Monday 24 August 2020

surprise.......

With a bit of rain recently we had a massive rainbow one afternoon.........it sure was beautiful......the country side is looking a picture at present.........and the golden yellow of the wild rape in full bloom is stunning........some of the other daisys are flowering now too.......i'll have to take some pics.........
to big to fit into the screen.......a double had started also.........
Recently I had a surprise.........Janice and Mick arrived and had the night with us.........I was gob smacked as I had no idea they were coming.........of course Miss Jules got to catch up with Janice too and here's a pic of Janice, Miss Jules and me.......
first visitors since Covid19 and its something that I miss.......
Just another one of the rape and the rainbow cause I love it.........
hope you found a warm spot this weekend if you are in south eastern Australia.......
I kept the wood fire churned up this weekend.....
Stay safe......
Catch you later.....
Chookyblue......

Saturday 22 August 2020

hand stitching.....

The other day the sky was looking pretty.........this is over some of the barley crop and then the clouds..........makes my heart sing.........
the advantage of being up early zoom sewing in the shed I got to watch the sunrise over the silo's.........
So what did I sew this time.........I worked on Blue Lanterns again.........
joined these 5 onto the side of the top........
started to join the section below to add to the top right side.........
Everytime I go onto zoom sewing I get very excited to see who i'm going to catch up with....
Its just a wonderful.....very easy conversation.........everyone working away and it's amazing what everyone achieves.........the only upside of Covid19 I can see we thought to try zoom sewing.....clearly i'm not the only one of us that needs this time to connect with like minded people.......
Below is a list of the girls who joined in this time..........a few of you have asked for the blog names etc so here it is.......its great to see you getting around and checking out the girls who are new to you and leaving comments and connecting after the sewing sessions..........
And I just have to do a little squeal of excitement when a couple of you have blogged again......after a big break.....its great to see what you have been sewing.......

USA Gail Gail's Place https://trailteach.blogspot.com/
USA Raedene Thread on the Floor http://threadonthefloor.blogspot.com/
USA Kathleen Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm https://roseprairiequilts.blogspot.com/
USA Denice Denice's Day http://weesied.blogspot.com/
USA Deana (and Deb) Dream Worthy Quilts http://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/
Aus Annette Jindi's Cottage http://jindiscottage.blogspot.com/
Aus Jenny Bird on the Border http://birdontheborder.blogspot.com/
Aus Karen Karen's Corner http://pksmokey11.blogspot.com/
Aus Maria Life on the Block https://maria-lifeontheblock.blogspot.com/
Aus Julie Simple Stitches http://simplestitches1.blogspot.com/
Aus Jude News From Jude http://newsfromjude.blogspot.com/
Aus Sue no blog
Aus Sue Kiwikid's Page https://kiwikidspage.blogspot.com/
Aus Susan (and friends) Susan's Sewing Space https://susans-sewing-space.blogspot.com/
Aus Jo Jo's Blog https://jobutterfield.blogspot.com/
Aus Cheryll Gone Stitchin' https://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/
Aus Al no blog
Aus Janice Jannimary http://jannimary.blogspot.com/
Aus Lise The Chocolate Cat http://thechocolatecat.blogspot.com/
NZ Raewyn Stitching Farmgirl http://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
NZ Clare Craftlady in Kiwiland https://craftladyinkiwiland.blogspot.com/
NZ Lou Manxgirl Living & Crafting Down Under https://loulee1.blogspot.com/
Can Holly Nimble Thimble Stitchery-Do http://nimblethimblestitcherydo.blogspot.com/
Can Norma Silver Thimble https://silverthimble.ca/blog/
Can Chris and Emily Quilting at the Farm https://holycowchris.blogspot.com/


If you are in SE Australia stay warm this weekend.........lots of low snow forecast in areas that rarely get snow too......and where I am I will get the freezing colds winds off the snow and they say it's going to be pretty windy for a few days..........
Stay Safe........
Catch you later..........
Chookyblue..........

Sunday 16 August 2020

zoom sewing....

let's see how much I can sew today......
Lot's on nice and early..... Or late afternoon for some....... Time does not matter when we are all together.......
Chilly start to the day for here... The heater is on heat today.....
Welcome to join in..... Just leave a comment here and I'll send the link.....
Catch you later.... 
Chookyblue..... 

Friday 14 August 2020

Pop.....

To the mystery fairy....... Thankyou...... 

Survived another big week not quite as huge as the last one but not much less. Patches of when I would consider drinking all this at once...... But also that I made it thru the week.....


Slowly kicking goals but good to kick some.....Canned my weekend plans because and it was going to rain lots and so far we've had 2mls. Roads get too muddy for visitors to my place at times..... It's to late to redo tomorrow's plans now....... So whoever you are thankyou mystery person as I at least know you read here...... I'll stick one in the fridge and pop it zoom sewing with blogland on Sunday morning......

Can't see any border changes coming any time soon....... 

Covid 19 is now affecting the agriculture industry....... 

Stay safe.... 

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue...... 

Thursday 13 August 2020

zoom zoom.....

Hi Girls.........
Loving my sewing time with you.......
Everyones welcome so join in the fun.......
leave me a comment so I can send the link
Sewing kit with a small globe representing the concept of mending the planet
So Sunday i'm going to sew again.....
6am until about 2pm Sunday 16th August.

For the rest of you scattered around the globe
New Zealand 8am Sunday
 Oslo 10pm Saturday
UK 9pm Saturday
New York 4pm Saturday
Michigan 3pm Saturday
Vancouver 1pm Saturday
hope i've got those times right.......
We all need some bright cheerieness in our lives...... 
Stay safe........
Catch you later.....
Chookyblue.....

Sunday 9 August 2020

playing with the layout with a photo.....

Playing around working out if things are placed right..... I did this before but goodness knows where the pics are at.... They had been grouped but what was supposed to go where???
Anyway I wanted to sew more of this and I was at a stand still till I did this.......
Hope you are all well.
My holidays got cancelled since we can't go thru Queensland now. When will I get to see my kidlet? 
So P%) _#=%ED off as we had 1 covid case back in March in our area. Probably only a couple in our region way back then also..... Punished by the happening in Victoria and Sydney.
So since I have no life maybe next weekend I'll zoom again since it's going to be wet again and I won't be able to have visitors for lunch either.....
I'll keep you posted..... 

It's a cool damp day drying the washing in front of the fire.... 
Have a lovely Sunday..... 
Stay safe
Catch you later
Chookyblue

Sunday 2 August 2020

stepping out of life

This weekend I needed to step back and take a breath. So I did. 
I had a massive day chatting and sewing on zoom and sew I did. I achieved heaps.......
I started at 6am and went thru til 10.30pm......yes very long but it was so much fun catching up with everyone........it's like they were all sitting in the Chookshed with me stitching away.......with lots popping in and out around the globe as the day progressed.......it is weird working in all the time zones and that someone packed up and went to bed and when they woke they joined back in......but so much fun.........and we all have the common link of patchwork and quilting.....And there may be another person coerced to make Trail Mix with Maria and Janice.....
Early on I added the green and white block into the gap. 
Goodness knows why I had a gap anyway it's filled now.........
&&&&&
Not having the next block prepped I moved onto another long time project.....see below.....
Scarily I looked it up and in August 2011 I started this one........I remembered Leanne @ The Stitching Room had shared a photo of hers finished just after I had just got the pattern and papers. I didn't even know she had been making it. 
I should have taken a photo when I started today but at this point I had added 4 blocks on the top part of this section...........I have all the cream and blue blocks made for this quilt except the edge ones. 
By 9.30pm I had added 15 blocks and I would have added the last bottom right blue block but my hand was starting to cramp after so many hours of EPP so I thought I best stop.....
Yes yes I know what you girls are thinking who have been on retreats with me...........
THIS IS A MIRACLE.........I was a top achiever........lol........
Thanks to all the girls who popped in......with no distractions other then a quick trip into the house to find food or use the bathroom it was so good to be out in the Chookshed......
(I tidied and cleaned a little more on Friday afternoon - still more to go)
Sew sew sew.........
I will be doing another one. We all love it. 
Stay Safe.........
Catch you later..........
Chookyblue.........




Saturday 1 August 2020

international coffee time

So who's on at present..... 
Holly in Canada
Gail in USA 
Lou in New Zealand
Raedene in USA 
I'm currently doing some hand stitching on Edwardsia. 
Karen can you get on on your phone? 
Catch you later..... 
Chookyblue.....