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Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Still little chilly, but the sun is out more often and it does feel like spring at last!
We even get to sit outside with our coffee now and then and watch the blackbird feeding his young.
He isn't very happy for us being there, had the garden to himself until now. 




























Trip to Lytes Cary Manor gardens (NT), our regular at this time of year, just to see the wonderful show of camassias and cowslips together, a couple of weeks earlier then usually, probably due to our mild winter this year.

 








At home I have been carrying on with same projects, Cherry Picker's Garden quilt is still being hand quilted and as for Crojo Retro blanket - is taking time to fill in all those gaps between flowers. 
I will be glad to see the end of that one - one day!
Wanting some new applique to sew,  I joined Katrina Hadjimichael's "Amelia Rose quilt" (pattern of the month). 
This is the first month, central panel.
And this where it ends for me; while I like Katrina's designs, as I was sewing it, 
I realised that this is not "me", too busy. 
I will probably border, back it and quilted it at some point and it will stay as a small quilt.




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Monday, 1 April 2024

Happy Easter!


I hope you are all having a nice Easter weekend; 
mostly dry and even sunny in my part of the world,
 so welcome after all that rain we have been having.
This morning we even managed to have our coffee siting outside, 
enjoying little sunshine.

Spring has arrived in my garden, 
so many blossoms opening up
now.

 

The last few weeks had been so wet, 
there was absolutely no incentive to venture too far out.
I used that time to finish all the blocks for Cherry Picker's Garden,
 


make up final borders,


and put it all together - ready to quilt.


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