fiddling.........

Managed to feed the pets that got neglected yesterday............carted some wood in for the fire...........had a shower and that was about the extent of activites for the day.........I needed a rest after that............BUT the day is much nicer then yesterday......not that terrible cold wind..............

I have fiddled on the computer a lot today.............didn't feel like sewing...........changed my header......do you like it.........it's one I had in 2009...........moved things around...............nothing that needed a lot of concentration..........hoping to get the SAL updated tonight or in the morning..........

Something unheard of I watched 2 movies on TV this afternoon............they were good as they were light fun movies............hope your having a good Saturday..........

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

blogger you're a pain..........

Blogger how the hell are we supposed to leave comments with word verications looking like this now............ Quite by accident I had worked out you don't need to include the number box on the left but seriously changing the writing on the right to this is seriously testing my eye sight Do you not want us to leave comments anymore???? This is why I turned off my word verification awhile ago and only let people with a google accounts leave comments...........I also turned on comment moderation after 4 days............I don't usually get any spam thank goodness............ %%%%%%%%% feeling miserable here...........i've been forced to stop everything...........mind you I had been on a whirly gig spinning very fast.........unable to stop and get off.......but I am getting sick of the lounge after 2 days on it..............bugger the head cold...........lets just hope thats all it is.....I want to do something but don't have the energy to do anything....... ....I missed going away with the family as i was feeling to yuk to travel :( Hope your keeping warm..........what awful weather........ .........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

it's that time of the year............

Yep the most beautiful time of the year...............wattle time.............it always amazes me how some insignificant bush will just sit there all year and suddenly in August it bursts into a mass of gorgeous golden yellow...........it's still frosty and cold but to me it means winter is almost over and spring is on it's way......

with a change to work due to no technology I filled my day in with a few more renos..............

Mr Chooky was working on the bathroom...............I touched up some spots painting skirting boards and architraves etc............the bathroom is not finished yet but looking a million dollars on what it was...........

And when I got home I quickly got some wood in and the washing off the line and finished off 14 (14/32) of the inner compass sections............I must keep plugging away.......I still haven't got back to do anything on my retreat quilt so I need to keep the momentum up or I will have nothing done when I go back to class..............

Hope you find some stitching time.........be it 5 mins or 30mins it all adds up.........and I am trying to find more of those short opportunities..........

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

Chookyblue

some progress..........

Don't get excited it isn't joined yet but I have all the sections for this compass done...........

funny how you get gaps in fabrics............I was seriously missing some greens.........Chris fixed that.....she went and found a few for me...........

I had made a concerted effort to find some purples and yellows as I knew I didn't have any awhile ago...........but I am missing some mustard/oranges..........I have managed to get 32 different fabrics for this round and another 32 for the round inside this..........

When this is all joined it should be 34.5" across...........

being organised and having some kind of system/pattern seems to be the way to go so far..............

These scraps from the first round will go towards other sections.........only needing to cut some cream background fabric for one section in the next round I do...........

This was my stuff up on Saturday..........cutting on the wrong line........lucky I only did one..........

this one will be going to the bin.............

Funny how you start some things and don't read the instructions first..........(usually the way with me)

This is what is written at the start of the instructions

"This is a quilt for lovers of foundation piecing. It is assumed the maker will have a knowledge of foundation piecing basics. Warning - do not attempt this project if you have never done foundation piecing before."

What am I thinking................god I hope this works out...........time will tell when I start to join things together............

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

Chookyblue

learning........

Well I finally got to a lesson that I have been dreaming of doing for 1-2years now...........probably really since I went to my first quilt show in Sydney in 2008...........mariners compasses have been drawing me in.............but never sure how to start or what to do...........so early this year I booked into a workshop at The Home Patch (Anni Downs' shop) with Chris Jurd.............

Finally Saturday came and I had so much fun.............it was a great class.........Chris was a very good teacher..........

I have set myself a huge amount of homework to do before I go back later this term............

And as a little bonus I got to have afternoon tea with some friends.......... the girls had deadly looking desserts..........but as I hadn't had lunch since I was too busy sewing so I had some yummy hot chips and garlic aioli.......and an iced chocolate.......

Janice, Khrissy and Deb  it was great to catch up....... 

Oh and "the girls" hitch hiked there way and gate crashed the arvo tea...........

there were spotted here and here too.............

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

Chookyblue

pics soon........

I had the best fun yesterday learning something new..............can't download pics yet so will be back as soon as I can to share with pics....................

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

chilly, eggs......

I know for some of you this is nothing frost wise but in my neck of the woods we had a huge frost yesterday morning...........like I said huge for us...........we only get a few frost each year..........this week we have had frost after frost and some very chilly nights................

little crystals of ice........

I stopped at a stock grid and took some pics too.........it is so "cool"

and this is where a vehicle has driven over before me and pushed some of the ice off the edge....

frost on a wheat paddock...........

and with some sad news............there are no more blue eggs here..............the last of my chooks that lays the blue eggs died..........I would love to get some more so will have to see if I can find out where to get some.........the guy who I got these ones from doesn't have chooks anymore........

no more blue egss is a bit sad :(

Have a fantastic weekend...........I have some special sewing planned for tomorrow...........

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

Chookyblue

not the usual patch work.........

every free day I have had lately I have been organising Mr Chookyblue doing "patch work" around windows and sanding etc.....the windows were put in but never finished and gaps filled on the inside.......who knows why..............lots of wall washing..........and finally some painting.......2 bedrooms and a bathroom to do..........

the bathroom was DISGUSTING........vanity gone, remaining tiles gone, flooring gone, rat eaten toilet seat gone.......stupid wall to the left around the toilet gone.........and the "brown" toilet is now white again.........that toilet cleaner stuff works amazing miracles.............i'll try and take some pics when it's done........

and it's not even my house..........

BUT it means I haven't got back to my quilt I started at retreat.........

waking up very early to catch the end of the day at the olympics...........

I am desperate for a day at home.......

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

Chookyblue