More Chookshed sewing and paddling

If there is any repeats here I'm sorry.

So nice to see so much water

2 weeks later and the water is even higher than this I have heard.

Dinner - Country style

Finished Project 

Baby quilt for "Horace" 

Taa Daa!! in nice warm flannel

Can you see what Kate was doing to Chooky's quilt with her dresdens.

2016 Stacey's at the Gap Warwick

The beginnings of a very wet and very relaxing weekend of sewing

I am working on a quilt for baby Morris who arrives in July. Many family and friends contributed a piece of fabric of their choice and I had to put it together.

Quite a challenge.

I found a quilt on Pintrest I liked and tried to make one similar one. No pattern though just had to wing it . Hope it works .  Here we go.. a quilt that looks like a jig saw puzzle. using the most unusual  fabrics ...not one that matches the other.

The beginnings of the puzzle .. still some more fabric to arrive

Gail ,Sheena and Peg. Really missed Margie she was too ill to come .

Penny assessing Gail's quilt.

Raining and Sewing

Finished my Anni Downs project roll.

Some clowning around. 

Chook Shed Birthday 2016

Selecting some fabric

      First Sewing Selfie 

The last one to arrive. All the girls had a hairy trip here on the muddy and wet road.

Yep 3 inches of rain ... beautiful

Let the fun begin

Well what a start  to the Chookshed's 4th birthday weekend breakfast... WOW  Thanks Chooky .

I am planning on finishing this Anni Downs project we started at GDITC .   

Well I have sorted the stitchery.

Now the two and a half inch  squares.

     The top is done just need to do the  flowers 

Waiting for Kate and Allison... the road is wet and slippery... the boys to the rescue to drive them in . 

Gone to the Chook Shed Birthday

I am at "the Chookshed"  ready for some stitching  with Chookyblue   to celebrate the chookshed birthday.

The is no better day to be in the country.... RAIN........A  FIREPLACE .....AND A VERY DEAR FRIEND.

Oh and a little fella I found for our grandson who should be here mid July... so cute

He plays music when you pull his tail. 

Clean up Time

After 20 years of a TOO small walk I wardrobe I decided to make our office into a walk in wardrobe just for me.

 In this day Wi Fi we seem to use laptops all the time so the big computer doesn't get used too often.  Although it is still in my new wardrobe and can easily be accessed.

Lucky for me our office has an adjoining door to our bedroom.  So I have closed off the door to the hallway and opened the door from the bedroom. I am loving it no more fighting for space in the morning.

Stitching a Lucy block while waiting at the hospital for Dad to have a cataract off his eye

Sewing with Sandy

Sandy from Shiralee Stitches has dropped in for a couple of days of sewing. We have done lots of sewing, had some wine,some cheese and some chocolate of course . We have done lots of talking and laughing. So nice to have blog friends who can visit . Thank you Sandy

Just could not help sharing this cheeky face.

A Group Project

Our little sewing group has decided to work on a project together." Foxly Village" by Natalie Bird . It is being featured in the Homespun magazine at the moment at one block per magazine. It's so beautiful I think. . As if I need another project... Oh well.. That's the life of a quilter I guess.

 Sheena is zooming ahead with 3 blocks cut out and one almost complete.

Margie has been sewing the blocks together.

I chose to use needle turn. Not sure if its the right choice?  What do you think should I change my mind and blanket stitch? ( everyone else is using blanket stitch)  So many little pieces. As you can see the placement or applique isn't quite done yet.

One block finished. I love this Tilda fabric . I will use a combination, some from my stash and some from some Tilda fat quarters I bought from Quilters Angel at "Highfields" out of Toowoomba. I love that shop.

One more Lucy done. 12 done only 8 to go 🙄. Just needing not to fall asleep in the chair at night time...lol

Our Project is almost Done

We have been so lucky to have the best pool builder . Kev did all the paving and all of the installation. It 10.5 X 4.5  I am so lucky and we love it . I have been working hard on the garden for  5 days rest time now and may be some stitching .  in 3 weeks he will return to complete the paving .  

More paving to be done in 3 weeks time 

revamped garden 

temporary fence and  ready for swimming 

And Bernie is in

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all of the  Mums out there. Hope you are all made feel special.

A Little Pasta

A mix of all things Italian / Sicilian 

Some large pasta shells

Fill them with the mix .... serve cold ....pre dinner drinks...

Today I decided to try something we had at a Sicilian lunch recently..didn't have a recipe but it turned out pretty well. Basically large shell pasta then combine ricotta,pesto,c ream cheese , cheddar cheese. and olives mix all together and put in the shells . Yum

The boys put an anchovy on theirs and loved it....me I'm not into hairy fish.

This is what is happening at my house.A busy weekend of hard yakka (work for my over seas friends .