High Tea at the QVB

Today I was treated to High Tea at the Queen Victoria Tea Rooms by Miss M and her mother.  The Tea Rooms are very elegant as you can see below.

A closer look at the chandelier above our table and the decorative ceiling.

Delivered to the table was a traditional high tea tower for two complete with a plate of small hot savouries, finger sandwiches, plain and fruit scones with clotted cream and jam, a selection of mini cakes and sweet tarts.    Miss M and I ordered coffee and my daughter in law a pot of tea.  

Miss M had her own mini tower which included everything but the scones.

All three of us enjoyed playing "ladies" for the day and finished off with a bit of retail therapy at a couple of the nearby shops.  

While browsing in one of the bookshops today the title of this book caught my eye.

Back into the sewing room and yesterday afternoon was spent finishing off the drawstring casings on the library bags. 

Once that was finished they then had to be turned right side out.   Job completed and ready for delivery.

Now I can get on and finish off the black and white RSC blocks from last month and start on the aqua ones for this month.

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Sydney Fish Market and FNwF

Earlier on in the week I met up with two friends and we headed off to the new Sydney fish market (it was opened in January).    After catching two buses to Manly Wharf, a ferry across Sydney Harbour, two light rail trams and then a 400 metre walk we arrived. 

It was the perfect day weatherwise which allowed us to sit outside and enjoy our lunch.   I decided to go with fresh prawns and oysters seeing it was the fish markets.

The view across from our table to Anzac Bridge

After eating our lunch we then headed inside to check out the retail shops and of course  coffee and cake were a must to finish off with in order to give us energy for the return journey home. 

I did manage to finish off two beanies and make a start on another one during the week.

A visit to the library supplied this pile of books.  In my last post mention was made of a book which I thoroughly enjoyed and when I spotted another one by the same author- Rose Carlyle - it was quickly grabbed off the shelf and added to the pile.     A start was made on it today and it is proving to be a "page turner" like the previous one.

When joining in with FNwF last night it was time to start sewing the casings on the library bags.  I managed to get through about half of the 54 that need to be done before calling it a night.  

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Ready, Set, Overlock

Last week the 35 completed library bags were delivered and I was handed a pile of 54 - fortunately they were cut and ready to go.  The overlocker was set up with the bags all lined up next to it to zoom through.  

About 30 mins later all the tops had been overlocked.

Time for a coffee break before separating them and making a start on the side seams.

Then it was onto making some black and white blocks for this months RSC blocks.    Not a great deal of progress was made  with these.

I will continue to work with the black and white scraps to finish off the required number of blocks needed and then make a start on the aqua scraps which is July's nominated colour.  

Later on in the day I will be returning my library books and replenishing them with another pile.   The latest one to be finished is below.    While I did suspect the "twist" about half through the book it did not spoil the read for me. 

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A Late Start to FNSI

It was not possible to join in for FNSI last night but a start was made early this morning while joining in with Chooky and some of the other Chookshed stitchers for a coffee morning zoom session.   SlowNo progess had been over the course of the last week on the 10 bibs for Network Heaven but that changed this morning and I am pleased to report that I was able to carry on after the zoom session and all 10 are now finished and ready for delivery.

Next item to be worked on is this month's rainbow scrap challenge blocks.   This month is all about pastel colours.    I have decided to go with using up some of the black and white scraps.   I had best get cracking on this soon as the end of the month is closing in very quickly and nothing has even been started.  

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This week in the sewing room....

Was all about trying to finish off a few items.   First up 35 library bags that were started about 3 weeks ago have now had their casings sewn and all turned right side out.    They will be delivered to the co-ordinator soon to have the drawstrings put through.  

Then it was onto the three bowl cosies that were ordered.  

While this was happening an order for 2 heat packs was received.    Done and ready to deliver.  

This audio book was playing alongside me as I sewed.

Now all that is left on the sewing table to finish is the 10 bibs.    They are on next week's agenda.

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FNwF

Started early on Friday afternoon for me.    An order for 3 bowl cosies was received during the week.  Fabrics were gathered and cutting out happened.  

I was contacted by one of the co-ordinators of Network Heaven during the week and asked if I could make 10 babies bibs.   Fabrics were selected, the much used pattern was located and cutting began.

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From the pressing mat to.......

Handfuls of scrap fabrics were gathered together firstly to be ironed

Then it was over to the cutting mat

After a while there were 2 piles of 4 1/2" squares and a pile of 6 1/2" squares.

The 4 1/2" squares now look like this

Tomorrow there is a Zoom session for the Chookshed stitchers to celebrate the Chookshed's 14th birthday party.   My aim when joining in with the celebrations is to get the 4 patches sewn together.  

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