Quiltingorchardist

Signs of Spring are everywhere in the garden. Although I knew I would shorten their lives in the warmth of the house, I picked some Early Ch...

I've just been baking and the house is filled with the smell of spice. As we don't eat much of this sort of thing any more my baking...

Yesterday the packhouse started packing our kiwifruit crop. Since picking time it has been in covered picking bins in a coolstore at about 2...

More on Vireyas. This is my oldest one , Dawn Chorus . it has been in a big blue pot since 1988. This photo shows one of it's best flowe...

I try to fit in a walk every day. I don't always manage to, but I enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and keeping up my fitness. On our proper...

I have just finished hand sewing down the binding on my second tiny baby quilt. Although it looks a little grey here it is actually purest w...

I had been so busy practising with my Stitch Regulator doing free motion quilting I had not taken the time to explore the walking foot which...

Last Friday at my P & Q Group, 2 young Mums visited and spoke to us about needing some special tiny quilts to be given to Women who hav...

I have just been getting a birthday gift ready to post to my only sister. She is quite difficult to buy for as she has everything she wants ...

Such a busy 2 days that I almost missed what day it was....my Birthday yesterday...heheh...that means I don't need to count that one! He...

Yesterday we awoke to a frost . ( see 1st photo - it shows frost on top of the leaves on the top of the canopy) Very, very unusual for us ea...

I came to the computer feeling tired and a little Blue, and read what 3 friends had written in the comments on my Blog and it made me laug...

On Friday my P & Q Group held their usual Friday session and then many of us stayed on for the rest of the day and evening as starting ...

The weather hasn't improved; so our kiwifruit and lots of other orchardists' fruit is still on the vines . The picking season is way...

There is probably a quilt design in there amongst the leaves that are everywhere.These are from those lovely cherries! Sometimes I forget to...

Colour everywhere; the flowering cherries on the driveway look great. They usually only get their photo taken when they are flowering but in...

Now that's a fabric that I doubt I would ever have chosen to use myself.! Yesterday at my group ( Tauranga Patchwork and Quilting ) it a...

A photo of some of our good looking kiwifruit! Another wet and showery day to put the kiwifruit harvest further behind. We need fine days an...

I am pleased with how my apple quilt is looking but it makes it an even better feeling when other kind bloggers encourage and app...

First thing today I enlisted Roger's help to clean the outside of all the windows. Great job...Now I have to do the inside; but not toda...