Rhonda Bracey: At Random

We had our second (and last for the year) 4-day sewing and quilting retreat earlier this week. I’d replaced my old overlocker a month or two ago, so I’d done quite a bit of prep for this retreat by sewing lots of bits of scrap fabric together on the overlocker to make pouch liners for injured and sick animals. But most of the making was done on the retreat. At the last retreat, I’d made about 75, but that was before the overlocker sped things up—this retreat I made 189 pouches in 3.5 days plus 106 liners!!! In the photo are 48 extra small and 58 small lined pouches, and 28 medium, 32 large and 23 extra large unlined pouches.

I dropped them off to the Kanyana Wildlife Centre’s animal hospital on the way home, and they were most appreciative—they said they’ve had a lot of possum rescues recently and the smaller pouches are ideal for them.

In the photo, the yellow pile in the foreground are the 58 small lined pouches, while the yellow pile behind are the 48 extra small ones. The rest are the large (foreground), medium (middle) and extra large (back) unlined pouches.