Quiltingorchardist

Yesterday afternoon was dull and showery so the opportunity arose for me to drive over to Ngongotaha to " Cottage Flair ,...

On a happier note than the last entry, here are some kiwifruit shots to show you what we are currently working on. The...

Yesterday at 11 am. there was a Lahar ( or mudflow ) from the crater lake on Mt. Ruapehu in the central North Island of New Zeala...

The inclement weather has gone and sun has returned to the BOP. I've done 2 gardening stints today, to make up for several days ins...

I guess it had to happen....a sudden change in the weather...from warm and balmy to colder squally showers with dashes of sunshine then mo...

Swamp = wetland. Sunday's walk for us was across the board walks and tracks that now cross the swamp on the out...

Yesterday at my P & Q group we had a lesson on one method of quilt as you go ( or joining pre quilted blocks ). ...

Can you smell that? After 2 batches of chutney we started making sauce. DH helped by finely chopping the onions while I did the tomatoe...

Yesterday as I was cruising fairly rapidly around the supermarket I noticed these! Serviettes ( or paper napkins or table napkins ) with New...

Time snatching like multitasking is a great way to make a little progress when I feel I'm not getting projects done. S...

Although I have a couple of machine projects to work on I still need a hand sewing project to carry around with me. I looked and looked fo...

The spell of beautiful weather is continuing in the Bay of Plenty, so as it was Sunday, the day I try and take an extra long walk, I ask...

A few more photos for Meggie and those who have visited the Mt. and beach. ( and maybe tempt those who haven't )The onl...

For the last several years I have belonged to an online P & Q Group ( Picking Up Threads ) of mainly Australian ladies. One of them ...

Yes I have collected the feathers the peacock is dropping. ( About 50 ) The other things he is dropping are not so pretty!!! You know what.....

Today the 6th of February is New Zealand's National Day. While it is a holiday we only changed how we spent the day from one kind of w...

It wasn't once upon a time; more of in a twinkling of an eye the spark of an idea in my brain flashed the minute I saw Anna hand sewing...

I can hardly contain my excitement! It's finished, it's finished ! Started in August last year my Boys' I Spy Quilt made of 284 ...

Humidity in the low 90s is making things rather sweaty here.( it's all that rain going back up again! ) We can almost hear things g...