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

zoom project update.....

wow what a day.............it sure was a zoom sewing marathon and 15 1/2 hrs later I poured myself into bed exhausted but so happy.........I really don't think I can go any longer then that as I start to get too sleepy by 9.30pm......

Lou in NZ gets the long stayer award she did the whole zoom with me........Annette AUS popped in about 1/2 hr later and spent the rest of the day with us also...........

there was 29 opps 30 of us in yesterday..........only Maureen, Annette(2) and Helen aren't on the sidebar as they don't blog but they are Scrub Stitchin' girls..........

At one stage we had a record 20 on at the same time..........it was great..........

girls popped in and out all days........some in several times.........some for a long time some only short..........but given we are in numerous time zones its whatever works for each person........

Welcome Randy, Anorina and Lianne who were all new.......now added to the left sidebar.........I do hope you all join us again next time.............

I was working on my zoom sewing project Blue Lanterns..........the photo above was August last year............as you can see below I had been working on the top side parts getting them added in.........

yesterday I attached the big section on the bottom half of the quilt..........

This is what I had done up until yesterday then the big section got joined on...........then I had a bit of a hole so I joined 5 blocks and below you can see I got them sewn in and had a cream hole and started to add that in but I gave up as my shoulders were getting sore from all the maneuvering of the quilt.....and it's getting heavier and more cumbersome to move around..........

I am so happy with the progress inbetween all the talking..........sewing for so long you can really see the progress that you make.......

I had so many cuppas as it was a bit cool to start the day...........this mug is from Scrub Stitchin' this year........

Prior to the weekend we had some great rain...........just under 2 inchs.......45mm......

I went down to the creek to see how high it was and had someone or 2 stalking me......Bridget and Casper the poddies.......It was nice to not have to worry about driving to town with the rain as I had the week off work.........back to reality tomorrow...........

This is one of my favourite trees in the creek.........I would love to know how old it is...........

Have a great week girls..........

Catch you later........

Chookyblue.........

zoom zoom.....

OMG having a great day..... Not even 1/2 way thru yet ...... We'll be on zoom for hours to come....

Working on Blue Lanterns again....

Not to late to jump in and join us.......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.......

plan "f" update.....

so "plan f".......turned out to be as Gail put it "fabric fun"....I did a fair bit of damage to the bank account while away but I did have fun........and Fairy Girl got a layer cake also to play with........

but before we get to that some random bits......

Bridget kept running around this trailer the other day when I wanted to put her outside of the yard she was in.........in the end she just kept jumping in and out of this trailer.....if only I needed her to do that she would not have done it........

driving around the countryside is starting to look so vibrant with the new crops starting to fill in......

its such a vibrant green...........its raining again so these crops are getting a great start........maybe starting to get a bit too wet in some places but they will go great.........hopefully drowning more mice homes.........18mls so far and its looking very set in and still raining........

now you will have to go with the pics I took the other day that aren't so good......but I forgot to take the pics yesterday and now its pouring outside............

I split the layer cake into two piles..........the quilts look so different now..........I got some extra of the big print to put in the corners........

now to decide if they are getting any borders or just staying as they are and getting quilted.....

the lady only had 4 fabrics in yardage left so I was lucky to get what I got.....

how cool is this fabric......the range is "Later Alligator"......there are lady bugs and birds, fish, frogs and butterflies............

so while my week away has changed completely I still had a great time with my girl........OMG she has 2 patchwork shops within about 10 mins so lucky I had not found that out before...........

but I must say it was nice to just pop to the shop and get what I needed when I realised I needed something else...........I had plans to see family and friends but decided to bunker down just incase covid popped up in her area but so far it hasn't..........we just hung out at her flat and I sewed while she worked on her laptop and we went for some drives along the coast.......

Yesterday with the rain and cold weather forecast we needed to go cut some more fire wood......we are lucky to have an unlimited supply of firewood..........

As for Covid19........

I am fine where I am........we are not in lockdown like millions of Australian's are until at least this Friday.........as I type 3 capital cities are in lockdown until tomorrow Friday 2nd July - Perth, Darwin, Brisbane.........Sydney and surrounds are in lockdown until next Friday 9th July at this stage.....living in NSW I have to wear a mask at all times indoors and this is the first time I have had to wear a mask regularly........I went to the Dr's once and had to wear one.....so i'm very lucky.....now I am 1/2 vaccinated also thankfully........

Pleased I have the remainder of this week off not that I could have gotten in given the rain at present....which would write the road off for tomorrow now given it its still raining.........

ZOOM ZOOM..............

Also don't forget zoom sewing this Sat (Friday USA/Can)......see details here......

Stay safe....

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.......