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Narelle hosts One Xmas Item a Month 

& earlier this month I finished another Christmas sack.

For "Mummy" this time (DD#2) with Mrs Claus on the front.

Mrs C is a real cutie too... & I'm very HaPPy with how she turned out.

That's 2 down with one to go so next month you'll see "Daddy"s Xmas sack.

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It's been...

 a busy couple of weeks for me... 

with only a little bit of time spent sewing... BuT instead

mostly helping with our son's renovations & then packing.

On the sewing front... 

I made three Wendy Williams Needle Cases... 

One in lovely ReD felt... 

And another one using BLaCK felt...

And yet another one for a guild member with "Houses" on it.

A quiet stitch at night...is about the limit of my sewing time lately... 

but these ARE really EnJoYaBLe to make...😀🧵

The top two Needle Cases will be for sale on our Guild Craft Table...

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A NeW MonTH

May started & I finally got some quality time in my cubbyhole.

Last night at FNwF I stitched another 2 cats in RSC2022 colour of GReeN.

This month "Forest" & "Sage" are the colours...

Linked to: So Scrappy...

But during the week I also managed to...

1st... Add the binding to finish my "ribbon" quilt...

2nd... A "Poppins" bag was FiNaLLy finished & gifted to DD#2...who has been very patient...

3rd... A baby playtime quilt panel was quilted, bound & then gifted...

So over the weekend I'll be over to your place to see what you accomplished...

I hope you all had a fun & fulfilling night at FNwF...

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FNwF

 Yes it's Friday Night with Friends time again...

Simply link up using the Mr Linky box below... then I'll 

see you all on Friday night for a sit-n-sew...

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CaTCH uP

I feel like I’ve been MIA for the past few weeks...

Hubby had Covid, then he fell off a ladder, he’s OK...but still repairing broken ribs...

Easter happened & a wonderful couple of days spent with FaMiLy, camping, relaxing & just enjoying each others company. I also had the pleasure of my new GD & her mummy for 21/2 weeks... so NoT a lot of sewing happened in the cubbyhole... or even blog reading for that matter... but I should be back to my normal routine now after more time was spent away last weekend.🎉🥳

So catching up....

DD needed a large “boxed base” pouch... so I made her one.

Pink  was last months RSC22 colour so...
two PiNK cats were made...

I finished preparing the "hearts" by fusing them onto donated fabric.

I'll be appliqueing them using my machines blanket stitch soon.

These will eventually turn into a child's charity quilt.

AnD... I forgot to show you the silk scarf I painted while on retreat in March...

My pastel "roses" are really pretty even though this pic doesn't show colours well,

but I'm very HaPPy with the finished scarf...😀

Thank you Chris for showing us the technique.

And as April has ended... it's OPAM time...

I finished 17 items this month... includes the 10 bags for Days for Girls...

& you can visit Kris at OPAM... HeRe.

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S.N.O.W... "Project 4"

This time on  Something New On Wednesday ... 

I'm using a HRT ruler set.

 HALF RECTANGLE TRIANGLE.

I have made HRT's before but I haven't used a special ruler to trim them.

This set gives both directional seam lines too & a cutting guide as well.

I picked this ruler up at a Buy, Sell & Swap & wondered IF using it was worth it.

Well now I have my answer...

The ruler set gives you accurate sizes for fabric requirements, cutting of unfinished sizes, then finished sizes in 14 sizes & 

a template for trimming in both directions too.

It's from BLOCK LOC  & I'm not sure of cost BuT as mine was at a discounted price... I felt like I should give it a go.

I actually printed out more sizes for preparing HRT from another site.

1. Cut 2 pieces of contrasting fabric to required size.     

2. Cut in half diagonally.

3. Flip fabric pieces (i.e. one of each) & stitch along length.    

4. Trim to size using LOC ruler... I chose the "B" ruler.

Very easy...

You can decide HoW YOU use these blocks too...

by facing them in the same direction...  OR... turned around forming a ribbon...

OR... perhaps in a border with another block ???

I also found these different quilt layouts... courtesy of Pinterest...

I've decided on my final layout which is different to any above... 

BuT you'll have to wait to see what I have chosen... 😘 

I think these rulers will make it easy to make accurate HRT...

& from this first use, I'm very happy I bought them.✅

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After FNSI

 Wendy was our host last night  & I put together another child's book bag.

I found a small piece of "owl" fabric & made it to size by adding a double strip. 

The strip fabric looks like leaves in a tree... so it was PeRFecT...

I enjoyed making it soooo much, I made another one too. 

It was quick, easy & FuN... 

A few of these "colouring in" book bags are off to a shelter.

You can visit Wendy AnD her FNSI friends over... HeRe...

Also linked to:  Oh Scrap.

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