Lucy got some fresh air......

After doing nothing for the first 1.5hrs I finally dug Lucy out.............

It's time she got some fresh air having not worked on her since Feb (the last pics I found)

I worked on the bottom right corner pieces...........

I think we had about 26 people pop thru during the day........some popping in and out several times..........I only took this pic........always great to see everyone and have a chat.........

chatter about the Queen was a definite topic........so sad but so pleased she died as Queen.........

So the four Lucy blocks in the bottom corner got bits added to them then added to the quilt.........she is coming together.........then this also needs to happen on the bottom left corner..........and adding a few bits around the edges that are missing........

these trees are in mass flower............no idea what the name is........but they are out in the paddock and there is a thick patch near the front gate so easy to enjoy..........

The country side is pretty with flowers in lots of places..........wild rape growing here.......looked so pretty with the rain clouds forming..........

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

Chookyblue......

Rusty collection.......

those who have been on zoom may have seen this pic.....my rusty old machine collection........I have a couple more in another spot also.........9 here so I think I have 11 in total..........always happy to gather a few more.........the one on the front left that still has some board on it I have since sat it on some bricks in the garden....

   see my cute little chickens on the edge of the pavers too.....

I've got a bit more of Lucy joined......

Was thinking we may be able to zoom next Saturday but we have a planned power outage so unless it gets too wet during the week and it gets canned that won't work........so I'll keep working on a plan and get back to you when I work something out.......

pic of the dam...........I've been over here for many trips as I need to start a pump every time I want to water the garden........yesterday there was more of an issue with the old pipes so we got the wheel of death down from the neighbour's and dug trenches to lay new pipe.....what a crap job on a very hot afternoon....I faded and called in assistance.......we would never have got it finished last night..........still got some trenches to dig from the end of the trench to the pump by hand but I will pass on that job.........

ALSO in that job we ran a new power supply for the Chookshed so I can get a bigger air conditioner in there.........OMG I cannot wait for that.........

My poor little air con is just not big enough but runs off normal power.....

Anyway.....that's enough for one post......hope you are all well......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.......

wow what a start to 2022......

last week was just making a few blocks.......yes I know I achieved but this weekend on zoom I really can see the difference from the start to the finish.........

here we are at the start of the day.........

zoom started bright and early as usual in my time zone......6am i cracked off and very quickly I was joined by lots of the international girls...........

everyone is often head down as they are busy sewing.....

I had to join this filler block in to the section I wanted to add to the main quilt.......

and I had to join this block onto the bottom right...........

...then it was joining joining join.........felt like it was never going to end.........

Found one of the lambs stuck under an old combine..........

finally with me annoying it lots it got out........

as girls pop in and out all day sometimes you suddenly look up and there are 23 girls on the screen....My main co conspirator Lou from NZ assures me we got to 24 for a short time.......that's a record girls........I think this time we had 33 join altogether......

Sunset was pretty spectacular when I had ducked out to move a hose............Sylvia had not long before shared her sunrise in Germany..........so I had to snap this to show the girls..........

few bubbles and cheese were required as I had to keep my stitching stamina up......

working in so many time zones is funny......someone's having breaky someone else is having dinner or lunch.......

this time we had a few newbies.......Jackie and Mary in Canada, Hanne in Norway........I hope I have not missed any newbies........this time we covered Canada, USA, Norway, Germany, UK, New Zealand and Australia.........Hanne and Sharon were surprised we were still on when they got up........Sylvia came back as usual so we stayed on for ages after that chatting and sewing more........it was a late night for me.........we shut down at 10pm.......

But look at my progress........the big gap on the bottom right is not all sewn in............I even started sewing in a block in the gap and I had it about 1/2 in and my thread ran out and so did my ability to keep sewing.........

Another wonderful time with everyone.........love seeing what everyone is working on.........Karen hope you can get your technology sorted so you can sew with us next time....but you are great at keeping the conversation going.......

so now its trying to work out what goes where and joining 2 more rows...........then I will decide what size I want to make the quilt but I will get it to 6x7 before I make a decision..........

Thanks girls for the motivation and inspiration.......

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

Chookyblue..........

Lucy update......

As I said I would add a Lucy update here it is...........

I think she has enjoyed getting a breath of fresh air and I know I have enjoyed working on her again............she been a journey thru lots of good and bad times........so in some ways what will I do when she does get finished............don't worry that won't happen this week.........and we need to end in a good time and that isn't now so it might take some time..........

Its been so long I forgot what I was up too......maybe a few years since she has been alive.........

I have some blocks that don't have background added so got a few of those ready.........

These are the background blocks and I have 2 full ones to make like above and several edge ones to finish.......if I have the blocks like this and the one above I just keep joining blocks............no other pieces need to be fitted in...........

So here she is before we went away..........(which seems like a million years ago)

See the big section on the bottom right..........While away I got that together and a few blocks needed some work to get them to the joining stage so very happy with the progress.........I have since added a block to the bottom left of that unit and located what block goes in the gap up the side......so once I sew it in I will attach this unit to the main quilt............then I will be well over 1/2 way............on the home straight some might say but there is another 2 rows to add on and i'm still not decided on the final size until I get more together and lay Lucy on a bed.............

Is this some motivation for you Lou@Manxgirl Living and Crafting Downunder 

Mind you i'm so far behind she may have her quilt done she's such a busy girl......but she may have been lead astray by the squirrel once again and off on another project........

Apologies for not replying to my last post.......thanks for the advice........life has been a little challenging and now we are in lockdown........I may actually be working from home.........who knows...i'm on a few days leave........I was supposed to work from home last year and it lasted 8 days.........but the numbers are not great......worse again today regionally so I doubt we will get to come out of lockdown next week.........

Take care and stay safe..........

Chookyblue.....

bits and pieces.....

Just had a quick weekend away at friends. 

I'm not a beach person but I love the views..........

Sitting on their back deck with a wine, pool views and a lovely breeze chatting with my friends I finished this Lucy block and started another one...............

we have a new poddy........he's pretty quiet..........going well on the bottle..........

some great sunsets lately........big sky land where I live.............

Another view from a look out while away........it was pretty clear and we could see so far away..........

Tia Gorge.........very rugged country..........

and I found a gorgeous patchwork shop.......Stitched and Framed.......I needed a few more pinky reds to go into the quilt design I am planning.........these are the ones I had plus a few more I dug out of the stash and the new ones all together.......great shop she even cut fat 1/4's for me as I needed that size to cut the blocks.....I think I brought even more when she said that wasn't an issue and didn't have to do the minimum 1/2 metre cut to get what I needed.........I will be going back...........

I've got a extra long weekend as we have a holiday Tuesday for Australia Day and I took Monday as leave. Might try for a zoom sewing day Monday or Tuesday (my time)......anyone keen.........I'll let you know if I am definitely going ahead........plans are a bit vague here for the weekend......but I'm hoping to sew at some stage...........

Stay safe.........

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.......

international coffee time

So who's on at present..... 

Holly in Canada

Gail in USA 

Lou in New Zealand

Raedene in USA 

I'm currently doing some hand stitching on Edwardsia. 

Karen can you get on on your phone? 

Catch you later..... 

Chookyblue..... 

Stitchin' time in the car......

So much to share...... Need to catch up with life..... These were on my phone from today...... Easy to blog from there....... 

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

Ps heaps more Scrub Stitchin' to come.......

Stitching time.....

Epp is going well once again..... Into Edwardsia....... It's growing...... As opposed to Lucy I am not making the blocks then thinking about the joining....... It's all happening at once......

It's been a great day but I have to tell you about it later......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.......

Please vote

Please choose your favourite...........

i can't decide..........

A,B,C or D 

A

B

C

D

This was the block cut from the one piece of fabric..........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue......

Crazy.....

What's a girl to do when they forecast record heat for Sept and strong winds..........

head to the middle of no where and enjoy the day at picnic races..............

38 deg (over 100) and dust blowing everywhere.............

lost all my money but we we had fun..........

Did you do something dumb and crazy yesterday in the heat????

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playing with Lucy2.......i've been talking about her for some time now.......around I love making the feature blocks of Lucy Bostons quilt Patchwork of the Crosses but I don't think I love it that much to make a full on second quilt..........but I am working on my own quicker idea...........

today I was trying to nut out my idea I have in my head..........

the blocks on the right and top are not the correct size backgrounds...........I was hoping to use a 10in layer cake that I had but they are not big enough........also testing out a couple of sizes on the crosses.......the bigger ones are winning......and all will be fussy cut.......

not sure if I want a plainer background or even another colour but this one was a bigger piece to try the idea on.......

and looking at this photo the stripey background second one down on the left will not be staying in there.......I wasn't keen on it but used it now playing as it was the right colour.............

What do you think of Lucy2???

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.....

Lucy love.....

Yes more Lucy...............no time to sew at home but in the car travelling or waiting for appointments etc...........

the green is looking a little weird in the photo..........not sure why.......

The block below is the other option shown above...........but after a few texts to friends one husband replied finally and the block below was the chosen one............I liked both and could not decide.........

Here they all are together..........
the ones i've got done recently.............
back to more gluing..........
It amazes me when you see them together what the feature is.........
+ or X cross.....

love my new mug........great size too.........

just perfect for me.............

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have a good weekend.......it's going to be 38 and windy here on the weekend......what a shock to the body that will be........... 

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.....

Lucy and flowers......

nothing much to say other then 10 hrs in a car as passenger you can get a fair bit of sewing done.......so once I had the cream on the other block in my last post I started sewing some new blocks............

I think it takes about 3 hours to sew this together..............anyone else timed how long this takes to sew together........just the sewing............have not included the cutting and gluing..............

some flowers along the way...........

this one looks prettier then in this photo........

these are all from Shiralee Stitches..........the ones I prepped last month........

these will be in Lucy2

this one now just needs it's next set of red pairs added on.............

Could have nearly got it finished but fingers were getting sore from stitching and after 4.5hrs with a 10 min break I had had enough.....

my tally for Lucy is over 50 blocks now............

never to late to start a Lucy.........

Are you doing Lucy????

How are you going with your blocks and quilt????

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......