FNWF

Last night I joined in with Friday Night with Friends for the first time in a long time and I worked on my knitting currently on my needles.

Not long along I joined in a KAL on FB, however I was trying to find one colour and I finally found it from Skeinz Sisters all the way over in Australia and it was exactually what I wanted, so started the KAL when it was over.  Fortunately there are people still doing at their own pace like me.

The pattern was a Truly Myrtle one called Dirty Lace.  A bit of lace work within this so I will not say how much frogging I done before I got the hang of it, but I got there.

This is what I had done 5 nights ago.

And slowly doing it, I completed 15 rows last night.  I still ensure I concentrate carefully on the lace rows.

If you are wondering what my other colours are here they are

The pattern can be found here with other patterns by this NZ designer.

Now off to see what everyone else done last night.

 

I've Signed Up ...... Have You?

Oh boy I have not signed up to FNWF in a while, but I have got my mojo back and doing more crafting than I normally have been doing.  I am also in the process of cleaning my sewing room as I got at the end of last year a brand new sewing cabinet for my birthday.

Anyway click on the picture to be taken to the sign up page so you can join too.

I have also read a lot more than I have done and have found a addiction to J. D. Robb so prowling second hand bookshops for some lately.  So crafting and reading get switched out often.  But enjoying life especially in these difficult times.

Just when you think things are getting back to normality after the last three years with Covid, then a Cyclone hits and when you work in healthcare it turns to mush.

 

Still Time to Sign Up for FNWF

Officially started my annual leave now, so have tonight free so have signed up to FNWF.

There is still time to sign up, so head over to HERE to join in with the fun

FNWF Update

Just a couple of days late with the update but I did get something done on FNWF.

I cut and basted these 1" Hexagons to make into flowers

Then over the next couple of days sitting watching Gossip Girl, I have stitched these up ready to send away 

Hexagon Madness and FNWF is On Tonite

First of all tonight is FNWF so if you want to join up too, go on over here there is still time to join.

In the last week I have also being belting out some hexagon flowers for swaps I am in, and these have all been sent off to various parts of the world

I still have some more to do and these will be completed over the next few days and sent out.

Finally it is now November, so..............

FNWF Update

Wahoo, I finally got to join in FWNF .... no work till tomorrow

I have a few projects I need to complete by this week for the A&P Show here in Gisborne and one is this Christmas wall hanging I bought as a kit a couple of years ago and it is finally finished.

Also today hubby and I went for a drive up the East Coast for lunch at the Te Puka Tavern in Tokomaru Bay and my lunch was yummy even though I only got wedges

The view out the window was great

We then when further up the road to the Tokomaru Bay Wharf as I hadn't been there for about three years to find it now closed

The view back into Tokomaru Bay

FNWF

I have not joined in with the girls for FNWF for a while, mostly because I usually am working, but luckily I was not needed this week so got to join in.

I am in a few Hexagon flower swaps and am behind in a couple due to the mad Christmas rush, but now it is settling down I am going to catch up and make more too.  So on Friday night I cut out a lot of these 1" hexagons

Then basted them already to sew together

Talking about hexagon flower swaps,  for the last year I have been part of Hexi Mail 4 and I loved receiving my hexi flowers in the mail and sending them out. There is going to be one group for 2017 which I am admin for and we are looking for new members to join. Spaces are limited and there will be no more than 100 people allowed to join, though this may close at 75, we will see how it goes, so please head along to the link below and join up if you want to and let your friends know too

HexiMail2017

FNWF

It has been a while but I last night I joined in with the girls for FNWF.  What I have needed to do is get my hexi flowers out in the mail for swaps.

So I glue basted some more and started sewing.  If it wasn't for night-shift I would have sewn a lot more but I have made a start.

FNWF Update

Again I signed up to FNWF and enjoyed some quiet stitching time while watching programs on MySky I had recorded.
This time I stitched some hexis together for swaps I am in as I finally got some pink fabric.

Glad I got these finished as I now have a terrible cold and have been laid up this weekend.  Feeling  much better today ...... as in I can move.

FNWF Update

On Friday I again joined in with FNWF that Cheryll is so kind to host.  With all these plan in motion to do things I had a hick up ........ I fell asleep....fast asleep.... on the couch.  I had a long week at work so was a bit zonked.  Anyway I did get this done.  I traced out the Christmas Wishes stitchery ready to stitch as part of Chookyblues Stitch-a-long.

Yesterday after my big sleep I went to Hamilton Zoo as when I asked Miss 18 if she wanted to go anywhere before she goes of to the Airforce next week, she said she wanted to go here.  So after a 2 1/2 hour drive we arrived.  It was a very hot day so was glad to get back to some air-condtioning in the car.
It was the very first time we went to Hamilton Zoo and enjoyed it alot.

On the way home we went through Rotorua and I popped into Spotlight to get a quilting ruler.  Unfortunately I did not get the ruler, but I did spend a little bit and to add to my stash of books are these.

So a somewhat eventful weekend had here

FNWF

In between writing and studying for my assignment I managed to stitch up this little stitchery.  It is block 1 of WendyB's 'Lets Start Christmas' stitch-along.  Go here to find out all the details.  Block 2 is traced and all ready to stitch up too.  A nice little finish for FNWF.

FNWF Update

Last night Cheryll once again hosted FNWF.  I was working, so I done some stitching a bit earlier in the day.
This pattern I found at Bad Birds and was a nice fast stitch.  I just have beads to put on some of the stars now.

What Did I Do For FNWF?

On Friday evening I joined in with FNWF and I finally got something accomplished.

I traced and stitched up this stitchery, which when completed is going to someone very late. 

The photos are not that great as using a camera I am not use to, but I used the thread is Jacaranda from Cottage Country Threads

I went and got some material to stitch it up so keep an eye out for the finished product.

FNWF Update

It looks like I didn't get much done this Friday, but I did un-

stitch two sides and then re-stitch them again as I was out of alignment, so you can say I was busy.  This is the start of the fifth Sheep Virtues cross stitch named 'Courage'

 

FNWF Update

Last night I for the first time in a few months joined in with FNWF.  This was the first Friday of the month I have not worked on in a long time as on annual leave currently so could join in. I can already say next months I can not as again working on it and then in February will be away at the Martinborough Fair.

So I had all these plans on what I was going to do and one of them was to finish the current Sheep Virtues cross stitch I am working on.  But what happened? I had the beginnings of a migraine start so my night was short lived.  However I did get a couple of things done before this.

First was my two 6" blocks for the 6"QBSA which are being sent to Jo who has asked for Maple Leaves in autumn colours.

Second was this Log Cabin Block which I am going to make into a cushion. Originally it was suppose to be a block for the CQBSA, but I wrote down the instructions wrong and had 1 1/2" finished strips not 1".

Well that was all I done and my Sheep Virtues cross stitch will be done tonight instead.

Today I have also finished put up my Christmas decorations.  The tree this year we have gone with a red and gold theme.  The kids have always wanted a theme as we just put our many decorations we have collected over the years on to it, along with lots of tinsel.

Also here are a couple of the ornaments I have placed out.  The candle mat in this photo is the one Barb made me which I posted about in my previous post.

I always wanted a Christmas Train and last year I splurged and got this one.  The table runner it is sitting on is a gift I got a few years ago in a swap.

Well I better go and clean up some of the mess I have made and the cat has decided is a good napping place.  Also hubby has just finished pruning the hedge I started early this week and we need to clean that up too.