Chookyblue........: October 2020

Saturday, 31 October 2020

cutting.......

Strangly I'm in a cutting mood so lets go with it..... So while the other quilt is laid out on the design wall waiting to be sewn I'm going to cut out another quilt.....

Thinking of the tribe /sisterhood of quilting friends.......

Keep the love of blogging alive...

Chookyblue......

Wednesday, 28 October 2020

cheery play....

So to update from my sewing day I got the quilt all cut out...........

even went as far as laying it all out on the wall......

happy cheery fabrics.......

now to get back to my 10 mins sewing a day........

I did do some more sorting out in the shed so thats good to get a bit more done.......

But it feels good to have something prepped.......

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

Chookyblue.....

Sunday, 25 October 2020

After a few emails from other bloggers saying they had commented but it disappeared and they had not heard back from me......then.....another friend said she had some comments in her spam folder I decided to just check my comments in my blog.........

So it turns out I had a pile of comments awaiting moderation (approx 50) sitting there that had not been emailed out to me. So I approved them and they didn't appear in my gmail account..........at this point I was baffled.......

turns out they then went to my spam folder in gmail....

So I marked them as not spam....Sometimes blogger just does what it wants......

Anyway we'll keep watching this space and see what happens when you comment......

UPDATE

SO I held this post back to see what was going on.......I've just found a pile of comments in the spam folder yesterday and today another bundle.......so I will work on replying to those and it seems random when a comment does or doesn't go to the spam folder..........

I mostly reply to comments.....unless I get way behind.........

Got my quilt cut out and placed on the wall.......

I'll share a peek with you next post.........

Catch you later.......

Chookblue........

Saturday, 24 October 2020

wonders will never cease

Omg girls i'm sewing without you......

In tidying up the chookshed we delved onto an unknown box for Fairy Girl (yes I know she's too big for that name now but it won't change now) to see what was in it..... I have been looking for mindless sewing..... Look what I found.....

I'm going to post this and get cutting..... But oh they are so pretty all lined up prefectly like this.....

Even better like this

Storms around last night..... Wet weather makes me feel like sewing......

this photo taken over the dam... Just on my phone not amazing but wow what a show we got last night.....

More building up this arvo.....

Harvest is starting in the district so of course we have rain forecast for the next week.....

ok away to cut and sew.....

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

Sunday, 18 October 2020

Oct zoom sewing day.........

Wow girls.....another wonderful marathon zoom sewing day......starting bright and early or as they say early bird catches the worm.......

The conversation was once again easy...........everyone just fits in......we all have the common thread that links us together.......everyone was so busy sewing

I think that the most on at once was 15 or 16 but there was 25 of us altogether and I have linked everyone on the sidebar on the left on my blog so you can all go visit each other...........

The security guard aka Bridget was on duty. Well sometimes she was sleeping on the mat across the door way but if she heard movement she was up and wanting to come in.........so innocent but so guilty all at once.........

I once again worked on my EPP Blue Lanterns.......

slowly sections were being worked on..........

Added the 3 blocks to the left side..........

got this whole section together.....lucky I numbered each block on the back as I had already forgotten what I had done....trying to work out from the pics a few months ago what I had done was a bit challening....anyway....it's ready to join onto the main part now........

And into the night I kept sewing.......chatting was sporadic for me as the day went on with the wind then the cloud coming over my wonderful internet was not happy............I kept freezing and doing weird things on the other end according to the girls so some of my messages were chat text..........Lucky for me I could mostly hear and see everything fine....but i had patches where it was fine.......I relied on others to chatter when it was not good........it's just like sitting around the table chatting with your sewing buddies..........so good........

If you want to join in you just need to leave a comment or email me when I put up the post that we are zooming. I can't give heaps of notice as often it is not until close to the weekend that I can work out that I can fit it into my day....checking other commitments or farm jobs don't pop up in the way.........

And as you like to see whats happening on the farm this is a crop pic from during the week.............

Harvest is coming soon......some have started.........hopefully the rain we are getting today doesn't do any damage..........as the girls who have been on before know it's been pretty chilly in the Chookshed for a zoom gathering but yesterday was our hottest day since last summer........35 deg....so the air con was turned on early to keep me cool..........

today it is barely 1/2 that 17deg and I have my jumper and trousers on again.........

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

Chookyblue........

Friday, 16 October 2020

comments.........

As blogger is being the usual pain in the a#%$#%$@%@ and google can't give a care i had to turn comment moderation on to get my comments come thru.

Jude emailed to say she had tried to leave a couple but they have not turned up so contact me by email if you need to.

chookyblue2@gmail.com

Ive got today off town work.......yippee......some gardening, bookwork and Chookshed prep planned so I can sign off from the world tomorrow.........best chill the champagne and prep the food too......

For those joining in zoom sewing see you tomorrow........

i'm so excited........

Chookyblue....

Thursday, 15 October 2020

zoom time zones

Hi me again.........i've changed to daylight savings time so I put some cities down below so you can see where you fit in..........put the family on notice that you are NOT available.........I feel this will be another sewing marathon......LOL

Jeannett I cannot contact you as your profile doesn't have a blog or email address attached.

You may find me playing with these pretties............or will I be hand stitching????

Just a little excited to be having a sewing day again........

Let me know if you want to join in......if you commented on the last post you should have an email with the link now........

See you soon......

Chookyblue..........

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

zoom zoom....

ok girls in need of another sewing fix..... Who's up for a zoom sewing day.

This Saturday 17th Oct from 6am.

That's Friday night various times for you Canadians and Americans......

Let me know if your around and want to join in.

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.....

Monday, 5 October 2020

Gardening.....

OMG girls 3 posts in 3 days........world record........

The weekend has been relaxing and busy at times........no visitors......couldn't go away as we have a heifer down that we are lifting........so it's been quiet....

I have needed some quiet time.....

Yesterday we started some gardening....its been terrible.......lost heaps during the drought that was never going to end.....its broken me......my love of gardening has been severely damaged.......

Finally i felt a little inspired to try and tame the garden......working full time in town now days hasn't helped either and a few times the weeds have gotten away...its amazing what you can fit even even when it's flat out here...but when your gone all day it can't happen....but as I'm trying to bring some control to my life I know I always feel better if the lawns are mown and nice even if the house is a mess.......so it's back to trying to get control.........lots of dead trees and bushes need to be removed.......even just to get that done is a big effort........but cutting back some hedges etc and making them tidier was a good start along with whipper snipping and mowing.........more to whipper snip today and all the dead things to remove still but I feel better already......

For the first time in a long time I caught up in blog reading.......some was skimmed and I didn't comment as much as usual but I got thru it........I just couldn't hit "mark all as read"

Sunset yesterday.....

beautiful....

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.....

Sunday, 4 October 2020

quilting......

Well not me..... Betty has worked her magic.....

They've been sitting in the finished top pile for so long.....

both pics above are the same quilt.....

never had a baptist fan design on a quilt.... It's simple and lovely.....

Now to find some binding.....

Daylight savings started...... I hate the time change.....

Have a great long weekend.....

Chookyblue......

Saturday, 3 October 2020

Forced Shopping?????

Forced shopping??? who am I trying to kid........but hey it worked.......

My friend Jude @News From Jude always has "pink" events as fund raising for Breast Cancer Network Australia. A cause close to her heart. I have watched with envy over many years the fun she has had at her retreats and morning teas in her little fundraising effort. I'm not sure her total fund raising efforts over the years but it's sure been fun seeing what they got up to.

You can check her blog now and numerous posts recently she was recapping her previous years and posting of her events from this year.............Given Covid19 she had to get creative since she couldn't have the usual retreats. She had a couple of small morning teas but progressed to hold several Zoom morning teas with numerous ladies. Here's one of the morning tea zoom photos I think Jo took this one.....

So why am I posting about this.........well I'm enjoying a day trying to catch up on some of my blog friends and realised I have missed all Jude's News about the "Pink" events this year.........Bugger the days turn into weeks flying by quickly. I felt sad I had missed Jude's zoom morning teas and so I messaged her and made a donation......then I saw she also had a special sale page on her blog with precut (by Jude and fairy) quilt fabric kits and bundles of lovely fabrics listed and she was selling these with 20% of the sale price going to BCNA. What's is a girl to do.......had I missed a great sale that was even better because a % was going to this great cause. So I emailed Jude and I could still get some.........any way back and forwards a few more emails and Judes decided to extend the fabric sale for the weekend. SO that means you can find a bargain for a good cause also.......

So go to Judes sale Page on her blog LINK HERE

I did find some gorgeous pretties below and another lovely bundle too

Jude's going to keep it open until Monday now so hurry over and find yourself a treat.......

Jude's raised a great amount this year. Even more amazing given the difficult circumstances that are in place to hold functions.........

I gave Jude a donation to round up her fundraising efforts to a round figure.......then I went shopping after she said I could still get some fabrics........now the tally is unrounded again so maybe you can find a little bundle or a real treat a precut quilt kit to help raise a bit more money.....

BUT BE QUICK.........

Congrats Jude on a great fundraising effort.......I think she will hold off announcing her tally now until Monday night or Tuesday.......

Oh and while you are at it........go check your boobs.....

thats all from me for now.....I'll be back soon I have stuff to share but go see what you can find at Jude's

Chookyblue.......