Tooth Fairy.......Please Stop here

During the week the tooth fairy pillows were sewn together, stuffed and a message inserted into the pocket for the "Tooth Fairy".   

A new book was started.     I did have to do some research about the Mennonite religion as I had not heard of it.

The pom pom was made, sewn onto the beanie and the beanie now called a finish.

The lilac beanie is growing.

A final decision has been made at last as to what is going to be sewn for the SAL.   The tape measure was out to measure up and fabrics now pulled from the stash ready to cut.

I am hoping that there will be a fair amount of contrast between the light grey background fabric and the other fabrics in order for the design to stand out.   When doing the grey scale test there appears to be  a reasonable amount of definition.   

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FNwF

When joining Cheryll and others for FNwF the blue scraps were sorted and sewed into slabs ready to be cut out into bibs.

Once the sewing machine was put to bed the knitting needles were picked up and a beanie was cast off.  It just needs a pom pom made and sewn up to be called a finish.  

                                       

And another was one started.

The tooth fairy pillows did not happen last night.

Thank you Cheryll for having us around last night.   

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I weakened

A couple of weeks ago Chookyblue announced that she is going to organise a SAL for a churndash quilt and as I did not need another quilt it was decided to sit on  the sideline and be the cheer squad for those taking part.    I cannot say what happened during the Chookshed's 10th birthday party on Zoom last weekend but I now find myself off the sideline and in the middle of the action.  

I have however modified my project from a quilt to a tablerunner and perhaps a placemat set and have until the end of this month to pull my fabrics, get sorted and make a start on the blocks.   

Blue has been announced as the RSC colour for June so out with the pile of blue scraps to start sorting them.

Another book was started during the week.   

I did have another order for a phone pouch but this time it was requested that a small flap be put over the top.

While at the "birthday party" on Saturday I cut out some tooth fairy pillows and got the "teeth" stuck down on the front. 

I hope to finish them off on Friday night when joining in with Cheryll and the others for FNwF.

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The green machine

 Those slabs of green fabric that were sewn up last week now look like this.   

While the green scraps were out I needed to make a gift for a friend who loves to cook and spends a lot of time in her kitchen.    I could not decided between green or red so one of each was made.   

Before putting the bib pattern away it was used to cut out the pink slabs of scrap fabrics from last month that had been sitting around taking up space.

Now I am all caught up with the RSC colours.    

I had an order for another mobile phone pouch come in during the week.

Time to head on over here to see more green table scraps with a "square" somewhere.   The green bib on the lefthand side of the photo  did start out with 4" squares but with the shape of the bib the squares were cut down....well that is my story anyway.  

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Foodie Blog Hop - Sunny side up please

I have quite a bit of fabric in my stash that is food orientated......what does that say about me!!!!!!!   I have been lucky enough to use up quite a bit of my foodie stash on bowl  and plate cosies that have been ordered over the last 2 months and there is one fabric that I would consider a "fun fabric" which was used to make a set of two placemats.   

Time to head on over to the blogs listed below to see some more foodie goodies.

Patchouli Moon Studio

Selina Quilts

Inflorescence

Karen's Korner

Days Filled With Joy

Patchwork Breeze

VroomansQuilts

Thank you Carla for organising a delicious fun blog hop.

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FNSI

The third Friday of the month means virtually sewing along with Wendy and others.   Last night I got stuck into sewing  green scraps together and they now look like this.   

During the week I had an order for a mobile phone pouch.    A lady saw my neighbours and asked if I would make her one.  

The aprons that had been overlocked and sitting on the side of the sewing table were finished off and put away for the Spring Fair.

Often when toasting one slice of bread the toaster has sometimes "thrown" the slice out on to the bench top but the other morning it cleverly threw it out and it somehow landed on top of the toaster.   At least it stayed warm while the coffee was finishing off.  

Last week I caught up with a friend who gave me a belated housewarming gift.  The perfect gift for my sewing room.   It just needs the handyman to hang it up for me.   

Next book on the pile to read.    

Thanks Wendy for having us all "around" again for another FNSI.

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Mobile phone pouch

My next door neighbour asked me if I could make her something she could wear around her neck that holds her mobile phone.    Apparently her family gave her something a while ago but it is leather and very hard to get the phone in and out.     "Let me have a think and I will get back to you within a couple of days" was my response.     

A quick search of internet revealed a few different ideas so an idea was taken from this site and another from that site.  None of the sites that I looked at had neck straps only a clip to attach to a belt or handbag.   So it was a matter of cutting a strap long enough and attaching it to the O ring.    

She was absolutely thrilled with it.    It is light and comfortable around her neck and she can get the phone in and out easily.

Another order for an entree plate sized cosie came in a couple of days ago.    I have been told that this size is good to reheat takeway containers in as well.    It will be delivered later on this week.  

A new book was started last night.   I have read most of Liane Moriarty's books and enjoyed them all with the exception of one.     This one is starting off well.      

After making  all these bowl and plate cosies a fair bit of fluff has collected in and around the bobbin area of the machine.  After grabbing a small brush and a pair of tweezers then removing the throat plate and lifting out the bobbin case quite a lot of lint was removed as you can see.   How embarrassing.  The whole area around the bobbin is now super shiny and dust free.    Definitely a job that needs to be done more regularly.  

Now that I have caught up with the items that have been ordered my aim is to finish off the aprons that have been cut out, put through the overlocker but have not progressed any further than that for a couple of weeks.  

Green has been the nominated colour for this month's RSC and there are plans to sort this lot of scraps out.

And hopefully they will end up as bibs along with the pink slabs of fabric from last month that are still just sitting there waiting patiently.   

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