OMG .........

So good to be home.......nothing quite like your own bed.........absolutely exhausted..........so much to share.....need to sort all the pics.........back in a day or 2 to share.......

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

Babe in city.........oops Chookyblue in the city.....

Will the city ever be the same???

my friends first quilt.......

My girlfriend who was here last week made here second quilt while here..........

Here's the first quilt she made 2 years ago...........this one is for her son........

I never got a photo of it so when I saw it came for a holiday too I snapped a photo.......

it's a cowboy print on the blue blocks and we just picked fabrics to coordinate with it.........

she did so well........I cut and she sewed..........

I wonder what and when she will make for her next quilt...........

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

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

dunking sheep...........

Yes well it is call "dipping" but they have to get dunked  under the water in the dip so dunking sheep works for me..............

Little "Z" is getting bigger and here's "Z" getting a look at a mob of sheep..........he's showing lots of interest which is great.............

up the race the sheep go..............

Sorry about the light but the sun was in the wrong spot.............the sheep go into a narrow race and then onto a conveyer belt.......

see at the top of the pic the sheep is about to go over the edge and fall into the water.............

around they go .........being pushed under the water by someone just before this position.............it's like going thru an "s" track...........

around the bend then you can walk out and slide down the shute...........

it's a big job and the more people the better.........but we got thru with a hand from a couple of brothers............and our visitors.............nothing like putting visitors to work...............

While it was cool Saturday the sun was shining so the sheep dried off well................

Sunday and Monday were another story......chilly and cloudy then chilly and sunny...............
huge frost this morning........................

Catch you later

Chookyblue

Food dehydrators.......

Does anyone have one.............any tips on buying one......costs, styles etc...

Boy Wonder wants to make beef jerky.........

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

more jelly roll quilts......

my girlfriend arrived Thursday afternoon..............

we always like to do crafty things with the girls.............something.............so after Fairy Girl made her jelly roll quilt last week she thought that maybe my girlfriends daughter may like to make one too..........

to help her out I joined all the ends.......

then she got to work and joined most of this quilt..........her Mum helped with the last bit..........
this is made from 48 strips and it is more square then rectangle like the normal jelly roll race quilt................

When my girl friend went to get the jelly roll for her daughter she found this one below................so she decided she would make one too...................

Rambling Rose by Sandy Gervais.............just beautiful..............even prettier in real life.............but it is a pre-release so the yardage is not out until October........gee that is annoying..........I wished they would release everything at once...............so we will have to wait until that comes out so she can put a border on her quilt.............

it's such a pretty range...............the colours are a bit closer here..........

it's been so nice having my girlfriend and kids to visit for a few days..........

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

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

Thimbles......

Do you use a thimble...... Years ago I thought they were useless as I tried to use mine on my middle finger but I couldn't do things properly like holding the needle etc...... But then some time later I tried it on my next finger over that I don't use while stitching and it worked perfectly and didn't annoy me..... But I forget to use them unless I have a sore finger and as I have stabbed my middle finger with the end of the needle several times several days in a row it is toooo sore to do again so I have been using it...... 

So do you use a thimble?

 Which finger do you put it on? 

Catch you later

Chookyblue

quilt shows.....

Well last week was the Melbourne craft /quilt show........ Surprising there wasnt that much chatter online about it....well that's what I thought anyway......  Did you go was it a hit? Do you get too many shows to go to - too much choice?  What did you like if you did go? ### Now Sydney is coming up next week and just about no one has been mentioning it at all online......  Are you going?  What's the draw card for you? ### Actually I think you must all be hibernating and asleep like bears with all this cold weather in the southern hemisphere...... And the Northerners must be on summer holidays..... It's quiet......  .........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........