My first FNWF

 Well here it is .. Friday, late afternoon ... I looked around for a sewing group to join, with the intention of hopefully getting a bit more motivated to do something in my sewing room

I found this group on my friend's blog and figured this would be a great group to join up with. The name of this group is simple .. "Friday Night With Friends" or "FNWF" for short .. they also have a Facebook page, which I have not visited yet. I will this weekend.

I should really be in my room now, but my son and his wife both have their birthday today ... and I have been on the phone for over 2 hours chatting. It was really lovely to hear their voices ... I miss them heaps, and God willing I will get to see them soon, however it certainly won't be soon enough  ...

I have been preparing some mug rugs of late to send to another DIL, (I have 3 so far) hopefully, she can sell them to help fund her social group at work ... and later I will work out a pattern to send her so she can make some herself ... So I think I will do some of them .. nice small simple little things to get me back into it .... 

I have been cleaning and sorting my sewing room this past week and it is still a bit of a wreck but ... as long as I can get to the machine, iron, and cutting mat it will be fine .. lol

  ... I have not done any patchwork or quilting for around 2½ years ... I had an incident within the family that spun me into an emotional spiral which I have found very hard to climb out of .. But we won't go there ... all I can say is, I am not in that place anymore, and I am feeling better too .. nuff said.. 

A few weeks ago I pushed myself to go into the sewing room and do something ... I told myself even if it was just to pick up a ruler and rotary cutter and slice up some charm squares .. and I have been getting that done. All 2½-inch charms. I will build these into 4 patch blocks which will eventually become a quilt .. 

 Yesterday ... I spent over 5 hours in there ... sorting stuff to be chopped up ... 

It has all been very therapeutic .. and tonight before it gets too much later I am going to go back in there and do something else ... 

I will be back tomorrow with some photos of tonight's achievements.

Have a great weekend

PS ... My boy and his wife sent me a photo of them just now ... It is a lovely pic ... makes me miss them just a little more yet at the same time puts a lot of joy in my heart ..