FNSI

Friday Night saw the usual gang of cyber sewers gathered at Wendy's place.

There was no AFL to watch, so I planned some hand sewing in front of the TV...then moved into my sewing space.

A shop I know of and get emails from, runs a charity project each month,. Not often can I do the "thing", but this month it is for the group where my crochet blocks go (Knitting for Brisbane's Needy - K4BN) - and a friend at Sunday Stitchers is a member of that group, and it's a fairly quick project . . .so I decided to join in.

The project is roll-up pencil holders.  The pattern is provided - there is a sewing machine version and an embroidery version - I stuck with the sewing machine version.
I dug out some fabrics, (I may have bought a bit more...shhh) and have been making them over the last couple of weeks.
For FNWF, I finished hand sewing the binding on a couple and added the binding to the rest.   I'm making 7 in total to donate.   I have another two cut - one for DD1 and one for my grandson.

The two finished ones (with pencils inside) are in front - the original pattern was a loop and a tie - but after some detailed conversations back & forth, a friend suggested a loop of elastic instead.  We thought that was easy for a child - and easier for the sewers.

Now to finish the bindings ready for Show & tell on Sunday.

Hope everyone was happy - and maybe even productive.  Pop over & visit Wendy to see who else joined in.,