Challenge met

 

I have finished this months challenge I am happy to say!!

The Daylesford quilt is finished, amazing what can be done when you just get on with it!!  I am very happy to have this done.

I have also finished the jelly roll quilt I started on retreat at the start of the year, quilted at the last retreat and now bound.

Very happy to have two finishes this month.

Happy stitching.

Catching up

 My efforts at the Chookshed Stitcher's Challenge have fallen by the wayside this last month

I didn't find time to do July's challenge

so it has returned to the shelf, maybe I will get time later in the year??  After doing the Kathy Doughty class I am a little more confident to tackle this one.

This month the challenge is #7 and that means

trying to get the Daylesford quilt finished.....I have fabric for the backing on the back of the couch, that is a start isn't it??

I am off to do some more on the quilt top from the Kathy Doughty class, or I might go back and read some more  😀  I have a good book!

Happy stitching.

Chookshed Stitchers 2025

 I have been stitching away on the sashiko this last month, doing a bit now and then, somehow my plans of getting lots done while away didn't come to fruition

I decided to do green leaves, pink flowers and light blue for the water, next I will do orange for the koi.

I have also been putting leaves on the temperature tree

mmm...blogger has decided this photo needs to be sideways! But you can see leaves progress, I have done Jan and Feb and now onto March. I have many more to do, but they will be done in the fullness of time. Slow stitching is supposed to be relaxed right? 😊

I have another project I have been working on, I did the applique before went to Coolum and have been working on the extra stitching the last couple of nights. I bought the jacket a few months ago and then decided to make it mine

I hope to finish the white flowers today and maybe some yellow will go in as well.

We are off again on Tuesday, flying to Sydney and then getting on the Indian Pacific and heading for Perth. I have not been over that way before, so am looking forward to it.

I had better go and check the washing is getting dry, it is arranged around the house as it is raining outside.

Happy sitiching.

Chook Shed Stitcher's Challenge April and Finn

 

April has come to an end and so too the challenge for this month.

My challenge was to work on the Sashiko panel, I had to stop stitching a few days ago as I ran out of thread, but more turned up in the mail today so stitching can continue.

the whole panel

and blogger has turned this  on its side for some reason

and this one! But these are the sections I have done.

Now we wait for next months number to see what gets worked on in May.

Last Sunday we went over to Queenscliff with Adam and Finn

Looking over to the ferry wharf

I took my camera with us, Finn was fascinated and wanted to have a go

Rabbit

The mirror he has in the back was a good thing to have a go with, with GaGa's help to hold up the camera!

Rabbit again

In the mirror again

Hand over the camera!!

Legs and feet and there were many, many more that were out of focus blur. Finn has a great time until the battery went flat - turning on and off will do that!! 😁

Finn had a great time at the park

Fun on the swing with Dad

waiting for GaGa to finish with "MY" camera!!

Oh dear she has the camera out again.

Down the twisty slide.

Time to head home after a play, walk to a cafe for a milkshake and biscuit, hot drinks for the big people, a visit to the bookshop, back to the park....I think we all need a rest now!

Later in the afternoon I got my act together and sandwiched a quilt

The sun was going down

all done and ready for quilting, which I did today.

the desert rose plant has grown well this summer and has had 3 lots of flowers. I missed the first one but got these, I am so happy it is still going well as it is a tropical plant and we do not live in the tropics! This plant must be 18 years old now.

OK enough from me for now

Happy stitching.

Surprise (to me)

 I am back again. Deana has given us this months challenge number and it is #4.

I have swapped my #3 and #4 about as I do not remember what I had to do with Guild quilts and I can take the sashiko panel with me to Baradine.

now I need to go find a needle. 😟

This morning I went over to West Geelong to a printers over there, hopefully they are going to print last years blog for me - they wanted to look at last years book to get an idea of what was wanted.

on the way home I did and Adventure Lab at the old Federal Woolen Mills complex, these buildings had not been used for years, now it is a thriving business hub, with a pub, lots of cafes and places of business

the water tower has been beautifully painted by a local Geelong artist

the old chimney

one of the original buildings

Art work which was part of a second Adventure Lab, I only got two done before the battery went flat on my phone, all because muggins didn't turn on the power last night!!

Right, I am off too do Grandmother duties.

Happy stitching.

Chookshed Stitchers challenge

My challenge for March is finished, not exactly the pattern but I am very happy with it.

all rolled up

opened up

part opened

the back, all ready for show and tell at Baradine.

I wonder what will be chosen for next month.

Happy stitching.

Chookshed Stitchers Challenge and FNWF and life

This quilt was my January challenge and it is finally finished. The quilt is designed by Sonya Else an artist from Rochester, Vic. Sonya came and talked to the Guild on Saturday so it was good motivation for me to get the quilt finished. Nothing like a deadline!! She is an amazing creative person, she has an idea and then works out how to create it, a few photos of her works are below

I dont know if these photos are working because as I am trying to make this post I can see what I am typing but not the photos, I am getting rows of letters and numbers and symbols!! This months challenge is the Hatched and Patched project we were given at Baradine last year - again another deadline to get me moving!! I have only had a year!!!

Progress so far happened on FNWF ( I forgot to take a photo) and yesterday at Guild

I have been spending some time with Finn

At home playing with water, the serious job of attaching a baby chino and at the playground, always a beautiful view from there. Last week we celebrated our 41st anniversary and went to Jack Rabbit for lunch - the views were stunning

I have also finished a Wasgij

The challenge is what the horse can see

Today I have finished the binding on this quilt, kindly quilted by Tracee of Hummingbird Quilting in Gisborne

Love this fabric. Well that is me updated for now, I will publish and hope it works - happy stitching.