F.NS.I 19th Feb 2021

Hi All,

         Yesterday I started sewing these 4 hexies together.  I have another 2 petals to sew on the last one.  then need to sew in between the petals.  Today Narromine Rural Fire Service Brigade went to Dubbo Airport to see a large Water Carrier.  I have photos of the water being dropped at the Airport.  It was very noisy on take off we were all standing with our phones to take videos of the plane.  We were allowed to go inside and have a look.  The Water carrier can seat 85 people.  No seats inside it.  I have more phots shared on the F.N.S.I Facebook page.  Was in interesting morning out.  

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

 

FNWF 5th Feb 2021

 Hi All,

           On Thursday we had 25 mls of beautiful rain.  I am late again typing this up.  On Friday I worked on a swap Hexie.  I will not show any pics here of the hexie until it has been sent.  On Saturday we had 16 mls of rain, which was great to have.  I have enrolled in a TAFE Course, Certificate 3 in Business Administration. I received an emailed saying I had bee accecpted into the course which is all online.  I have also enrolled in a Fashion Design Course.  

       I did some sashiko today.  Not much done but at least I did some.  Here are some pics.  

 I hope you all had a good weekend.  I hope to get to do more sewing done soon.

From Sue C.

FNWF 15th Jan 2021

 Hi All,

           I have been working on a swap hexie for this week.  Will not show it as it still needs to be sent and received.  I also have been working on hexies that I received a few years back from an Advent Swap that I was in with Our Craft Group with JJ. I have finally finished basting all the hexies, but have not sewn those together as yet.  Here they all are, not sure what order they all will be in I will swap them around and see what looks best and sew them into hexies.  then work out what they will go with.  I  have something they may go with.  I will wait and see.  

For a few months now, there has been a young Male Black and Tan Kelpie hanging around.  He has no collar on him. Brett and I walked up the road with him. We came across a few people. One lady who we have met before said his owner may be around the corner and said someone had given him the name of Buddy.  He is a very friendly and gentle pup and is a great looking and very well behaved dog.  Has been well trained and well looked after.  He has come to visit which has been great.  I added a post to the area we are in on Facebook, but no owner has come forward as yet. 

Photos of the pup.  He would come and love a good pat, then would sit down and be happy with that.  

 

            Since I have been typing this out the dogs in the Street have been going off.  I hope all is good outside.  Cannot see much as it is dark here.  I hope you all have a great week.  The Summer School Holidays are nearly over only another few weeks to go and some of the Students will be back at School.  Some Students will start back in February this year.  Brandon our Son finishes his final year of School which is Year 12. The Final Year of School.  He turns 18 in 5 weeks and a few days. It has gone very fast.  He finishes with his Higher School Certificate (HSC), around October this year.  

           

FNWF 8th January 2021

Hi All,

        Above are the hexies that I have finished.  

 Some plants that have grown in our front yard.  I was told that the white ones are Agapanthus and looked up the pink one which is a Belladonna Lily also know as a naked lady lily.  

A Hibiscus on our tree, A lot of those have cropped up.

Looks like some type of wasp.  He was on the shovel, so took a photo.

A Celery plant that we bought from Coles.

A Basil plant bought from Coles.

We have an Orang tree here in the backyard.  I picked up 5 from the base of the tree, some are smaller than usual.  Have not tried them yet.

 

FNWF 8th January 2021

 Hi All,

          Just an update, I have been working on my monthly Hexie Swaps.  I am still behind in my swaps. I hope to catch up soon.  I will post some pics soon hopefully.  Mum asked me if I wanted a laptop that she had been using, as she did not want it anymore.  Of course I said Yes Please.  Makes it a lot easier typing out these blog posts. Last month I was in an Advent swap so will take some photos of the gifts I was sent.

           I will post some pics of some flowers that have cropped up here.  I saw that there is another Rose bush out the front where the trees are.  We bought some Corriander, Celery and Basil at Coles and Brett planted those out the front.  We bought Basil, Mint and Parsley last year and they went into a large pot and are growing well which is great.  

          Still lots of unpacking here to do, but at least we can take our time with it now which is great.  The house is easy to keep clean which is great too.  We have tiles in the Kitchen, Dining, Laundry and our 2 Bathrooms and like a wood floor in the bedrooms.  Easy to sweep and mop.  I applied for a job at Inland Petroleum last week and was unsuccessful as there were 2 other applicants that had experience.  I have applied for 2 other jobs so will see how I go.  

   

FNWF 2nd October 2020

 Hi All,

          I have been working on hexies this week.  I have had a busy weekend here.  My younger Sister lives out of Narromine.  My Mum and Niece went to visit my Sister over the weekend and invited me over to see them.  So the last few days I have spent with family.  

         The week before that Brett, his older Brother Ross and I went back to Brewarrina to our property.  Brett and Ross were loading up Ross’s truck with gear out of the sheds.  Our neighbour Jon said to Brett that we could borrow his truck so we did.  That was loaded up with gear too, last Thursday, Brett, Brandon and I unloaded Jon’s truck and Brett went went back to Jon’s place on Saturday to drop the truck back to Jon and drove the Hilux back here yesterday.  

       We have a friend who is going to visit today and is going to stay overnight.  So I will now post pics of the hexies that I have done, still in the process of putting them together as I am late on my swaps.

I will go now as I have more to do before our visitor arrives here.

I hope you all have had a great weekend.  Sorry I am late with my blogpost. Have been busy trying to get things done here.

FNWF 7th August 2020 FNWF

Hi all,

        I see the my blog has been updated, I have not done an update.  I was typing not long ago and lost what I had typed, not sure why.  On Friday morning we woke up early and it was raining.  All up we had 12mls which was great to hear and see the rain.  I sat down On Friday afternoon and got out my Crane Sashiko and stitched along the bottom part.  

 

Still more to do as you can see.  A few weeks back Brett asked me to add some embroidery patches that someone else made.  The pics are here.

I have uploaded the pics to Google photos but they are not showing up, so will try and add those later.  

Brett’s Brother Ross arrived here to give us a hand with moving boxes and doing other things around here.

We borrowed our neighbours truck, Ross, Jon our neighbour, Brandon Brett and I moved our boxes out of the house here and loaded them up on Jon’s truck.  Brett’s younger Brother Jason arrived here that night.  Brett and Jason went to Narromine They dropped off the gear, boxes and mattresses then drove back to Nyngan to stay the night and returned back here early the next morning.  Then that afternoon 

Brett and I went to Narromine as the internet was being connected at our House so we stayed overnight, I got some unpacking done which was great.  

We returned back here the next day.  

Brett went to Narromine this afternoon to drop off more gear. He will return home tomorrow.  The removalist truck will be here at the end of the month.  I still have more boxes to pack so hopefully will get them all finished soon.  I hope everyone has a great weekend what is left of it.  

FNSI 17th July 2020

Hi all,
         Thanks for all the previous comments.  I am still having trouble with replies.  Has been busy here with sorting, throwing out and packing our gear.  I have not had much time to sew and have packed some of my sewing gear into boxes.  I still have gear out that I can use.
       Yesterday I worked on a hexagon flower for a monthly swap I am in.
Here it is.

This afternoon I worked on another hexagon flower a blue and white one. Here is a photo of it.

I had the petals hand basted so I just sewed it together.  This one is for a swap too.  I just need to give both a press and write a note to go with each then they can be sent off next week.  

Brett and I now have Home and Contents insurance on our house.  Our Solicitor rang and told Brett we can do a final inspection and have a handover of the House keys when we are ready.  So we may be taking off to do that next week.  Another thing is I can have a sewing room as there are four bedrooms in the House.  It will be a while before I get it all set up then I can add photos here to show you all.

  Friends  of ours who usually come up and stay for a week in May at our Neighbours Shearer’s Huts suprised Us with a visit, they were up at our Neighbours place.  

The men brought their Wives.  They are all going up to the Opal fields and staying overnight there and returning home tomorrow.  It was great to see them all.

  That is all for me.  Thank you Wendy for hosting FNSI.  I hope Everyone has a great weekend sewing.

FNWF 5/6/2020

Hi All,
          I have been busy as we are moving later this year, going to move to Dubbo, NSW.  Last week we went to look at places, still deciding on what to buy.
     This afternoon I have been doing my Sashiko Crane.

I have been stitching around the edges.  So not that much done. I am going to try and do more each day and get the stitching finished.

I hope everyone has a good long weekend.  

Thank you Cheryll for hosting FNWF.

WOOFA UFO Challenge 2/5/2020

Hi All,
          I have finished my Sashiko Table Runner.

Sewing the fabric binding on.

  I have been working on the Sashiko for the last few years.

Have fun finishing your UFO’s.

Sue Coleman.

FNWF 1/5/2020

Hi all,
         Thanks to you all that commented on my last blog post.
I have finished my Sashiko table runner.

I added a piece of fabric as it was not wide enough to reach either end.

A label that I have sewn on.

A friend sent me some fabrics a while ago and I have sewn some of the squares together.

I do not know what I am going to do with the squares yet.

FNWF 17/4/2020

Hi All,
          Thank you all that left comments last week.  Still having trouble with replying back to you all.
I have been working on my Crane Sashiko.
The first photo is where I got up to, the 2nd photo is where I am up to now.  Getting there slowly.

I had to change to a smaller needle as the bigger needle I had was harder to get through the fabric, as it has a larger eye on the needle.  The stitch length is smaller on this panel too.
On Wednesday night I was outside near a camp fire.  I tripped over a piece of wood and grazed my left knee and left lower arm, have a small bruise on my left wrist also have a small graze on my right palm of my hand, all healing up well.
       Through the week I have been going through things here and throwing out things that we do not need.  Lately I have not felt like sewing, but will be back into it soon as I have a few swaps I need to get done.
     Tomorrow it is our 18th Wedding Anniversary, The years have been going too fast.
I hope you all have a great weekend with what is left of it.
From Sue Coleman.

FNWF 10/4/20

Hi All,
          I have finished my Sashiko.  This is where I was up to yesterday.  Finished it yesterday afternoon, last photo,  I just need to find a fabric to back it with and sew it on.  It has taken me a few years on and off to do it.

   

The photos are out of order as you can see.   

It feels good to have it all stitched though.  

We have had more more which started on Thursday night and we woke up to the sound of rain early in the morning.  All up we have had 53mls, so just over 2 inches.  

Yesterday I started another Sashiko panel, this is a smaller one. 

The background looks black but it is a navy blue.  Not sure how long it is going to take to do.  As I go along with it I will post progress photos.  

I have made Hot Cross Buns for the first time.  

they are burnt on the bottom.  

Happy Easter to you all.  

From Sue.