highs and lows...................

A high is this lovely parcel that arrived from Gail@Gails Place in the USA...........

thankyou so much Gail..........so very thoughtful.........

A cute chook fob, a great fat quarter that will make it into one of the Lucy quilts.............and a badge that says "intentional design element" (not a mistake).........

the high the sunset today..............the low I need wind  (pump the windmill) and rain desperately..............Kate usually brings wet weather with her to the Chookshed party but doesn't look promising this year...........the cows knocked the trough lid off and emptied the tank again............this supply also comes to the house so yes no water.......we have some rain water but with it being so dry that is also being treated with extra care.........and the dam in that paddock for that mob of cows is also the buggered one so they need to me moved ASAP............I opened a couple of gates but it was to dark to move the cows..........Mr Chooky will have to do that first thing in the morning............

Awhile ago I got an order from the The Singer Featherweight Shop...some parts for my new featherweight 222 I have not shown you and also some parts for my for my other old machines..........lots of little white envelopes with ricrac around......... I accidentally deleted the first pics I took..........anyway so handy for parts, how to look after your machines etc........

I must show all my machines at some stage......they all have stories to go with them............it's becoming an addiction..............

ok best go.....

winter sure is here today........

we had our first frost............

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

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

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Winter and almost Chookshed party time..........

winter is almost here and it's getting a head start tomorrow...........beautiful 23 today and 17 tomorrow............and the nights are getting colder.........we've had the fire  going for a few nights but only just needed it - that is changing tomorrow as the mornings get much colder.........

The Chookshed party is next weekend 3-4th June.........

I know quite a few of you said you were joining.........
don't worry about commenting here closer to the weekend I will do a linky like last year so it is easy to see who's joining us for the party..........

put the family on notice............

no interruptions......

no housework.........

buy in some easy to prepare food...........

pop a bottle of bubbles..........

get the sewing machine humming........

kick back with the hand stitching.........

whatever it is your do I hope you can enjoy the weekend with us next weekend............

the Chookshed is going to be bursting at the seams with 7-8 of  us..........but I can't wait it is going to be so much fun..........


22-25th June - Sydney
4 days this year but back in Darling Harbour in the new exhibition centre...........

Anyone going????
Catch you later......
Chookyblue.....

Keeping the love of blogging alive 

Lucy update......

Here she is so far...... "My Friend Lucy" is growing... 

The missing section is now sewn in......

I have 2 blocks I want to sew onto this and it will go away until I have all the fillers done and Lucy blocks with the extras ready...........then it will just go straight together........

Working on adding the cream sections onto the blocks and making fillers....... 

More cutting and gluing of cream and blue to do.......

probably a 1000 to cut and glue yet...........

If you're making Lucy to I would love to see your progress no matter how big or small......

17 of 42 joined.......

this is happening..........so exciting...........

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue......

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Major crisis averted......

Thank God for Sonia....... I had searched high and low in the lounge room and Chookshed......

Not once but twice........ Seriously looking and starting to stress that I had lost some of Lucy.......

I text Sonia as I was sure I had it when she was here.....she suggested the design wall......

I went straight out and there it was ......

 Now my design wall is big and this is all that was on it and I didn't even see it...... Seriously back to being a lounge lizard, even watching a movie "Lion" and hope my brain returns....... Obviously when your not well you 'have a boys look'......

So relieved......

In between emailing these pics and starting the post I watched the movie.......

I've been listening to the book reading by Saroo Brierley A Long Way Home  each morning on ABC radio.........I saw the movie version called LION in the shops the other day so brought it..........what an amazing story........I had heard a 1 hour conversation on the ABC but OMG to watch the movie.......I spent 1/2 the afternoon crying...........but so pleased I watched it.....

Catch you later....

Chookyblue.....

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Life.............

Life is whirl wind...........good but OMG busy..........

so much fun catching up with Susan@Oh2Sew and Maree@Stitched Australia, Fiona@BubzRugz and Kris@TagAlongTeddies.........

The food is always great at the Park House Cafe...........

After food and chatting we went and checked out some patchwork shops.............

This is the range I got for a friends 50th birthday quilt.........

Combined with grey (first time ever for me) should look "blokey" enough I hope...........

Car pooling......

Few more bits.........sashiko, possible Lucy fabrics...........all paid for and waiting for the girls and..........

I found these beauties...........OMG fussy cutting heaven.........I got all 3 colourways as I could not decide what I loved the most........probably Lucy2 but maybe Lucy...........in all honesty probably got enough fabrics for 3 Lucys.........but I am not going there..........

To say the fog was thick was an understatement................when I arrived it was so thick it was difficult to find my way around.........it lifted but by the time I came out just after dark it was settling back in..........looks cool in the lights but hard to drive in when it got thicker.........

So impressed to see so many young people doing Relay for Life............we didn't stay all night as not prepared enough but the girls walked the whole time they were there bar about 15mins when they ate dinner...........

Fairy Girl was playing with the new camera..........LOVE this photo..........

Rainbow on my way home.............

cool clouds.........

Catching the last light.........

so surprised this turned out so well...........it was almost dark.........

Now for a few restful quiet days as the sore throat that's been hanging around for weeks now is NOT getting better and i've had another trip to the Drs........

Me and the lounge are going to be besties for a few days........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.........

Keeping the love of blogging alive

More Lucy........

No 5 was the winner in the Lucy options....thanks for your opinions as I was so undecided which one I loved the most.......hence why I made them into my new header photo.......

The other one had been kicking around in the Lucy tin part done for months and took about 20 mins to finish off.......

These will be going into Lucy2......Hope to have a picture of the actual quilt progress soon.......I realised I have done another filter row and started the next row since I showed you last......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Scizzors and cutter set......

When Miss Sonia @ Forever Always Online was here I brought this great Klasse scizzor/cutter set from her stall......

the love heart can be worn as a necklace and has little grooves down the side near the bottom of the heart to cut thread..........great for travelling......

It's  so pretty in the box I haven't taken it out yet...........

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.......

Keeping the love of blogging alive

OMG what a few days..........

Sadly Sonia @ Forever Always Online has headed home again..........we've had a great time together.........

did a market stall...........chatted heaps..........

playing with pics..........

Sonia creates all these beauties so if you want to buy any let me know in the comments...........

wash cloths.......

heat packs.........

bugs...........

dust inversion on sunset...........

all snapped on my new love of my life camera............

My Canon DLSR has been playing up and I bit the bullet and it is my present to me for working off farm full time..........

brand new model out........

spent a little more money on a better lens with more zoom for the regular lens and the results speak for themselves.......

above the tree almost in the middle is the bit of tree on the right you can see below............

the rest of the weekend contained secrets........

lots of secret plans for Scrub Stitchin' 2018..............

we are just about bursting with excitement but still our lips are sealed..........

 our little secrets will be revealed when the girls arrived at the retreat.....

next year..........

another stop on the way home I snapped this  gorgeous pic.........

Mother Nature is painting the sky.........

some truly stunning sunsets almost daily here.......

that's why I live where I live...........if only it would rain.........

hope you are all well.........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.........

Keeping the love of blogging alive