Quiltingorchardist

Glad to have you call by Kirsty . Take care. Hello everyone else. It's really windy here in NZ these last few days, not good for our avo...

On Monday and again today we had 20 young folk ( from about 5 countries )spraying liquid male pollen onto the female kiwifruit flowers. The ...

The kiwifruit are in full bloom. One photo shows white female flowers on the left and more apricot coloured male flowers on the right. Anot...

Although I haven't completely finished sewing all the hexagons I had time at the weekend to spread them all out on the floor and decide ...

It's very windy, then this afternoon it started to rain, so I was able to abandon any idea of working under the vines. Instead I crawle...

Gosh what an exhausting week it seems to have been. Since the weather was fine it's been all on with orchard work, so it was just as we...

Yesterday I spent some time reading other's Blogs that I enjoy; my list has got very long now, so it takes a while. Over at Pieces from ...

Thought you might like to see a photo of lots of orchardists standing around in our orchard........ Thursday by some fluke was a reasonably ...

Thanks for your comments ladies. Yes it can be busy around here. This morning while we ate breakfast I enlisted DH help and we compiled a li...

Although I have written myself a list, my 3 day weekend is consisting of a little of what I fancy mixed with things I must do. I did some b...

Being organized is essential to my way of working.( I don't have a sewing room, just a big double doored cupboard ) I like everything so...

Here's what is happening in the kiwifruit orchard AT THE MOMENT. The vines have new growth that is very tender and vulnerable to wind da...

Yesterday after we went to DH's eye appointment we went shopping for the new computer. ( isn't it amazing how long it all takes. ) A...

Today I sat and machine quilted a simple border around 40 of my hexagons. That is all they will need. I used variegated thread ( red and ...

These purple Sparaxias have been putting on the usual magnificent show, but a thunder storm and very heavy rain last night have made them lo...

What a sight to wake up to! In the garden outside my bedroom window this beautiful 11 year old Viburnum ( plicatum tomentosa) is at its glo...

"What do you want / fancy for dinner?" is often the cry around here. I enjoy cooking but often find deciding what to have the most...

Oh gosh, I'm getting all behind with what I want to say. Last Friday a carload of 5 crafty, quilty ladies from around here went across ...

Here are some more of the quilts exhibited at our recent Show. The colours in the Grandmothers Garden quilt didn't do it for.me but Yos...

The top pic shows the articles made from the fabric challenge. Some were extremely innovative. Only 9 entries - that was disappointing. The...