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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Camping amongst the Pohutukawa Trees

Finally finished – several projects for our caravan – using up just about all of the remaining camping in New Zealand fabric, featuring cute retro caravans, beach scenes and flowering pohutukawa trees.  With their beautiful crimson flowers tipped in gold, the trees are known as New Zealand Christmas trees.  All that remains of this fabric is just a few tiny pieces, although I have a reasonable amount of the plain grey homespun left.

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New Zealand summer scene fabric

My plan over the weekend was this – to complete two placemats, one apron, and a double handed oven cloth.  So a little after lunch time on a wild, wet and windy Sunday the current number 6 has been knocked off my List of Six UFOs.  In between showers I stepped out to get an outdoors photo, hoping that the wind wouldn’t pick everything up off the wooden bench and blow them all over the fence!  I’m so pleased with another finish, and these items will reside in our caravan and get good use, I’m sure.

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Sewing for the caravan

8 comments:

Nancy J said...

lovely fabric, and so windy here too, very wet and quite cold. My secret sewing is almost finished!!!just in time to send off in the overseas mail.

Kate said...

These are just perfect for your caravan, Jenny. Those trees have a very interesting name.

Katie said...

What fun fabric. You must be pleased! :-)

Maria said...

Perfect fabric for your great caravan set....

Janice said...

Perfect accessories for your van.....and great to finish a project and use up some fabric. Lots of wins.

12Create said...

Great going. I love the fabric.

Jenny said...

Thank you all for your lovely comments. I'm pleased to finish another one off my list!

NickiJ said...

Love this fabric and love your accessories! They will so ideal in your campervan.