a find.....

Last zoom I was trying to work out the range Fairy Girl used in a quilt........

After some discussion I ended up using Google lens.....Who even knew what it was but it helped me find some similar fabric and that lead me to the range in the end....... But it's older than I thought so a quick Google didn't find any yardage for a border.....Kate Spain "Horizon"........ Susan @ Susan's Sewing Space then offers her services of a group she is part of or something like that anyway long story short a lady in Sydney had a piece the size I needed...... Quite frankly I would have nearly taken any of the fabrics but she happened to have some of the green.........Now to find the correct "white" I used to make a border then add this one.........

other then washing and office work I've been whipper snipping the weeds to tame them...... Having been sick and all the rain they got away.......I few times I went to poison then it's been too windy..... Anyway it's looking much tidier........Everything is better when the lawn is neat...........and even better when the weeds are tamed..........

So I still have some to go as my battery ran out...... OMG I love my battery whipper snipper......I could never start the old one with the pull cord....... Push two buttons and she is humming away....... And goes for a good length of time......I just have too much to do at present.......but normally the battery would last the whole time.......Once it's flat i've had enough too......

Once the battery died I moved onto mowing........ The house yard part done I moved onto the outer yard...... It's more like a small paddock...... Mr Chooky took over and finished that then finished inside....... Next I'll do the areas outside the garden fence but that will be tomorrow....... Or Tues early...... Before it rains again anyway........ I'll mow inside before the rain again as we fertalised and with the nice days it's going gang busters........

And exciting news of the weekend...... Chris (Canada) and Kylie a friend are also coming to Scrub Stitchin'....... OMG it's going to be so much fun......

It's going to be a full house but so much fun........

 Only 199 sleeps......

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.....

Contrasts.......

Yesterday afternoon I went to the creek again..........

It was like a mirror almost..........gorgeous.........

Some of you long time followers have commented on the change here..........It sure is worlds away from the 3 years of drought (probably 10 years with little breaks) preceding these 3 years of La Nina.........I do appreciate that you noticed the changes......thankyou.....

I found this post here back in March 19.......

And looking at 19 and the start of 20 (beginning of the drought breaking) I didn't blog much at all............

Its more now I am realising the effects the prolonged drought had on me.......

Physical and mental scars.......

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Good news is I got a quilt top finished yesterday..........Except I found a fade line on the border......hmmm what to do now........It may stay as is......I'll look in better light today.........

Have a great weekend..........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue......

watching the grass grow.....

Thankfully I made the decision to work from home on Wednesday.........

by 8.30am it had started to rain...........

by Thursday morning we had 50mm........ 

Yesterday afternoon we decided to go for a ride around............

creeks were full and breaking out.........

I love the big old gum trees in the creeks...........

storms were brewing to the south...........

the water was catching the light..........it is so pretty.........

and a sprinkle dampened us in the end.........but rewarded us with this rainbow as the shower approached......it was big and strong and you can just see the double starting.......but it didn't go to a full arc..........

With the Queens Holiday yesterday(granted on her death) I decided to make it an extra long weekend by taking today off.........The Queens funeral service was so beautiful..........

I watched the whole service earlier in the week and it didn't finish until just after 2am (my time) and I stayed awake........I did stitch some of Lucy in between watching...........

I had a zoom last night with the 8-9 Scrub Stitchin' girls and popped in a few more stitches........slowly getting there............

Have a great weekend..........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue......

Lucy got some fresh air......

After doing nothing for the first 1.5hrs I finally dug Lucy out.............

It's time she got some fresh air having not worked on her since Feb (the last pics I found)

I worked on the bottom right corner pieces...........

I think we had about 26 people pop thru during the day........some popping in and out several times..........I only took this pic........always great to see everyone and have a chat.........

chatter about the Queen was a definite topic........so sad but so pleased she died as Queen.........

So the four Lucy blocks in the bottom corner got bits added to them then added to the quilt.........she is coming together.........then this also needs to happen on the bottom left corner..........and adding a few bits around the edges that are missing........

these trees are in mass flower............no idea what the name is........but they are out in the paddock and there is a thick patch near the front gate so easy to enjoy..........

The country side is pretty with flowers in lots of places..........wild rape growing here.......looked so pretty with the rain clouds forming..........

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

Chookyblue......

So its rained a bit so that means........zooooooooooooooooom.........

I've wanted to have a long zoom for ages..........but still not sure if I will last all day...........so we will start early.........then if I end up stopping for awhile I will try and come back on later in the day..........who knows maybe I will survive all day..........

I know the rest of the Chookshed Stitchers would love a long sessions.......

If I stop and come on for a second one it would be 3 or 4pm starting again so work that our for yourselves...........

So do you want to join in..........

drop a comment below........

if you haven't zoomed with the Chookshed Stitchers previously your welcome to join us.......

just need to be a blogger.........

a wonderful group of like minded stitchers from around the world.........

the threads of fabric joining us together......

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

Chookyblue.........

PS UPDATED 25ml by Friday morning........

Sprinkles.......

I've had this quilt kit for a long time....... Very long time....... Then it finally got cut back in Oct 2020 I got it cut and laid out on the design wall - you can see the fabrics etc and still sat for some time before it really started to get sewn....... It started as a leader ender in Jan 2021.......

bring on the Chookshed birthday last June 2021 and I got the inside of the top together here and here...........

I love the paisley prints in this one also........

This quilt got finished when Annette visited last Oct by adding the borders after i fixed a bit.......

I called it Sprinkles as 100s &1000s are tiny balls..... Sprinkles are logs and it feels colourful and fun like Sprinkles........

When I was binding and 1/2 done I remembered I was going to scallop the border..... Oops to late wasn't going to be unpicking the binding so straight edges it is........

This quilt has now gone off to a friend be who had recently been diagnosed with cancer........ She can be sprinkled with love.......

Sprinkles

Started Oct 2020 Finished August 2022

Made by me

Pattern by?

Quilted by Jackson

Given to a friend 

Still a couple of quilts to share.....3 i think....

Really need to get those pics done but I think it's going to rain again lots tomorrow....... 

If it rains lots you know what that means???????

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

Chookyblue......

Little Red Riding Hood......

This is a quilt made from a charm pack I think I got at the second Scrub Stitchin' back in 2019

If it wasn't there I have no idea where I got it from..........

I don't remember the name of the range but I put the squares together there I think............later on I added the white border........

I tried to cheat and go look at my Scrub Stitchin' posts but I must have been severely drought effected by then as the posts are very short and limited..........

I got a lovely pink with white spots flannel for the backing........it suited the cute little prints in it...........I think the range could be Angela Hoey?? but no idea what range.........If you know please tell me...........

EDIT Thanks to Lynda the range is Little Red in the Woods by Jill Howarth

Beautiful quilting by Betty.......

I got the quilt binding done on some of the short zoom sessions.......

this one was finished last month I think but finally I got a quilt holder to work........

no creative pics with this one........

One day it will end up with a little girl.........

it will go in my bundle of quilts........

Quilted by Betty Field 

Started 2019 finished 2022

Fabric Range Little Red in the Woods by Jill Howarth

Designed by me

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

Chookyblue..........

PS I still have 3 of the 16 finished quilts to show you.........

I have pics done of another one so will try and get that post together...........