Happy New Year

Hi everyone

Happy New Year to you all.  I hope the year has started well for you.

2022 ended on a sad note for me with a dear friend passing away .... way too young!

Which got me thinking ...... I might close down this sewing blog, as I don't do much sewing or quilting anymore.   The cost of material/fabrics is the major factor in this decision - some fabrics are now over $32/m ...... I can't justify the expense for a hobby that I have lost interest in.

I have a huge cupboard of fabric that I will be going through and will attempt to sell on Marketplace.  I may keep some 'special' fabrics ..... you know the ones :) you just can't bear to part with them, as they remind you of a special someone or a special time.

Who knows, a 'clear out' may just what I need to get reinvigorated with quilting again!

I will still keep my cardmaking & photography blogs going, but for the foreseeable future, there won't be any new posts here for a little while.

Cheers to you all! 

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Happy Easter Everyone

Ooh, it's been a while ....................

I haven't set foot in the sewing room for quite some time :(

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September WOOFA

Well, I got a bit of crocheting done while waiting for my car to be serviced :)

still working on the yellow blanket :)  I can't seem to find the photo I took of my progress, so I have shared the photo I took last time.

Spring is in the air ....... I got some much needed spring cleaning and I found homes for all the stuff that was on top of my sewing room surfaces - it is now sorted and packed away.  Now I can make more mess LOL

I confess, I am itching to get back into the sewing room ....... but I do have to tackle another area in the study/craft room first :)

that's it from me for now ....... check out what the other fellow WOOFA's are doing .... thanks Cheryll for hosting :)

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Spring cleaning ....

woo hoo!!  I can finally see the top of my work area in the sewing room!

From this .....

to this .......

More spring cleaning to come!

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July WOOFA - yay, I got some stitching done!

It's the start of a new month, and I am very happy to say I got some stitching done!

With the weather being lousy and lockdowns being enforced, I attempted to sort some of the sewing room .....

but then I came across some half finished baby blankets

So I bundled them up next to me and did a bit of 'mindless' crochet while watching a bit of TV.  This one I have done a variation on the '3 treble' block and have done '2 treble' in the rows and '2 x 3 treble' for the corners.

I am loving the corners!

Not sure what I will do with them when they are finished .......... baby days of our family are way past us ..... I might see if I can donate them somewhere.

Cheers for now, hope you all have a great month working on your WOOFA's.

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Follow me with 'Feedly'

Hi everyone

It seems there are changes afoot for people who subscribe to my blog using the FeedBurner email service.  From 1^st July 2021 this email service will no longer be available.

So, this post is for those people who currently get my blog posts via email .......

If you would like to continue to follow my blog, and I hope you do :), then there are a few options available to you.

You can:

·         Follow my blog with ‘Feedly’

·         Follow my blog with ‘Bloglovin’

·         Follow my blog using the ‘Blogger reader (if you have a ‘Blogger a/c’)

I’ll try to keep an eye on things for any new developments for those that prefer to receive an email.

In any case, thank you for reading & following my blog so far ....... I hope we can continue to keep in touch.

And, because I like to include at least one photo with each post, here is something I prepared earlier :)

Cheers for now

Cathy

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January Catch-up

Well ..... where did that month go?   January disappeared into the blink of an eye!

My WOOFA project was to continue working on my cross-stitch ......... that didn't happen!

My Project Uninterrupted project was to make two new masks  ..... that didn't happen!

My Personal Declutter Project was to tackle the sewing room ..... that didn't happen .... well it did sort of, but I think I just made it worse!  LOL

I have to work on some cards this month, so the sewing room will be put on the back burner while I spend time in the Craft Room ;)

Cheers for now .... I'm off to make a coffee and then visit a few blogs for WOOFA :)

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In Lockdown .... out of Lockdown ...

hopefully we won't get put back in lockdown again before Christmas.

However, I will be carrying a mask with me whenever I go out ...... just incase I feel uncomfortable about social distancing being a bit difficult to achieve.

Made another one - this time reversible :)

EDITED:   I did try a few patterns out, but settled on the one from Treasurie as it was nice and easy and didn't need any overlocking!  The FREE pattern can be found HERE

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September catch-up

Well, September has been a bit of a 'downer' month for me :(  

not really motivated to anything creative ........

I did finally finish my August blocks for Cherish Do. Good Stitches

It's now in the hands of Australia Post.

Linking up with my WOOFA friends - I may not have done much this month, but they all have :)

Thanks to Cheryll for giving us all a gentle 'nudge' :)

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Catching up with UFO's

Well, well, where is the time going - it's all merging into one continuous Covid-19 blur.

Not too much happening in the sewing room, but I have been working on one project:

Working on my Cross-Stitch - now doing the outlining/backstitch details - it is slow going, but quite satisfying with each section I finish.

I also completed some blocks for Cherish Do.Good Stitches - easy strip sewing LOL 

Well that's it for my WOOFA update :)  see you all next month!

Working on a bit of decluttering, but not ready to share photos yet LOL

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May WOOFA

Well that month disappeared into the blink of an eye!  I did manage to work on a few different things over the month:

Continued with the backstitching on my Cross-Stitch

  

as it stood in 2010

Made another block for the SAQG Mystery Box Quilt

not happy with 2nd block - will reposition colours

Finished another stitchery for the "Love & Hugs from Australia"

I must confess, I am not happy with the marker I have used, it has not washed out as much as I thought it would, so I will experiment with a Frixion Pen for my next one 😙

Hope you are all safe and Covid-19 free 💕

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FNwF & FNSI - May

Well, where did that two weeks go?

The days are just blending into each other and becoming a blur ......

Last Friday I started working on a new project for FNwF -  the SA Quilt Guild introduced a Mystery Quilt Along - I know, I shouldn't start anything new, but I couldn't resist!

I must confess to waiting to see a few photos of the second stage, before I committed - yes, I know what you are thinking, but I was cutting into a Moda layer cake I have had for years, and wanted to be certain LOL

First stage of prep! 

Then we had to pick a box (Letter of alphabet) - I chose C

this is the first set of blocks using the C1 quilt layout 

I have gone scrappy layout, with no two of the same fabrics in each block - with 4 blocks making up a set ...... I think I like it!

So this my belated FNwF report and the current FNSI report. 
Hope you are all well and happy and keeping safe

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April WOOFA

Well, another month of lock-down, with only 1 trip out of the house each week for grocery shopping :)

Working on finishing a cross-stitch started in 199-something - that long ago, I can't remember.  There is only the back-stitching to do, so it is nearly there :)

The fingers got a bit crampy working with the hoop, so I switched to another UFO of hand stitching :)  Working on a Gail Pan design - Little Bird Sewing Set

Finishing off another UFO

Then .......... thanks to my lovely Bloggy/Facebook quilty friends, I discovered a group of Aussie designers have shared some beautiful designs for a stitch-a-long in a Facebook group :)
yeah, I know, I shouldn't really be starting anything new, but I was so inspired by what I saw on my quilty friends' blogs :)

I grabbed the first threads I could lay my hands on - red variegated - and started stitching.  In the end, I had about 4inches of thread left, so I just made it! 

I ransacked my sewing room and found a box containing threads that were received as part of the swap group I used to run called 'Fat Quarter Swap Australia'.  Each month a group of us would swap 2 Fat Quarters and sometimes there were some extra embroidery threads in the pack :)  I didn't do stitcheries back then, but I kept them thinking they might be useful one day LOL.

I have been well and truly bitten by the stitching bug - here is the next stitchery I have started :)

I am not that good a stitcher, but I have enjoyed the slow steady pace of stitching, and as I need to sit at the desk with a magnifier, that means I am not spending time on the computer, which for me, I feel is a much better distraction than reading news stories and facts & figures on Covid-19 :)

you can find the group on Facebook  Love & Hugs from Australia Stitch-A-Long

So all in all, a satisfactory amount of progress on some of my UFOs/PHDs (UnFinished Objects/Projects Half Done) for the month of April.

Thank you Cheryll for WOOFA, and many thanks to the 'Love & Hugs' designers for providing such wonderful designs :)

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FNSI - Friday, 17th April 2020

We are slowly adjusting to this 'stay at home, stay safe' thinking ...😷

So far, I have only been out once this week to do the grocery shopping.  We still hadn't been able to get toilet paper and things would have been quite desperate at the end of this week, but a friend was able to get some and made a quick 'pit stop/drive-by' to drop some on the front door step 😌

I have spent a bit of time in the sewing room, finishing off some 'rainbow stripes' for CHERISH do Good Stitches charity bee - this will have to wait till the next time I am out of the house to be posted.

FNSI (well in the afternoon) was quite enjoyable working on a UFO

... a bit of Port, chocolate and something to keep the hands busy ... what more does a girl need 😉

This cross stitch will count towards my April Woofa Challenge.

I was quite relieved to read that South Australia is doing particularly well with 'flattening the curve' and I do hope that some restrictions can start to be lifted some time during May 💕

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FNwF - April

I spent my Friday Night with Friends in my Sewing Room - well part of the afternoon if I am honest :)

Doing some much needed sorting of scraps - preparing for the next Cherish Do Good Stitches block

I have been sorting scraps, smaller than a Fat Quarter, into baskets.

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