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Road trip to the chookshed

Last week I had two special friends come over for a sleepover, they had heard all about the nest ( my new sewing room) and felt that since they were pretty knowledgable about both nests and sewing they would pop over to check it out. They happily jumped up on the chair and helped out with some sewing Peg and Dale were the very first guest to sleep over in the nest We talked about my road trip to Chookyblues and since Peg and Dale knew I was finishing night duty the morning I was heading off they felt that I needed some company for the trip, they jumped up and rode shot gun with me, they were great travel companions they never complained once about my singing or my music. Peg even helped me out by sharing my popcorn, it definetly helped my waist line. We arrived at our destination just as the sun was going down, and let me tell you the views were spectacular, I could have stopped a dozen times to take photo's We received a big warm welcome to the chookshed And we stocked the fridge

May nine patch blocks

These area my May Nine patch blocks I thought I would stick with theme and go purple as so many others seemed to have and I say why not...... Purple IS my favourite colour..... These are my fabrics... I actually bought these two a few months ago, I just loved the combination Cut ready to go..I love this part And tah dah the completed blocks and their mini friend.... You know I was thinking these are my only quilt type projects I have worked on for a while, there has been clothes making a book cover, a needle case, pants Heming, but not a lot of quilting happening.....there has even been alot of baking going on but no quilt making.........not since the charity quilt......hmmm Have to do something about that....... Hope your hands are working on a project that you love Ciao

A new project

A few weeks ago I received a parcel from China You see I have discovered Etsy , and Ohhh how that was a very bad discovery . . . . . Lol Anyway if you have a look around you can get lot's of lovely things, including fabric I seen some Tilda fabric on there So this is what travelled to my house all the way from China This really lovely fabric is a traditional Asanoha floral Japanese kimono crepe cotton fabric It arrived beautifully bundled up It has a really lovely soft sheen So by now you are probably thinking what's her plan with this fabric Well I am going to make this

Oh what a wonderful Mother's Day

I had a fabulous Mother's Day I awoke to discover These beautiful flowers, along with two blocks of my favourite dark chocolate Sitting on my kitchen bench, they were a gift from Mister T ( Miss S's boyfriend) Don't you love the way the light is streaming in through the windows making the flowers glow Soon gadget and Miss S were up, I think they were more excited than me. They impatiently watched me make my cup of tea and I soon had two beautifully wrapped pressies placed in my hands. Gadget instructed me which to open first and tah dah An iPad mini It is so cute This is it in it's case This is my mini ready to make it's first blog post My mum came down and bought me some more gorgeous flowers Mothers days flowers grown in her own garden, I just love mothers days flowers.....these have found a home in my jug from Nundle in my sewing room We then travelled in to The Grind cafe, in Darb

Sewing room update

Well the drop sheets are packed away, the brushes all cleaned and the painting is done . . . . The curtains are up and the sewing cabinet and Victoria ( my machine) have moved in Victoria and her cupboard are now established in their new home. The bed is made with fresh sheets and is ready for visitors.... I wonder who will be it s first guest? And I have a nice sunny spot to sit and sew I have this lovely tallboy to fill with fabric and patterns . . . . There is also a cupboard to hide all my PHD s in It s all still a little messy and it will probably be weeks before everything finds a place and is organised.... But I am in heaven.... I visit my room several times a day and just enjoy my space Not a lot of sewing happening , but it will come "Hope your hands are working on a project that you love" Ciao

Dyeing with Cheryll

Yesterday Cheryll and I met up at Thorpe and co in Newcastle to attend a dyeing workshop with Tracey McNicoll We had an absolute ball.... Like two giggling school girls We started with this white piece of fabric which we had to rip into four pieces..... Then we choose our colours carefully adding a bit of this colour and a bit of that colour and then we popped our fabric into the yogurt containers....., Cheryll squishing and wishing then we had a bit of show and tell whilst our fabrics got coloured....... Tracey made this amazing quilt and many others from her hand dyed fabrics Even the back was hand dyed and patterned using stamps Not much is safe in Tracey's house from the sound of it,she loves dyeing all sorts of things, i love her hand dyed threads..... After rinsing our fabrics we lunched whilst they dried..... and then tahhh dahhh Cheryll and I decided early in the day we would split our fabrics 50/50 So this is the bunch of scruminess we ended up with.... Then we got to p