Churn Dash Quilt.......

6/9 in the crazy binding blitz..........we are honing in.......the end is in site.............I am nearly finished the 9th quilt........ Don't drop dead with shock!!!!!!

Just need to keep working on it..........every stitch counts........

I started making this quilt at a Cottage on the Hill retreat back in 2010.........

I found the pattern in a magazine and picked out the fabrics at Kerry's while on retreat..........of course I never do anything the same size as the pattern so this got upsized i'm pretty sure...........

Actually just reading one of the other posts I have done and it was upsized by adding a row on one side and bottom.......... If you want the pattern let me know in the comments and I'll go find the magazine......

So as I said started at retreat....nothing to show but a bundle of blocks......I'm sure I made more progress over the years but once again the crazy sewing blitz of late Dec 2017 had a flow on effect for 2018 

Lots of progress happened early 2018 here, here and  here

Lots more cutting for this quilt done with Jenny when she was here one weekend...........

Finished the top back in March 2018 while at Fiona's........link here...

This was beautifully quilted by my friend Jude last year........

love the churn dash block and love the quilt setting on point.............

This quilt fills me with warmth and old style with the blocks and fabric choice so I decided to go out on the old combine and take the pics............

I love too many of the pics to not share them........

they will end up in my blog book........

playing with the angle also............

the most boring pic........

Started 2010 finished 2022

Name Churn Dash

Fabrics - mixed

Size - 86 x 72inchs

Quilted by Judy Simcock Cornerstone Creations Quilting

Ok off sewing again since it has still been raining approx 40mm...... Looks like I'll be at him he for a few more days yet...... Missed out on a free motion quilting workshop today...... Got to love my long dirt boggy road.....

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Catch you later.......

Chookyblue......

Zoom marathon coming up...........

Mustering sheep Monday afternoon I stopped in the perfect spot and looked to my right...........lucky my phone is with me most of the time............

Bit of dust, golden hour light, shadows and sheep.....perfect........

For some reason my chart won't paste in here with the times but its the usual anyway........

Saturday 6am for me (AEST)

Friday afternoon USA and Canada

Friday night UK and Europe etc but as it's late there so best go to bed early and get up early....we will still be on here.......

This photo was late last week that I don't think I shared............if I did bad luck you got it again.....

I'm on a roll.........the rains set in the fires lit and I am catching up on emails and some more blog posts.........BUT just wanted to let you all know zoom will be on............

So be brave if you have not joined before.........

As usual leave a comment here if you would like to join in.......

Put the family on notice to care for themselves.............

Prep some easy food before hand.......

This is going to be another sewing marathon........

Keep the love of blogging alive..........

Chookyblue.........

 

citrus punch......

Still catching up on blog posts...........

its a good problem having all the quilts finished..........

5/9 in this crazy binding blitz.........currently working on the 8th one.......

Its always fun/challenging searching back thru my blog to find stuff about these old projects I am working on..............

I forgot I had made a quilt with these same fabrics.............

I made another quilt back in 2011 that I called Citrus Squares........link here

shock horror I even quilted it myself and got the binding on at the same time...........

I loved the fresh colours and they have a bit of a retro feel and I called this one Citrus Punch........citrus being the lemons, limes, oranges....throw a little guava in too..........

the fabric range was Dream on by Urban Chiks...........can't find the link in Moda now but it does exist.......I think I only brought some fat 1/4's as I didn't have the whole range......

I made this quilt top at Scrub Stitchin' in 2018..........see it here..........

not sure if I have anything left from it now or if this project used all the fabrics......must have a look.......

I found a lovely fine blue and white stripe for the binding..........

Its finished the edge off very pretty.......

Found the hay bales for this quilt shoot...........

it was a beautiful sunny day when I took these pics..........

Started - 2018 finished 2022

Name - Citrus Punch

Quilter - can't remember

Size - 71x77inchs

Fabric - Dream On by Urban Chiks

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Chookyblue.......

Friendship Kisses Quilt......

This one has been a long time in the making......................

the fabrics were received mostly here in a fat 1/4 swap.....way back in 2009.......I had asked for "soft and pretty" fat 1/4's...........

no idea when the blocks were started - it was a long time ago..................... but I put the blocks together into a quilt top back in the crazy christmas sewing blitz 2017 link here

I'm pretty sure the block name is a reflection of friendship but I cannot find the block and the name............

EDIT thankyou Jo for helping this is a whirl wind block

if anyone knows the name of the block it would be appreciated..........

I called the quilt Friendship Kisses........friendship swap of fabrics and the cross in the block is xoxo kiss hug so the x being the kiss...........

once again can't have too many quilt pics...............

want to join me for a cuppa anyone????

there plans for a quilt in the making of this design of the table top..........

soon as I saw it I thought of quilting and had to have it.........

The blocks came to a stand still as I was lost as to how I wanted to join them.............

But in the end I am really happy with the setting.........

Gorgeous quilting......can't remember who did this one.........

This one went to my Mum for Mothers Day on the weekend......

Started - 2009 finished 2022

Quilter - i've forgotten  EDIT Betty (post found here)

Size - 80x80in

Block - whirlwind

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Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

PS the binding marathon continues.........

Tilda Orange.........

This quilt was started on a weekend when Anni and Kylie came to stay link here....when I found that post it was 2018......wow time flies........ Anni had the fabrics and wanted a sample for the shop (sadly shop closed now) for when the new range arrived..... We started on this design.... Anni had a lovely blue linen to mix in with hers and I worked on the sample for her until we ran out of blue linen...... She had more at the shop so it was sewn as much as we could...... Anni had some left over fabrics which she shared with Kylie and myself so I started making a version for myself using white as that's what I had on hand........

Annette came to sew for a weekend later last year and I got the borders onto the quilt .....

Annette was sewing a Tilda quilt that weekend also............

This one was quilted by Jackson as Annette was able to take the quilt back and he quilted it for me...... It was around the time of very unreliable postage so I wasn't keen to mail it off.... So once quilted it took a bit of time to get back to me.......I used the same border fabric to bind it with.........

too many pics once again...........

Can't think of the name of the Tilda range that this comes from..... 

Actually got the better of me and I went googling once I knew it was 2018

The range is Bird Pond for the internal quilt..............not sure what the border is from.........

Tilda is pretty......

you can't really see it but I used a different orange Tilda fabric for the backing......its got pink/aqua flowers on it...........

the smaller prints made the 4 patches and the bigger prints made the bigger blocks............

once again having fun but challenging finding enough different quilt photo locations..........

started another binding last night and could have it finished tomorrow..........

Not sure who will get this quilt but I think I will give it to someone I love....... 

For now it will sit in the bundle of quilts.........

So good to have another finish.......

The binding was finishing on the zoom binding marathon on Sunday...... 

The smallest of all the quilts to bind........

Tilda Orange measures 67x60in.......

these flowers are a weed growing in the paddocks I found today..........

weeds but pretty............

We were checking a few sheep for flies but the other major job was to find some fire wood because if we don't need it tomorrow it will be very soon.........big cold weekend coming up so everyone will have there fires going if they haven't lit them yet...........

OK best go.....i've got more binding to do.........

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

Chookyblue.......

FG Love......

This was the first Moda Love quilt that I made.......

This one got finished 24th April but I had to many other posts to do so posting now...............

The pattern can be found here........It works with a layer cake, charm pack and mini charm pack......

I love quilt photo shoots but restricted myself to share only 6 pics here............

this photo was right when I finished it.............

I started this quilt back on Oct 2014 and finished it a few days later......links here and here.........I started using a layer cake but as I had used a few pieces from it in something else I added some French General fabrics from my stash...........with a couple of others thrown in..........

Honestly cannot remember who quilted it..........its been languishing in the binding pile for to many years.............But love the quilting design on it.........and its got a nice high loft......feels very snug............

I was thinking of calling it French Star back then but as my love for French General has grown it will be FG Love aka French General Love..........

reflecting the fabric and pattern designs.............

I decided it didn't want or need borders and measures 72inx72in quilt............

I just adore this backing fabric............

I thought this one might be given to someone but really not sure I can part with it............

Thanks for the push Rose Marie.........

Now in one of those posts about this quilt it mentioned and shows a pic about making a mini quilt with the same fabrics............no idea where that is or the fabrics and I am sure I had not sewn it together.......OMG...........better send out the search party for that one...........

Have you made a Moda Love Quilt???? 

It's a great pattern as very effective and quick to make up........

Keep the love of blogging alive......

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

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

zoom binding marathon.......

WOW IS ALL I CAN SAY..............

Yesterday was huge...........I had planned for it to be a big day but it was huge and I got SOOOOOOO much done...............lets recap the last few weeks to set the scene.............

Easter I realised besides the 2 quilts that had binding attached I also had this pile of SEVEN quilts to bind............more then I realised...........

I started cutting all the binding that weekend........

My FG Moda love quilt (post coming soon) got finished at easter........

Anzac Day I got Framed finished......shared back a couple of post..........

Since I was on this binding challenge with Rose Marie I decided I needed to get the bindings all attached and ready to stitch down........I don't love attaching the binding.........

Sweat shop binding prep.............

I did give an update at the bottom of this post............

I had a few done but since the end of the month was approaching I decided I would try and get ALL the bindings attached ready to stitch down..........just to make it a self goal...........

HOT TIPS FOR BINDING........

things I forgot.......notes more for myself......

choose the binding when choosing the backing......

use your quilting gloves at least on your left hand - helps feed it thru..........

attach your walking/accufeed foot..........

check foot pressure......

make sure you have several full bobbins when doing a few.......

lengthen the stitch......2.5 minimum.......

check any quilt points on the edges before trimming back........

also moving forward 

make the binding and attach as soon as the quilt is back.....

trim back ready to sew down.....

I've gone to pick up these quilts esp the two that had binding attached a couple times but they weren't trimmed properly so got sat back down........left to wait.......for way too long.........

Saturday this is what the pile looked like..........Orange one missing as it was partly bound...........

But everyone ready to sew down...........

the gorgeous glow outside my door 10 mins into zoom...........the day was going to be stunning even if it was a chilly start in the Chookshed......no need for a heater as I would get a bit of sun coming in soon.........

this is mid morning............

Everyone was so busy.........we had about 25 thru the door during the day but I think 10 was the most on at once...........some came and stayed............some popped in and out a few times...........

Jeanette wins the stayer award today........

This is how the day started............

progression was happening.........

including finishing the binding on a small project........

the display increases..........

then they just got thrown on top........LOL...........

Can I say this was definitely the quietest zoom session ever...........the silence was not awkward...........it was a good silence when it happened..........everyone so busy.....But i did have to work harder to keep some conversation going......lol......the pic above was at 10pm last night...............the longest zoom yet......we finished at 10.30pm cause I was done........but can I just say it took until 15hrs for the conversation to kick into chat drive..........and once it did it didn't stop...........16.5hrs later we finished zoom...........yes that is Gail back on from the USA it was 5.30am for her....she'd been to bed and got up again................Marika says she is coming in from the start and not going to bed next time.........

the view this morning.......feels like a drunken party..............quilts thrown everywhere.......the one on my chair 1/2 done.............I want to get it finished today......

thankyou for keeping me going girls......

especially to Rose Marie for the gentle encouragement she gives to get started to start with..........

now I think she is in shock and when she reads that I finished 3 yesterday she will be in shock............

Above the pile at the start of the day............minus the orange one as it was being binded.........

And look at the pile today...........the top one is 1/2 done so in both piles............

my fingers are going great which is amazing.............

For April I bound 720 inchs

yesterday I bound 901 inchs plus my little project got finished

I have 1046 inchs to go to catch up..........

also I thought I bound about an hour a metre/39inch but I am actually twice as fast..........didn't know this until I timed myself........but I had some binding support Rose Marie finished a quilt before she left zoom..........Narelle had made a table runner and bound that and Marika felt bad she had a wall hanging on the wall with the binding clips holding the binding down.......Sooooo she pulled it off the wall and got it stitched down also..........nothing like keeping each other motivate............

so today I would like to finish the binding on another quilt.........

Might even get some of the blocks sewn that I drew the lines on yesterday also...........

Ok it's morning tea time and I need a nanna nap already........

then it's quilt photo shoots and quilt washing while it's a nice sunny day.........

Keep the love of blogging alive...........

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

Chookyblue......