swap and shopping..........

always bad to cut fabric for people as while I was cutting for them I cut a little for me too...........

Hello Lucious by Basic Grey

Thanks Tracey and Deb for your choices..........

a little rotary cutter and some papers.....

and I picked up these fat 1/4's.............very nice..........

this is what I achieved on the day.............I got tied up with a few other things but I do have quite a few more papers prepared..........

I won a giveaway on Cardygirl's blog and she delivered it at GDITC.............so a little bonus...............yummo.............Anni Downs Hatched and Patched fabric..........

as a swap theme for GDITC this year we made a pincushion by Sue Daley.............I was lucky to get Anita's beautiful pincushion and we had the same pattern (there were several patterns) 

this is my pincushion...............it was supposed to have tassels but I didn't have any..............I really wanted to keep it...........another friend got his one..............

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

Chookyblue

shaggy quilts.........

a few weeks ago I had my sewing friends out and they helped me get these quilts on the way.......I finished them off........

.........quite a good size......
very kindly Kerry donated one and I donated another and they were auctioned at a fundraiser dinner...............

It feels good to finally have something sewn and finished.................

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

Chookyblue

crutching.........

Yesterday we were crutching..............

I love the early morning light coming into the shed............

lots of work ahead...........all waiting............

see they get all woolly around their heads and get a bit "wool blind"

a nice little trimming around the head and cheeks..........called "wigging"

and this is what happens on the other end..............where the wees and poos have stained the wool........

a bit of a clean up before shearing...............

the wool press...........

maybe the girls could get a "hair do" like mine.......

(she got sick and lost her coat not much left to come off)

all done for now.................

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

Chookyblue

PS I am very sorry i am behind in replying to emails............but I am just going to put the posts up and i'll try and catch up later................
PSS for more adventures of Peg and Dale check out Peg's blog as she has been including the links............

Girls Day in the Country 2012.............

well the cool change sure did come thru over night and we woke to a very chilly morning which turned into a beautiful day........................

Lise trying to hide all the food they had in their cabin..............OMG there was no way they were going to starve...............

some of the girls waiting for the day to start..........

let the day begin..........gorgeous quilts hung all around the hall............

the projects from the day..............

This is what I worked on..............the clam shells would have done my head in on Saturday........
loved the charm pack I got to play with........the new French General fabric

every year a new blogger pops up into my world...............this year it may be Margaret..........a lovely lady all the way from Rockhampton..........where are you Margaret?????

I love this little quilt...........I have ordered some elongated hexagons since starting this post.........

Sadly it was all over for another year for me and now i'll just have to start the countdown once again.................these sunflowers gave me a smile along the way home............

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

Chookyblue
PS in the woolshed today.............crutching is on.........yippee.........

Friday at Nundle...................

After a late night chatting with the girls Lise, Tracey, Loz and Belinda there visit was over all too soon...............we headed off bright and early to Nundle................we had to take 3 cars so swapped passengers along the way mixing up the conversations.............

Lunch at the Pub starts us off...........

Lots of excited chatter as everyone meets up again and also meeting new faces..............

a beautiful spot to sit on the verendah..............

bit of shopping around Nundle and out at Kerry's shop then it is time for drinks on the lawn and show and tell............

we had a lovely dinner at Mt Misery.............I didn't snap any pics but the other girls did so I will have to get some from them................

after dinner we had Sue Daley's trunk show.............this is my favourite quilt.........there were lots more but I already have enough pics in this post..............

some of the ladies enjoying the trunk show...............

more to come............

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

Chookyblue

the adventure of Peg and Dale continue...........

Gee Peg this lemon lime and bitters is very refreshing..........better then all the alcohol we had earlier...........

after all the drinks we headed out to the shop.............hey Dale you can't charge someone $9865.54.............

hey Peg what do you like here..........

Just helping serve people for Kerry.........

all that shopping finally they brought out some nibbles

they forgot the drinks so what do you think Peg if we get into this bottle of champagne............

champagne, chocolates and strawberries...........how good does this get...........

helping the girls in cabin 6 make their beds...............

here we are waiting to go into the hall on Sat morning.......

.......don't lay an egg Dale i'm not sure who owns the bag...................

stitching with our friends........

more adventures with Granny Loz and Thimble Stitch..........Frog Cottage Designs

your GDITC friends............