FNWF

Last night was Friday Night with Friends  an evening hosted by Cheryll, where we sit and sew.

I started late afternoon 

And finished the quilting on this Oncology quilt, love these strippy quilts.

Then I cut and sewed on a binding for another Oncology quilt Joan had quilted for me

Always good to use cut of backing for the binding 😁

Then trimmed the first quilt and cut the binding

Again from the backing

Back upstairs I sat and sewed in all the endy thread bits of the strip quilt, that is now ready for binding. All in all I was happy with my productive evening.

You can visit Cherylls blog to see what the other Friday Nighters got up to.

I am off to cut fabric ready to sew on retreat next week.

Happy stitching. 

Time to catch up again

 The days are rushing by here, so what have I been doing? Some packing and sorting, some sewing, some bike riding and some preserving...lets have a look

Three weeks of Anthology blocks,

Epp was finished

It was supposed to be made into a cushion top, but I had another idea which I can show later. I don't understand why I didn't finish this sooner, it really didn't take very long.

Hexies have been cut and glued for Tea and Cake, I now have 420 made, but need 480 and have run out of fabric. Hopefully I can get more next week.

a small bag of fabric is now a bunch of cropped diamonds ready for sewing

A large group of galahs flew in and settled on the power lines over the road, lots of chattering was going on. I like to think they are still unhappy with the tree removal from next door, but that is probably me and not them!!

Such lovely birds.

I was sewing the binding onto this quilt last night and had a very nearly not enough binding moment, thankfully I had about 2 inches spare.

Sylvia's Bridal Sampler is finished, binding completed Wednesday evening.

I bought this pattern recently from a friend, I have made it slightly bigger than the pattern, I still need to add borders.

And when I was sorting things in the sewing room I came across a pile of mostly 6 inch squares - these came with another quilters stash, some were a bit over 6inches and some under, I had to cut a few myself to replace the smaller ones and by late afternoon I had a quilt top, great for an I Spy quilt. The borders used up fabric from my stash. 

This morning a brew of fig paste went into the crock pot and cooked away all day, it tastes and smells heaps better than it looks here!! It is all in jars now and ready to go into the fridge.

We went shopping yesterday and have purchased most of what is needed for the renovations, we just need a kitchen sink, we like the old fashioned type that has a drainer at both sides of the sink and a double sink, so we have to find one, we also need to get a new oven. Hopefully everything will then progress as planned...fingers crossed!

I think I need a cuppa, have been avoiding the TV as the footie season has started again! Oh boy!

Happy stitching.

Market Day

Today I was having a stall at the local market - Christmas market, best for the year - here in Gisborne......yesterday we had torrential rain, hail, thunder and lightning, since then we have had drizzly rain and that was what I woke up to today. Marg very kindly offered to help me set up this morning and stay until the other volunteer turned up.....and later Tracee turned up with a hot drink and cake!  Marg later returned and took the other volunteer up to the train station and then came back and helped me pack up........even helped me load the trailer properly so I would get home without losing anything!!!  What beautiful friends I have!!!

It was a damp, drizzly day and not many people around for a while, not the usual December market crowd anyway, but we still did very well and managed to take $581.00 for the orangutans and raised awareness as well!! Feeling happy!!

Now I have balanced the books I am off to sit on the couch with a cuppa and do some sewing on the binding on this quilt....two sides down, two to go!!!

Happy sewing!

Sunday morning

What a lovely way to spend a little time in the morning, relaxing, cuppa handy and a little stitching!!

enjoying the stitching and the view - although it was a bit cold and rainy!

Sewing on the binding coming along nicely!

This is what happens when I decide to get creative and make up a pattern to go with my stitchery,

pieces cut the wrong size, a row that doesn't fit and then another row that still doesn't fit!! Ah well back to the drawing board! I think I forgot to add seam allowance!

A bit of tweaking and guessing and hoping and here we are!! Not super correct but I am happy with it!

Happy sewing!