Quiltingorchardist

Last weekend our P and Q Group  had Tutor Chris Keena from Wellington take 2 classes using English paper piecing to make her Millefiori Quil...

What do you make when you need to take a plate of food for a shared lunch????  Tomorrow I need to take shared lunch when I go to a class wi...

 Some plants ( bulbs ) just thrive and it's lovely to be able to pick huge fragrant bunches and hardly see where they came from. I pr...

Shaken awake at 4.35 this morning. An earthquake off the East Coast  of NZ was felt by us for about a minute. Not too scary. The pheasants w...

 I got the binding sewn down and simple quilting finished on this group Charity quilt. ( about time ! )  and the back Now I can g...

 Just today I have started picking these Macadamia nuts from one tree ( The others don't seem to be ready yet ) The outer green shell...

It's not raining today which makes a very pleasant change. July had rain most days and even more at night.  The first sweet smelling...

Today I am quilting the charity quilt a group of us made last weekend. It all started because I had some left over half square triangles fr...

If you are a bit wimpy don't read this. I am not a wuss when it comes to insects or rodents outside, but I do NOT like them inside. ( ...

  There is not that much in the garden to pick at the moment - ( Winter ) ,  But I manged to find some sweet smelling flowers for small...

 Berries on our Nikau Palms . ( Rhopalostylis sapida )  I have yet to see a Keruru ( NZ native wood pigeon ) eating them but they do look...