Chookshed Challenge Finish

With a few days to spare I can add another tick to my list of projects for this year's Chookshed Challenge. I will honestly say that without Deanna and Chooky behind this challenge, I would not have achieved the finishes that I have. So a huge thankyou to both lovely ladies and I do hope they are considering another round in 2026 (I may just have a few items ready to go...lol)

What did I finish you ask?  I'll whisper the year (2010) that this one was a completed top and stored away ready to quilt (I'm not great at finishing).

Pond Play ~ from the book '9-Patch Pizzazz' by Judy Sisneros

Red backing ... I was able to scrape together enough from trimming to make the rod pockets.

Closer look at the simple stipple quilting I did on my machine.

There is a little 'back story' on the red binding. My intention was for a blue binding to just blend in. That's the problem with long term UFO's ... I can't always find leftover fabric or fabric that will match well enough so I folded it away to await a trip to town to purchase some blue.  Go back a couple of weeks ago when I was searching for some oriental fabrics to border my completed Sashiko blocks ... NO! ... couldn't find that either.  Come forward again and I thought of 1 more stash where I might find some blue ... no blue ... but I did find the orientals and wouldn't you know it ... one piece was the exact red fabric used in the quilt and I was just able to squeeze a binding out of it.

Phew!  A finish!

  

FNSI + Sunday Snippets

 Friday was time to "bite the bullet" and start quilting on my Fishpond wall hanging...got halfway Friday night and finished the quilting on Saturday.

This morning I finished machine sewing the binding and am halfway again on hand stitching the binding down.

Through the week our resident babies flew the nest 🪹... not one day too soon as the next night, a carpet python had curled himself around the rafter beside the nest.

Harley and I have continued to go out walking each day ... sometimes mornings ... sometimes evenings, depending on the heat.

Time to settle in, under the fan, and watch The Block Auction ... 

Have a lovely week 🌹

Sunday Snippets

 A few little finishes here and there. The last two Sashiko blocks are complete ... now for sashings.

60 x 5" Irish Chain blocks for my Meadow Mist Mystery.

Temperature Tree leaves added up to the 14th. I double checked my records for the 2nd and yes, it was a 37deg ... yuk! Now we're forcasted a 39deg for Thursday 🥵

Ouy Willy Wagtails are back and these 3 little ones hatched just over a week ago. Here they are only a couple of days old and now this morning... I'm always amazed at how fast they grow.

Someone is always watching when I'm out walking ... this morning I even got a little serenade ... Warble, Giggle, Gargle 🎶

Have a great week.

FNWF, Challenge #1 and Other Things

More this and that as the school holidays were coming to an end. A day of putting things back as they were after our first visitors and then Summer pushed it's way into Spring on Thursday to deliver a "stinking HOT day", finishing off with a storm.

Friday was town day to stock up the pantry and to check out Mum's mystery flowering plant. A few years ago, her Grandson-in-law gave her a piece of old root he dug up in the hope it might shoot ... it's taken a while to get to this stage but has finally flowered! I believe it's known as 'Queens Wreath' or more commonly 'Sandpaper Vine'.

Friday Night with Friends ... time to wind down with some more Sashiko and another block finished.

Saturday our daughter and boys arrived for the long weekend ... we mustered ... we baked ... and they accompanied me on my walks.

Last month I registered for "Oceans to Outback" to fundraise for Royal Flying Doctor Service ... my target is to walk 45km for the month of October. So far so good with a walk each day, keeping them to early morning or late evening ... Harley's enjoying leading the way.

RADF OceanstoOutback/Narelle

Chookshed Challenge has come to the final month and #1 is to quilt my Fishpond wall hanger. I know exactly where it is and hopefully can make a start on it this week.  

Thankyou Deanna ... this challenge has kept me on my toes and finishing projects that would otherwise be still in the waiting line.

Lastly, my Temperature Tree was updated at the end of September and I've also completed the next branch ... when the power went out in last Thursday's storm.

Off to enjoy a cuppa ...