Changes......

We had so much trouble with the windmill the last year and with no rain we had massive water issues...........

when you live where we live no ground water = no sheep and cows = no farm income.........

We bit the bullet so to speak and pulled up the windmill pipes and installed solar panels and new pump..........we always have sun and it will pump anytime during the day water levels start to drop in the tanks..........wind at times is unreliable here......we can get by when we have water in the dams but when that  is gone and we need to water many more paddocks on the farm then we could not get enough water...........and the bonus is I a have a little extra water for my garden..........the windmill stand will stay there absolutely useless but I love seeing a windmill...........

I snapped this photo on my walk this morning........

out with the old in with the new..........

today I did my 10 mins on the machine and then cut some more "Edwardsia" blocks.........then it was far to hot in the Chookshed even with the air con on so we moved back inside to continue and the much better air con...........

And my friend Kylie @ Indigo and Quince was visiting for the night and she remembered this trip to bring her EPP........she had it packed last time and left it all on the bench at home..........

BUT this is a girl who was NOT i repeat NOT going to get into EPP..............but she keeps visiting and slowly I have turned her into a fan..........and she has started a second EPP quilt.......she found this one in the USA I think and I just can't remember the name at the minute but it is lovely.........and she is very addicted........she was never going to make an EPP quilt let alone in browns...........HHHEEEE guess I won............

She has to make 12 blocks and I saw two and i'm loving it also.........

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it's a stinker here today so nice to be hanging out inside in the air con watching the winter olympics..........go Aussies...........

Enjoy your weekend......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

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.......

EPPing..........

"Edwardsia"..............its official..............i've started my newest EPP..........because it needed  a name to start with since it will take some time I had to think of something............I'll explain the meaning at another time but it got me thinking..........have i ever showed you one of my EPP tins............what's the essentials in it..........what comes with a Lucy Block from Shiralee Stitches and what supplies you might need if you want to start English Paper Piecing (and yes you need to add the word English as foundation paper piecing is a whole different thing)

Here is one of my tins...........I love tins for EPP..........

Essentials 

- glue stick (missing) 

- glue refills  

- Bottomline thread 

- needles (always have a spare)

- thimble

- scizzors 

- optional thread cutter (on string/ribbon great when stitching in the car)

- nail file/emery board

- Hypafix (for my cracks if i get them in my thumbs)

- and of course prepared EPP project...........I use lots of snack size snap lock bags........keeps blocks or sections together until you join them together

I realised i had shown lots of packages and lots of blocks from Shiralee Stitches but not clearly what is in the package..........

I got one of the lastest Lucy Boston blocks........

So whats included..........

- your pieces of fabric

- paper pieces to make the block

- a photo of the whole block

- another photo usually one of the fussy cut "how to position" to get the same look........

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then of course you need some basic supplies

this is my go to pile............

- 28mm rotary cutter 

- self healing board (to cut on)

- glue pen

- templates

- thimble

- good sharp scizzors

- Sue Daley Millener's Needle size 11(always have spares)

- Sewline pencil (to trace fussy parts)

- interchangeable leads white and dark grey for the pencil

- Bottomline thread

If you have been sitting on  the sideline admiring EPP on other blogs then give it ago............it's highly addictive.......extremely portable, prep big or small sections at once.............

So have i missed anything.......do you have an essential epp item..............

I'll show the mirrors and templates later..........

Happy stitchin..........

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.....