OMG

I have let all my commitments to deadlines go over the last few months but now it is time to start setting goals again in the sewing department.    

After measuring and re-measuring the fabrics in the scrap bag it was decided to go with a table runner.  So far the strips are cut and some are arranged in what I think will be their order.  I did add in a couple of extra pieces of fabric so that I could have a reasonably long runner on completion.   

My OMG for June will be to get all the strips sewn together, trimmed and sandwiched ready for quilting.

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Happy sewing all  

FNSI

Time to get myself out of "move mode",   back into the sewing room and pick up where I left off  with the HST challenge quilt that I was working on with my Tuesday quilt group before our move.    9 squares were completed  which left three to finish before the next step of joining them together.  The various pieces for each block had been cut which enabled me to get them sewn up when I made an early start yesterday morning.  Blocks 10,11,12 are all finished and can be seen below.

Next step is to cut the sashing which goes between each block.   I have chosen this spotty grey and white fabric.

Hubs and I have been in our new home for 1 month.   All the boxes are unpacked, new furniture is  delivered and in place.    We are certainly enjoying our new lifestyle and have met quite a few of our neighbours.   There are some lovely walks around the property and one of my favourites is to head down to the waterfall

Time to go on over to Wendy's blog and catch up with the others who were crafting away last night.

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Happy sewing all 

Scrap Bag Challenge

The ladies at my Saturday quilting group have been given a challenge - fill a plastic bag 15" x 10" with your unwanted scraps bring it to quilting, place it in a box then we blindly take out another bag.    I was lucky enough to pick out a bag containing out these fabrics.    

Whilst there is not enough fabric to make a quilt they are reasonably good sized pieces - smaller than a fat quarter but bigger than a fat 1/8".   The three pieces at the bottom of the photo are not as big as the other pieces but maybe they could be used somewhere so they will not end up in the scrap basket just yet.  

Now what to make - it can be anything from a pincushion to???????  We have until our July meeting when show and tell will be held.

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All set to go

It has been 4 weeks since my sewing machine has had any exercise even though it has been sitting patiently on its new table for 2 weeks now waiting for me to finish off unpacking boxes - all have now been emptied except for those which contain the contents for a display cabinet that was ordered during the week but will not be here for approx 5 weeks...those boxes are now out of sight in the second bedroom cupboard.

I was so looking forward to last night when joining Cheryll and the other crafters for  FNWF.    At last I could it down and sew which I did until I discovered the everything else was in place except for the power cord for my sewing machine......WHAT I said to myself - all boxes for the craft room have been unpacked and disposed of so where is the cord.    Getting up from my chair and looking in all the obvious places with no luck it was time to head downstairs into our storage area as I knew there was a box down there marked "extension cords etc" .   No luck there either - then I spotted my sewing trolley - it must be in there I said to myself....no again.    Now where to look ????

Back into the sewing room again for another look at what I had looked at before with the exception that I did not take out the foot pedal for the overlocker and there it was neatly packed with that.

The missing cord is now where it should be.  

By this time I had lost all motivation to  sew so I sat down,  had a piece of chocolate and watched tv instead.    I hope that everyone else who joined in with FNWF did better than I did last night.

Further to my last post and the question that I asked re whether I could access my blog when it was set up under my previous service provider the answer to the question is that all seems to be OK so far.    I am able to access, comment and post so thank you to all those who offered advice.   

I need to get my head around where I was up to with the challenge quilt that I was working before the move and hopefully now that I am returning to my two quilting groups this week that I can get back into the grove again.   

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Happy sewing all

Safe arrival

My last post was all about packed up boxes and I am pleased to report that hubs and I had a very smooth move and have now been in our new abode for a week.     We have been beaving away every day and I can safely say that the kitchen, laundry and bathrooms are now all in order.      The main bedroom has a couple of "unimportant" boxes left to unpack and there is still some work to be done in the sewing/computer room as well as the second bedroom.  

Most computer problems have been sorted....we have changed service providers and need to advise of a new email address as well as change of address.   Hubs did write a  list of who we need to advise before we moved and it is slowly being ticked off.

Each day we give ourselves of goal of which area we are to get into order and  we hope  to have all boxes unpacked by the end of the weekend.   We are waiting on some new furniture to arrive for the lounge room but all in all that room is pretty much finished as well.  

I have a question for all you "tech savvy bloggers".....I will be cancelling my Optus account within the next week and I noticed in my blogger settings under Edit User Profile and down to Identity the user name is in the old email address but it does not appear that I can change it?????     

The area displaying "username" cannot be accessed.      Does anyone have any ideas how to change it?

Time to move on and start the next lot of boxes.     Today I am working in the sewing area - most important.

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Boxes, boxes and .......

More boxes.    Five more sleeps until moving day for hubs and I so it has been a packing marathon around here.    I can finally report that my sewing room is now all packed up and ready for the removalists on Thursday morning.   

If you would like to see what should have been happening on FNSI - sewing that is - then pop on over to Wendy's blog.

I am not sure when I will be back here as the internet has yet to be connected in our new home - hopefully that is going to happen on Wednesday but we all know about the best made plans of men and mice - so in the meantime

Happy sewing all

FNwF

My Friday night was spent not sewing but doing more packing up in my sewing room in preparation for our move in just under two weeks time.  

I am now having withdrawal symptoms from my sewing machine and so looking forward to getting my new sewing space organised.   

Time to head on over here to see some actual sewing that others did last night.  

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Happy sewing all