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.

The Rabbit Proof Fence

My two little garden beds on either side of the path

to the front door are now

100% rabbit proof.

I have planted and they have eaten, daisies,

lettuce, parsley, oregano, thyme

anything and everything.

I thought that they had stopped visiting, as my

parsley was flourishing when I looked at it yesterday

but this morning they had been munching

on the parsley, and all I have left is

parsley stems........

So today the girlies and I bought 10 metres of chicken

wire, cable ties, azaleas and some more daisies

and we have rabbit proofed the garden beds :)

and planted the daisies and azalea's and

the strawberries into pots

tomorrow we are off to the markets in Merimbula, 

hopefully we will get some more plants for the other 

garden bed the rabbits like to eat, if not we will call into

'Oaklands' and buy 4 more azaleas and then into

Mitre 10 to get 4 more of the daisy bushes

I will be sure to snap some photos to share tomorrow,

I am really happy with how the beds look and

can't wait for the plants to get bigger in the hope that

one day we can de fence the gardens, well

I can hope :)

Worlds Laziest Cat.....

Starting at 7am this morning I have taken a photo of Henry

every hour.

7am

8am 

9am

10am

11am

noon

1pm

3pm

7 hours in the one chair, the only movement was to change positions

LAZY LAZY LAZY

oh and my purchases from yesterday

background fabric for the out laws quilt

what its supposed to look like

and the yummy blue I bought for it

now I need to get back to sewing strips of fabric together and there are

LOADS of strips to be sewn!

Thank You

for all your comments, emails and Facebook messages

it would appear the most popular online store is

the Fat Quarter Shop in the USA

BUT

I really wanted to buy in Australia, only because I wanted to

start asap and my last fabric order was a biggie from the

Fat Quarter Shop :) Super Mario fabric

as I couldn't find exactly what I want, I selected another

pattern from a fabulous book that was on my bookshelf

(stolen borrowed from my mum)

 I took drive this morning to a fabulous store thats only

30 minutes away and found the perfect fabric that was dirt cheap 

lucky as I needed 6.5 metres......

then I drove to Bega and bought another 7 metres of a really nice

homespun, new needles for my sewing machine & some beige cotton

and I may have bought it, but dh paid for it :), well

it is for his parents so fairs fair I thought

drove home, and started cutting up all that fabric.

Lordy I do pick some fiddly quilt patterns :)

I will get some photos tomorrow and share

with you all.

I will also be documenting a day in the life of Henrycat, every hour on 

the hour I thought I would take a photo as proof I have THE

LAZIEST cat in the world. Should be fun and if tomorrow is like

any other day the photos will all be of him in the same spot

but in different sleeping positions .

He is very much a creature of habit!

Shopping Help needed

I want to make a quilt for my in-laws for Christmas this year

I have the pattern picked out but I need your help

I need to purchase 2 jelly rolls and 4 metres of a co-ordinating

fabric to make the quilt I picked... it will be 84x84 when finished

can you please suggest some online stores for me to visit,

I have found 2 jelly rolls I love, but the store didn't have

any co ordinating fabric....

and its really doing my head in....

please please please :)

Lunch Bag Link

if you would like to make a lunch bag

or 2, you can find the tutorial here

LUNCH BAGS

happy lunch bag sewing

Lunch Bags

I love it when all my family are asleep and I get

to surf the net without distractions

I found this pattern on Saturday night too

Lunch Bags

the first one was made with uber stiff interfacing

and was awful to sew 

the second was made using pellon, with the stiff

interfacing in the bag cuff and handles

aren't they gorgeous

I am going to use the house one for my hexagons if I need

to take them out with me, the yellow/pink will be for my

sewing bits and pieces needles cotton etc when its sewing day

with the girls.