I'm Still Here.

Now that school has gone back .....phew
and dh is back at work after his 2 wks on the golf
course

life is returning to normal and I am sewing again

I have a little Christmas list to finish making

I have made the next blocks for 'Erin's Quilt'

I have started making blocks for a quilt that mum gave
me the pattern for, we were living in WA at the
time and I have been quilting for 6 months, so I have
been hanging onto it since 2008, but I do have a
good reason for starting it, she has asked  me to do all
the needleturn appliqué on her quilt, as its the last
grandchild's quilt (she has made 8),
and she is unable to do any
hand sewing these days due to issues from one
of her Chemo drugs. So I thought I would start mine
to get back into needle turn appliqué.

I have also started block 2 of Lancaster, it only took
2 weeks to arrive from Qld! Not happy Jan at all
so at my monthly sewing day today I cut out 60
clamshells and glued the fabric to the papers, and started
stitching mums quilt.

I have made my main SSCS gift, it just needs the final
touch and then I need to make the ornament, but I need some
wool felt for that, hoping I can get some while I am home.

I went to a quilt hanging on the weekend, and I bought a
pattern and sewline glue pen and refills, even thought they
had 35% off all fabrics and books, that was my
only purchase :) such restraint

Last Wednesday my baby girl turned 9,
sometimes I wish she still was that gorgeous, chubby
little girl who loved Dora the explorer.

Why do they have to grow up??

we have had email issue due to setting up a T-Hub 2, blogger
has changed my primary email address and won't let me change
it back...........

oh big excitement is last week I was able to do a spot of whale watching
from our yard, amazing creatures.

So I will be back tomorrow with photos of whales, sewing
new quilt, clamshells, Erin's quilt.

Gardening

Here are the photos I promised to share last night of

our new and improved rabbit proof gardens

This little bed has azaleas, native daisies, a half chewed

parsley, rosemary in the corner and a cameilia planted in it

the large blue pot has a not so happy daphne bush.

the large terracotta pots have gardenias and we have

strawberries too and some annuals 

this bed has a cameilia, azalea's, native daisies

this is the view as you come in the gate

this bed is under the bathroom window and the sun room's side windows

its dominated by a huge fugly palm, so we have native daisies, azalea's, 

dietie's, agapanthus, some bulbs of the unknown and a bush that

has the sweetest blossoms but again is a mystery

Sophie and I went and got some plants that grow along the drive yesterday

we have no idea exactly what they are called, but they should 

eventually look 

like these

and Henrycat followed us from window to window while we were

busy yesterday and today

I still have some blue irises to plant and we also planted some more vegies 

today, 3 different chillies, sweetcorn, 2 zucchini and 2 cucumber plants

and we have some bean seeds to grow so will plant them tomorrow

after school and the girlies can grow them.

and until 30 minutes ago when I got the sewing machine going, I have

not sewn a stitch since Friday night. Tomorrow is my quilting group

and I am only taking the out laws quilt to work on hopefully in between

chatting I can make some real progress.

A happy Monday

Today was my once a month sewing day

out of the house with the local quilting group

and I am thrilled to say I got quite a bit

done,

like this cathedral window pincushion

2 foundation pieced blocks for a small quilt

14 more hexagons for my Kaleidoscope hexagon quilt, they need

ironing though

and last night I finished off the centre medalion for my

Aunt Grace's circle of friends quilt

so it was a happy monday for me.

We are offically moving house at the end of April, into

the Harbour Masters house, my new sewing room will have

ocean views, we will have room for gardens

and we are getting some chickens again.

Happy Happy Happy :)