prezzies and quilts.........

Thanks for all you lovely comments on my last post.............it's friendships that keep you going............

Last week in the mail I received these goodies from Loz..........the charm pack is lovely...........can't wait to make something from it.........

Also when Jenny came to visit she brought me some presents..........funny thing is we met in town and she found a great bird brooch at the shop and I had looked to see if they had any chooks but no.............then I open this parcel and look what was inside..............love the chook brooch.........some great fabrics.........and also some binding clips..........which came in to good use on the weekend binding marathon.............and Jenny had to borrow a couple of mine since she forgot to bring hers...........there are actually 10 clips but some were on a quilt at the time...........

But the best thing Jenny brought with her is below..............

Yes that's is an air conditioner you see...............she replaced some with split systems in the house so gave me the old ones...........this is so exciting..............I was actually testing it out on Monday afternoon when the fires struck.............it won't be big enough on a stinking hot day but it was 35 the other day and it was fine for me............I had it sitting through the window testing it out............my shed is such a "hand me down" "recycled" shed it isn't funny....I am so lucky Jenny thought of me..............with the week that's been it seems like Jenny was here weeks ago but it was only on the weekend.........such a nice time together.........

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2 more quilts for Caring with Quilts....................thanks Kerri.WillowGrove Quilts.......it's not to late to help out........don't forget quilts can be dropped in at The Home Patch Bathurst and Cottage on the Hill Nundle.....

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

Chookyblue

Alicia Jane............

Wow.........one quilt done and dusted in under 24 hours and cost under $24 .................I am soooo happy..........we'll start with the back cause I love the quilting patterns on the chenille............

at 1am in the morning when I was panicking about what to put on the back I found this beautiful perfectly pink chenille offcuts Flower Garden had sent me ages ago...........Annie thanks for coming to the rescue while you were sleeping...............lol..........

the batting is a double sided adhesive..........great to work with

Here is the quilt "Alicia Jane" a delicate beautiful name deserves a delicate beautiful quilt..........

very simple quilting but I think it looks pretty good..........

when I went out in the paddocks to take some pics I got carried away so here are some extra shots..........

the charm pack is Lecian Durham Quilt Collection that I got at Stitches and Craft in Melbourne last year...........

border fabric is left over backing from another quilt...........I got it at The Home Patch (early this year) and it is a wide fabric and the selvedge says NH208 - Circles by Max New Australia..........it is so soft and delicate.............

the quilt measures 36x27inchs I used 24 charm squares and the border is about 5inchs wide.........

because I had the chenille on the back I was a bit stuck with the binding but I didn't want to machine it down so i attached it on the back and then hand stitched it down to the front and I think it looks good..........everything is good I am so pleased with this..........hopefully it will be delivered on the weekend

Take Care...........Chookyblue

Kindness of a stranger............

I took part in Red Geranium Cottages "Ric Rac and Polka Dot Swap" last year..............unfortunately my swap partner (in a direct swap) hasn't sent me anything and Sharon blogged about it here after she had tried and tried to find out what was happening with my partner..........well a very kind lady called Carol from Carol's Crafty Creations saw this post..............

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As she was pretty busy but wanted to send something she made me this cute polkadot pincushion and some ric rac and a button look like a flower on the top...............I took it to Nundle on the weekend and showed the girls...........Carol also saw my post about the Sweet Treat Bag I made from the Aviary range and knew I LOVED this range so she sent me a charm pack of Aviary..............and she found a cute chicken on the way to the post so popped it in too.......

Carol thanks you so much..........the kindness of a stranger............

.........take care til next time.............
.......Chookyblue..........

bits and pieces........

Hi girls.............just want to show you my new "BEST FRIEND" I am in love.........this little blower is working a treat on getting the umbrella grass onto the lawn and then dh can mow it.........lots of days work to do but it is improving until the wind blew again and added a little more.........

Now just to prove I am sewing I started this little project this morning and hopefully will show you more progress later but do you know what I am making??????

This is what I started with.........

hopefully back soon..........until then take care............