Chookshed Stitchers end of year stitch in!!!!!!!!!

 Lets end the year on a high...........

Who wants to join me on zoom for a sewing day...........

If you want to join leave me a comment............ If you haven't joined the Chookshed Stitchers before well thats ok............Just need to be a blogger to join us...........

Get the sewing ready........tell the family you are busy and prep some easy food so you don't need to think about it...........

grab the nibbles and a drink or two to enjoy also.............

Start time guide above.........really hope I will be up at 6am and ready........For the flip side it will be the afternoon of the 30th December...........

We'll probably end up discussing our Chookshed Stitchers Challenge and Deana is hosting this again in 2025 for the group.........

Don't forget.........leave a comment if you want to join.......

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.......

Weekend catch up.............

 Finally I feel like I am catching up on things...............
Last weekend considerable rain was forecast so I thought it would be a great time to zoom...........

As it had rained and I didn't go to work Friday I thought I would host Friday afternoon drinks and stitch...........we had a lovely crew join in I think 10 of us..................

Saturday morning I started early as usual..........
22 ladies popped in and out during the day...............
It's always great to see what everyone is up and hear the talk of snow when we are sweating it out..............

It rained most of the day which was so nice............

I worked on my random quilt from retreat.......

lots of 3 sisters fabrics plus a few others thrown in I am sure..........

the bird baths are all full.................

great to catch up with everyone and just enjoy good company...............

finally we had to duck to the neighbours to pick up some supplies and this was the end of the day view............

the week has continued with storms floating around most days and a good heavy fall on Tuesday ran water everywhere.........

The creek was up the next morning.............

so nice to see it full..........

got bogged going to work with my neighbour on Wednesday......

We could not budge it........had to call for help.....

Still chance of storms for the next few days.....

97mm (nearly 4 inchs) since it started last Thursday........very nice.......

some very big falls around.........5-6 inchs is pretty common.......some 8-10inchs

Anyway its great for the summer feed to come away..........lots soaking in.........dams full........

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

Chookyblue.........

Chookshed Stitchers zoom quilting day.........

I don't care if it is International or National and if it's national which nation..... I'm thinking USA but I am celebrating Quilting Day this Saturday 16th March...........

I'll probably start at 6am my time AEDT Saturday morning......

Friday afternoon or evening for those in the northern hemisphere...... 

The Chookshed Stitchers will be meeting online...............

So if you have not been on for awhile set some time aside....... If you're new be brave and join us....... We aren't exclusive....... 

Clearly no sewing has being happening.........

But I do have a few pics here to share......

For now you just get to enjoy some of my scenery..............completely not quilt related but its still a patchwork of colour in my life........

Working with the brown/blue pallet....... The waters been a bit missing to change it to green/ blue colours.........

Few more pretty hot days 38C then hopefully the temps should drop a bit to the low 30's...... Gosh Sat might even be in the 20's which will be lovely......... Now that might actually feel like autumn........

Hopefully see you Saturday........

Could be a long day at this stage....... 

Leave a comment below OR use the contact me box on the side of your having issues commenting.......

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

Chookyblue..........

PS on Saturday give us a sewing tip..... A tip that helps you when sewing...... Could be super simple.......

Like the mark on your sewing foot that we learnt about recently................

I never knew about it...... Lol

Chop chop......

 I know I should be working on no 6 for the Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge butttttttt........ 

I didn't know where it was but I did find it today so that was good........ It's now on the sewing table..........

I was in a sewing/cutting mood so I went with it.......

I needed more black & white stripe so I started cross cutting some stripes down........

It was an hour before anyone popped in so I had the music blaring singing away while preparing fabrics and cutting..........

I had a right royal mess most of the time...........

While it was a slow start we had about 16 pop thru the virtual door today.......

All kinds of projects and lots of inspiration..........

just what I needed.........

Chapel Street is what I felt like working on...........

I fussy cut these birds....cute hey.....Chapel Street is making progress........ 

Hundreds more of these needed.......

We've had some great sunrises............plenty of colour........even better in real life............

Bridget the other morning when I went for a walk.............

OK gotta run......well walk...........sheep work is calling - should not take too long but oh sheep!!!!!!!!

This week we could get some desperately needed rain....cross your fingers and toes for me please.........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue........

Chookshed Stitchers Christmas Zoom Sewing Day.........

 

What a wonderful day we had on Wednesday catching up with everyone on zoom.........great roll up for the day..........

I think we had 32 people pop in and out during the day..........

These are just a couple of pics i took during the day................

I did a little bit of sewing on my machine but really I talked way to much.........which was great and so needed..........catching up with people........

Here is a pic of some cementing I got done for my christmas present.......may have even had to push wheel barrows of cement or several on Christmas day to get it BUT it is done...........the Chooks are going to be so much happier with this floor in the Chook house...........

OK I'm fluffing today............Mr Chooky mowed yesterday and I put the hoses on............more watering this morning and doing some jobs...........I am now in the Chookshed as it's going to be hot and maybe stormy later today......there's horrible wind out there at present...........zapping the moisture out of everything........me included.....

what's everyone up to.........there was a chance I may have had a visitor arriving today but that's not happening.......maybe tomorrow........and I have more visitors tomorrow so before they arrive I may just be able to sneak in a zoom in the morning (afternoon/evening on the flip side).....They all have long trips to get to me.............I'll see how I go....keep an eye on your emails...........

OMG only a couple of days until we find out what number we are working on for January........are you joining the Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge???

Catch you later........

Chookyblue........

PS trying to catch up on some blog reading......but it is way out of control......

Chookshed Christmas zoom sewing.............

Hi everyone...... 

Don't be shocked but I am back for now............

Here's our "Christmas Tree" yes I went super basic this year as it was a very quiet Christmas here.............

I am going to host a sewing day for the Chookshed Stitchers....tomorrow 27trh Dec......Now we are not an exclusive group.....you're welcome to join in......but you need to be a blogger to join.........

(please note the funny faces they give for the times....)

So what to do.........

wear you pretty Christmas outfit (or not)....i'll be wearing one of my new dresses.........

Bring your Christmas food - breakfast, lunch or dinner........

I'll have trifle.....(for breakfast lunch and dinner)...............

Bring your champagne, mulled wine, tea, water........

Bring your Christmas CHEER and your Christmas traditions........

I'll be up bright and early......

See you soon.......

Chookyblue.......

PS I am hoping this to be a big sewing day.............so pop in or out when you can...........i'll send the invite when I get up............

random pics in Australia..........

heaps of shots out the front window............just didn't bother you with all of them but there was a lot of driving...........we did a lot of night driving too.............you barely see a car.........can you drive 150kms and not see a vehicle?

big road trains.........so loooooooooooooooong..........

below is further down the road about an hour later.............

My favourite I think from the trip.......termite mounds come in lots of colours and sizes.........

the colours are always changing throughout the day..............

that cliff face above is 64metres

the flowers from the trees above..........

Sometimes I even wonder how I spot the things I find to take photos of when driving along...........

Lots of burning along the sides of the roads...........(sorry driving and through the window)

On the right side of this photo nearly at the middle you can see the top wire of the fence and it had flood debris on it...........this is from the massive floods up north in March this year............

just under 7000kms........(cut off at the QLD border)

some roads great, some rough, some terrible, some dirt.........

finishing with a morning glow..............

In need of some social connection I zoomed a bit on the weekend..............thanks to those who joined in some or all of the shorter sessions..........and welcomed a newby Louise @ USA........

I did some sashiko, stitchery and got my churn dash on the design wall..........only snapped one screen pic......26 Chookshed Stitchers popped in.......some for quick visits to say hi and others longer......

And Sylvia you have Grace chasing you as a super early starter.......well done Grace nice surprise...

finishing off a glorious Sunday afternoon...........

no matter where I go I still get great sunsets at home too.........

Catch you later........

Chookyblue.......