sheep, cattle and kids............

Last week I sold the last of my weaners....mentioned in this post.......I would normally keep the heifers as replacements from these.........and sell the remainder Sept/October next year........pretty sad..........I climbed up the top of the loading race to get a last snap of some of them.............

after we had the little sprinkle of rain I thought we may have the day dust free.........I was SOOOOOOOO wrong..............with in a few hours of the rain finishing the dust started.......the wind blew and blew all day.................

this was one of the paddocks on the way to town........the dust was blowing off a cropping paddock over the other side of the trees.............................

On the weekend Fairy Girl had the girls in her class out for a sleep over..............

they played went for a swim, did blind makeovers - something you never want to do, ran around lots, played spotlight in the back paddock after dark.........

some of them wanted to do some sewing..........they got into some buttons........

felt everywhere.....

But they did make some christmas decorations...........

and now they all know how to thread needles, start and finish on their own..........

there are a few more but I missed the pics..........

I went with Mr Chooky to feed the sheep last week too.........

It looks like there is more there in some patches but there is nothing...........the little grass butts you can see in this pic are the equivalent of eating cardboard I reckon........most of the ground is dead as you can see.............

heading out into the paddock with the feeder on the ute.......

a few sheep start running/walking in...............

gradually a whole pile end up behind you..........and they start circling the vehicle...........

looking threw the side view mirrow.......all trying to get on the feed line...........

Catch you later

Chookyblue
PS it's a stinking hot day here today.................

playing......

Fairy Girl has been playing today............

below is a Christmas present she got.......the simple softies book and the felts in the box......I got the darker felts above before Christmas and had hidden them so she didn't find them but pulled them out today too........

She headed off in another direction and got this idea from another book and made it with the felts instead for her kindy buddy at school.............the pink is actually the one in the box above but the colours are off below..........

I was playing with something that has been hanging on a coat hanger for too many years...............

stalled by the fact my border didn't fit it got put aside............solved the problem for the top/bottom borders to fit but the side ones don't so thinking I will put 2 more rows of checkers in to lengthen it and then I need a border.............need to go back and look what the range was.............not that I would find any of that now.........it's quite a few years old............it started off as a disappearing 9 patch.......think I had a jelly roll and 2 charm packs? Really need to back thru my blog books and find it.............who knows too if I have any more fabrics for it put away in a "safe" spot.........

Had a great easter weekend.........fairly quiet with one family of 4 here.........very easy.........
I need to take one more pic and I will show you what I did......which in-turn inspired me to get back into this quilt top..........

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

Chookyblue

PS got the better of me and I searched my blog in the top left corner and the 2 posts I have done popped up....here and here........woops 5 years ago.........now I can look up my list of yardage as I think I may have something.............

The fabrics are Wild Rose  -Bannock and Patek for Moda

felt fun.........

Well I didn't get to the shop on Thursday as planned but I got their Friday afternoon and ended up staying the night with Kerry and family...........I got a little carried away with lots of bits and pieces I needed or didn't need but got anyway.......LOL........I got the batting for the quilt I finished early this month and then dropped it off at the quilters on the way home too. 

Kerry had some cool felt and felt balls etc in and she had some pincushion kits using the felt so I said lets make one tonight............

Kerry had taken a kit into the house but she hadn't got around to making it up into a kit. So after dinner we got fiddling with the kits.........a bit of stitching here and there, some beading (remember Kerry you must go back thru the big bead............LOL.....) a hot glue gun and a bottle of champagne and we had these creations. 

There is quite a bit of felt in the kits all pre cut shapes except the leaves and we decided to make a pincushion and also a brooch. 

We just need to get some brooch clips and we are done. It was heaps of fun..........

I had emailed various orders to Kerry thru the sale so far so picked up this book. 

Fat Quarter Quilting by Lori Smith.

Sorry about the glare....... 

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I got some of these cool buttons........I especially love the ones in the bottom photo which is what I got........

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Can't show you everything as some will be surprises for you know who at Christmas. 

But heaps of fun. All will be revealed in the new year. 

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

Chookyblue

PS gotta go find my hot glue gun...............didn't know I had one but Mr Chooky assures me I got one last year with some power tool deal he did...........more felting fun to be had............

7 SLEEPS TIL CHRISTMAS............no peeking in those SSCS presents..............

12 presents to be delivered...........