Red and White

Well the Apple Festival was a roaring success and we were lucky enough to have the rain hang off until after we had packed up, which makes it much easier. I don't envy the teachers, tomorrow half the school goes away on camp and most of those kids spent Saturday setting up at the school and Sunday eating fairy floss and running around it could be a bus load of over lollied very tired kids!
On a different note have you seen the red and white quilt show that was on recently in New York (I think)? Such a varied display who would think you could get all that variation from just two colours. There are lots of sites talking about it, here's one I found http://www.folkartmuseum.org/infinitevariety amazing quilts.

Cheers

Michelle

Apple Festival Time!

Tomorrow is the Gladysdale Apple Festival, it's our school fundraiser for the year so if anyone is cruising the Yarra Valley tomorrow why not drop in and give us a visit. It's on Little Yarra Rd Gladysdale you can't miss it, there's not much else in Gladysdale!
Cheers

Michelle

Sore Paw

Warning, Warning! Cleaning really is bad for you. I was attacked by a savage broom, yes you heard right a broom, and 12 stitches later I'm sitting here looking at all the things I was going to finish over Easter. Firstly the plan was to paint the outside of the house, we were off to a great start, two walls were done and I was on the roof of the verandah cleaning down the end of the gables to paint when the metal broom handle snapped and tried to take off the end of my finger, luckily my first thought was to grab hold of it really tight and get the hell off the roof, that done I didn't make it much further only to sit down before I fell down and wait for the ambulance that Meg had rung to turn up and cart me off to hospital. The two ambos were great they made sure the kids were OK with the neighbour before they left and even said they would fit them in if they did't have anywhere they could go. My neighbour Sue was a hero who toke all of them until DH could get home. But now all I've done is sleep on the couch between batches of painkillers and watch the football and Easter was going to be so busy....maybe next year

cheers

Michelle

A little sewing

School holidays here at the moment so not much sewing going on, we've had a few extra kids over to play and a lot of rain in the first week. I have managed to get the fairy project into one piece, now I just have to get it on the quilting frame. I am happier with how it looks now, which is good and maybe over easter I'll get it quilted. I also have two new designs I've been playing with on EQ7. I asked the family to vote on which one they liked and they didn't choose the one I was hoping for, so now I'm not sure which one I should make first. Maybe it's einee meenie minee mo?

Cheers

 Michelle

Westalee 1-10

Well I've finally got some sewing done, nothing finished but the first 10 blocks of the Westalee quilt are done and they went together easily.

Think I can see a red white and blue theme happening here and these were all scraps pulled a random from the scrap box! I also have been working on a quilt that I've had around for a little while, it just didn't go together with quite enough oomph. So I've been jiggling the blocks and borders, trying to give it a boost. Here's a few sneak peeks.

Pretty fabrics with fairies, hopefully this pattern will be out soon and then I'll be able to add another finish to my list, Yay!

Avagoodweekend!

Michelle

Monbulk Quilt Show

Wow there is so many talented people out there! Mum, Meg, Tulley and I went over to the Monbulk quilt show, organized by Mrs Martins Quilt Shop, what a display, every type, colour, technique, you can think of, even one by two 9yr old girls. I came home with lots of inspiration and a boot load of plants from the footy club's stall and have spent the last few hours digging in the garden trying to find just the right place for each one. I bought 3 silver birch for Meg's garden and 3 ornamental pears (still looking for a spot for them), gardenia, pepino, thornless blackberry, autumn raspberry, elderberry, white dogwood along with a few salvias I picked up from the market last weekend it'sbeen a busy afternoon.

cheers

Michelle

Lunch

Every so often I go out to lunch with a few friends, today we went to Bella Verdere near Healesville, they have great bread, nice wine, good food and a veggie garden to die for! As one of my friends said "we'll just get you a plate of bread and cheese and leave you in the garden" she knows what I like! I even had to be called back in when lunch arrived. This was a rambly (is that a word?) rustic, cottage veggie garden with little plantings of every thing everywhere and wonderful woven edgings around each one similar to the screen I have been making.

This is the spud bed, sorry for the photo but I only had my phone with me.

This is the arbour walk it has salvias and borage planted along the sides and lots of geraniums in all flavours.There is also fruit trees and lots of herbs, it was divine.

I seem to have missed all the flowers in the photos, I think I was concerntrating on the woven edges, well there was lots of flowers too and quirky posies on each of the tables of apples and hawthorn, just my cup of tea. I have to go back in spring.

cheers

Michelle