it's bl@@dy cold.........

It's only 9pm and the temp says it is 1.5 deg cel with wind chill -.2 now I

know this may not be much for you in some parts of the world but this is a

cold morning temp for me......not 9pm of an evening............gosh it has

been cold here..

......these pics were from Monday morning and the frost was

bigger this morning and will be bigger again I would say tomorrow

morning...........

 WINTER SURE IS HERE!!!!!

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

progress and shopping

Thanks for all the comments on the last post more about that soon..........hopefully next post........

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This is from a repro nine patch swap I will write more about once it get the top together....I have to cut a few triangles and then i can sew the 2 diagonal rows to together and the top will be together.............just trying to decide about the border..........it is quite big now but I have plenty of the chocolate brown I think so maybe a big wide border of that keeping it simple............what do you think..........

OR

maybe a thin border of chocolate then a 2 blocks (using 2.5in squares) wide run around using lights and darks then another chocolate border but I don't have enough variety of fabrics in the repros 

and I just had to get Anni's new book as soon as it was in and it arrived in the mail this week............

In the life of a bag by Anni Downs Hatched and Patched.......

and what about this cute little project...........it has 2 preprinted stitcheries inside.......[thanks Deb]......

....Petite Sewing Kit....

a big wintery week coming up.......frosty nights and cold days...........I do like to feel like we have winter.........it has been pretty mild the last week or so...........some nice rain again last night.......

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

what is this?????

Leave a comment if you know what this is................

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

jealous!!!!!

The Quilt Show is on at Darling Harbour in Sydney and I am sooooo JEALOUS...........I so wished I could go. Why do I have to live so darn far from the city............

I know some of my friends on and off line will be there.........wonder if they will take some pics to share.........

the quilt display is wonderful...........let alone all the great stall holders...........

(random snap I took as I hate posts without pics)

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue
PS maybe we could have a blog meet next year????? Anyone interested?????

Fat Quarters Friends.......

This post is to show the girls in our Fat Quarter Friends group what Lea aka the Tooth Fairy (who is blogless) received in our swap. Her birthday was earlier in the month.

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

Barbie Bag.........

Fairy Girl did this at the retreat...........thanks to Dale for helping her out......she loved it Dale.....a bag for her cousins barbies........little lady bugs all over the fabric......

Also can anyone help Nicky she has a problem and you can see her posts here............

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

it's a hard life.........

it's a hard life but someone has to do it............a beautiful fresh day out..........rugged up but warm.........

here is a the poddy calf ride.........

this bull wanted to get out of the chute early.........

pretty sure this guy made the 8 secs......

hang on........

this is a friends boyfriend unfortunately he didn't make the time.......

bareback this one didn't make time............

then I popped into a quilt show....sorry no pics don't think they wanted you to take any.............but some lovely quilts........

then when we got home we had a fire and cooked some sausages on our little paddock bbq plate...........

...I was playing with my baby camera.........fire is pretty alluring.....I could watch it for hours............and the kids love playing around too always good to reinforce the correct way to have fun with fires.........and I managed to find a packet of sparklers in the cupboard............

if you live in Oz (but not WA) hope you are enjoying your longweekend...........

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

PS just discovered that preview has moved from the top of the post box to the bottom next too "publish" and "save now" and it opens your blog up in another screen showing you what the post looks like.......

helping out..........

It's always nice to help people out and today I found I helped out 2 bloggers...........

Retired Dairy Queen found out how to get her comments emailed to her so she can reply easy

Cubby House Crafts gave the emailing pics to her post ago........

...I have these links just sitting in my sidebar and every so often I receive an email thanking me for the help............I am happy to be able to assist..............

so as a thanks for 2 lovely emails here are some pics I snapped yesterday to share with you...........

off for some breaky then into the sewing..........

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

blog win......

Kate was having a giveaway and I was lucky to win these beautiful fat 1/4's..............

Thanks heaps Kate it was a nice surprise in the mail this week.

Big frost here this morning and I am off to the mountains hills for the day for a class excursion..........tell me why did I say I would do this today...........it's going to be pretty cold up there.

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Visitors arriving later today for the longweekend here. Yep she has planned

to pack the sewing machine so we will be doing some sewing and maybe rodeo

and a quilt show if we get into town. Lots of motor bikes for the kids and

maybe a bonfire and campovens.

Have a great weekend!

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

PS I couldn't get this post up this morning so now i'm home..........survived the mountains.............was pretty darn fresh up there.................not too bad 1/2 the time except when the wind blew..........then it was time to pull the scarf up around my ears.........the car said 11deg when I was leaving after lunch...........

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Visitors arrive safe and sounds.....

Sock Puppet.........

Jimmity crickets........if we don't have a good frost in the morning I will be shocked.

Gotta be snowing somewhere down south........
more retreat news.........

Fairy girl had no idea she was coming to stay for the night.............I had snuck some clothes for her into my bag and when they called in I asked her if she wanted to stay and she said she didn't have any clothes............I showed her my stash of clothes and she was SOOOOOO excited..........she had a ball with us..........she also got to do some sewing too.............

Thank goodness we found out this week's homework before last weekend.

Fairy Girl arrived with a plain blue sock and look at her beautiful puppet

she made while at the retreat.

With a little help from the other Miss's stitching and scraps she made "sparkles" complete with strapless dress,

leopard print belt, sleeping bag and pillow.

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

more retreat..........

a pj sewing day - perfect even if some people just can't do pj's all day................lol...........the FABULOUS sun streaming in...........

FANTASTIC sunsets.............going.....

going............

gone............

the naughty ones got to sleep here..................lucky everyone was good...........

FLANNELETTE scraps come in handy for holding up FLOODLIGHTS............gotta be able to see for late night sewing FUN............

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

a baby quilt

Well I showed you some blocks and chenille and that was going to be one of my projects while away.............while grabbing things out I found these blocks left over from another quilt and after a quick late night shopping phone call and pics emailed to Kerry she slipped back into the shop and grabbed me some cream chenille and a border fabrics to put this quilt together..........

Supposed to be a babies quilt but it has turned out a bit bigger anyway it means it will last a lot longer........

Dale has very kindly taken it home to quilt for me........thanks so much.........

A busy day today loading and unloading pavers that Mr Chookyblue picked up at a clearing sale for a bargain.......it has been quite awhile since he brought home something very useful.........

.....then out to lunch for a friends birthday.....

 so a mixed day but I still have have a warm fuzzy feeling from my weekend with such wonderful people............thanks Cardygirl, Miss E, Kerry, Peg, Dale, Miss N and Miss Jules, Tooth Fairy.............Fairy Girl also got to go for part of the weekend and she was SOOOOOOO excited and had a ball..........she did some sewing too so will show you that shortly............

I need a detox from food...........we ate so much.............breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, nibbles, main and dessert...........late night chocolate...............OMG seriously excess of delicious food..........

More show and tell later...............

Catch you later

Chookyblue

fffffffffff..............

FREAKING
FANTASTIC
FUN

FABRIC

FIZZY

FAR to much FOOD

FABULOUS FRIENDS

a FATIGUED & FREEZING 

Chookyblue

is sewing possible?????

........well maybe it might be possible if I don't talk too much this weekend.......

......as I am such a quiet person I am sure I will get lots done

do you think this can become a quilt top??????

I will need to sew up a snow storm with the chenille..............

Check list..............

# champagne

# food

# sewing supplies

# chocolate

# sewing machines

# way to many projects to work on

# super duper friends to sew with (well I hope they are packing there bags and projects right now)

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have a great weekend and maybe just maybe I will have something quilty to show next week.......

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....oh and I just checked and about 2 of the last 10 posts have sewing in them so I better do something..........

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showery, cool, cloudy weather here so perfect for sewing and warm cosy fires with friends..........

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue