The SSCS sleigh is nearly here...........

Hi Secret Santa Christmas Swap girls

The sleigh is nearly here..........last weekend to work on your presents..........

Off to the chook shed for a sewing day with friends............yippee..........

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

how cool........

the solar eclipse was so cool........I got to see a partial one here........but Peg and Dale are in prime viewing position in far north Queensland.........check them out here........

The Adventures of Peg and Dale continue..........

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

the sleigh is nearly here..........

less then a week til the sleigh arrives to start picking up parcels to drop around the world..........

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

shopping..........

well the bonus of this top photo is that I didn't have to pay for the fabrics..................a yummy bundle of flannels........"little chicken" wanted a shaggy flannel quilt just like the pastel one in this post but I couldn't get the fabrics so we went shopping and found these.........I told her if she brought the fabrics I would make it for her.............can't wait to cut into them but will have to wait for a few a little while........I have the batting so ready to go............I love going into a shop and pulling out fabrics..........we had about 3 options pulled out on the table............deciding what to choose.........

I got this lovely piece of linen and a couple of fat 1/4's at The Home Patch last visit..........just forgot to show you...........they have heaps of lovely christmas ornaments too.........

not sure where they were for the photo..........

We have a good number for the blog meet.......I am getting so excited

How many sleeps Peg?

&&&

Off to work on my SSCS presents..........how are you going??

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

Chookyblue

the garden..........

I love this time of the year............agapanthus flowers popping up everywhere...........

the first one to open............

dieties........

hippeastrum.......

the best part.........my Jacaranda's in full bloom.........

vanilla scented oleander..........

purple everywhere..........

David Austin rose.......

glimspes of the garden...........

and finally I caught a great photo of my Variegated Fairy Wren (male)

isn't he just gorgeous..........

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

Chookyblue

blog meet????

24th November............
Interested?????
leave a comment and I will email you more details.........

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

PS 1100 posts.......OMG how did I get here............

a weird fence.......

recently I snapped these pics...........the sky was amazing ..........I posted some more pics here at Snappy Friends if you want to see more...........

have you ever seen a fence like this one.................it does have netting on both sides of the "A" frame..............I have no idea why you would ever do a fence like this...............and I have never seen one anywhere else.............I showed my Dad and he has never seen a fence like this either................

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

Chookyblue
PS thanks for all the wonderful comments about my quilt in the last post..........

can you have toooooo many pics?????

oh well you just have to have the lot.............I finished the binding while in town and had to stay in for a meeting so it was getting late when I headed home.........remembering I had to take photos for the SAL girls  (AND the sun is disappearing) I was keeping an eye out for a fence without barb wire or a nice log not in burrs to take some photos............

without the commitment I made to the SAL girls and having the Stitch-a-long blog this quilt would not have happened..........

they have been a great support............some times questioning my progress too (which I needed)

I didn't think this quilt would happen in August...........

We started the SAL and all was good and then life went in a wrong direction and it took til September and Janice coming to visit to get back into it.......I had started but not progressed far.......I knew I had been pushing Janice along and I had planned to work on the SAL while she was here.......then i got right into it......addicted..........lol......so most of my quilt was done in 1 month................

a huge thanks to Betty my quilt fairy for fitting the quilt in such a short space of time..........

...I just love what she has done............

ta da

ThAnKyOu SaL gIrLs

close up in sections.........

my layout got changed a bit........

the 4th and 5th rows are swapped as I had a problem with the fabric i used in the chook shed block and I was running out of time to unpick so moved the rows around...........perfect fix..........

the colours in a couple of photos are a little off.......was getting too dark............

a wheat paddock in the distance nearly ready for harvest............

and just one more photo just because I liked it.............

with about 2.5hrs to go (my time) the SAL girls can enjoy a quite peaceful rest from me.......

the details

My Favourite Things 

designed by Anni Downs (Hatched and Patched) 

from her book Some Kind of Wonderful

mostly used 1930's fabrics

quilted by Betty

Started Oct 2011 finished 2012 

Catch you later

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

PS 2 quilts finished in 5 days...........I am on fire.........