wood chopping hazards.........

The weatherman says it's going to get pretty cold again by the end of the
week so I wanted to get some more fire wood............

............(Mr Chookyblue with the chainsaw - some things I should never
learn to operate)

while I was picking up the wood this is what I found under a small
piece..........YIKES..........after I got over the shock of it - it was
quick grab the camera so I can take a pic for the blog............this was
about 30cm long and I am not sure but most likely venomous..........

Here is the pile of wood I loaded...............snake free.........I don't
mind swing the axe occasionally................. when I was younger I would go to the woodheap in winter to vent my frustrations.........lol........

But this is the reason I took the camera so I could show you this wonderful
tree along the creek.............it looks much more magnificent in real life

Take Care til next time...............
Chookyblue............

Fancy Natives.................

Some more stitching this time a different friend............all done on
wool...........looks fantastic............

flannel flowers..........

wattle....

bottlebrush............

protea..............

wattle.....

bluebells...........

another protea..........

so many different stitches.............wool, threads, ribbons.......

Take Care til next time...............
Chookyblue............

PS thanks for the help on the last post finding some fabric for a friend...............she has a few leads..........most appreciated............

friends stitching help...........

HELP PLEASE.....

A friend is doing the breast of friends BOM...........here are her blocks so far..........they look great.........

my friend said that that's me the blond on the right.............she is on the left............lol..........

here is where she needs help.....

.....does anyone have any of the background fabric...........

Selected Basics by Robyn Pandolph for SSI

the pic below is the closest to the real fabric.............

She has also signed up for the other new BOM just starting in all the shops here and this is her first block...............looks great............

Take Care til next time...............
Chookyblue............

sneak peek..........

Busy working so my weekend project is not finished but I have a sneak peek for you....

.....I am officially on Oh Sew Busy's fabric diet..................Bec is going til the end of the year but I have a retreat in August so I will be on the diet until then......if you want to join just let Bec know she will put you on the list with the rest of us............6 weeks OR 6 months......

.......but in addition to the fabric diet I am also on a chocolate diet...........after all I had last weekend I will see how long I can hold off but I refused 3 offers of chocolates and chocolate coated biscuits today so I am cruising..........(doesn't include hot chocolates though or the chocolate cake I had for someones birthday today........opps.......)

.........take care til next time.............

.......Chookyblue..........

quite calm........

A quite calm has taken over the house.........no more children, chocolate, crafty companion, chatter........no finishes that I can show but what a wonderful time i have had with my crafty friend.......we burnt the midnight oil and I may need a "nanna nap" before I pick the kids up from school today........

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

CCCCCCCCCC...........

Chocolate, crafting, chatting, coffee, chocolate, crafting, chatting, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate chocolate............children......chocolate, crafting, crafting, chocolate........

completely cactus(exhausted).........chocolate, chatting, crafting, chocolate......................

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

pattern released........

For all you girls who have been waiting Rosalie Quinlan Designs has finally released the patterns for her projects we did in Nundle...............here is my needlecase finished............

then I did 2 versions of the project caddy you can see here and here (mine didn't have the stitchery panel on it - to lazy to stitch it but I will one day promise)

.............

She is also having a giveaway on her blog of the patterns so head over otherwise ask her where you can get them from.............

she also has a great new Matryoshka Quilt...................

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

Pincushion Swap received...........

Cappucino and chocolate tart.............yummo

Courtney sent me 2 cute pincushions for the pincushion swap organised by Quilt at Home........

a cappucino - (love them) with a decorative swirl on the top................fancy stitches decorating the cup and saucer............

also a chocolate tart with strawberry cream and banana.........they are so cute and both made out of felt............

Courtney also sent me some embroidery threads and iron on transfers..........she picked my favourite colours blue and green.........

And a huge thanks to Sandra - Quilt at Home for organising the swap...............

.........take care til next time.............

.......Chookyblue..........

PS sorry this took so long to post but I have been a bit busy and now I have some exciting visitors this weekend......bit of tidying and organising to do.....more news about that later.............but it is very very exciting..........

The Fabric of Society.........

Have you seen this book............it is just wonderful history of Australia's Quilt Heritage...........I just love this quilt on the cover and I would like to make it - can't see that happening for awhile or even how I would do it but we have to have dreams don't we...........

The book is by Annette Gero...........

.........take care til next time.............

.......Chookyblue..........

Blackboys.............

I just love these blackboys now called grass trees...........they are just so different to everything else.........the pics are not the best because I only had my mobile phone but I wanted to share anyway.........

this one got burnt about 3-4 years ago.........

this one is the biggest I have ever seen...........to the top of the leaves it is about 10ft high..........and amazing this one is metres from burnt trees.........I wonder how old this one is???

a gap in some rocks.......

this tree is growing out of the rock..........

a spectacular clump of blackboys..........

burnt out after the fires but one regrew and the other burst open.........

this looked so weird............

a bit blurry but after the fires there was new life...........

.........take care til next time.............

.......Chookyblue..........

PS the Farmyard wants to know what the "rules" are for selling craft.........you will find her post here........please help her because I am interested in the answers too.......

real bread?????

Yep we have a bread maker and I would class that as real bread but yesterday the buttons wouldn't work (dh now fixed) and I had already put the ingredients in and didn't want to waste it so I poured it into another bowl and mixed it up myself .....some kneading > rising > kneading > rising then I decided to plait it and baked it in the oven......

....now Fairy Girl says "Mum you can make real bread"

must say it was pretty good............esp with a yummy beef casserole.........perfect for a cold  freezing day

Take care til next time.........Chookyblue...........

PS apologies for lack of smelly internet............

PSS got some quilts back to bind today and also my pincushion swap..........will post swap pics as soon as I get a chance to take some

much excitement........

There was huge excitement when dh turned up with these in the back of the ute..................the kids have wanted some belted galloways for years and they now have 3 calves............unfortunately only one girl but they don't care they are so happy............

Cutie on the left and Skinny on the right
Take care til next time...............Chookyblue.............

back again..........

I'm back (not that I went anywhere)............had a lovely time with the visitors...........as it was so wet and rained a little even while the visitors were here we didn't get to go yabbying or do the bbq sausage sizzle at the dam...........we did have a little bonfire but it started to shower so that was the end of that............the days were coolish but beautiful and sunny for most of it..........went to the rodeo and also a very brief visit to a quilt show.........sorry no pics didn't take the big camera and the point and shoot is playing up...........

(a paddock flower- love the colours)

no time for sewing............today I am shut in the kitchen with the fire it has been freezing cold here...........we had a big frost this morning..............I know nothing compared to you girls that get snow but this is about as cold as it gets at my part of the world.............the southly winds are coming off snow somewhere...........going to put another piece of wood in the fire...........

.........take care til next time.............

.......Chookyblue..........

Petticoat Government.........

The lack of sewing posts is due to busy-ness..............I was on such a good run and it all had to come to an end........lots of visitors to the farm.............some last weekend and heaps coming this weekend.............in NSW we have a long weekend for the Queen's birthday............my kids have a pupil free day Friday............so for us it is a 4 day weekend............so what's planned.......maybe a sausage sizzle in the paddock......some camp ovens, maybe a bonfire, rodeo, quilt show, motorbikes, yabbying..........are you tired yet................gosh I am just thinking about it let alone the food..........and you know I will have to cook a big batch of scones..................

lets see if it stops raining first..............we have had some more wonderful rain.....

.......tomorrow dh is under "petticoat government" aka cleaning the house with me (well it is too wet to do anything outside so I need to keep him busy somehow)

.........take care til next time.............

.......Chookyblue..........

PS back after the 8-12 visitors leave on Monday............

Congrats Kerry.........

 Congratulations

to

Kerry at The Cottage on the Hill who won a award at the Northern Inland Innovation Awards.

See told you it was a great place guess a few more people know now.

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

Metro Market..........

Look what arrived in my mail box.........Robert Kaufman - Metro

Market(blues) fat 1/4's absolute bargain........

oh I love the colours.............and the chicks

.........take care til next time.............

.......Chookyblue..........