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.........

fun..........

with the success of my first block I made another one..........

 it looks wonky on the right left but it's just the wavy design sheet behind it............

Miss Jules got her Kaffe top finished..........she started the blocks at Scrub Stitchin'

Wine and nibbles was enjoyed...........

Decided on my sashing for the Churn dash quilt.........it looked much better in real life........

De was holding up a option for setting triangles.........still undecided.........

not decided on the cornerstones either..........

We had some delicious lunches out...........

Of course I was with Sandi and Helen so I had to have coffee and cake............

Here we are at lunch........that's not a table cloth it's the table painted..........

Sandi and me..........

Sandi, me and Susan.........

Maureen, Sandi, Miss Jules and Susan.........

Helen and Miss Jules.........

So much to see in Glenrose shop............

OK that's it for now........

Got to go do some cattle work with Mr Chooky.........

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

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

seriously.......

seriously sometimes you wonder why........ In the first few hours I ran out of bobbin 1/4 of the way down a long seam..... Sewed the border on the wrong side - in reverse stitching that I started reversing the wrong seam also..... Ran out of bobbin again.......Put a nick in the quilt cutting a thread....... OMG there way more...... The sewing gods were not on my side.....

Finally I got the white border and outer border on this quilt .... The centre is Fairy Girls project from a few years ago at Scrub Stitchin'............. Thanks to the chat on zoom that got me to finding the range and Susan @ Susan's Sewing Space for finding the border fabric........

Found a great backing at Quilt Craft.......

Onto the churn dash blocks then......

They were partly in progress.....

I'm a slow sewer but here's progress last night

Delicious lunch out....... Gorgeous gift shop....... Isn't this Christmas tree so pretty......

Seems I'm not the only one who buys alcohol by name or picture...... No I didn't have to search for the chooks they were the first bottle I saw in the fridge..... No idea what it is but I had to have it...... Maybe rosee.......

My friend Miss Jules' project......a crazy quilt she started at Scrub Stitchin' this year.......

A little prezzy from Sandi @ My Forevermoore......

Churn dash show and tell..... More on that later........

Coffees hot so I best get moving and go sewing.......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

PS going to bed Qld time and waking my NSW time is not good.......

weather for ducks..........

 LaNina sure is showing her stuff again.......3rd year in a row has officially kicked into gear.........another flood event over last weekend.......the only time I have waterfront views.............the creek sure has been gorgeous..........this was Monday afternoon its very slow to go down at present......... 

we have been pretty lucky so far........some of our region has coped it worse..........rural isolation is major......road closures, flood warnings, more rain forecast tomorrow, not too much but an inch is more like several at present..........big rain forecast again next week...........

We had a quick trip away for an engagement party.........we called in via Burrendong Dam on the way home..........this was about 139% when we called in..........I've not seen this dam full........its a bit off the road so you have to drive in specifically to see it...........before last weeks rain with constant releases they had got it down to 113% and with the rain + Windemere Dam spilled over after 20-30 years, it flows into the Cudgegong River which flows into Burrendong also....So quickly is was back up to 139%.....Burrendong spills into the Macquarie River...........the River near me is the Castlereagh............both the Macquarie and the Castlereagh (plus more) flow into the Barwon then into the Darling then Murray.........see map below.......and the top left of that maps shows you what part of Australia this covers..........it flows down near Jo.........

the floods get slowler and take months to move thru the system as the country is pretty flat.........given it is flat it all spreads out wide once out of the river banks.............lots of crops are currently standing in water.........

Big news.......Bridget has become a Mum.......just one baby..........I wished she had two..........

Delivered a quilt that I thought I was posting so that was wonderful..............

if you know you know...........but it did involve some crazy sewing and two binding lunches with Miss Jules my partner in all things quilty...........

So good to see these girls as the Chookshed got cancelled this year so it's been well over 12 months..........

Lifes been busy with lamb marking - I swear these lambs doubled in size as they went thru the next gate to where I picked them up.............OMG.........stock work is behind with all the wet weather..........

Gorgeous bottle brush flowers in the garden.............

OK best go.........life has just been hectic - you all know what that's like.......

sewing to deadlines, sheep work, town work, both the kids home at different times......no time to blog or read blogs............but thought I best pop in before you send the are you ok messages.........

busy weekend with a family event then i'll do a big shop again Monday in prep for being stuck at home for who knows how long if next weeks forecast comes off.............

Was going away for a couple nights next weekend sewing with some friends but thats been canned......partly due to the fact two if us may not get there with the farecast rain..........

the joy of dirt roads............the weather has a massive effect especially when its many km's not just a short driveway.........best go this turned into a much bigger post than I thought it would................

Catch you later........

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

Sprinkles.......

I've had this quilt kit for a long time....... Very long time....... Then it finally got cut back in Oct 2020 I got it cut and laid out on the design wall - you can see the fabrics etc and still sat for some time before it really started to get sewn....... It started as a leader ender in Jan 2021.......

bring on the Chookshed birthday last June 2021 and I got the inside of the top together here and here...........

I love the paisley prints in this one also........

This quilt got finished when Annette visited last Oct by adding the borders after i fixed a bit.......

I called it Sprinkles as 100s &1000s are tiny balls..... Sprinkles are logs and it feels colourful and fun like Sprinkles........

When I was binding and 1/2 done I remembered I was going to scallop the border..... Oops to late wasn't going to be unpicking the binding so straight edges it is........

This quilt has now gone off to a friend be who had recently been diagnosed with cancer........ She can be sprinkled with love.......

Sprinkles

Started Oct 2020 Finished August 2022

Made by me

Pattern by?

Quilted by Jackson

Given to a friend 

Still a couple of quilts to share.....3 i think....

Really need to get those pics done but I think it's going to rain again lots tomorrow....... 

If it rains lots you know what that means???????

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

Chookyblue......

Little Red Riding Hood......

This is a quilt made from a charm pack I think I got at the second Scrub Stitchin' back in 2019

If it wasn't there I have no idea where I got it from..........

I don't remember the name of the range but I put the squares together there I think............later on I added the white border........

I tried to cheat and go look at my Scrub Stitchin' posts but I must have been severely drought effected by then as the posts are very short and limited..........

I got a lovely pink with white spots flannel for the backing........it suited the cute little prints in it...........I think the range could be Angela Hoey?? but no idea what range.........If you know please tell me...........

EDIT Thanks to Lynda the range is Little Red in the Woods by Jill Howarth

Beautiful quilting by Betty.......

I got the quilt binding done on some of the short zoom sessions.......

this one was finished last month I think but finally I got a quilt holder to work........

no creative pics with this one........

One day it will end up with a little girl.........

it will go in my bundle of quilts........

Quilted by Betty Field 

Started 2019 finished 2022

Fabric Range Little Red in the Woods by Jill Howarth

Designed by me

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

Chookyblue..........

PS I still have 3 of the 16 finished quilts to show you.........

I have pics done of another one so will try and get that post together...........