Sunday, 25 September 2016

Prezzies.....


this post is well over due........I thought I had posted it then realised that I hadn't and had to take some extra pics to add to it.........it just hadn't happened but finally it is all together........so sorry girls...
I was very flat for my birthday given the obvious reasons but we don't discuss that now...........
onto the good part.........
The fat 1/4 birthday girls really spoilt me for my birthday..... Look at these gorgeous fabrics that arrived in the mail....... 
First up Dory@Stitchin Cubbyhole ....thanks so much for organising the swap to.... 
Then we have Dzintra@Queen of the Armchair..... 
Michelle @ Rag Tag Stitching....
Asta.....
Tarnyia 
 Simone @ Stitching is my Down Time
Finally Jules was my special buddy..........she went with a Chooky theme......just perfect.........crochet face washer.......matching Chooky apron and tea towel and a gorgeous Chooky card made by her sister............ 
 All wrapped in the great floral at the top on this pic........perfect for fussy cutting......and a chooky pot holder..........
and a wash cloth with a little chicken on it.......in my favourite colour.......
Thanks so much girls......i just had a very quiet day for my birthday....  That was all I wanted to do this year and I opened my presents the next day......
Catch you later......
Chookyblue....

'Keeping the love of blogging alive'

Saturday, 24 September 2016

Bathurst Blog Meet Round Up.............

Testing out the curves...........
oh the best fun with these girls.............Carol @ Cherry Pie Designs, Me, Janice @ Jannimary, Kate @ Show and Tell, Miss Jules, Deb @ Frog Cottage Designs, Simone @ Quilting is my Down Time, Suze @ Bears Mum, Sonia @ Forever Always Online, Georgina, Kylie @ Indigo and Quince, Bronwyn and Robyn.........Sadly Fiona has left by now..........
Miss Jules.....
Sonia quilting......
Janice and Kate stitching away......
Fiona making a baby quilt............
Kylie playing with freehand............
Deb placing some more pies or are they tarts...........
Simone sewing on squares.............
Georgina Paper peicing............
Carol hand piecing.........
a finish for Fiona.......
Robyn bringing back to live some 10inch strips with a new design.........
Kate blanket stitching away..........
Show and tell was great.........Kate had this one from Anni's Some Kind of Wonderful book........
Sonia had her top finished from our Nundle retreat.............
Kylie and her  gorgeous knitting and crochet...........
Janice Natures Journey finished.........
Love this one of Carols.....might have to make  it..........
Carol again.........patterns available for above(2) and below..........
Fiona and Simone had their finished treat from last year..........
amazing what fabric  choice does to a design............
Browyn finished binding this lovely quilt............
working out layouts and designs above and below..............
Janice and her progress.........
Deb was so happy when she finally had all her pies and tarts sewn down...............
Janice brought an old quilt her grandma made for her Mum............1950"s I think she said............
Suze finished her secret project...........
the best group of girls...........it's the last Bathurst Blog Meet i'll organise..........I may not be able to attend in the future due to family commitments so thanks girls for the wonderful times..........6 years of fun starting off as lunch meets turned onto weekend retreats.........bit sad to think I met them only due to blogging and some friendships may be lost as some of the girls don't blog any more........for me in my isolated part of the world it's how I have connected...........
Getting home was even more interesting then getting out.........
Spent a night in a motel then a couple of nights at a girlfriends while I stayed in town for work.........these are my waterfront views while I was there the river was pretty full............
finally I headed home a week after I left and the roads were no better probably worse and still wet (more rain).........
this looks better then it is but I was stuck.......tracks  to deep for my vehicle...........
don't step out it was slosh and mess........I had my fancy town work shoes on not work boots or better still gum boots............
Got pulled out of this and got going again only to get stuck again............then I got dragged a long way.............
everything is so wet now we only need to few mls and the roads are impassable for me now.............
you just don't bother going anywhere except essential trips as it is such a mess............and I have 3 roads I could travel out from here and this is the best of the worst..............I'm not over the rain but I am over the roads.........and it will probably be months before the shire does anything about it..........
Boy Wonder caught a Scared Kingfisher on the verendah to release back outside........he sure got hold of his finger...........

Oh and 10.......interesting what things you are suggesting.......hang around the secret will be revealed soon..........
Catch you later............
Chookyblue...........

'Keeping the love of blogging alive'

Friday, 23 September 2016

10...........

Image result for 10th year
Does 10 sound like a good number???????
.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

Saturday, 17 September 2016

Laugh until you cry.....

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

Curvy Progress?

Lots of the girls have had a go at the curves.....  Not bad at all...... So easy to cut.... No pins to sew.... More later.....
Catch you later.....
Chookyblue......

'Keeping love of blogging alive'