Karen's Korner

The sewing room has been a hive of activity during the past couple of weeks as bowl cosies have been on the agenda.   The first order for five with floral fabrics was completed along with the next order for 6 with assorted fabrics and the remainder left me with a bakers' dozen - 13 - for my stall next month.  The last ones came off the machine yesterday afternoon while joining in early with FNSI.

The sewing machine has been cleaned out after all that fluff from the wadding and the sewing tables washed down along with my sewing chair which seemed to attract the most fluff.

Blue was the chosen RSC colour for February.   A blue potato chip block was created from the scraps in the blue scrap basket

6 blue library bags were cut, overlocked and the drawstring channels sewn.   They get passed onto another person who threads the cord through.

When joining in with FNwF an early start was made as my mission was to cut out the required fabrics and wadding for 20 bowl cosies  -  5 were for an order that came in last week and the remainder will be for my stall next month.

Mission accomplished now to sew them up.  
On Tuesday at the first Auxiliary meeting of this year we were presented with a Certificate of Merit for raising in excess of $50,000 this financial year.Time to head off to start the day with shopping and then attending my quilting group after lunch.

Was all about finishing off the last order for 6 bowl cosies

Blue is the colour for February.   The blue scrap basket has been pulled and needs to be sorted 

I had a phone call during the week asking if I would be interested in taking a stall on the Open Day in March that will be held in our complex in conjunction with Seniors Week.   My next task is to do a stocktake of what is in the giftie/stall box.   Bowl cosies will definitely be on the list.

Back soon and in the meantime

Happy sewing all 

This month the RSC challenge is all about pink so in keeping with that pink fabric scraps have been pulled, cut and sew together into a potato chip block.   I did make a small design change in that instead of using all 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" pieces I cut the middle block as a 4 1/2" square just to give the block a focus point.

Pieces were cut and added so that it ended up being 16 1/2" finished and it will take 4 of these to make one of the small charity quilts.   My quilting group was offered a lot of homespun fabric last year which gave me the  ideal opportunity to take some to use when making library bags for Network Heaven. These were the pink fabrics that were given to Miss M during her stay a couple of weeks ago that she ripped into the required size.   The over locker was busy during the week.   There are 12 bags in various shades of pink in the photo below.      

Happened last night but for me it was an early start yesterday afternoon as my mission was to clip, turn and pin closed the opening through which the bowl cosies were turned inside out ready to top sew.  This last step in the production line will happen at some point over the weekend.  They can then be declared a finish and delivered.  

This audio book was keeping me company while all this was happening.  

Don't forget to go here to see what others were creating last night when joining in.

Miss M stayed with hubs and I for the first week of 2025 and while the weather was not the best for getting out and about we did manage a trip to the beach, some shopping, lots of UNO was played as the rain fell down, cooking a chocolate cake with Miss M when she stays  has become a bit of a tradition.    I gave her some fabric to rip into what will become library bags.   Her comment on this task was "that  would be great for anger management Grandma".   Arranging some fabric squares for future small quilts when I get to sewing them up.

Now that Miss M has returned home my first job in the sewing room is to complete the bowl cosies that were ordered by my neighbour before Christmas.   Her original order was for 4 which was  subsequently increased to 6 and when she saw me a couple of days ago her daughter who was the recipient of one of the ones that my neighbour bought prior to Christmas asked if I could make her 6 as well.   So the number is now 12.    All cut out and starting to sew