The lovely Ladies of Baradine

Chooky, our leader, organiser and blogger who gets and keeps us all together

Miranda busy studying in the mornings while all the sewing happens around her!

Maureen and Kylie

Sharmayne and Janice

Raewyn

All fixed, no longer upside down!!

Out under the cypress trees , Mick very kindly took photos and then out his drone up and took more, but before that we had three sets of mothers and daughters, I caught two

Tina and Harriet, I was slow they were hugging and smiling beautifully just before this

Di and Melinda

More lovely ladies Miss Jules and Lea

Christine and Sharmayne.

And some photos I helped myself to from Chooky's blog 

Last year some of us were challenged to make a Corner Star quilt, Lea, Georgina and Kylie were finished, Raewyn is making blocks and mine is a top. The pattern is from Missouri Star.

One of Mick's drone photos

Morning tea maybe? Desert? I am not sure.

Raewyn modelling Chooky's braid strip

Brenda, back from hospital, her daughter and Di.

Kylie, Lea and Raewyn

Raewyn, myself, Georgina and Di, love the smiley face Brenda made for us!

Chooky and Christine, blogging friends for many years.

Ladies who completed their kit from last year, designed  by Anni Downs , lots of us did this as a challenge earlier this year.

Chooky and the Star Girls 😃

I think this was breakfast one day

again at breakfast

Happy campers at the machine.

I have some show and tell photos but that needs reducing or it will be a HUGE post!!

Thank you Chooky for a great few days.

Happy stitching.

This and that

The Aussie Hero quilt is now all fixed up and finished and gone to the recipient

I was happy with it. 

I had to go to Ocean Grove Monday morning so had a short walk at the beach, there was a howling wind blowing, so it was not pleasant, but I got plenty of fresh air !

The waves were pounding in. 

I visited Finn a couple of days over the weekend

He is such a happy soul

His Dad cooked him chicken and mashed potatoes, he played more than he ate that time! 

I got caught on the rain one day having a walk

The weather does not bother the pelicans 😁

Saturday morning I joined on the zoom session with the Chookshed Stitchers, people came and went,

Janet, bottom centre, shared her walk and sunset with us from the US.

I have a pile of quilts to bind, one a day I thought and so far this week nothing has been done.

Maybe tomorrow. 

I am off for a walk

Happy stitching. 

May

 Where have the last few weeks gone?? Time for yet another catch up.

We got back from Baradine to find the builders had been busy

Bathroom gone, toilet door gone and frame in for the new wall

Kitchen gone, not every day you find the bath in the kitchen!! (I hasten to add it will not be staying there) 😄

Ensuite gone, new shower base in.

Not much has happened since Easter, the plasterers are supposed to be coming this week sometime.

Last three weeks Anthology blocks.

One I spy Quilt is finished and taken to quilting group.

I started sewing some blocks I was given , I made quite a few but they are now back in the bag as they are all odd sizes and I do not know what the owner of the blocks was intending to do with them, so they will wait for another day.

More of the above

and more, hard to work out a pattern with these ones, they might end up in blocks of four with black borders with all the colours mixed together.

Chooky has a few zoom sessions, it was wonderful to join in and have a catch up when I can.

I was pottering away the other day, binding a quilt when I remembered a sheet I had with churn dash blocks......the squirrel popped in and this happened!!I have been using up charm packs, some whole, some with bits missing, the blocks finish at 13 inches, so I figured 4 x 4 blocks would make a nice quilt

I was sewing away happily and then realised I had done this, so some umsewing had to happen

I got to the last block and realised I had done this on both end pieces 😡, I was not a happy camper I can tell you!! More unsewing happened and I finished the block, happy in the knowledge 16 blocks were done and today could be joining together day. But no, on checking the blocks I find I have 15 😖 so today I need to make another one, of course most of the fabric from the charm packs I have been using is gone, so I will have to find something else.

This photo does not really show the colour in the night sky as I made my grumpy way downstairs!! It did cheer me up a little.

The Superheros quilt is finished and has gone to quilt group, it will be given to the Southern Cross kids camp next month.

And The Cat in the Hat is finished, it is going to the Ukranian Church and community centre, either to be used as a fund raiser or to be given to a child who is being relocated to Geelong.

Ok I am off upstairs to make that last remaining block.

Happy stitching.

PS

Here is the seal who made the local boat ramp it's home for a few weeks. Sadly it has gone now, some of the fishermen who launch their boats here did not like the fact that one ramp was closed off to keep the seal safe and demanded he/she be taken away. The day people from the Zoo arrived to collect him/her, it was gone, hopefully swam away into the bay and safety.