are all know doubt aware bushfires have been a constant threat to our country since July with no sight of an end to them and until that little four letter word RAIN makes an appearance there is no stopping them with the consequence much of our wildlife is being injured or destroyed.   The Animal Rescue Craft Guild has put out a plea for sewists to make some pouches etc to be used in the nursing of these injured animals.

Seeing that I have a sewing room that has piles of scraps of the required fabric making some of these pouches will be my first OMG goal for January followed by finishing off my item for the blog hop.

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Happy New Year

Today is the beginning of a new year and a new decade.   It is time to look back on the old year and look forward to the new one and all that it will bring.      I am someone who always believes in looking forward and not dwelling on the past.   What is done is done and we need to keep learning and improving in all things that we encounter as we travel along life's road.

For me personally 2019 was a good year in all aspects and I hope that the coming year is as good to me.    I was very happy with the direction that my sewing took me and my plans are to continue down that path again.    Time was  spent in the sewing room during the week cutting out some babies' bibs as well as childrens' aprons for the next hospital auxillary stall to be held in February.   These are good sellers and as none were left at the end of the last stall I thought that it was time to make a start in order to have them ready.    My aim is to make 12 of each by then.    So far  6 of both have been cut out, pinned and ready to sew.

Hubs and I hosted our VIP New Year's Eve party again last night - just him and me with a bottle of bubbles and some yummy nibbles to welcome in the New Year.

May you have a safe and happy 2020 with lots of time to sew and create.

Must away today is the day to take down the Christmas decorations and catch up on some housework.

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I am seeing Red

Carol over at Just Let me Quilt is organising a blog hop from 17th to 21st February using the colour  red.     I have had an idea in my head for a while now so this is the opportunity to turn it into reality.

While I am formulating and calculating for this challenge a start has been made on quilting my item for the Winter blue blog hop.

No clues to be seen here as to what it is.

Not much will be done in the sewing room today as I am going to brave the annual Boxing Day sales in the City.    I have a bit of a list and in particular one shop is offering 40% off thread so a good time to stock up.    

Linking with Finished or Not Friday.

                      Peacock Party

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What are you doing today?

If you are anything like me it will be spent in the kitchen and it won't be stitchin'!!!   First up I am going to cook two turkey breasts.   My family and I like a traditional Christmas lunch with all the trimmings - turkey, roast potatoes and pumpkin, peas, gravy and cranberry sauce followed by plum pudding with custard and for those who do not eat pudding there is cheesecake with ice cream.

I decided to do my last minute food shopping yesterday and glad that I did as the fruit market and supermarket were manic.   Just trying to get a space in the carpark was a challenge even before hitting the shops.

I always cook the turkey breasts the day before Christmas and do the veggies fresh on the day.   It saves time and less heat in the kitchen.    Fortunately the forecast for tomorrow is a very comfortable 26 c  which is a huge improvement on the temperatures that we have been having.

I did over the last week pop in  and out of the sewing room and managed to finish sewing up those 10 aprons that were started a while ago.  I ran out of the original fabric so the last three ended up with navy blue ties for the neck and waist.

I could sit here a type some more but to the kitchen I  must go however before I do I would like to wish you and your families a happy and safe Christmas and enjoy however you spend the season.

We must of course give a huge shout out and thanks to all the firies and the volunteers who been fighting those out of control fires that have been part of our lives for the last couple of months.   They have done an amazing job battling against some of the worst conditions ever seen in our State.  I hope that they get time off to enjoy Christmas lunch and time with family and friends.   It is certainly well deserved.   Our thoughts go out to those who have suffered loss during these catastrophic fires.

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Stocking Stuffers

At the beginning of the month my nominated goal for December was to make some stocking stuffer gifts.   Here they are

A total of 18 purse sized tissue covers and two snap top bags were made.

Over the past few days hubs and I have met up with friends for "Christmas get together lunches" and all of the  the tissue covers have been given out with many positive comments.    I am glad that the recipients are finding them useful.

The last two snap bags are still sitting in my "giftie box" for  ??????

Linking with Finished or not Finished Friday 
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2019 in Review and a Planning Party

As 2019 draws to a close it is time to look back and see what was achieved and what was not in the sewing room.    Last year at the same time I did say that 2019 was going to be "go with the flow year" and see where my sewing takes me as I did not have any unfinished UFO's or WIP's to work on.

Looking back at the list that is on my sidebar most of my sewing has been for either the local hospital auxiliary stalls which included making childrens' aprons, bibs and potholders etc.  Some of which can be seen below.

Or making library bags,  babies bibs and dresses for 6 year old girls in Sri Lanka through the Network Heaven project as well as aprons for the workers in the orphanages.    Some of those items can be seen below.

The one quilt that I did start and finish during the year for myself was the rainbow log cabin quilt.  Each month a colour was nominated and a block was made corresponding to that colour.    It was a fun project to work on and I love the end result.  

Other items made included a tote bag, snap top bags and a table topper using the International Sisters block

A 3D tutu cushion cover as well as an assortment of other smaller items.  

The knitting needles were also dusted off and some beanies were made.

One item on my to do list was to learn how to make a collage quilt but that did not happen.    My quilting group is having a discussion about getting a tutor in over a weekend in the early part of 2020 so hopefully that will take place and it can be crossed off the list at the end of next year.

So what will 2020 bring in the sewing room.    I see more charity sewing happening and of course I am very tempted to join in with the rainbow scrap challenge again.     This is a good opportunity to use up all those ever increasing scraps that seem to just keep multiplying before my eyes.

I am taking part in the Winter Blues Blog Hop in January and my project is taking shape - slowly but surely - and is on track to be ready by the 22nd January.     Then there is always something to tempt me to take part in as I do some blog hopping and of course Pinterest is like going down a rabbit hole with all sorts of interesting ideas to have a go at.   It will be interesting to look back at the end of year to see what caught my attention which is what the International Sisters block did with the 4 generations tabletopper being the result.    

What are your plans sewing wise for the coming year?   You can head on over here to link up and see what others hope to achieve.

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