Prepping new projects........

Cutting into a new project so I am prepared for my 10 mins a day sewing.......

I've missed a couple of days being away or just to hot and missed the morning time due to other jobs that needed to be done....... 

epp gluing..... 

And great clouds yesterday but no rain....... 

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.....

Lucy.......

Well these blocks are not really showing Lucy progress and stitching time for me at the moment....... It's just I finally got time to take a photo of the blocks...... 

One got finished in June and the other July........ 

Today is my first day at home in about 6 weeks and the house sure is showing that......

But I have found my way to the Chookshed and I vacuumed some bugs up...... Not sure how but they find there way in......

I had some cream strips in the house for backgrounds and brought them back out to the Chookshed and finally cut some..........I had run out of pieces to join in my sewing tin.... It needed a massive restock.......

I've been in and out all day catching up on heaps of washing...... Slowly putting things away......

Wished I could find a cleaner........ Just one every month or two would be great...... 

The boys ran away and avoided 'pettycoat government' aka house cleaning....... So I got slack with what I have achieved to.... Still in my pjs and about to go have a shower and change into clean pjs.....it's been nice to bum around all day......

I'll finish with the pile of Lucy blocks...... 

These two will probably go into Lucy 2 but for now they look good on the stack....... 

I've lost count on blocks but maybe these bring the tally to 48?

WOOOPPPPPPPSSSSS

I then went looking for my other Lucy stash.........

4 hrs later I am finishing the post...........

So I have 6 of Sandy's blocks in here.............2 cut and 4 to cut............

so that makes the pieced total 42 I think instead............

AND there are another 7 cut in the tin too.......

I have said I have a problem..........My Friend Lucy is an addiction............

I think these came from The Quilters Angel..........

yes they are for fussy cutting more Lucy blocks.............

And these ones were just because I like the blue and green and they are fat 1/4's............not sure of the range does anyone know............

Anyway........must go to bed soon........

hope you had a good weekend.......

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

Chookyblue.......

Swaps, Shopping, Prizes..........

GDITC always means a swap...........Make it, Bake it, Fake it Swap is great as everyone gets to join in......its a swap we do with our blog friends in our group...........if you don't have time to make something or bake something just fake it and buy a gift.......this way everyone can join in.......

I faked it this year and Janice received my gift.......no pic sorry.........

I received from Sandy and you may think she faked it but really she didn't as she designed and put the kit together for this gorgeous little pin cushion.........

This is what it will look like when I make it up.............

I'm sure Sandy won't mind me using her photo esp if I include the link so you can buy one for yourself......

you can find them @ Shiralee Stitches........

so tiny and cute........

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GDITC always means some shopping.....both at the Cottage on the Hill and designer goodies on the day............

the kit for a baby quilt..........

Some of Anni Downs Hatched and Patched new fabric just in store Garden Whimsy..........so pretty............

A new bottle of Best Press

WARNING - has anyone else had the problem I had the squirty/spray on and while not using it in summer the whole bottle had somehow leaked out all over the ironing board..........thru the nozzle............so now I will never leave the screw top off when not in use................such a waste of a nearly full bottle...........

Some of Bonnie Sullivans new patterns..........and some cards  - quilty cards are always great...........

Now I must say I was not a huge fan of Bonnie's work before the workshop...........her things were a little more black and prim which is NOT me.......but I must say I LOVE all these new designs.............very happy with the project on the day.............and as Bonnie lies in the USA I had never met her before but she was soooooo lovely and we had a fabulous time...........

Bonnie is preprinting fabric........nothing like I have seen anyone else do......the pattern on the back ground is also preprinted.......the lines you can leave or stitch over..........add a bit of wool work and jobs done...........

the pre-printed christmas ornaments...........just add some wool and stitching....

I won these as I was one of the 4 ladies on the Saturday who had done the whole 10 years...........Me, Marcelle, Helen and Lea......Not sure if there was anyone on the Sunday............Lea I didn't know the first year but Marcelle and Helen we catch up every year since then just at GDITC...........Lea and I are good friends..........spending lots more retreats and sewing weekends together.........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.......

Keeping the love of blogging alive

Lucy Love.........

I am so behind with this post..............but it has been great to see some of the girls Lucy Boston quilts in progress........we often contact each other to see what we are up to or what do you think of this block.........

This is Sandy's.............She runs it as a BOM thru her shop online shop Shiralee Stitches........Sandy has also fussy cut the cross point blocks that make the 2in square (inside the grey) and they look great.........

the rest of us have done lots of her blocks but also made some of our own.........

It was great to see them together..........amazing the difference in the colour choices.................

Googy Girl is using blue.........looks so different........its the lovely french general blue..........

still amazes me how each block shows a different pattern........be it x or + some even the whole square........just by placement of fabric............

oh I love fussy cutting in Lucy.......

Here is an update on mine............6x2 so far.............we actually had mine and Sandy's on the bed together at GDITC and can you believe none of us took a pic............I was sure one of us had taken one........mine looked softer but in Sandy's the blocks popped out and showed off more............

Sonia didn't get to GDITC this year but I've caught up with her a few times since then and we had some great Lucy time.............we put these on the design board to see what they were going to look like............really liking the red too..........

Here is the stitching in the car on the Syd trip.............this one needed the extras around the edge but it is now sewn into the quilt............

I can't tell you how exciting it is now to have this coming together..............it sure is exciting to see those minutes, hours, days, weeks and months of stitching coming together...............oh I still have a long way to go but I can now see that this will come together and get finished............not tomorrow but it will happen...........

Hope you find some stitching time this easter weekend............

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

Chookyblue...........