2026 First FNSI for the year and memories of times gone by.

 Welcome, welcome,  and a very happy New Year!

It just occurred to me that I have been doing FNSI for quite some time now after taking it over.  I had to go back and check how long and can you believe it......my first was Jan 20, 2012!  I've been hosting FNSI for 14 years this year....so since that very first Aussie FNSI, that's 

• 5111 days or 
• 13 years 11 months 28 days, or 
• 167 months 28 days or
• 730 weeks and 1 day or
• 122,664 hours or
• 7,359,840 minutes or
• 441,590,400 seconds!!!!

Can you believe it???  Happy anniversary to us! 

That's a heck of a lot of craft projects we've been able to fit in!  I'm so proud to be able to host this for us all, and with the help of our beautiful sponsor Dawn from Kitty Rose Cottage, encourage you with gorgeous fabrics and kits and a prize or two!  Speaking of which, have you seen the new Tilda range 'Songbird' ready for preorder?  (and yes, it is on sale at Kitty Rose Cottage!)  Ive just placed my order and can't wait to get it and make something beautiful.

Time has certainly changed since those early days and the idea of blogging is a little 'old' but I still like to blog when I can.  It's a little more arduous now with updates over the years making it more difficult to add photos and things so posts are fewer and farther between.  

Keeping up with the times, I've added our Facebook group to make it easier for those who don't blog (or who prefer the 'instant' inspiration) so if you are not a member of the group yet, I recommend you join so you don't miss out.

We've made so many friendships and learnt so much from one another over the years, I cannot imagine life without FNSI now.  We've grown from a few ladies to a group from all over the world.  I've found it to be so therapeutic and inclusive, particularly being in a rural area where getting together is limited. What are your memories of FNSI?  I'd love to hear.

Scroll forward and I've got a bit of a catch up for prizes for 2025.  November and December was problematic as computer issues made it difficult to post.....frustrates the bejeebuz out of me.....BUT, we'll start off 2026 with a positive...... some winners!! That's always good, isn't it?

We have winners for both November and December and without further ado....here they are.....

Congratulations ladies!!!  So much inspiration each month and a little payback is just the 'glimmer' we need!   

Looking forward to spending another FNSI with you this Friday night and for many more Friday nights to come!  Thank you so much for sharing it with me and here's to our little community growing bigger and stronger for a long time yet!

Big sugary hugs xox :o)