OMG a visitor and a quilt top.........

yep this it my SAL quilt is all rolled up ready to pop into the mail bag and send to my quilting fairy to work her magic...........

Just to recap..........late last week I rang my quilt fairy and she said she could quilt it for me if I got it in today's mail..............Friday and Saturday were horrible hot days 34 and 35deg'sC..(no air con in the Chook shed - need to win lotto)..........Sat night I was over run with bugs coming into the lights............I gave up at 9pm........but I thought possibly I could see myself making the deadline.........Sunday was heaven............ maximum 23 deg C I had to clean all the bugs up before I could start sewing at 6AM.............in between getting lunch and starting dinner, washing some clothes........organising kids..........I sewed and sewed and sewed and sewed some more........started to feel like a sweat shop (except I wasn't sweating like the previous days......) at 9.30pm Mr Chooky came to check on me on his way to bed.........I said I won't be long.....woops.............finally I had all the borders on..........at 12.02AM we headed to bed........had a few issues with the length of strips..........not sure where it went wrong but in the end I just cut straight across..........I think I could have fiddles for hours.........and I didn't have hours so chop it was and on went the bottom border and I was done..............

I had a little stitching to do today and some applique ends to pull through and tie off.........

but I got it all done today at work in my lunch time............

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Last week I had a great visitor..........actually one of the SAL girls..........

You can see my progress in the background on my SAL.........I had a long way to go............

So glad you stopped in Jenny..........it was great to meet Mr Bird too..........the nibbles and champagne was perfect.........here she is earlier in the day having a cuppa and doing a little binding for me.........I was supposed to have it finished by today too but I didn't make that deadline so that will be top job for the next night or 2..........

Thanks for all your comments............I haven't read them all yet but thanks.........not sure I will get to reply to them all but I will try.............off to bed............I don't function to well on 5hrs sleep.............just ask my family............more pics to download and share on my other camera.........
Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

23/24..........

OMG.......so hot.......no air con in the chook shed........need to win lotto........35 deg today.........one million bugs coming into the lights tonight..........cut lots of 1.5" squares.......now to piece them all.........
Chookyblue

aaarrrhhh.............

It's going to be 33deg plus today and 34 tomorrow..............the heat is here.................

I have a deadline of Sunday night to get my SAL quilt done................not sure if I can meet it but I am going to try..............see you all next week.......

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

another block............

Sorry about the terrible pic but I took it on my phone to get it here fast..............another block done..........

I love family and friends........love having people to visit...........

can't wait for my visitors tonight.............wished I didn't have to go to work.............

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

Chookyblue

promises.........

On Saturday morning I set a challenge with Susan..............

We were going to get our strips done by Sunday night..............

I worked pretty hard yesterday I was all stripped out........ and I am not finished but the end is in sight..........3 strips pieced............3 strips pinned together all worked out.........top and bottom have piles of fabric and that is about it......

Yesterday morning Peg was attaching some binding to a quilt...........I told her I was going to attach the binding to a quilt.............ready to fold in 1/2 below and yes I got it all sewn on..............now to hand stitch down.............it's a big single quilt..............102" x 60" so only 360" to stitch..........

And also yesterday morning Shez showed us her daisy block and I said I would get mine done.............well it was my last job in the Chook shed for the day but I did get it done before dark......just.....

Thanks girls..............I achieved lots with your motivation........blogging is great..........

And a friend dropped in for a few hours too.....lovely to sew together

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

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

playing..........

just making a big mess really...............working on my SAL quilt...........

more applique..............

threads galore................

Fairy Girl working on some more ipod pouches..........I'll show some pics of them all soon..........

and just more mess............

Hope your having a great weekend................it's a long weekend here so even better............

17mls of rain last night.............cool today...........

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

Chookyblue

bibs.......

A few weeks ago when Janice can to visit she showed me how to make these bibs

very easy really...........but it's always great when a friend shows you something isn't it..............

Thanks for the help Janice..........

I had planned to give one to Little Chicken when she had a baby but after washing the baby clothes let me tell you there was no way I was giving her another bib...........she had a mountain of them............

So into a present draw they go...........
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windy and blustery here today....the washing will be dry in no time..........quite hazy......33deg forecast............supposed to have some rain but we will see when it is in the gauge........it's forgotten how to rain here.........

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

Chookyblue

8/24.........

The progress on my SKofW quilt...........with 6 more here that means I have 8 done of the 24

another 7 in progress and the rest are sort of started...............

the blue wash out pen still needs to be washed out............

And as I never wear high heals I changed them to boots.............

i love my work boots and my good Baxter boots...........

love my jeans..............

and nothing quite like a cuppa tea..............

Hope the holidays are treating you well..........

the girls made some ipod pouches tonight so i'll try and snap a pic for you tomorrow................

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

Chookyblue