the sad day.........Sunday SS2023.........

 Sadly the end day always comes along..........

when we have to bid farewell to each other........sometimes there is tears.......

Can't remember what meal this was..........breaky? morning tea? or early lunch?????????

But the numbers were dwindling by then for sure.........AND it always feels like the last supper..........

Gail and Jenny.........enjoying the morning sunny spot..........

the weather was beautiful but I would say it is the coolest as we didn't turn the room air con on at all...........

Me, Jenny, Gail and Sylvia..........

Annette and the other Annette.........which one is which is still a mystery........

Just a few extra fun pics I found from the weekend.........

I know I shared this one before but we did somehow fit into the car to go home..........no Gail is not crying she has laughing tears.........and Sylvia was not drinking just taking care of my special glass........

We were laughing to much at this stage..........LOL

We got most stuff home.......I did go back another day to pic up the stuff we could not fit in........which wa quite a bit.........LOL........

Catch you later........

Chookyblue........

A whole lotta love......

 This year i decided that Moda Love would be a great quilt to do together...........

Some of the girls joined in.............

Maureen made a mistake on cutting so hers ended up a little smaller then the mini............she hand quilted it and bound it while on retreat..........its so cute........

Janice @ Jannimary found a variation of the 3 sizes.........love it.........Denyse Schmidt Quilts fabrics

Pat made hers in purples and it looks great...........

Raewyn and Susan made the same size quilt but its amazing the changes in look you can get by placement on fabric........

Raewyn used the Charm pack she got from Scrub Stitchin' 2019.........

then Raewyn added some borders to hers...........

Lynda made the charm size also..........love the range..........

Jo made a mini I am thinking but it could be a little bigger............it matches her dress perfectly............lol

Another variation on the setting...........pretty cool.........

Lianne made a layer cake quilt............not sure of the range but its a pretty one also..........

Jenny's mini is set for Christmas...........

and surprise shock horror to those who had left early or straight after breakfast I started a mini on Sunday morning.............

Yep I was really sewing............

I made some more progress when Gail was still here but as the Chookshed is OUT OF ACTION for some works to be completed I packed it up like this and put it away..........

Maybe I'll finish it at the Chookshed birthday.........

Last but not least this is Jude's quilt.......lovely and bright................

She also made two charm pack size blocks and then decided that 4 was going to be to big for her idea so buffered these two out with some extra blocks to make it a little wider and added a border.........

so many different ideas and colours from everyone............I love seeing everyone's size choice, colours, and then variations..........

thanks for playing along girls........hope I have not missed anyone........

Who else played along at home......

I know Janet @ Rogue Quilter joined us......

Ok best go......been a little busy here hence the quiet, got to go hang out the washing, paint boards for the Chookshed.......see if I can get another post written over the weekend.........

have a great Saturday.........

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.........

theme dinner......

 

OMG it's taken me so long to get this one together...........finding all the pics........I hope I have not missed anyone............. 

Some stuffed Aussie animals..........the Goanna is a work of art by Brenda..........decorated with gorgeous stitches........

the table set and decorated beautifully by Di, Miranda and Brenda - thankyou.........

I outsourced this year for the theme and helpers...........

Di embroidered the gorgeous Australian animal table runners...........

bordered with an indigenous print..........

Aussie flags hung around.........Aussie tea towels............Aussie maps..........

the special dinner theme was Australiana - what Australia means to you.........

See the line of swap prezzies lined up on the end of the sewing tables...........

Its Make It, Bake It, Fake It swap prezzie night also..........

Harriett and Tina aka Kath and Kim arrived........

I'm sure they could replace the real deal.........the speech was spot on..........

Snugglepot (Lea) and Cuddlepie (Jo) - gumnut babies complete with champagne..............

With the addition of a gumtree - Raewyn she made a gumleaf and gumnut beanie...........

Everyone coming into the room and seeing what each other is wearing............so loud, fun and then Miranda added some Aussie songs.............

Lou (Aussie print nurses scrubs).......me (the big blue sky and nut necklace).........Miranda (free to be what she wants)

Chris brough in all the Aussie animals she's brought on holidays for the kids and added them to the tables..........

Susan the Sydney Harbour Bridge, fireworks and Opera House...........Maureen true blue aussie............Lynda a mad Queensland Rugby League football fan who was booooooooooed down by the NSW contingent........in typical interstate rivalry..........

Tracy and Deana were tourists............Ops Tracy is missing from this photo......

Me and Sylvia..........

Deana, Kylie, Lea, Jo, Raewyn and Sue (had native birds and flowers jumpsuit)...........

Chris, Jude, Raylene, Annette (blue sky, yellow for the sun and her fire volunteer lanyard for the fires Australia has and the amount of volunteers we have), Lynda and Maureen

Susan, Lou, Brenda and Pat (colours of the earth)

Diane (had her indigenous earrings), Harriett, Tina, Di and Jules 

Lianne, Miranda, Gail and Tracy (American tourist)

Sylvia (best dressed see below), Gail (in her Australia shirt which was surprisingly hard to find in Australia with all the great places/things she done listed on the shirt) and me........

Sylvia had a snake around her neck trying to catch a mouse in thoughts of my mouse plague last year..........

On her arm is a crocodile that she also made............

She was dressed in grey for a kangaroo and she even had a joey in her (apron) pouch..........

On her head she had a platter of sweet food and a teapot for high tea.........

Me and Chris

Kylie (Australian tea towel skirt and budgie shirt) and Maureen (mad Aussie supporter on Australia Day)

Lianne (the shirt is rabbitohs colours - Rugby League supporter - a real okka Aussie with her footy colours on and having a BBQ) Georgina (gumnut babies shirt), Miranda - freedom to be herself

Di wore her family members slouch hat complete with emu feathers........

Jude and Raylene - Aussie supporters on Australia Day

Sylvia, Jenny (farmer in his blue shirt and akubra), Helen (cows/farming apron), Georgina, Natasha (Rugby Union Wallabies supporter), Annette (swaggy in his flanny and hat complete with a sheep which is missing from the photo)

An amazing night and I hope I have not missed anyone............It was so much fun as usual......

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

Chookyblue........

so much happening.......

Friday was so busy.........from the group photo to show and tell to nibble and then theme dinner...........

I'm not sharing heaps of show and tell here......

It was amazing.........inspiring to see what everyone has been working on.........

Maureen, Lianne, Jude, Chooky, Susan, Sue

We had a few finished Churn Dash quilts for those who were in the SAL.........for those observant people I am not holding mine I am holding Janice's quilt........

Was especially lovely to see Lianne's as I was with her when she decided to make the quilt and helped decide on fabrics........

I think Deana took this photo of some of the girls watching show and tell........lol

I was quilt holder.............

Pat (did the hand stitching for Jude), Jude, Susan, Maureen, Lynda, Raewyn, Jo

This photo is the project in from 2020......a cute project bag designed by Anni Downs........

After show and tell we did get some sewing done until it was nibbles time.......

As we needed to prep for the dinner and it was such a lovely day I kicked all the girls out.......

Earlier in the day I decided that one of the bar areas would do for us also..........

quick wipe down of the bench tops and it was perfect......

enjoying the late afternoon light and some watching the sunset.........

Its showery this morning though I don't think we will get much rain......

But there is a definite change in the weather.....dropping from high 20's to low 20's and a single digits overnight...........winter is coming............

Catch you later........

Chookyblue........