Saturday 9 January 2016

A New Year and FNWF

Looks like this new year is off to a flying start and I've almost been left at the starting gate ... but I'm not going to let that faze me ... I'm just going to jump on in when I can!

Starting with last night and all the Friday Night Friends over at Cheryll's cubbyhole. I only had to applique the 'Blessings' block to the background and the circle 4 patch, then finish sewing together Block 2 of A Merry Christmas Garden.


Scary to think I started this block 12 months ago ... Block 3 has also been coming together and it's time to get back into some needle turn applique big time!


If I may retrace my steps a little ... this is what we were doing just before Christmas to spruce the place up a bit.


This highchair was made by my dad and my children used it when they were babies ... ready now for GS Master J


After Christmas and our guests had returned home it was a quick dash into town for 'stuff' and on with a full muster.  New Year's Eve was a quiet night in with my parents visiting to help ... DS and Master J joined us New Year's Day and lunch consisted of roast chicken sandwiches up at the cattle yards and a cuppa in a pannikin (tin cup) with fruit for after and lots and lots of cold water to beat the heat.

(Trying to be creative)

So now that I have one more week to make the most of before heading back to off-farm work ... I'm off to make the most of it with some tracing and preparing applique pieces. This quilt is going to be my project for 1 Xmas Item A Year. If you'd like to make a head start on a hand made Christmas check it out.

I am looking forward to many more Friday nights with Friends and Sew-Ins and maybe some CTTY if I can squeeze in some Christmas gift making through the year.

Have you heard? Wendy and Dawn are revamping 'Sew Its Finished' ... I know I have plenty of projects that could/should be finished ... but so many new ones that I should/could start too.

One seam at a time ... Happy New Year

12 comments:

  1. Looks like your Christmas item is off and running for this year, your block looks lovely.
    Good to get things prepped so when you go back to work, dare I say the word, you can just pick it up and go.
    Love the high chair and so great it will be used by the next generation.

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  2. Your block looks great.love the high chair. Hugs, xx

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  3. Your block is lovely. With your prep work you will be all set when work resumes...love that your high chair is serving another generation xx

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  4. I love your block.... chicken sammies on the farm sounds delish.... I must get back into 1 Christmas Item each month... I have a project for it!
    Hugz

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  5. Beautiful block...so good to have the prep done, the your are ready to sew...house will look fantastic with its spruce up.

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  6. Pretty Christmas block! I have a Christmasy block quilt that requires applique that I could work on. So many things I could work on....

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  7. Beautiful block. I like that your high chair has been used by so many in you family.

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  8. I can see why your project is taking some time, it's just lovely. I adore that high chair too.
    Cheers, Anita.

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  9. Hi Narelle, wow the high chair has lasted so well, its new look is now ready for the next generation of toddler mess!
    Great progress with your Gail Pan block

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  10. Thanks Narelle... for joining in last Friday. It was FuN having you over... xox

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  11. Great start on your A Merry Christmas Garden. It's a beautiful quilt. So cool your dad made the high chair - it looks great now.

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  12. Ein schöner Quilt und der Stuhl ist ja ein Schmuckstück !
    Liebe Grüße
    Käthe

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