shopping and more...........

Everyone sitting around at Chai Wallah for lunch...............

Susan's quilt at show and tell...........all hand quilted..........

And her version of Tis the Season was finished too............

Lea got an old quilt while in the USA.........love it..........

Bruschetta for my lunch...........beautiful..........

We had a little quick swap and so people did stress the theme was
Make it, Bake it or Fake it (buy something saving time)
Lea "faked it" and I got her parcel...things from the USA.......pumpkin pincushion on a little cotton spool and  a chocolate...........

A christmas present for someone............

a little stash enhancement - not that I need it but I loved them both.............

and these to go with some lovely fabrics Jenny gave me when she visited............Anni Downs fabrics..........

And this pattern caught my attention...........

Cooler here this morning being cloudy but it is supposed to clear and get to 37deg C........it's just going to be horrible til the end of the week..............some 40plus days to come............yuk........stay cool where you are.........
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In SSCS news the first couple of presents have arrived..............woohoo.........
Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

What a great day.........

HHHMMMM..........Little chicken has been very naughty today..............Sisters cannot be trusted.........lol...........she almost redeemed herself in the first post with the PS but then it went to the pack.........4 more posts.............lol...........

Here we all are...........a great day with a wonderful bunch of bloggers..............

In no particular order and all the blog links are on my left sidebar........

Riley's Rambles, Bear's Mum, Frog Cottage Design, BaiSiNoLil, Show and Tell, Thimble Stitch, Day'Day's Blog, Sandy's Patchwork Angel, Dragonfly Crafts, Happy In Quilting, Jannimary, Fairy Floss Stitches, 

Some inspiration from The Home Patch.............

beautiful nooks everywhere.............

some lovely wools.........I got some brighter pieces..............

So tempting.........

Shopping.........

lots of Christmas things...........

love these bottles........

"Should I get these or not"???? So many decisions to make Anita.......

Lunch  and morenext post..........

Everyone is home safe and sound...........well a couple of us have to go home tomorrow but for now everyone is safe............

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

Chookyblue

Any one for roast chicken?

Big Chooky has busted Little Chicken ........ Now I am dead, plucked and roasted!!!  ...... well until the next time that she leaves herself 'logged on' while at my house ......  .........take care til next time.....Chookyblue...... Little Chicken

Shopping Frenzy - part 3

News Update  Mr Mat Terial reports that the women have moved on to a local cafe. It is believed that they will enjoy a meal at this venue as well as partake in a ritual known in the patchwork blogging community as 'Show and Tell".  A computer generated image of the group of women enjoying lunch .........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........Little Chicken xoxo

Shopping Frenzy - part 2

Images just in via our reporter at the scene, Mr Mat Terial Some of the women that were witnessed leaving the patchwork store.  They were overheard commenting that they were very happy with their purchases  but that they would need to hide them from their husbands These are believed to be the feet of the blogger at the centre of the frenzy,  "Chookyblue" with her purchases The frenzy was too much for this shopper - identified as 'Anita' She collapsed in store and had to given 5 minutes rest.  .........take care til next time.....Chookyblue..... Little Chicken xoxo

Shopping Frenzy

Little Chicken is at it again ..... oops! I just can't resist! NEWS FLASH!!! Local news outlet, The Western Advocate, has just reported that there is currently a shopping frenzy underway at a local patchwork shop. Our reporter at the scene, Mr Mat Terial, states that the shop was over-run by a group of women at approximately 10am local time. Terial reports that the women are apparently all known to each other and had converged on the shop as part of a day out. Mr Mat Terial observed women grabbing at material stocks, cooing over designs, calculating material requirements, making 'just-in-case' purchases, laughing and loads of chatting. A famous blogging identity who goes by the code name 'Chookyblue' is said to be at the centre of the frenzy.  A photo of the scene of rampaging women bursting through the doors of the patchwork shop Mr Mat Terial wonders if the now barren store will forced to advertise that it is now ....  .........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.....Little Chicken xoxo

Oops! Little Chicken cracks Chooky's blog

Oops!!!

Little Chicken here ;-)

Chooky is in 'trouble' now!! lol 

She has left her blog logged in while she is at my house ....... hmmm what could I do????? 

Oooo this could be a lot of fun he he he 

I had a great night out with some of my girlfriends last night. We call ourselves 'The Fab Four'. These ladies are wonderful friends to me. I think that they are my 'chicken soup' for my soul. I'm sure that Chooky probably thinks the same thing about many of you. 

I'll just post this picture that I think will sum up where she is and what she is doing 

Maybe it is missing some important points ...... 

Friends shop with you, chat with you, sew with you, enjoy meals with you ...... 

hmm what else .... 

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue......... P.S. Just sayin' ..... I have a wonderful big sister who means the world to me. She is always there when I need her, she is a great support to me and I love the relationship we have now that we are 'older' Love you Chooky xoxoxo P.P.S ..... did the above P.S. get me off the hook Chooky? lol

See you all tomorrow girls..........

i'm ready and waiting..........the km's that will be travelled tomorrow are big............but that's what happens out in the country...........all just to meet up for a fun day out.......

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

show and tell...........

Seens as everything is secret sewing at the moment I snapped some pics of the girls quilts on Saturday........we had a great day in the chook shed............

This one has been floating along for awhile.............the borders were a stopping point and when my friend got here on Sat she started to work on something else.........but I made her get them done...........only because she told me earlier in the week that she wanted to do them.........

Doesn't it look great..........French General fabrics.........

This one was already done............brought out to show us..........

both off to the quilting fairy very soon...........

We have a nick name for one of the girls............she's not a BFF (best friend forever) she's a SFF Super fast finisher..........

thinking she would not stay all day the SFF brought the fabrics to cut out this quilt...........

she was done then but we said well why not start putting it together......there's a spare machine to use...............and look she is nearly done.............needs a border around it which is pieced but doesn't it look great.......and I am sure she would have finished the border today...........

We had a great day in the chook shed...........can't wait til we meet again..............

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I might be a bit quiet........lots on.........meeting meeting meetings helping organising a big event, secret sewing, work, blog meet next weekend, harvest, just a bit crazier then usual...........

 I should be on the ball with the SSCS emails so if I am quiet here you know why..........

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

Chookyblue

The SSCS sleigh is nearly here...........

Hi Secret Santa Christmas Swap girls

The sleigh is nearly here..........last weekend to work on your presents..........

Off to the chook shed for a sewing day with friends............yippee..........

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

how cool........

the solar eclipse was so cool........I got to see a partial one here........but Peg and Dale are in prime viewing position in far north Queensland.........check them out here........

The Adventures of Peg and Dale continue..........

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

the sleigh is nearly here..........

less then a week til the sleigh arrives to start picking up parcels to drop around the world..........

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

shopping..........

well the bonus of this top photo is that I didn't have to pay for the fabrics..................a yummy bundle of flannels........"little chicken" wanted a shaggy flannel quilt just like the pastel one in this post but I couldn't get the fabrics so we went shopping and found these.........I told her if she brought the fabrics I would make it for her.............can't wait to cut into them but will have to wait for a few a little while........I have the batting so ready to go............I love going into a shop and pulling out fabrics..........we had about 3 options pulled out on the table............deciding what to choose.........

I got this lovely piece of linen and a couple of fat 1/4's at The Home Patch last visit..........just forgot to show you...........they have heaps of lovely christmas ornaments too.........

not sure where they were for the photo..........

We have a good number for the blog meet.......I am getting so excited

How many sleeps Peg?

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Off to work on my SSCS presents..........how are you going??

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

Chookyblue

the garden..........

I love this time of the year............agapanthus flowers popping up everywhere...........

the first one to open............

dieties........

hippeastrum.......

the best part.........my Jacaranda's in full bloom.........

vanilla scented oleander..........

purple everywhere..........

David Austin rose.......

glimspes of the garden...........

and finally I caught a great photo of my Variegated Fairy Wren (male)

isn't he just gorgeous..........

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

Chookyblue

blog meet????

24th November............
Interested?????
leave a comment and I will email you more details.........

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

PS 1100 posts.......OMG how did I get here............

a weird fence.......

recently I snapped these pics...........the sky was amazing ..........I posted some more pics here at Snappy Friends if you want to see more...........

have you ever seen a fence like this one.................it does have netting on both sides of the "A" frame..............I have no idea why you would ever do a fence like this...............and I have never seen one anywhere else.............I showed my Dad and he has never seen a fence like this either................

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

Chookyblue
PS thanks for all the wonderful comments about my quilt in the last post..........