Quiltingorchardist

Thank you All. Our cousin J is safe and busy working at the hospital. Her husband A was not even in Chirstchurch at the time of the earthqua...

  We have had some good  news that a wee baby girl has been born to 2 very dear young friends in Canada. Congratulations to ME and D and als...

It is early for our grapes to be ripening.( the ones at the top left are sweet enough to eat - we have tried a few ) All the rain has made t...

Yesterday I completed the 12 Blocks for the 2nd Bandanna quilt. My 12.5 inch square ruler is useful for squaring and trimming blocks. Here w...

      Thank you to those of you who commented and reinforced my decision on the layout of the first bandanna quilt in my previous post. I ha...

Who would have guessed there could be so many possible arrangements for disappearing 9 patch blocks. I wonderered how I was going to decide....

Last night I was already in bed reading when R called out, "You've just got to get up and see this . You'll love it." Whic...

On Tuesday morning I didn't work as visitors were coming for morning tea. Piklets quickly made and served with Kiwifruit and Ginger jam....

Mrs. Webster's quilt depicted The Endeavour, Australia,  NZ and that's Captian Cook in the top left corner. The back garden back...

I almost missed this!  Straight after lunch yesterday I went up to Katikati ( 20 minutes drive away ) to the Quilt Garden Party at Katipatc...

After 2 abnormally wet weekends we are having a hot one this time.( IT HAD US SWEATING ) Yesterday it got to 32 degrees centigrade here; wit...

I am so glad to know that my blogging friends in Australia are all safe. What a massive clean up they all have ahead of them. Tracey ( Peppe...

I've only completed the first 9 patch so far but think it is going to be a good way to break up the colour of the bandannas. Whole they ...

Thank you all for your comments. The weather here today is cooler and the creeks are still running high but otherwise everything is normal. ...

The second ( larger ) creek on our property runs from a spring high up the hillside behind us and down the valley through our land. For year...

Mother nature certainly has the last say. Around here she keeps us on our toes. Last weekend we got 159 mls over 4 days most of it on 2 days...