I love my mail man......................

WOW it was a great mail day yesterday..............the big parcel on the left is some batting and weaveline from Kerry I knew it was coming...........but all the rest......very exciting.......

a parcel from Nemo and another one from Cheryl...........both surprises............both not to be opened until Christmas day..........I need to get my Christmas tree up and pop them under...............

the box has my Advent Swap parcels from Kris.........very exciting........Fairy Girl spied one with her name on it............thanks Kris.............

 During US Market I left a comment on Amities blog and they sent me a little bundle of blue pieces of fabrcis.............especially love the one on the left.............thanks so much they are lovely fabrics............

Kate from Bella's Patchwork had a celebration for 300 posts...........I won a pattern of my choice from her shop................thanks.............love Margot Languedoc's designs

and this pile is the remnants of some secret sewing...............various projects................

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

Chookyblue

are your parcels on the sleigh????

This gorgeous parcel is on the sleigh.......

.....it's from ???? in ???? and will be delivered to ???? in ????

Is your parcel on the sleigh..........time is running out..............

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

Chookyblue
PS edit............I forgot who this parcel was from/to (once I changed the file name) but it is now delivered and it is from Simone for Rosie..........

SSCS girls.............

Hi Santa's

not sure if you have noticed the box on the right but I added a box where I will continue to add names of people as parcels arrive at destinations.............

trust me there are lots of gorgeous parcel travelling on the sleigh so far............very exciting..............

I wonder who made this ornament and where it will land..............

The Elf............

Chookyblue

Advent swap sent.........

this pile of goodies is off in the mail to Kris.............

Fairy Girl helped my wrap them so they have lots of extra little christmas sticker.............I usually only get to open about 1/2 th parcels as each day we take turns..............and I can't open a parcel until she is up.............

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

Chookyblue

SSCS Posting starts..........

The last minute rush is on............

The parcels should be wrapped..............

And ready for the sleigh to pick them up..............

Don't forget to write SSCS somewhere on the outside of the parcel.............

email me when you send your parcel..............

email me when you receive your parcel..........

.........The Elf aka Chookyblue......... PS hope you like the new header.........

sewing with friends...........

Recently I had a few friends over sewing..........

simple easy lunch...........

one of my friends attaching the binding to her quilt............

another was cutting out fabric for this quilt in an American mag..........need to find a copy of this mag for myself................

a friends quilt top.........just to add a piano key border I think it is now...........

my internet has slowed to dialup as our usage has overloaded..........think updating ipods is responsible..........bugger though as there are a few more days til the 24th or 25th when it resets...........so if you have sent me pics of your SSCS it's too slow for me to open some emails with pics......sometimes I can hardly open an email esp if it has animation or pics in it........

......i'll get back to you next week when I can open and download the pics properly.......

.......it's driving me nuts........apologies now as I probably won't be replying to comments here unless necessary............

SeCrEt SaNtA cHrIsTmAs SwAp

postage starts this Fri 19th. make sure email me when you send your parcel off............

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

Chookyblue

blog meet.......

I know i'm a bit slow on getting this one up but it was very late when i got home Sunday night..............and i've been chasing hoses watering etc here...............and then I fell asleep last night part way thru the post so here we are..........3 days late.......

pretty hot day yesterday, the thermometer said 36 deg.........I had the fan on all night.......very different to the super pleasant 24-25 in Bathurst on Saturday when we had our blog meet...........summer is here for sure..........

Saturday was wonderful.............meeting old/new bloggers..........it's like meeting up with best friends since you have been getting to know them for so long in some cases.............

Anita and Sandy headed west from the city.....I head in from the bush..........the others weren't quite so far - Deb, Khris, Kate (and non bloggers Alison)..................the km's we do for a blog meet............

Anni in front of her Some Kind of Wonderful book - quilt My Favourite Things.........
I seriously want to make the blue/cream quilt on the left..........it's in the book too...........

the chrismas display in the shop..........lots of gorgeous things everywhere...........

Deb and Khris being served by the gorgeous Margaret (not in photo)

thanks for the great service Margaret I know you will be reading this....you always make our visit so lovely.................

Not quiet sure what Kate was doing with my hexagon bag..........nice "hat".......NOT...lol...........

I am determined to get Anita doing a little EPP.............she is going to GDITC in March where Sue Daley is the tutor and she has to do some then.............this little hexagon flower can be a starter...........I wonder if it is finished yet............Anita????

a super delicious lunch...........the lady just locked the door and left us sitting there chatting while they did there own jobs tidying and preparing for the evening....................
Lucky Kate didn't get away with my little sewing bag from Janet......I'm thinking my little bag might need a security guard all the girls what to keep it for themselves..........no matter where I go................

Great idea Anita to meet up and so glad the date worked............we will definitely be doing this again sometime next year..........
shopping well yes I did some and some is secret............so well skip that post probably............
Chookyblue............

9 sleeps til posting starts.......

Hi Secret Santa's Hope everyone is going well and nearly done....... 9 sleeps until 135 parcels start flying around the globe......... you should have an email in your inbox from me............ .........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

tiny finishes.........

Marg Low Designs................The Spirit of Christmas...............I stitched these on the road with the cows and finally got to the sewing machine last weekend and finished them up.............it was the only things I completed while Cardy was visiting......(slipped them into OPAM with Peg and Kris)

I slipped this one (below) into Cardy's bag without telling her..............oh I wished I could have seen her face when she opened her sewing bag and found this in it............lol...........she thought she'd stolen it......hehehe......I snuck it into her sewing bag as a little surprise..........I knew she loved them...........

some parts on the present and ornament I stitched in single thread.......

Very cute............

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

Chookyblue
PS thanks for visiting the Points Princess too.........she'll get back to you very soon.........

Lurkers/new blogger...........

I have lots more to share but we have a new blogger in the midst......

.....seems I have infected her with the blog virus......

......head over and wish her well in her new addiction............

Now for LuRkErS (wikipedia agrees you are called a lurker) out there..............it is easy to "de-lurk" and start your own blog............super easy.............head here

Apparently Wikipedia tells me about 90% of the people who visit here are LURKERS..............come on pop you head in and say hi...........

leave a comment here as to why you would start a blog......

what you love about blogging................

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

Road trip...........blog meet

Anyone up for a road trip next Saturday morning.................

Anita, SandyN and I are meeting up.............

Where at????? 

Well it has to be Anni's shop The Home Patch (need to check opening time)

Super easy to find on the corner of the highway............

After some shopping we'll head off for lunch together............

Can't wait to see Anita...........she is a LLOOONNGGGGGGG time blog friend..(only meeting thru blogging).........Sandy I met briefly at the Quilt Show in Sydney (after Cardygirl was stalking her) so will be great to chat more to her too............we didn't have enough time then...........

Anyway let me or Anita know if you are coming and if you're joining us for lunch...........

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

Cardy's visit..............

Wow we had a lovely time...............Cardigan  (as she is referred to by Bookworm) is a wonderful guest.............

drinks and nibbles Friday arvo.............

picked some mulberries and made a mulberry pie............ sorry forgot to snap pics of that...........

I forced encouraged her to do some TTS sewing (see the post)..............

she forced me to pull some fabrics out for my Some Kind of Wonderful (SKoW) SAL...........

I like them what do you think??? a base of 1930's plus others............

I found a willy wagtails nest right at my back door with 3 eggs in it........super exciting.......

Cardygirl and Fairy Girl made a marble cake...........mixing up the pink.........

swirled ready for the oven............

Cardy was on lamb feeding duties with Bookworm (even if she did get sacked)............

wonder how long this will take to get finished.............

this is her sewing stash she brought for the weekend...........Cardy showed me how to hand piece........must have a go at it............she's doing a great BOM hand piecing............i'm sure she will show pics on her blog.............it looks fantastic.............

thanks heaps Cardy for a wonderful weekend............even if I talked too much and didn't really achieve much I had a wonderful time..........

(I was a little tired and worn out to concentrate on sewing)..........

Your welcome to visit anytime.....

(...especially since you didn't take any of my quilts from the spare room....)

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

Chookyblue