just a tad excited...........

we've had our local show...........from a young child I have always liked to enter art, craft, flowers into the show.............this year I  put some sewing and photography in................it's great to support the local shows (agriculture shows).............nothing else like them in country towns...............

I got quite a few 1st and 2nd's in various areas..........

anyway look what I got......................

on my Gardener's Journal..............I am so excited.....................

and if that wasn't enough you get points for places and champions etc and they do a tally for the whole pavillion and guess who won the Champion Exhibitor..................ta da.......

and not to be out done.............Fairy Girl had some sewing, a necklaces, photos and cooking in and she won the Junior Champion Exhibitor in the pavillion too.............

I have 3 finishes to show you that i put in the show but you will have to wait until next week for that............have to get some pics..............busy busy....

......May was the 3rd quietest month I have had in my whole time blogging........

Friday morning i'm off on retreat and Fairy Girl gets to come too for some of the time we are both very excited and she is already planning an entry for next years show........which she is going to work on at the retreat..............

I have nothing organised for retreat yet.....few ideas floating around.........

....off to put new elastic on netball bibs..........is 7.30pm to early to go to bed????

better do the bibs then I will hop into bed........

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

Chookyblue

border help needed ASAP.............

Hi Girls I need some help

I found this cream/green background which I am happy enough with............but I am not sure about the thin border...........finished 1inch.........

"GREEN"

"BROWN"

BLUE (really frames it)

or do a DOUBLE border blue then green

let me know what you think

ALSO

if you think they are not right please tell me I won't be offended.............

will leave them on the floor for tomorrow and see what I am liking but if anyone wants to tell me what your thinking good and bad please

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

Chookyblue

the last of the GJ blocks................

Block F finished yesterday morning...........

I changed this one.......no dog beside the lady or cat on her lap.........YUCK...........and I changed the glass to a wine glass............now I can kick back and relax in the garden..........

Block I - finally I got the ladies finished........very late last night so then I had to wash out the marked pen and dried it with the hair dryer so I could finish piecing the block.........

and then of course I had to get the last blocks all joined together...........

At midnight I was not going to start thinking about borders..............tonight hopefully...............back to work today..........bugger..........

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the girls have been so motivating on the Stitch-a-long blog.............they are a hive of activity at the moment.............

we have 9 finished and bound quilts and approx 15 to the block/top stage

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

Chookyblue

GJ block H & shopping...........

I have pieced another block for Gardener's Journal.............block H

this was the last stitchery I need to stitch for this block...........the others were done quite awhile ago.........

while on hols I did find a patchwork shop.............

some plans for these.............

someone made this bag.............i just had to get the pattern............I have been thinking about it for awhile...........and as soon as I saw it i had to buy it............

this charm pack table runner pattern.................

Nice day here today............max 34...........36-38deg for the rest of the week............
Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

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

Gardener's Journal Progress

I popped these on the SAL blog last week but haven't shared them on my blog............

Block D

the corn cobs nearly were my down fall............as much as I love corn I HATE these cobs............lol.........

And block E.........the orchard.....

5 blocks joined...........another one is done but can't be joined yet..........3 more to go..........

the end is in sight............

Summer sure is here............this week is going to be a corker...........

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

Chookyblue

Gardener's Journal Blocks............

I've just got block C finished with the house......

......I forgot to show you block A months ago when I finished it.

I have 3 cobs of corn to stitch and then I can finish piecing another block.

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

Chookyblue

progress............

I wasn't much fun for Maree to chat to this morning as I was a little ho hum with everything happening weather wise...........she was yesterday - today I was..........anyway the day improved greatly.......

...worked on various projects in between doing some washing and ironing..........trying to tidy the house so we can get up the xmas tree.............that is the bribery anyway...........slowly working at it.........we have plenty of time with this wet weather..........1/2 an inch of rain during the night but nothing today.........some sun so I got into the curtains in my room and washed them too..........

the kids played out in the water heaps............they are gone for ages then come back with exciting finds.............we have lots of water running around the house across paddocks and  in drains etc..........

this is a tiny yabbie Bookworm found today............actually  this one is big compared to a couple of others........this one is less the 2cm and another one he showed me was not much more then 1cm.............I have no idea how he even sees them in the water to start with.............even Fairy Girl was back out in the water today...........learning all her brothers tricks........precious life experiences in nature............coming back in with soaking wet clothes.........they have walked km's today with no shoes..........such little bush kids..............

but this afternoon we went to the neighbours on the 4 wheel motor bike......(the kids walked thru water all the way)........the road still has lots of water over it.....so the 4 wheeler is the go.....anyway I traced this stitchery off and took it with me and got he whole thing done while enjoying a bottle of wine............another stitchery for A Gardener's Journal that I have lost the plot on but I have a deadline so I HAVE to get it done...............

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

Chookyblue

A Gardener's Journal - block B

A Gardener's Journal block B.......Anni Downs Hatched and Patched............

I need to get a move on with this quilt but here is another block..........I have several in progress but just need to get them finished.....

the girls are making fantastic progress on the Stitch-a-long blog............check it out if you haven't been to the blog before or for quite awhile..........everyone's quilts are going to be different - so many great colour combinations.......many only have a few blocks to go..........

Catch you later

Chookyblue......

gardening in more ways then one.............

Finally I have finished my first "A Gardener's Journal" block G.........done..........such a good feeling............and I nearly have the stitching done to finish another block....

.........the Stitch-a-long is going well.........

while I was out in the garden snapping a pic of my block I wandered past my hibiscus and look what i found..............I know Lisa will love these pics..........was thinking of you when snapping away........

I love this pink one..........

they were all shutting up for the night.......so I was lucky to find these..........

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

Chookyblue

stitching frenzy......

I started this book last year while waiting for a plane at the airport.........reading bits here and there..........but last week we had no power one dreary morning and it was too dull to stitch so I got back into the book and finished it.......I cannot imagine living anything like this...........some people sure have some weird ideas.......is there anywhere in the world where one woman has many husbands and they just do as they are told????

I order Di Morissey's The Silent Country - Sunrise (morning show here in OZ) has started a book club and this is one of the books of the month..........also since the $$$ is so good I ordered some Elm Creek books.......can't remember who it was but one of the Aussie girls has got stuck into them and I have read one or two awhile ago and enjoyed them so hope they will be here soon..........

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have been busy tracing off stitcheries........

totally stuffed up the lawn mower as the pen I used faded a bit and I thought I had free drawn it right but obviously not and I undid the right hand wheel and all the middle I had stitched and will wash it and retrace that part again..........

ran out of thread this morning but I may have another one of these DMC threads floating around otherwise an essential shopping list item this week........

see progress is being made

even working on this stitchery that should have been finished ages ago..........I keep swapping what i am stitching.....

Just call me Peg........i am feeling as productive as she is at the moment with my stitching...........so what has changed........well time has gone back to normal and it is dark early now........also with it cooling off I just don't have the bugs i get in the warmer weather hanging around my lights annoying and biting me etc.........usually I can't/don't stitch much in summer of an evening........

also we have had school holidays and no bus runs to do etc.........this all heaps with extra bits of time........it is amazing what you get done with a thread here and there..........please remind me of this statement when I fall off the stitching wagon - Fairy girl is even in the stitching mode too..........

last day of school holidays tomorrow.....we have had a lovely time..........

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

Chookyblue

Stitching is so much better now............

Meet my new pink glasses cool hey..............Tutti Fruiti do you think I will look like a granny in these?????

I find I have to use them all the time now when stitching it is so much easier to stitch...........well sometimes i can thread an needle but it is so much easier..............

and this is what I have been stitching............block G of Gardener's Journal and an extra stitchery from block B.........

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

Chookyblue

Gardener's Journal stitch along...............

Want to join in????

After helping Kerri get her Gardener's Journal together and GDITC with Anni I am definitely keen to get into A Gardener's Journal. I have had the book since it first came out and now knowing Anni is going to be the tutor at GDITC again next year I would like to have that as my deadline.

Peg, Dale and myself are going to stitch along over the next 12 months. 

Peg has had a kit for about 5 years and she said she needs to get into it.

Would you like to join us. We want to stitch along together and get a certain part of the quilt done each month. No rushing ahead of each other just meeting the monthly deadline. Encouraging each other along the way to keep up. Good plan hopefully we can come thru with the goods.

Would anyone like to join us???  

BUT you would need to get the book to join in. Cost about AUS$30.  Available here

But you get the quilt with 25 stitcheries on it and at least 8 other smaller projects using some of the stitcheries so it is EXCELLENT value for money.

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I refuse to buy a BOM of patterns where they cost over $100-$150 just for the pattern of the quilt 

(and no other projects designed using some of the blocks...........)

Patterns are getting TOOOOO expensive. More inclined to buy less!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take Care til next time..............

Chookyblue
Edit: starting first month in April so people have time to pick out fabrics etc.............
I will pick what we are doing each month so we can work along together and keep each other motivated.