Owl/s.............

How many can you see?

Hhhmmmm........so today was 40..........i'm not going to complain as the next few are 41-42......and the coolest day is next Sunday (a week away) forecast 37..........

Means I need to get my Chookshed sewing in before the sun rises...........

6 days in and I've got my time done each day.......today 2 x 10mins.........

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue.........

Peeps and borders

I love peeps.... Do you use them bordering quilts...... 

I cut 1 in strips........ Fold in 1/2 and iron.  

When sewing on the quilt I only sew with 1/8 in seams.  When you sew the next border on it gets the full 1/4 in sewn in as it is exactly over the top on the peep.

Doesn't it look great.......gives it a real pop....... 

So last night I definitely got my 10 mins in as I made two backings - taught my apprentice how to make them and she joined one length and i put these borders almost on....? 

 This morning I  attached the last two wide border sides and joined two rows of my nine patch together........ 

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.......

Bible Verses for Hills and Valleys

I don't know about your life, but mine has constant ups and downs.  Victorious high points followed by gut-wrenching moments where life bottoms out.  Each moment has its challenges in remembering God in it all.  This song helps put everything in perspective. 

Hills and Valleys

by Tauren Wells, Chuck Butler, Jonathan Smith

I�ve walked among the shadows
You wiped my tears away

Psalm 56:8 You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book?

And I�ve felt the pain of heartbreak
And I�ve seen the brighter days
And I�ve prayed prayers to heaven from my lowest place

Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

And I have held Your blessings
God, You give and take away

Job 1:20-21 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. He said, �Naked I came from my mother�s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.�

No matter what I have, Your grace is enough

2 Corinthians 12:9 And He has said to me, �My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.� Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

No matter where I am, I�m standing in Your love

Psalm 33:22  Let Your lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in You.

Chorus:
On the mountains, I will bow my life to the One who set me there

Psalm 99:9 (HCSB) Exalt the Lord our God; bow in worship at His holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy.

In the valley, I will lift my eyes to the One who sees me there

Psalm 84:6 Passing through the valley of Baca [weeping] they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings.

When I�m standing on the mountain I didn�t get there on my own

Proverbs 16:9 The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.

2 Samuel 22:34 �He makes my feet like hinds� feet, and sets me on my high places."

When I�m walking through the valley I know I am not alone

Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You�re God of the hills and valleys, hills and valleys
God of the hills and valleys
And I am not alone

Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, �All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.�

I�ve watched my dreams get broken
In You I hope again

Psalm 43:5 Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God.

No matter what
I know I�m safe inside Your hands

John 10:27-28 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

Chorus:
On the mountains, I will bow my life to the One who set me there
In the valley, I will lift my eyes to the One who sees me there
When I�m standing on the mountain I didn�t get there on my own
When I�m walking through the valley I know I am not alone
You�re God of the hills and valleys, hills and valleys
God of the hills and valleys
And I am not alone

Father, You give and take away
Every joy and every pain

1 Samuel 2:7-8 �The Lord makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts. He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with nobles, and inherit a seat of honor; For the pillars of the earth are the Lord�s, and He set the world on them.�

Through it all, You will remain over it all

Job 42:2 �I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted."

On the mountains, I will bow my life
In the valley, I will lift my eyes

Chorus:
On the mountains, I will bow my life to the One who set me there
In the valley, I will lift my eyes to the One who sees me there
When I�m standing on the mountain I didn�t get there on my own
When I�m walking through the valley I know I am not alone
You�re God of the hills and valleys, hills and valleys
God of the hills and valleys
And I am not alone

And I will choose to say
Blessed be Your name

Job 1:20-21 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. He said, �Naked I came from my mother�s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.�

And I am not alone

Hebrews 13:5-6  Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, �I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,� so that we confidently say, �The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid.  What will man do to me?�

10 minute challenge.......

Trying to make sure I catch 10mins of machine sewing each day...... That's over an hour each week and this morning the 10 mins stretched out to over 30mins in patches between getting ready for work...... If things are ready to sew which they are you can get quite a bit done in this time.

Googy girl and I have challenged each other to grab 10 mins a day on the machines...... You can join us if you like...... Just post on your blog and be accountable to yourself...... But we can try and keep each other motivated....... When working full time and it's stinking hot in the Chookshed its hard to stay on track....... But I sure feel motivated after the sewing marathon...... 

I'm also trying to fit in 10 mins of walking since I am off track with that...... 

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

No 7 Another one in a plastic box can't remember its name aka mystery box......

OK before Ruby Red Lips I pulled out what you called the Mystery box on the list..........Another Nundle retreat quilt..........this time only 2012......only 5 years old...............

white and bright this one.............three rows were joined in strips.............row 2 a work in progress............

Pattern is Hanky Panky by Abbey Lane

Fabrics Hello Luscious by Basic Grey

it's got lots of bias happening..........Oh my lordy beeeeeee............took longer for all the pinning.............

Clearly I had plans to add borders and compared to the older quilt I actually scribbled some notes down on paper..........

What do you think?????

Left or right............just bind with the green or add the borders on the right.............with the green binding..............

As is it is 60x72in........

Also I need to add some squares on the white patches but not sure if I will add them now or after quilting........Mine will be lots of he same fabrics in the blocks......I'm not adding the squares that are supposed to go in the centre of the blocks.........I love the big print blocks.............

OK must head to bed...........back to reality tomorrow but I sure have enjoyed my "nothing time"..........Gail calls it un time.......I call it nothing time as I want to do nothing for anyone...........have nothing planned..........do what I want, nanna nap if I want etc............easy time.........

6 quilt tops in 5 days................never been so productive ever........ok back to reality..........

Catch you later......

Chookyblue... . 

Ruby red lips.......

Yesterday the apprentice started playing with placement for this flannel..........

Bliss by Bonnie and Camille - such a bright fresh range of flannels.............

Started Nundle retreat 2011................it was a second quilt for the weekend..............I got two rows sewn together.........

there it stopped and got packed into a box.........

So the apprentice niece got it all on the wall...........

then she started sewing it together..............she did so well.......she joined all the blocks into rows and I helped joining the rows and let me tell you it was a struggle getting bumpy chenille and flannel thru the machine............

the chenille was a nightmare sewing wise but it adds great texture to the quilt with the flannel.............

One happy girl...........

now how to quilt it????

We added the narrow border of flannel to tame the red chenille edges...............

was a little challenging to take the photos as  it was windy outside............

It looked like a blood bath in the Chookshed with red everywhere............all cleaned up now and onto another project............

The mystery box no 7 i'll take some pics next and show you...............it's sort of done...........i'm undecided about the borders that I wanted but it did not have...............

Catch you later.......

Chookyblue........

Recruitments open.......

Yesterday I recruited an apprentice aka niece.......it's our sewing time...... Not that she knew what she wanted to sew but it is our first real sewing session together.......

So I put her to work on laying out no 1 ruby red lips........

Then she started sewing it........

I love encouraging kids to sew....... Must show you the quilt fairy girls friend made at the start of the holidays......

I'm still working away on no 7 mystery box .... I know why I stopped it was with frustration at bias edges but it won't beat me this time......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.....

Goodbye 2017.........

wow what a year.........

went to the 10th and final GDITC.......

Pushed myself in March Charge.........

started a new job full time in town........

we fed for 11 months of the year........

moved a whole property.....

finish a student with Distance Ed........

Survived to the end of Distance Ed..........

lost two immediate family members..........

barely rained less then 1/2 the average annual rainfall.............

The beauty of the end of a year.........it was stunning in real life........

its been a challenging year in many ways..........

A few highs lots of lows............

emotionally and physically draining.........

Good riddens 2017......2018 can only improve..........

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.....

Blueberry Pie......

Seems I may have confused a few of you when I was talking about baking Blueberry Pie..........sorry............

Started way back here and worked on it again in the next month here................

the bottom row of pies were ready for the over just not baked........

Had I not had the neighbours over swimming and drinking and eating this may have been finished last night........

I had to remember how to make these suckers..........I needed another 12 of them..........

Thank god I had these pics in an old post...........god saver as I forgot how to make them and I had remembered I may have used some special rulers.........OMG where are they...........anyway found the rulers and made the blocks.........

This is where I was up to this morning............

TA DA................

Pattern Butterscotch Pie hence my name Blueberry Pie

My love of blue and the blue in the pies..........

Designer Margot Languedoc Canada

I could not find it on her website. 

Started Nundle Retreat 2007................ouch that long ago.......scared myself with that detail............various fabrics.......

70x85 inchs

Used paisleys in the centres of the pies.......nice rich colours but a bit lighter then in this pic.............

Used the Tri Rec Tools to make the point blocks...............

OK so how is the list going?????

1. Ruby Red Lips
2. Churn Dash
3. Pretty in pinks/pastals now name Friendship Kisses
4. Blueberry Pie
5. A New Quilt (FG)
6. A New Quilt (Pretties)
7. Another one in a plastic box I can't remember the name
8. Nine Patch

Now you all want to know whats in the mystery box no 7 so thats whats up next...........after a 10 min nanna nap............

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.....

Come on down no 3

No 3 pretty pink/pastals started life from a Fat 1/4 birthday swap.................clearly I asked to soft and pretty..........gorgeous fabrics I received............

Here are most of the fabrics when I received them.....good memories.......only a couple of the girls blog now...........

I just can't find the post with the blocks............I know I'll look in my blog book from 2009..........I know I was thinking of using pink chenille with the blocks..........ok looked and only found a post that showed a glimpse of them finished in June 2010 blocks were made and I took them on a retreat but clearly did nothing with them.......

this is what I started with today - blocks that needed to be squared off at 14.5in..........

DOES ANYONE KNOW THE BLOCK NAME?

I decided it needed sashing and cornerstones............

found that in the stash............I think it from Aster Manor...........

initially I was only adding sashing to the inside then the border but I decided it needed them all the way around too..............before the border...............

Love this border print............found it in the stash too..............

Needed another thin border of the cornerstone fabric before the final border..............

LOVE IT.............
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Needs a name..............help.........any ideas????

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Decided looking at all these old projects I sucked at putting details in quite a few of them........so it's a bit of a mystery what I was thinking at the time..............

there are scraps from cutting these blocks but no idea where they are...........lol.............

This was to post last night but I fell asleep while typing it.............
Anyway suns not up and I am in the chookshed......it's a beautiful cool moring which will not last long enough....36 today..........soon as I hit publish I will be baking Pie...........Blueberry pie to be exact..........it's coming along very well............wait til I well you how long it's been baking for.........scared myself............
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Anyone keen for a Fat 1/4 birthday swap..........Aussies only...........too expensive to send too many parcels  over seas........2 fat quarters only needed in the package............nothing else at all...........are you interested?????

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.....

Thanks and HELP!!!!!

OMG thanks for all the lovely comments...............feels great to be achieving so with that in mind I went to the Chookshed to find another project in progress.....but with a million projects on the goooooooo I can't decide.........I went looking for a couple and found way to many more........So please choose what you like here and I'll work on the one with the most votes.......

1. Ruby Red Lips
2. Churn Dash
3. Pretty in pinks/pastals
4. Blueberry Pie
5. A New Quilt (FG)
6. A New Quilt (Pretties)
7. Another one in a plastic box I can't remember the name
8. Nine Patch

Woops that list grew way to fast............

Quick tell me what you think................

What number quilt will I work on??????

I'm in bed crusing thru some blogs then off to sleep.........then I will be in the Chookshed sewing away hopefully bright and early............if no one disturbs me..........or wants something..........

Catch you later........

Chookyblue........

Stop the press.......

BREAKING NEWS.......BREAKING NEWS.......

BREAKING NEWS.......BREAKING NEWS.......BREAKING NEWS......BREAKING NEWS.......BREAKING NEWS.......

BREAKING NEWS.......BREAKING NEWS.......BREAKING NEWS........BREAKING NEWS.......BREAKING NEWS.......

BREAKING NEWS.......BREAKING NEWS.......BREAKING NEWS.......

Crazy lady is out off control and gets 2nd quilt tops completed in 24 hours.......

Framed is done......

great colours must find the range name for you and me...........

Do you use Clover forked pins...............I love using them especially when joining rows..................the seam sits nicely and they are a fine pin...

Just love this pattern...........Framed by Bonnie and Camille.............

Will definitely be making this one again...........

OK that's enough shock for one day.......this body needs rest.............

nighty night..........

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

Chookyblue.........fre

When push comes to shove.....

When push comes to shove maybe I should say gentle encouragement...........no actually she was talking whip cracking to keep me on task so lets leave it is was..........

I was laying on the lounge in the Chookshed looking at the design wall with bits  of a quilt on it................I text Kris @ Tag Along Teddies about a parcel.............the long and the short of it is she got my A%$#$#SE moving and I got motivated to sew..............I kept sending her photos of my progress to remain accountable........

The fabrics are from Washington Depot by Denyse Schmidt and I got mine at The Next Stitch ..............I used the Moda Love pattern that I have made previously and I love it as a quick effective design...........I didn't quite have the right size blocks as I wasn't using a layer cake so I cut everything 1/2inch smaller.............I think it will measure about 68x68in now.
So here is Christmas Star as named by Kris............
this is my second quilt using grey and surprise surprise I am really happy with the quilt........

So after all that sewing I was very motivated and pulled out Framed (my first grey quilt)..........I started this one back in June? God knows why I never got back to it..............Fairy Girl packed it up from the design wall when we were cleaning up the chookshed..............loving how this is coming together too and I'm running out to the Chookshed to get a little done before I head to work.............

Not sure whats wrong......boxing day my machines even did something unheard of.......never knew it was possible.......I actually mended 3 items.......inbetween my 4 nanna naps..........

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.....
PS after a 1000 texts back and forwards thanks heaps Kris but how is the pattern writing going?????