4 sleeps....

Peg....Kath....Dale

Sunday - Packing

So this time next week, I will be packing with exhaustion, and sadly heading home. 

But I know that my heart will be happy, and my memory bank full to keep me going till we next meet again. Did I say again.... let's hope 2020 sees us gather again... 

I love my tribe, you make my heart sing and I know that 

When we are together.

Looking forward to catching up with you all in just 3/4/5 sleeps 

Just some housekeeping as I pack the kits into boxes today.

Please remember this weekend is all about enjoying yourself. 

I have tried to make it as simple as possible, you will have what you need to create.

It would help you if you wish to work on the kit supplied, to bring along Embroidery Threads, hoop, needles, and your basic sewing kit - I am sure you are all packing that and then some. 

see you soon.

PS - I will have my pop up shop with supplies and also if I can fit it in a few Forever Always Items... if there is anything that you would like specifically please message me today so I can add it to my growing car packing pile.

Baradine CWA Drought Aid Pantry request for Helpl.

Hi ladies, hope you're all happily packing away for our fun adventure next weekend.

I am just putting my CWA Wauchope hat on - Some of you who are friends with me on facebook will have seen that over the last month I have been raising awareness via the CWA for the

 Baradine CWA Drought Aid Pantry. 

I am coming laden with donations... but thought that some of you may like to help us out....

You have two hands.

One to help yourself,

the second for helping others.

We the CWA Wauchope Branch, want to lend our local hands to help support

CWA Baradine branch Drought Aid Pantry so we can support their local

farmers through this horrendous drought!

Supplies are low again. Donations quickly run out when we have hundreds of people being fed from them each week.

Please help the Baradine CWA Drought Aid Pantry - their community needs us!

Here are some suggestions of donations.

What They Need:

• Cash – for the local drinking WATER - large

bottles/10L

• Canned meals/food (no baked beans or bean

mixes please)

• Canned fruits - beetroot, pineapple, peaches,

pears, two fruits, etc.

• Instant meals - two-minute noodles, packet

pastas, ready meals, meal sauces in jars, etc.

• Pasta, rice, noodles

• Sauces - tomato & BBQ

• Cooking oil

• Drinks - juices, cordial

• Tea & coffee

• Long-life milk

• Condiments - mayo, salad dressings, relishes,

etc.

• School snacks/lunch box snacks

• Biscuits

• Breakfast cereals (no Weetbix we have plenty)

• Breakfast spreads - jams, spreads, etc.

• Baking goods - sugar, flour, packet cakes,

bread mixes, etc.

• Foil, gladwrap, etc.

• Household cleaning goods for kitchen, laundry

and bathroom

• Toilet paper, tissues, paper towel

• Antibacterial hand wipes or cleaning wipes

• Pet food

• Men's care items - razors, shaving cream,

deodorant, etc.

• Ladies care items - shampoo, conditioners,

hand creams and pampering items

• Soap/body wash

OR anything else you can think of. It will all be greatly appreciated!

Things we DON'T need:

- Lady sanitary items

- toothbrushes & paste

- Baby items

THANK YOU❤️in advance on Behalf of the CWA Baradine....

If you can fit an extra bag of groceries in, please do and I will take them into the Drought Aid Pantry on Friday. - If you can't fit a bag of groceries in - I know I am struggling for more room... please just help out with a small donation in the jar that will be on my table... so that I can help Baradine two fold and support the local businesses by shopping locally before donating to the Baradine CWA Drought Aid Pantry.

#Baradine2396 #BaradineCWA #DroughtSupport #BaradineCWADroughtAidPantry #NoFarmsNoFuture #SaveOurFarmers

As Chooky calls it - CWA Baradine Dark Side Link - just take a look at what this group do!!!

This time next week

I'm sad..but happy too

I am SAD because I am unable to come to Barradine this year

But I am HAPPY because I am attending my 37 year old daughter's Graduation Ceremony in Toowomba on the same Friday.

Have fun ladies...I will be thinking of you.

Julie Sullivan (Jewells)

Hello from New Zealand

HI everyone - I'm Raewyn from stitchingfarmgirl in New Zealand and I am also counting down the sleeps until Scrub Stitching - cant wait to meet you all and have a laugh or two - oh and do some sewing too :-)
Chooky told me it was ok to post the following —
I'm guessing most of you know about the terror attack that happened in Christchurch recently.
And some of you may be aware that people (from around the world) are busy making heart blocks to make into quilts for the victims' families, the survivors and the first responders.
You can read about it *here*.
I had the idea that it would be cool to ask if any of the retreat group would like to make a block (or two) and if there was a wee pile of them, I could piece a top while I am there.
Chooky said there is no block swap this year so some of you may be interested in making the odd heart block instead. (You could make it beforehand or while you're there.)

No pressure, no expectations. If it happens, it happens.

The blocks are 6½" unfinished size and can be pieced or appliqued. I would like GREEN ones please. However I will gather other colours if they're made and will send them off when I get home.
Please check *this link* for the details.
To give you an idea, here is the start I have made.

I'm trying to clear the spare bed so I can start my Scrub Stitching pile!! See you all soon!!!

special dinner..........

Our theme for our special dinner is sparkle and bling................

the debutante ball is on in town when we are there so that's how I decided what to choose.........

Could be a dress

Could be shoes

earrings or a necklace

Maybe a tiara?

scarf

now I know there was a little panic about the pink theme last year but hey we all did so well...........i'm not into dressing up so trying to make it fun in an easy way.............

if you want to go all out I could get this skirt for you.....

(bit of a worry when i found it searching for scarves).......

Now this is the extreme but see what you can find............

a little or a lot of bling and sparkle.....any colour......

This would be perfect for Susan.........

See you all soon....

If I can still count its 19 sleeps till the tribe is together!!!!

Chookyblue and SoniaXXXX

Excited.....

This time no one knows what my secret adventure is....... But it's all organised..... I can't wait and I am very excited......

 Love to you all Chooky

Counting Down 2019 - housekeeping

With just over 4 weeks till we gather and enjoy our time together...

It's time to make sure that you have your lists prepared for packing, and we are ready with a little house keeping details.

Just a couple of things.

• Yes, we will do a little swap. "Make it or Fake it"  "Make It" - make a small gift to randomly swap OR "Fake It" - buy a small gift max $15 to swap.

• Special Dietry Requirements - please make us aware if there is anything we need to know regarding your meals. - EG Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Nut Free but also when you will be arriving and departing - EG Thursday Dinner , Friday Dinner, but leaving Friday before Breakfast ETC.

That's all I can think of for know 

See you in way to many sleeps to start counting, but soon!! very Soon!!

love and hugs

Chooky & Sonia

Omg

Just over 9 weeks and we will be at scrub stitchin....  I can't wait to escape .... Switch off for the whole weekend........

A big Bit Sad

It's with much sadness that I have to say I can't make it to Scrub Stitchin next year. Its just a bad time for me.  It's my 60th and Bernie and I are going on a trip. I will miss you all and it was a very hard decision to make. I will be stalking this blog page though. I hope to get back on the list the next year.

A finish and a deposit

Just wanted to say that the latest instalment has been deposited, although it might take a day or so.

Back in June some of us went on a retreat to Glenrose in Warwick and I finished my bag. Okay so it has taken me a little while to post but here’s the proof. 

                                                    

Lynda.

Thinking of you all!!

2019 tribe vacancies...........

Hi All

At this stage we have 32 girls returning for 2019.............so that leaves 4 spots open............Max 36......if we get more interest than this we will have a wait list.........As i have done previously for the likes of Bathurst...........

If anyone would like to join our tribe in the scrub for 2019 please 

1. comment here on this post.........
2. $20 non refundable dep is due ASAP to hold your spot......(The cost/payments tab has the banking details)

It is anticipated costs will be about the same for next year $350 total but we have not planned much yet........

Payments will be made in July, Sept and Jan at this stage but more details will come about that once we nail the costings.......but anticipate we will split the costs over the 3 payments.

Chookyblue and Sonia XXXXXX

"My" Zippered Bags

As you all saw me making my "zippered bags" on the retreat, I thought I would show you what I have been playing with the last couple of days.

My grand daughter is going to Japan with the school later in the year and I thought I would make some "Australian" gifts for her to take for her host family. I looked everywhere for a cute koala, but didn't find one that was just "right"...so I designed one myself...first time I have every done that!...quiet pleased with the outcome. I wasn't sure if he looked better with or without a mouth...I asked a few people and more said WITH the mouth.....

 ...I'm still not sure...I "think" I like him without a mouth.

 Here is the final article..a lined zippered bag.. now it is up to my grand daughter if she likes it.

See you next year!

Jewells

Wed/Thursday @ Scrub Stitchin'

Setting up...........

I took the day off before SS and headed off to Camp Cypress @ Baradine............

Met up with Sonia @ Forever Always Online to finish putting the kits together and set up the room..............

Bianca - Sonia's daughter was also there to assist and Kylie @ Indigo and Quince had other commitments that meant she arrived early too............both assisted wonderfully to turn an empty room into a beautiful sewing space for the weekend.............

Just as all the work was done Sally and Diane @ The Sloan Patch arrived..........

One long table for meals and three sewing spaces set up...............

we were not sure how this was going to happen prior but this setup worked so well we have set a maximum number of 36 for next year.......... 

Love this pic of Diddles under the tables...........

the grounds at Camp Cypress are located at the local Show Ground

Its a beautiful area..............lots of shade from white cypress pine trees.........

escaped from the real world.............

nibbles and drinks every afternoon...........

people just floated as they wished between sewing and eating..........this plan I had in my head worked perfectly..............the room worked just as I had hoped...........everyone came down for breaky and stayed until bedtime unless you needed a loo break or a nanna nap...........

lots of times to sew, talk, eat, socialise...........

lots of happy faces.............
Otherside of the table Diane, Annette, Miss Jules, Cheryl, Kath........

Peg, Jenny, Janice, Sophie, Harriet, Georgia, Tina, Kate, Sally, Maureen....
and the newbies just slotted in perfectly..........

Sonia, Bianca, Chookyblue

more to come............
Chooky, Mary, Lynda, Diane.......

Catch you later....... Chookyblue.........

The Project 2018...........

Just posting some of my posts from my blog on here. I'm behind still but nearly done and will keep adding my blog posts to here so all the pics are on Scrub Stitchin' too. If anyone else had any pics they want to share on here please do a post............

This post is so over due........but now I can finally reveal..............these plans and projects were all planned mostly in May last year...........hence the date on the bags.........

These star mugs were perfect.............Baradine is in the Warrumbungle Shire .....the Warrumbungles National Park which is very close by......it is the only dark sky park in Australia.............Siding Springs Observatory on the edge of the Warrumbungles is very important to astronomers..............
so stars around here are even brighter due to the lower light pollution levels..........
The mugs looked so good in the dishwasher when we gave them a wash...........

Onto the project..............
ta da............
Scrub Stitchin' Bucket Tote designed by Sonia and me.............

Baradine is in the Pilliga Scrub............its got a lot of White Cypress pine hence the pine trees..............the star is the sky.......and there are heaps of birds......

Sonia and I had so much fun planning the projects and weekend..........then the photo shoot with our bags...........

love it.............

Maybe a champagne or two was consumed in the planning.............
Chookyblue.........
www.chookyblue.blogspot.com

White & Bright Blocks

Well, the blocks have gone from this:

to this:

I sashed them together, added a border, quilted it, sewed the binding on the front and now it is ready to go to Chooky/Miss Jules to hand sew the binding on to the back.

It ended up being 76" x 89"...a nice BIG quilt.

I'll let Chooky unveil the finished quilt when it is completed.

Jewells

Chooky and her Chook blocks

Sadly, my video of Chooky getting her blocks was bad...very bad...I didn't think to wonder about the quality before I organised this - and it is only part of what Janice recorded for me - never mind - those of us who were there will remember it anyway.

Did someone take the photo of....???

Jewells here...

I am chasing a photo of the 3 of us on the "podium" with me holding my "specimen jar".

Was telling a friend in the States and she wants to know why I look so amazed in this photo...I need the follow up ones please.

(Can you send them to my email:   jewells1759@gmail.com)

Thanks in advance.

Jewells

as requested Jewells, via chooky to me as technical difficulties didn't allow upload from a phone.

still makes me LOL

hugs Sonia