This goes with that at Lucy's..............

For the Aussies I digress the blog title a slight twist on the old "This goes with that at Susans" advertising line.............

anyway back to Lucy.............

thought I had shared this but I hadn't so this is how I put my Lucy Boston blocks together..............

I join centre pairs and then put a green in this case and repeat for below then join those 2 sections and add the other 2 greens to make the section below.........

 I pair up the outer fabrics sometimes these have one directional prints etc and it is easier to think as I join them in pairs then as I put each one onto the block........

then it all goes together...........OMG when I first started I sewed wrong bits in or joined the wrong angles...........thank goodness I found a system.........well it works very well for me anyway..............

then  I add the units I have prepared of creams as per previous post........you don't need the little squares on all points.........

then we grab the fillers (see this post)

And this goes with that.........and Lucy starts to come together..........

Ignore the bottom left block as it is a corner and I am working that bit out............

I'll show you how I am finishing it off later..........

It needs more sewing and I am banned from Lucy at the moment.................

I moved it apart a bit so you can see the outline of each block...........

And just a bit closer..........

OK enough of Lucy..........I would not have done it today but we have free data with Telstra today so I have been getting some computer stuff out of the way.......updates etc..........I think they upped the speed because this morning mine was going SOOOOO fast for us..........not the case this arvo...........

usually we have such limited amount I am taking advantage.......

And it is hot so I am inside with the air con...............

I got one of the flowers finished and now April is done.............yep April last year........

better late then never?

Natures Journey.............

And my beautiful feathered friend Jenny @ Bird on the Border has been visiting for a few days..........the Chookshed was buzzing.............more from Jen then me but hey I got some sewing done.............made the design board above for Jenny while she was here.......

sadly she had to go home...........even if she banned me from Lucy and flogged me along with Natures Journey..................feeling heatly and reinspired with many projects and some time to do them..........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.........

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The deadline is Girls Day in the Country 19th March....

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An insane Chookyblue......

Natures Journey update..........

so I have not finished yet but I have more then 1/2 the stems stitched down.......... decided I needed the leaves as I went along since they are under the stems  so I spent today turning under the bits and cutting a few more bits I had not prepared........... so everything is turned and pinned on ready to stitch........ the creatures will be tackled once all these bits are attached........ I am LOVING all the centres..........they are amazing........... Check out the Stitch-a-long blog......... you can see what the others have done...... Chookyblue..........

What's happening out there??????

Come on girls it's freezing cold so I have only been blog reading or sewing..........nothing esle achieved...........but no one is posting anything at the moment i'm up to date so come on girls get off the dark side and do a blog post............If you live in Australia and your on the eastern 1/2 really you would NOT want to be outdoors today..........

Working on a new bag for my hand piecing using my first hand pieced block........ 

knowing me it won't be finished today..........

Milly and Billy cannot find a warm spot at all today........I threw a scrap piece of fabric out onto the deck I felt sorry for them.............the wind sure is coming off snow today............

Now I am as flash as Kate @ Show and Tell.............Fairy Girl made me a surprise.....Mr Chooky helped with the tools........I have a new design wall...............94 inchs square...........previously I had a big sheet hanging up which worked but you had to pin everything.............so I stuck my Natures Journey blocks up to try and get inspired............the batting is the same colour as the walls so you don't even notice it.......

It's bleak outside.........

the sun has tried to shine once or twice for a couple of minutes at a time but just low cloud and freezing.............

Can you believe I have done 1600 posts.......

I LOVE BLOGGING.......

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

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

Catching up....

Bit of a revolving door here with visitors...........but I do love having visitors.........

Boy Wonder has friend/s coming this weekend......

Miss Sonia (and Mr Forever Always Online) has been here earlier in the week........

finally she got here........the last time she tried the car had a major break down..........

so it was very exciting to finally have her here with no car issues......

Look at this gorgeous cowl she made for me......gorgeous colour......sooooo soft......I love it....

Thanks so much Sonia........

Jewells put out a call for quilts for the flooded Dungog..........

I pulled this one out........Disapparing Nine Patch.........

Wild Rose charm pack and jelly roll...........Autumn journey border.......

looks a bit dark in this pic but it has navy borders..........
quit size 57in x 77in

bit sad I only got to hanging it up and enjoy the top finished for an hour......

It has never had a destination really...........just something I was playing with............

I started it here, more progress here......and a bit more here.........

This one will be great for a male........Jewells needs quilts for adults so I thought this would be perfect..........Fiona @ Bubz Rugz has kindly offered to quilt it and it will be a joint donation from Fiona and myself...........

I had to get the borders onto it and I had some binding and found a backing too.........

Fiona will supply the batting and quilt and bind it.........

Do you have a quilt for Jewells?

she sure could do with some more quilts.......

NJ SAL blocks got put on the back burner.........the flood quilt was more important, then add in work and meetings...........but I did get lots of prep done and my blocks are waiting to the turned under and stitched down..........

Looking for something yesterday I got all these needles together................they were stashed here and there.............OMG don't think I need to buy a needle for some time to come...........not that I really know what i use  all of them for...........

NJ SAL and more info for the note boards............

Here we go the blocks for Nature Journey Stitch-a-long..............

These ones are 12 days late but the good news is I am well on the way for April............

Already got one block done and working on another tonight..........

Mary Ann (I can't contact you) asked about the note boards...............
This is the one I was given..........
It's just a photo frame with something great under the glass..........
we used fabric in Fairy Girls and this one is hessian and fussy cut little beach houses 

you can buy these liquid chalk textas and they write on the glass and you just wipe it off..........
much nicer then a white board........and a lot easier to clean off..........
they come in several colours too...........
I updated mine today for the month and can cross a few things off already...........

I'll never have a notice board long enough for all the projects I have on the go but hey if I pick a few things to work on each month I have a target to work towards..........
Catch you later...........
Chookyblue...

Natures Journey Part 1.............

Yes well this is only about 5-6 weeks late...........

But better late then never I say...........but there are many girls on the SAL pushing me along so finally  I can share these.............

Part one of Nature Journey by Anni Downs Hatched and Patched is done.............

loving the blanket stitch and the applique is not going too bad...........

March is pretty close to done too......

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue..........

More SAL progress.....

I know it does not look much but it should be every applique piece for Feb and Mar for my NJ SAL......plus a couple more bits.....

yep it's bright...........

Happy Stitching.............

Chookyblue.........

For Khrissy.......

Wow what a day........we ended up with 55mls of rain.............just wonderful rain............soaking in ran...........we have been very lucky..........still very patchy and i know others not to far away have not been so lucky.............

Anyway I've had numerous emails back and forwards with Khrissy @ Baisinolil.........

this post of for you Khrissy to show you what I got done....

what happened after your cuppa did you get that quilt basted?????

 

I've been trying to tidy up the Chookshed..........but in order to do some of that I had to tidy up my Natures Journey fabrics...........they are all over the cutting bench................so I cut the rest of the background fabrics................and also put the weaveline on the back..............drew the circles or squares and they are all ready to stitch..........

and just to show you better progress here is another block done for Feb...........slowly catching up..........but feels good to be finished with some of the fabrics and I can put them away for now...........

Fairy Girl is working on a couple of projects and dreaming of more.........

It's been a great day and to top it off daylight saving ENDS tonight........

SWEET DREAMS.......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.....