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Catherine quilt

Introducing the latest addition to my WIP quilt collection the Catherine quilt if you ve been following me for a while you will remember that last year i joined in a Churndash block swap with my local quilters group, the swap was organised by the gorgeous Cathy Pitkin Last year at Bathurst, my trusty little Bonnie (singer featherweight) sewed together the last of the 110 churn dash blocks i needed to complete my quilt. and then my lovely little collection of churn dash blocks sat in a shoe box waiting until about a month ago i had been thinking about what i would work on at the Bathurst retreat this year i have a lovely jelly roll with an idea of quilt . . . . . should i start something new? i have A LOT of hand stitching ( i am currently about 3 months behind in the Lucy Boston blocks) and of course i have the border to crochet on my cosy stripe quilt i looked at my WIP's and there in their little shoe box was my churndash blocks. and i thought that'

I ve been thinking of this all day....

Chooky did a post about what she does to relax.... And today when I could catch a breath and had time to daydream about what I would like to do this evening.... This was the scene in my mind...... Maybe a little tidier, but exactly this.... My fire ticking away , my scrappy Chook quilt on my lap and a glass of red beside me....  How's your Friday looking . . . ? Ciao  Googy Girl

Scrappy Chook quilt

This beauty has been the focus of my attention for the past week or so . . . . I ve been stitching in the ditch, on the diagonal, with the plan being to stabilise the quilt. Allowing me to come back later and do some gorgeous free motion quilting. The job was way to big for the sewing cabinet so I have had to take over the dining room table . . . . luckily the Googy household is pretty used to this and are happy to share their dinner with my quilt and Victoria  One day I will have to invest in a new sewing  cabinet that has the extension table on the back . . . .  The label is on, I guess I should explain why it s called the scrappy Chook quilt. The two times that I have been fortunate enough to visit the Chook shed I have had the great fortune to sleep under one of chooky's gorgeous quilts. I loved it so much I wanted to make one for myself. So waaayyy Back in 2013 I did a workshop at Cottage on the hill. Kerry helped me by working out the pattern and ch

My comfy cosy stripey crochet blanket

Finally last night i crochet the final row on my attic 24 cosy strip blanket. it was a bit of a interesting moment, it was wonderful to have reached this point but also a bit of a sad moment as i have enjoyed many snuggly warm nights under my blanket and it's a little sad to think this journey is almost over. today i grabbed the opportunity to curl up in the warm winter sun streaming through my lounge room window to tidy up the threads just adore the colours they are just such happy happy colours too long to hang on the line, it had to be folded over . . . time to start crocheting the borders now . . .  look what i found , peeping up in my garden on this beautiful winter day i hope you had a lovely winter day Ciao Googy Girl "Life is like a cup of tea, it s all in how you make it"