A Plethora of Baby Taggies & A Dementia Mat

It seems there is a baby boom - some have suggested it's a COVID thing...I'm not asking.

Five taggies:

For Kay - DD2's friend from school - due the same day as DD2

For Elyce - Ivy is already born

For Erin - DD1's best friend from school

For Tay - DD2's Sister in Law

For DD2

Dementia Mat

A local shop - Echidna Sewing - have a charity project each month - I don't often get a chance to participate but this month it was a Dementia Mat - and I had time off work so thought I could whip up a couple - LOL - it was not quick - so I only did one.

It has zips, buttons, buttons under tulle, shoe lace through eyelets, a pocket, ribbons...I hope it helps soothe a soul.

A Letter to My Daughter

I started this project earlier in the year - I had a bundle of fabrics that I thought would work well - added a few from stash, then remembered a bundle of greys and blacks that bestie and I had talked ourselves into last year....so I added the greys for the backgrounds. I have bought a few more - not many

The pattern is available in Homespun magazine and this time I did an electronic subscription (to save the bulk of the magazine - and the quandy afterwards - do I keep these or not?)

I joined the Facebook group and this gives me a "goal post" to aim at.   It's not a competition - but trying to get each month's blocks done before the next publication does "encourage" me to keep at it.

I posted my finished Blocks 1 and 2 there - but not on my blog.

So here are blocks 1 and 2

I have finished Blocks 3 & 4 now.

That bee block had a LOT of stitching in it - mostly now it's just words.

As I'm keeping to a limited colour palette - my bees are black & blue - not yellow.

I thought I should at least check to see if bees do come in a variety of colours...

Yes they do (phew lucky me!!!!)

From this web site I see:

The varieties of blue bees include:

• 1. Blue Orchard Mason Bee (Osmia lignaria)
• 2. Cuckoo Bee (Thyreus nitidulus)
• 3. Blue Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa caerulea)
• 4. Blue Banded Bee (Amegilla cingulata)
• 5. Blue Leafcutter (Hoplitis fulgida)

I know this all a bit too factual, but I am planning on giving #1 Granddaughter this quilt - (she isn't born yet....) and I will make up a little story/book to go with it.

Now I can get back to all the other important projects.

FNSI - May

Whoo Hoo - time for sewing!!!
Tonight is FNSI - hosted by Wendy who is having a birthday this month - so it's a special FNSI.

Pop over here to check out the deal & the links for everyone....and there is a free stitchery design...so go & have a look.)

DH was out watching the footy - the right team won - Phew!!

I sewed....(what else???)....working on A Letter to My Daughter.

I had finished the stitching part of these blocks - apart from the birds' legs....

so I finished off the applique and pieced one of the blocks.

The second one is ready to go - so I'm sure I will get that done over the weekend...then I will have a few days being up to date - but I'm sure the next edition of Homespun isn't too far away.

Happy Sewing

Sunday Stitchers - Maria's Birthday

Today we celebrated Maria's birthday - and it was one of those "0" ones - 70!

So we had a little bit more fuss than normal . . .

I drew her name- so I was the "giftor" for her presents.  Maria had chosen purple as her colour of choice.
(No surprise for those who know her!)

I had to give 6 presents:

• Sewing or craft related. - a ball of yarn
• Square. - the coaster
• Spikey. - massage ball
• Musical. - a harmonica - but I also added a bookmark with a treble clef
• Hard. - a torch
• Nature related or Natural. - a cake of lavender & shea butter soap

A close up of the bookmark. 

All in all - another fun day! 

FNWF - May 2021

I've been able to get a bit of extra sewing in lately...but tonight I thought I'd focus on something different....

One of DD2's Cousins-in-Law  (is that even a real term???) had baby #2 last week and I hadn't yet made a taggie for her . . .but there is a plethora of babies on the horizon - so if I'm making one ready to gift on Sunday - I may as well make the others - right??

There are 4 needed in the immediate future - 2 girl ones - one boy one and one "unknown".  Darn - I didn't have any "boy" minky so I couldn't finish that one....the rest just need the edge sewn together and some top stitching - easily done by the end of Saturday night.

This is the one for the Cousin-in-Law 

The other side of the girl ones are a pink flannelette - with dogs -
both the Cousin & DD2 have dogs.

This is for DD2 - expecting a girl

This is for a school friend of DD2 - due on the same date! - sex unknown

This is for DD2's Sister-in-Law - expecting a boy

The one I couldn't finish.

The other lot of sewing I've been doing is making cloth alphabet books - and again it's a bit of a production line - making 3 at a time.  Hopefully, I will have one finished by mid June for DD2's Baby Shower....maybe even earlier...(fingers crossed).

I hope everyone got some sewing time.

Thanks Cheryll - pop over here for the linky to see the other crafty people....and what Cheryll has been working on.

Wishing all the mums a happy day on Sunday...

and if you can't be with the one/s you love - love the one/s you are with.

FNSI - April

Here we are again - the months go so quickly - especially with a long Easter break!

I had a few other non-sewing things to do on Friday Night - but finally got to the comfy spot on my lounge - light at the ready - and ...some cross stitch for a change.

I don't want to put this on Facebook as it's a bit of a secret project - the intended recipient is away at the moment so I got a chance to work on.....Leonard.

For those who might be wondering - it's a Big Bang Theory cross stitch... I want to have it finished and framed by Fathers' Day.

I hope you all got some crafty time - thanks Wendy for encouraging ("Forcing") us to work on projects and post our work - no matter how small.  Here is the link to the other crafty people this month.

Saturday Sewing

I'm not at Scrub Stitchin' @ Baradine this year with Chooky and friends - but I'm watching from afar- they are having drinks for me - and I am sewing cyberally!!!

I told Chooky I would let her know what I do . . .LOL

Only a few hours of sewing today - I made all but one of the cross blocks for Letters to My Daughter (calling it LTMD from now on) ...- I did another count when I was finished - seems I can't count properly (would you believe I am trained as an accountant???) - so I will need one more....I will leave it now - and wait & see what I need.

(organising photos in blog posts is so much harder these days . . .grrr)

I also stitched the lemon peel blocks.

Tomorrow I am out at one of my sewing groups - working on a project that is supposed to stay under wraps until each reveal day - the next one is mid May...so I might just show a teeny bit...

Chooky - I hope you had a great day today - I know it will be sad to say goodbye ....Hugs to you & all the tribe.

FNWF - April

Happy to join with all my cyber friends sewing on Friday Night - or whatever time you can.

Tonight I finished off the last of these hexies for Letters to My Daughter.  

I also did a bit of prep on blocks 3 and 4...ready for sewing later on.

I do hope you were able to get some sewing done - it's a great de-stressor!

Thanks Cheryll 

Friday Night Sewing

Somehow my brain was thinking "Friday Night Sewing" is on . . . .FNSI was last week and FNWF is next week....so....apart from my usual night time sewing - it was nothing special.

My brain is a bit splattered at the moment . . lots of stuff happening and I am probably more stressed than I realise....or care to admit.

I took the dog for a walk tonight - something my husband usually does - and instead of dropping the "doggy poo" bag in the bin - I threw in my keys.....Not a pleasant experience to retrieve them - but fortunately, there was a stick nearby with a handy dandy little bit sticking out at the end.  I retrieved them and picked them up in a clean doggy bag and sterilised them when I got back home.

But onto more pleasant things.

To cut a long story short we went to DD2's place for a pizza dinner & the AFL.
DH's team were playing DD2's team.
I am not into watching sport..especially football, so I sat in the corner with my light and my glue stick.   I had cut the hexies to make 11  half inch hexie flowers.....for a project that I just had to get into because everyone else was . . .apparently.  It's a BOM - Letters to My Daughter (though it may be Letters to my Granddaughter - due in July) - designed by Natalie Bird and made available through Homespun. 
In total there are 13 hexie flowers needed - though only a couple for this month, but I thought I may as well go ahead and prep them all...well almost all . . .LOL...so this where I got to tonight.

BY the way in case you care - DH's team narrowly beat DD2's team...it was an interesting game ...if you like that kind of thing - better than a walkover!...Obviously a lot of wrong calls by the referree.

So, even if it wasn't a formal Friday Night for Sewing - I did and I hope you got to do something you enjoy doing.

YAY - it's the weekend and next week is a short week.  Boy - do I have a lot of sewing planned for Easter . . . shame its only 4 days...I could do with 4 weeks!

March Projects

March is drawing to a close and it's unlikely there will be any other finishes this month.

Completed 6 crochet blocks for K4BN

Finished the last 4 pineapple coasters for DD2

completed a baby quilt - and the baby isn't due til the end of April

and made a heart block for Michelle who is going through a tough time

That will have to do - lots happening but it's all WIP