tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70247319706622950862024-02-08T10:47:59.720+11:00STITCH AND SOW- the handwork of home and gardenNanettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14473143331781472223noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024731970662295086.post-14142348027392289542019-06-09T22:57:00.000+10:002019-06-09T22:58:38.825+10:00Knitting funYesterday was World Wide Knit in Public Day......yes, there is such a thing.<br />
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People joined in from all over the world. The official website records that 33 countries signed up and there were 440 KIPs. I particularly liked these pics I found, but there are many, many more of happy knitters out in the sunshine, enjoying their craft and each others company.<br />
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Here in Murwillumbah we didn't get out into the sunshine, as it was drizzly and cold. Luckily we have a great art space in town, the M-Arts Precinct, where our hostess was Nikki from Mill and Make, a cute little yarn shop housed in a shipping container. Actually, all the galleries and shops in M-Arts are in shipping containers and look amazing.<br />
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We had around 60 people turn out for the afternoon, I had no idea there were so many knitters in town! Unfortunately, all the photos I took turned out blurry, so nothing to show of everyone having a great time.<br />
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I was working on a beret to take with me next week when I head south for a few days. It'll be much colder there than here, and while I hate wearing beanies, I will need something to keep my head warm, so a beret, being a little more loose-fitting, it is.<br />
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This is an 8ply alpaca in denim blue. It's soft and easy to knit, but as it has a little fuzz, it does make me sneeze a bit. I hope it doesn't bother me when it's on my head! I sat in the sun and knitted today, so I have quite a bit more done, and am up to the decreases to shape the top, so I'll be easily finished before I go away.<br />
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Nanettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14473143331781472223noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024731970662295086.post-1635826106967047722019-05-31T15:54:00.000+10:002019-05-31T15:54:02.713+10:00Chill in the airWith the first day of winter on the calendar tomorrow, and snow just over the ranges, it's cold ...as is to be expected. I don't mind. One of the things I've done today is follow the sun along the verandah, starting with it on my back and then shifting seats as it travelled north and I finished off some soft toys. These little guys have been sitting around for a while, waiting for their eyes, noses, smiles, and in a couple of cases, their ears.! What??<div>
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Nanettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14473143331781472223noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024731970662295086.post-86087337280495864142019-05-22T22:31:00.000+10:002019-05-22T22:31:40.294+10:00Midweek MutteringsA really sore eye, swollen and red, took me off to The Tweed to see the optometrist. The Tweed, a suburb about half an hour away, is the nearest large shopping hub, with malls of shops full of everything you need....or don't. While I like to shop locally and we do have an optometrist in town, I've been going to the one in Tweed for around 10 years, they know me by name and have all my records there......so I keep going.<br />
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The offending eye.....or eyes as it turned out......had eyelashes growing in, down instead of up! I was just relieved that was all it was, despite my yelps of pain as he tweezered them out. Feels much better now.<br />
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Tweed has the nearest fabric shop for 30 kms in any direction, so of course I had to pay a visit. A fresh injection of teals was needed, as <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/2019/05/12/twinkle-twinkle-little-star/">Kate</a> has announced there'll be another Ovarian Cancer fundraiser quilt, to be called Scin<span style="color: #0b5394;">teal</span>late, a clever play on words, for which Kate is renowned, and which will feature teal stars on a cream background.<br />
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I've been waiting ages for Grown and Gathered, by Matt and Lentil as there's been a long waiting list for it, and I can see why, for starters, it's beautiful. It feels nice to hold, the photos are bold and bright, plus it's crammed full of great information and delicious recipes. I wondered if it might be a 'style over substance' book, but no, it's a great resource, with lots of detail communicated simply. It's set in Victoria, north of Melbourne, so it's good to have almost-local information, rather than northern hemisphere guides to growing and gathering.<br />
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The other book, Mending Matters by Katrina Rodabaugh, is newly published, and celebrates the sustainable fashion community, while exploring repairing, patching and mending. I'm not new to any of these practises, but it's always fun to see what others are doing, and I support the philosophy of knowing where our clothes come from, and finding alternatives to fast fashion. Her book is full of stunning images of patched clothing, I love her palette, and the fact that some of her patches are plant dyed.<br />
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I saw this gorgeous cowl made from repurposed linen op shop ( thrift store) trousers, and it inspired me to dig out a piece of fabric I stamped and dyed on my last trip to India. It doesn't get terribly cold here, but I often feel a chill around my neck when I walk Mirrhi in the early morning, but I hate having a woolly scarf around my neck, and find they unwind and get in the way of vigorous ball throwing.<br />
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I cut the fabric into two pieces, cross wise, one smaller then the other, then stitched the pieces together into a tube with a french seam, and hemmed the long edges. An hour later, Mirrhi was not very happily modelling my soft cotton cowl for chilly days. I popped it on when I took her out a bit later, and it worked just fine....nice and light, not bulky but adding just the right amount of warmth.<br />
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It's the 15th of the month, and that time again to produce any work made from scraps. I just have two small scrappy projects this month. Firstly, although I haven't done very much sewing in the last month, I did manage to make a few red hexies for the redwork quilt I posted about <a href="http://stitchandsow-homeandgarden.blogspot.com/2019/02/scraphappy-day-february.html">back in Februar</a>y. I haven't done a lot more on it, but had a bit of a reprieve on the deadline. You may remember I'd been working on it for a friend's 75th birthday gift, and was wanting it finished by the end of March, but Christine's sister decided they should go overseas to celebrate their milestone birthdays.... it was her 70th this year. Since it was all a bit rushed, and she was leaving the day after her birthday, she suggested we celebrate when she got back, so I still have a couple of weeks to work on getting the top pieced, if not the whole quilt finished.</div>
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My second project is a bit different, and is one where I've used paper scraps. I've had these metal card file boxes since 1987, carrying around the country with me, each time I moved, knowing ....hoping!.....someday I'd find a use for them.<br />
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They have a bit of history behind them. Back in the 80s I worked for DoCs (the welfare) in Western Australia, and these boxes were used to keep the card files of anyone who came into the office requesting a food voucher. Not a very good system, as there was no-cross-referencing with other offices, and people could go from office to office and claim a food voucher many times in a week. It was a very exciting time when all those handwritten records could be entered onto a database, and with the tap of a button, we could see when and how often a person was applying for assistance and respond accordingly.<br />
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Of course, the metal boxes were obsolete then and were to be thrown out, so I rescued these two, thinking I'd "do something with them". Well it only took me 30 odd years, and so, with the help of some discarded seed catalogues, this one's being turned into a seed storage box. <br />
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I gessoed the base of the box, then tore words and pictures and layered them all over, brushing on more gesso as I went. They're not finished yet, one side to go, but I'll add a layer of matte medium over all for protection, and fill up with seeds. It's been good to have a fairly mindless project to keep me busy, and great to have all my seeds in one place, and easily found. <br />
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Here are links to others who might have a scrappy project, there's always interesting ideas and inspiration, and they're a good read even if there's no scrappy post.<br />
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Nanettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14473143331781472223noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024731970662295086.post-51841656890372214882019-05-12T13:45:00.000+10:002019-05-13T06:17:02.663+10:00Upright and out and aboutAt last. Although it's been a bunny-hop kind of healing process. Each time it seemed I was done with it, either another phase came knocking, or I went backwards to a previous one, with spiking temps and nasty headaches. It all seems to be evening out though, with tiredness being my main problem now.<br />
My first foray out into the world was last week, when I went for a blood test to check the virus is no longer in my system.....and the results on Friday were positive.....or negative actually....all gone, which means it can't be passed on if a mosquito bites me, then moves on to someone else....Such a relief.<br />
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Now that I'm feeling better, I'm really enjoying getting out for early morning walks with my girl. She was pretty happy to head out with whoever came to take her, until she realised I wasn't coming, and would peer through the gate at me, whining softly. It usually took a few throws of her ball to get her off and running, but she'd still be looking back to see where I was. </div>
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It's been good, too, to have the energy to enjoy wandering around the garden, checking out all the lovely autumn blooms, and ticking all sorts of little jobs off the list I've been compiling in my head for the last few weeks as I've staggered past, back to my bed, muttering to myself.."must weed that garden bed, sweep those pathways, tidy the potting table" etc.<br />
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A lot of my allotted garden hours have been spent trying to get rid of a nasty feral weed, the madeira vine. It's sprung up everywhere since the flood, seems to grow overnight, and resists most efforts to be rid of it, since it sends long and strong tubers underground, and the fine tendrils it sends out end up twining and joining together to form a very tough stalk.<br />
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It grows up into tree canopies and smothers any plants in it's path and if you try pulling the vines out of the canopy, little potato-like bulbs fall to the ground and re-grow. Cut vines can remain alive if they're left on the ground or in the canopy and regrow as well. The best but most time consuming way to get rid of it is to cut it back carefully so as not to dislodge the tubers, to find the sems that lead back to underground tubers and scrape and paint, with regular follow up. I'd been doing this but in the time I've been unable to do any gardening, it's taken over again. It definitely takes the pleasure out of gardening, talk about Day of the Triffids!<br />
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This morning I pulled weeds from the paving, tidied, pruned back overgrown shrubs and set out the chairs and tables. That dreaded madeira vine had started to grow here as well, but they were just small plants and easy to eradicate. This is such an excellent little winter spot, and is a great sun-trap, surrounded by tallish plantings as it is, and protected from the cold south-westerlies that can make the riverbank unpleasant this time of year. it's the perfect spot to enjoy a pot of tea, some reading or hand sewing, and even today, with not much sun around, it's really pleasant to sit here, enjoying the back drop of the camellia in full bloom, the buzz of contented bees, and the odd honey-eater visiting to enjoy the nectar, and churring away above me.<br />
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Day 11 of languishing with dengue fever. Of body aches, axe-through-my-head- headaches, non-stop nausea, upper abdominal pain.....my liver fighting the virus ...and high fever requiring a stay in the emergency department until it came down to an acceptable level. Rest, paracetamol and lots of fluids is the only treatment. Molly kept vigil with me.<br />
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I spent the days in an odd fever/pain twilight. I drifted off to sleep as clouds come over and it rained.<br />
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By Saturday, as the wicked headaches and pain behind my eyes began to subside, I felt able to think about doing something other than sleeping, and gathered some books and stitching to have nearby, ready for an alert moment or two. </div>
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Day by day, friends and neighbours came by and let the chooks out, locked them up again at night, made sure I had gallons of herbal tea and lemon water close by and took Mirrhi out for walks and games. She stayed close the rest of the time, and I often woke to this face close to mine, snoring gently.</div>
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So onto scrappiness. Yesterday I felt well enough to sit up and sew for a little while. I had been making hearts blocks for Christchurch.....I'm sure everyone has heard about the horrific terror attack on the mosques in Christchurch. Since then, quilters from all over the world have responded by coming together under the umbrella of <a href="http://quilters%20healing%20hearts%20for%20christchurch/">Quilters Healing Hearts for Christchurch</a>, making heart blocks and putting quilts together to gift to those affected within the Muslim community, as well as first responders and emergency services personnel. </div>
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I had made these pieced blocks....6.5 inches unfinished .... before I took to my couch, but as there was no way I could sit at the sewing machine, but, upright at last, at least for short periods, I decided to make some appliqued blocks. It's been slow going, I still tire quickly, but have this little pile to show for my persistence. </div>
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Joining with <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/">Kate</a> and many others for ScrapHappy Day. Go check out Kate's blog and be inspired by what others are doing with their scraps.<div>
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Nanettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14473143331781472223noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024731970662295086.post-2809808474754141392019-03-17T12:36:00.000+11:002019-03-17T12:36:57.399+11:00ScrapHappy MarchI'm a little late for the actual Scraphappy Day...15th of the month.....but had some depressing and gut wrenching news at the end of the week that left me feeling too upset to think about much at all, and definitely not blogging. I'm not ill, but it's something that affects my home and lifestyle, and I might post about it eventually, but now it's even hard to talk about, so maybe one day......<br />
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Anyway, on to scraps, which are far more cheery to talk about and make me happy. We have 2 wonderful op shops (thrift stores) in town run by volunteers, and all proceeds go to the local Wedgetail Retreat Palliative Care Hospice. They're not out to make huge profits, so the shops are treasure troves of minutely- priced bargains. I've made a couple of quilts I've donated as fundraisers, and so Edna, who manages the shops, often puts odds and ends away for me that she thinks I might be able to use.<br />
So when I went in last week looking for a sleeping bag for an old man I found sleeping cold in the unused railways station, Edna had a surprise for me tucked under the counter.....<br />
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These will be going off to Adelaide, to Walk with Wings, an organisation that offers not only support to parents during their journey through NICU (neo-natal intensive care unit) but also distributes premmie support packs to hospitals around South Australia, to present to families suddenly faced with a premature baby. It's an exciting time for parents when they're told they can dress their baby, who, being so small and delicate, need simple gowns in fabrics that are soft and gentle, and styles that are ok to to use with these little ones, who usually have tubes and monitors attached. </div>
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I popped down to Sydney on the weekend for the opening of this powerful exhibit by my friend and amazing artist Mo. I only started following Mo in January 20I7, after her vision for this artwork was already launched, so I'd had no idea where it all began. I read back through Mo's blog posts today because having seen the culmination at the opening, I wanted to to put it into some sort of context.<br />
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It seems to have begun with a number of to and fro conversations back in 2016 on a blog post about <a href="https://www.booktopia.com.au/hope-in-the-dark-rebecca-solnit/prod9781782119074.html?source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtvPjBRDPARIsAJfZz0o3V5ZJiW3d0gM2nBetr0eT3PYCuhc5xSOOpJJ0tOTNsjb_gxj-aWsaAkz2EALw_wcB">Rebecca Solnik's book</a> <i>Hope in the Dark </i>where Mo<i> </i>made a comment about "looking after our beautiful broken world with kindness " This phrase pops up a few times in subsequent posts, and then the gift of an old wedding dress, Mo's growing concern for our broken world, and a sign on a building in Newtown NSW, where she lives, birthed the idea for a powerful and important message of hope and healing. Mo decided to cut the wedding dress into pieces, and put the call out for anyone interested to put their hands up to make a pennant, making their mark in some way with their hopes and dreams to heal our world. For those, like me, who were a bit slow putting their hand up, Mo called for small talismans to be made to be attached to the installation., which I'll show later.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">If you're interested, you can read more about her vision, the planning and process and how she pulled it all together </span><a href="https://itscrowtime.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/i-dream-of-a-world-where-love-is-the-answer/" style="text-align: left;">here</a>, <span style="text-align: left;"> along with posts which celebrate the arrival of the pennants and talismans. </span></div>
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Talisman - 1.5 cm ( .5 inch) square, handmade felt. It's a little pouch, and inside on two pieces of handmade paper I wrote .... I dream of a world..... and a Sanskrit prayer. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"> A shisha mirror for protection and reflection of the good we do. A tiny green heart is nestled in the soft wool fringing.</span></div>
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On the back I embroidered an Aboriginal symbol for meeting place.....for Mo's blog and this project have been a meeting of hearts, minds and intention......and the colours of purple and green symbolise the power of women joining together to help heal our world.</div>
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I can't begin to describe the wonderful feeling of seeing all the pennants, talismans and the structure to hold it all that Mo dreamed into being and created to display and anchor them to the veil and train of the old wedding dress. It was possible to stand underneath it, and feel the energy and harmony created by the thoughts and prayers stitched into the work, and feel contained and held by the soft light filtering through the fabric.</div>
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To start, I bordered the blocks log-cabin style using a variety of 1.5" strips I had left over from another quilt. When I ran out of these, I cut strips from scrap 'chunks '....pieces smaller than a fat quarter, larger than 6 " length.<br />
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So that was the easy bit done......I had 7 blocks of different sizes.....what was I going to do with them? After a bit of time spent on Pinterest looking at various quilt settings, and searching through old magazines, I decided to set them as a scrappy sampler quilt. The finished quilt will be around 42 x 46, maybe a little larger if I add borders, and I used pieces of paper to work out the sizes of filler blocks, where they might go, and what they might be.</div>
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So far, I've made a tiny friendship star...3" finished..... and have two more cut ready to sew.</div>
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Kate has a list of bloggers who usually have some scrappy inspiration for us, don't forget to go have a look <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/scraphappy-february-4/">here</a>.<br />
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Kate, from <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/">Tall Tales from Chiconia</a> is making another fundraising quilt for ovarian cancer. This time it's a tribute to a friend of hers who passed away recently, and Kate has designed a stunning quilt which is called In The Arms of the Angels. You can see her sketched out plan <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/2018/12/11/in-the-arms-of-the-angels/">here</a> and the story behind the quilt.<br />
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Kate put out the call for help to make background and border blocks, and so I put my hand up for a couple of these. The background needed to be in soft shades of teal, aqua, blues and creams and I used scraps to make this kind-of log cabin. I included some pieces that didn't make it when I was playing around with ideas for blocks for the Go Teal it on the Mountain quilt.<br />
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These two rectangles are 12x18, and are for the borders, with once again ' patterns that don't jump out as these are to be a mosaic to frame the inner window'. I was running low on teal fabrics by now, and while I have plenty of small scraps, I didn't want to have tiny pieces in such large blocks, so had to be a bit creative in joining the larger scraps......some being 2.5 x4 or 4x4 and saving the few long pieces I had for the outer edges.</div>
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Check out Kate's post <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/itaa-walls-start-to-go-up/">here</a> to see the start of the quilt going together, and the magnificent set of 3D wings Kate has made. It's really worth having a look to get a clear idea of Kate's vision and how my scrappy blocks will work together with others being sent from around the world.<br />
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Joining in with Kate and Gun's monthly Scrap-Happy Day, which is open to anyone using scraps of anything.....fabric, paper, wood, anything that turns your scraps into something useful. Details are on <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/2019/01/15/scraphappy-january-4/">Kate's blog</a>.<br />
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See you next time.Nanettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14473143331781472223noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024731970662295086.post-53885462295211149292019-01-08T11:01:00.000+11:002019-01-08T11:01:48.968+11:00Giving myself a push<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm good at starting things, good at keeping up the momentum of doing a bit, here and there, but not always the best at finishing. I keep busy and rarely sit down during the day, and amble from task to task....the necessary chores of cleaning, changing litter boxes, tidying and so on, then into the garden, see to the chooks, or out for a walk or a chat over the fence with a passer-by. Then there's a bit of sewing, laundry or tidying, soap or jam making, wash the dog or go pick vegetables and do 'something' with them. A friend says she likes the way I hum along in my day with tasks and chores, and I do get a lot done, but not always focused on one task.....the joys of being retired I guess, and being able to please myself how I spend my days.<br />
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But sometimes I have to step up, and now is one of those times .....it's a good friend's 75th birthday at the end of February, and I started a lap quilt for her last winter. It has a number of red work stitcheries, and I wanted to give myself not only time to work on them, but to enjoy the process as well. February seemed a long way away back in July, but here we are, in a new year, and suddenly the quilt needs to be ready <i>next month !</i><br />
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I have eight stitcheries done, of varying sizes, from 9 Inches square down to 4 inches. They're all Bronwyn Hayes's patterns, from Red Brolly Designs, and this isn't one quilt pattern, but odd stitchery patterns I've saved over the years from various stitching and quilting magazines.<br />
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So I've started to add borders to bring the blocks to the same size, trialling how that might be......log cabin style, coins.....I haven't decided yet....and some pieced blocks to make the quilt a decent size. I'm wanting to use scraps and my (limited) stash so that will determine how that's all done. I also have some more patterns if I need to add more stitcheries.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Lately, one of the sewing projects I've been working on has been making quilt blocks depicting mountains. Once again, Kate from </span><a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/" style="text-align: left;">Tall Tales from Chiconia</a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">put out the call for teal and cream blocks for another wonderful quilt to raise funds for the Ovarian Cancer Society. In her usual clever and fun punning style, Kate has called this year's quilt Go Teal It on the Mountain. I had put my hand up to make 2 blocks, but ended up making 3.</span></div>
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I live with Mt Warning right at my back door, a mammoth peak that's the remnant of the volcanic shield, and standing at over 1000m, it can be seen from all over the valley, from the Border Ranges in Queensland and from the coast as well.. This mountain is what drew me to the Valley many years ago, and I never tire of seeing and photographing her, in all her moods, rain or shine, and from different angles and views. Mt Warning... or Wollumbin to give her indigenous name.....is a sacred site to the local Bundjalung people.<br />
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So it was obvious Mt Warning was going to be one of my blocks. I decided on an applique block, and used Australiana fabrics to highlight the complex network of steep ridges and valleys that fall away from the heights. These hills and ridges have great names like the Sisters, Brummies, Blue Knob, Egg Rock and Doon Doon!<br />
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My second block is also a sacred mountain, far from here. Back in 2014 I joined a group from Australia to make a pilgrimage to Mt Kailash .....Kangrinbroque Peak.....on the high western plateau of Tibet. We travelled by bus from Lhasa to our base at Darchen, then began the trek, firstly a day's walk to Dirapuk Monastery, where we rested and adjusted to the high altitude.....4800 metres. Then we walked 3 days up through the Dolma-la Pass (5700m) where the weather changed dramatically and we trudged through snow and freezing, biting sleet. This trail descended back to Darchen, and took us 3 days of walking, trudging really, completing our circuit of the mountain. This brief description does nothing to describe my awe, the sense of 'coming home', and the deep connection I felt being near this mountain, and in those wind swept high mountain passes.<br />
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Although the sun was shining and the sky was blue, it was actually freezing at the camp at Dirapuk, and I wanted my block to depict this......the snow laden peak and the cold and remote landscape.</div>
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I hadn't planned a 3rd block, but this photo a friend posted on a local facebook group stirred my imagination. I hadn't seen Mt Warning from this angle before, with the curve and sweep of the Tweed River so evident. This was taken recently when westerly winds pushed the dust storms from the central west of the state across the range and into the valley.</div>
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Although I had deadlines for a couple of other projects, I knew I had to do "something " with this image, and after drawing and fiddling with fabric for a couple of days, came up with this appliqued block, River Dreaming.</div>
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If you'd like to see the other blocks that've been made for this quilt, <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/category/ovarian-cancer-fundraisers/">here's a link</a> to Kate's fundraising quilt page. Do go have a look, there are beautifully-wrought mountains in fabric, many with personal stories and memories for the makers. They will take your breath away, and Kate will do a wonderful job, as always, of combining them into a magnificent quilt.</div>
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The last of my blocks from the <a href="https://footsquarefreestyle.wordpress.com/">F2F Block Swap</a> have arrived, all the way from Esther, from the Netherlands.<br />
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I sent off Miss October' s blocks earlier in the week to Moira..... a chocolate, coffee, cream and blue palette.....which I can't show until she receives them. So now it's time to turn my thoughts to Miss November's colour choices and blocks. Robin has chosen this lovely bright palette, and it's going to be interesting working with these colours. One of the good things about this swap is the challenge of working with colours I wouldn't choose for myself.</div>
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<i>So, time to get on. The sun's lifting from behind the trees, and the fog ....which has been rolling in along the river most days...... has started to burn away, so time to release the hound and have a walk before the day starts to get hot. Actually, the hound is still in bed, sleeping, so time to stir her. </i></div>
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I meant to post this <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/2018/10/15/scraphappy-october-4/">ScrapHappy Day</a> post yesterday, the 15th, but had a nap instead. So better late than never.</div>
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While browsing around on Pinterest, looking at scrappy quilt inspiration, this lovely bright block caught my eye. It's from <a href="https://saneandcrazy.blogspot.com/2015/12/no-im-not-going-to-waste-waste-triangles.html">here</a> and the maker used up scrap triangles to make the blocks, rather than hst and set them in an ocean waves pattern.</div>
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Seeing all those little "waste" triangles, the bits cut off the corners of hsts, reminded me I had some saved "somewhere" so went rummaging and found this lot. I hate throwing anything out, and save the hard plastic containers that berries and cake come into the house in (I don't buy ready made cakes from the supermarket, but friends do and bring to share) They're the ideal size to put those waste triangles in and stack neatly on a cupboard shelf.</div>
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These purple remnants came from the op shop, and are the perfect colour for background blocks, as the small pieces will show up well against the darker mauve. I cut them into 4 inch squares and sewed a tiny triangle across one corner.<br />
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<a href="http://www.knittingforbrisbanesneedy.com.au/">Knitting for Brisbane's Needy </a>has put out the call for baby blankets to go to an organisation that supports young mums who are on their own, so I'll work towards it going there.</div>
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<a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/">Kate</a> and <a href="https://rutigt.wordpress.com/">Gun</a> host ScrapHappy Day on the 15th of each month, so go visit if you want to see what other scrappy goodness is happening around the world. So far there are scrap hexies, jewel box stars and zeppelins...... that's a tempting line-up and definitely worth a look. If you're inspired to join in, follow the link to either Kate's or Gun's blog and they'll get you going. It's easy.</div>
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The sun's out, and it's exciting, after not seeing it for nearly 2 weeks, but just for a little while, as there're storms racing in from the west, but plenty of time to get out in the garden and potter a bit, check out what's grown, what's been damaged in the wild weather, smell the newly blooming roses and sweet peas and maybe pull a few weeds. I've missed being out there.</div>
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So it was a lovely surprise today, dashing out between downpours, to discover a little parcel waiting in the mailbox.......another F2F swap squishie. It was from Robin in Canberra this time, and as she's been very unwell with pneumonia, I was doubly impressed that she'd managed to make...and get to the post office to send.....4 beautiful blocks.</div>
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So I'll leave you with this crosspatch, who's not at all bothered by the incessant rain, but rather was peering over my shoulder, wanting to be fed, and rather cross that I stayed at the computer and didn't immediately jump up to do her bidding. </div>
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<br />Nanettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14473143331781472223noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024731970662295086.post-37929199478202547362018-10-09T17:38:00.003+11:002018-10-09T17:38:50.468+11:00Tying Down the Blues<div style="text-align: center;">
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I first posted about these blocks <a href="http://stitchandsow-homeandgarden.blogspot.com/2018/09/gremlins-spam-and-f2f-block-swap.html">in this post</a> for ScrapHappy Day. They're for a friend who had a hankering for a blue quilt, so rather than she pay $300 for one, I offered to make her one from my blue scraps. I had made 12 back then, and try to sew a few every day, cutting some more each time, ready for the next session.<br />
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Days of rain and hailstorms have kept me indoors, although as I write this, the sun's shining brightly in a cloudless sky, so maybe the rain's moved on for now. And what better to do when forced to stay in, than pick up my knitting needles. As we head towards Christmas, <a href="http://www.knittingforbrisbanesneedy.com.au/">Knitting for Brisbane's Need</a>y, who I support from time to time, have put out the call for thousands of little mini stockings that are filled with lollies for small gifts for the homeless and those doing it tough. There's always a great demand for them, and they are asked for from many charities across Queensland. My little handful will hardly make a dent in the numbers required, but so far, at least, there's half a dozen more people who won't feel forgotten, come Christmas Day. </div>
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For the first time, I'm linking with Janine of the Rainbow Hare for <a href="https://rainbowhare.com/category/wool-on-sundays/">Wool on Sundays</a>. Even if you don't knit or crochet, Janine has lots of pretty things on her blog......<i>it's the place where she shares her adventures in yarn and fabric .....</i>so it's worth a visit. </div>
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Back out to the garden now, a perfect time to weed and plant, with the soil damp and easy to dig.<br />
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First, though, I'll get the gremlins and spam out of the way. I had had no comments on my last two posts, which I found puzzling, as apart from having a loyal bunch of dedicated readers, my stats were showing lots of page views. Where was everybody? I felt sure you weren't all fickle enough to go off and find more verdant blog pastures when I failed to show up for a while, so was relieved when Chelle mentioned that perhaps Blogger was playing up, as she'd left a comment but it hadn't shown up. So after doing some investigating, not only did I find my 'email comments for moderation' ..... unticked, but there you all were, tucked up safe and sound with the trolls in Spam! So you've been released, and I've replied to all the comments on my last Carnival of Flowers post, and apologise for not doing so on the previous post. It just shows it's not a good idea to neglect your blog, because the gremlins get in and play.</div>
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So on to F2FBlock Swap, which stands for Foot Square Freestyle, a block swap dreamt up by <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/who-wants-to-play/">Kate from Tales from Chiconia</a>, where each participant chooses their colours, and month by month, we make our choice of 12 inch (foot square) block (freestyle). You can go <a href="https://footsquarefreestyle.wordpress.com/">here</a> to the dedicated blog if you'd like to see the participants colour choices, the gallery of blocks made and sent already this year, or check out the blocks made in the two previous years. There's a few quilts too, beautiful quilts, that have been made from blocks received.</div>
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I have been Miss September in this year's swap, and chose any shade of blue with pops of blush pink for my colours. I have a predominantly blue lounge room, with an indigo blue sofa, and a dark blue and turquoise tv cabinet/bookcase, which incidentally, I picked up for $10 from the op shop, and painted. I already have cushions in various shades of blue, with the contrast of blush/dusty pink to soften all that blue. </div>
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Then Kathy's, from South Dakota, USA.<br />
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These from Claire, also from France<br />
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And closest to home, from Kate, in Mackay, Nth Queensland.<br />
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Lastly, so far, from Sue, in Washington State USA</div>
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I had asked for baskets and/or applique if anyone felt like doing these, and I'm really happy to have my hoped-for baskets, one from Kate with appliqued hexies. </div>
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I have this partially finished one I made myself, but will wait now until the last lot arrive before I make anymore, so I can spread the colours out a bit if need be.</div>
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I'm currently working on blocks for Miss October'.....Moira.........who has asked for shades of brown....assorted golden, tan and dark, with accents of blue grey. It's always an interesting challenge to stretch myself and work with colours I wouldn't usually choose.</div>
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A couple of friends and I loaded up the little blue car and headed out of town and up the range, down the other side and through very dry and brown countryside to Toowoomba, where the <a href="https://www.tcof.com.au/">Carnival of Flowers</a> is held every year.<br />
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Their slogan was Eat, Stay, Laugh, Play and we certainly did all those things. There are a couple of Council gardens that had amazing displays of flowers, and we wondered as we wandered...how <i>did </i>they get them all to bloom at the same time ......a bus driver told us they snip off the buds in the weeks leading up to Carnival, then let them bloom in time for the big week. May be true, may be not, but a lot of work certainly went into producing all the vibrant colour, amazing displays and delicious scents.<br />
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As well as being known as the Garden City, Toowoomba is also surrounded by great national parks, and has plenty of well-preserved heritage buildings, such as these. </div>
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There was such a lot to see and do, either as part of the structured events of the Carnival, or just exploring a new city, and we only managed a very small part of it. We did a lot of walking, and enjoyed wandering and finding an impressive collection of street art murals by highly talented local and international artists. I love the creativity and life this kind of art brings to a city, and I think exploring the laneways, not knowing what we might find round each corner, was one of my favourite parts of the trip. </div>
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We splurged and bought tickets for an all day tour of the private open gardens, and which also gave us a lunch at the University and ringside seats for the Grand Parade. While I loved the spectacle of the formal parks and gardens, I think I became a little blase after a while, seeing so many stunning gardens full of tulips, stocks and snapdragons, and the rest of the spring annuals, it was a little overwhelming. So it was quite a pleasure to visit a couple of award-winning native and bush-themed open gardens that were very much my favourites. </div>
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We arrived home right before hail, thunderstorms and heavy rain, so I'm glad to have the little blue car safely under cover. It's lovely to have the rain though, when so much of the country is suffering crippling drought, but I'm glad to be safe and sound and off the road, and I can hear my garden thirstily slurping up. all that moisture.</div>
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So I'm back from my unintentional blogging break. It's been a few months of all sorts....busy fun, supporting friends who've been sick and/or hospitalised, dealing with some family 'stuff", which, while not mine, needed my attention from time to time, as well as the day to day tasks of home making - cooking, cleaning, taking care of my animals ...and repeat. After a while, it just got easier to not blog, so I've made the effort today because it's ScrapHappy Day (maybe it still is the 15th somewhere?) organised by <a href="https://talltalesfromchiconia.wordpress.com/">Kate </a>and <a href="https://rutigt.wordpress.com/">Gun</a> and it seemed like a good time to jump back in and post about my latest scrap projects. Lest you think I've been tardy, however, here's a brief catch up of the last...umm.....however many weeks it's been.<br />
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There were a number of distractions to start with....<br />
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<a href="http://nimbinmardigrass.com/">Nimbin Mardi Grass</a> Nimbin's a small village about 30km south west of here, and although it's been a farming area for generations, and still is, in the 70s crowds of hippies piled into town for the first Age of Aqaurius Festival. Most of these stayed on in this quiet little hamlet of deep valleys and dense rainforest, planted their (illegal) crops of cannabis and spent their days quietly stoned...dropped out and tripping. Others developed a strong counter-culture, becoming activists and protestors, while at the same time, many mainstream businesses like yoga, healing and natural therapies grew out of the idealogies of the Aquarian festival, and people started growing organic food, setting up multiple occupancies (communes) permaculture farms and co-operatives. The Mardi Grass is an annual rally and celebration held to protest drug laws while celebrating the unique culture of Nimbin, and overall, having fun. I love Nimbin, not just for it's counter-culture and history, or it's <a href="https://www.echo.net.au/tag/world-naked-bike-ride/">nude bicycle race</a> but for the quaintness of the town, and the great sense of community, of artists, permaculturists and yes, even the activists. I could write a whole blog post on Nimbin, but not today, so if you're interested you can read more <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/06/05/3775354.htm">here</a> or ask Mr Google. I went to the mardi Grass this year to help a friend who had a market stall, so it was a busy time of fun and work.<br />
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Then along came MAT...Murwillumbah Art Trail......."A showcase of contemporary art at it's best, with exhibitions, free events, workshops, good food and music and all day and into the night"<br />
You could just grab a map follow the numbers and walk the town, enjoying art and food and having fun. I did more work than play throughout this week, as a number of friends either had their own galleries open to the public, or were exhibiting in pop up galleries. As most of them have day jobs, I filled in to mind their spaces for them, meet and greet and sell their excellent art woks......10 days of work and fun.<br />
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Then there were the three big birthdays on the same weekend .....my friend Tash's daughter turned 18th, and I was roped in to help organise and set up. Luckily I also had a 50th to attend, so was excused from the 18 year old's bash pretty early. The next day I met up with Tash again to celebrate her baby's 1st birthday, which was a very tame affair after the other two.....strawberry sponge cake and apple juice....then dashed off to host another celebration for the 50 year old for friend's who couldn't be here for the night before.<br />
Then there was gardening, because the weather has been just wonderful, and way too nice to be inside.<br />
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There was some house painting while the weather was sunny but cool. Outdoor chores are so much more enjoyabe with zero humidity. The outside of the house was brown and cream, it's all this nice blue-green now. I was sure I had some before photos, but they're being elusive.<br />
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I'm doing very simple wavy "eye-balled" lines, which soften the squares of log cabin strips. I found a nice soft cotton sheet at the op-shop, the perfect size for the backing. I'm about half-way there with the quilting, but have almost run out of the top thread, so it's off to the local haberdashery shortly to get some more. </div>
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A new month, a new colour. Angela has chosen pink and rose pink for us this month. I made two churn dashes,<br />
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I have a lot of strips and crumbs in these colours, but not a lot of larger pieces to make hst for my churn dashes, so it'll be an interesting month. I'll have to be creative, or make tiny churn dashes!<br />
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Linking with <a href="http://superscrappy.blogspot.com.au/2018/05/scraphappy-saturday-tickled-pink.html">So Scrappy</a>, pop over and have a look at all the projects that have everyone in the pink this week!</div>
Nanettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14473143331781472223noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024731970662295086.post-69090790057483335272018-05-05T12:06:00.000+10:002018-05-05T12:08:01.243+10:00Planning a garden bed <div style="text-align: center;">
<i>and an unexpected gift </i></div>
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I've been working on this garden bed in my front yard for a while now, just chipping away at it, letting it evolve as my ideas of what I want it to be change. It started off as a pile of silt left over from the flood, and I was just going to spread it out across the grass. Then I thought about how much better it would be to have a garden there, rather than just grass, and imagined what I'd plant and how it would look eventually, and the idea grew on me, and so the garden bed was begun.</div>
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After lots of research, looking at garden bed ideas, thinking about the kind of plants I wanted, removing grass to make it larger, lots of digging and reshaping, I then had a rough shape of the bed I wanted. It's a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonze/2545644260/">keyhole bed</a> shape, which will give me more area to plant, and as I plan to add vegetables around the edges, these will be easier to harvest. Keyhole beds traditionally have a compost bin at the centre, but I'm not sure yet if I'll do that.</div>
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I played around with adding "features"......some rocks from around my garden, and fallen branches from the local park.<br />
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I had decided I wanted a plumeria pudica ...... an evergreen variety of frangipanni.........in the middle, and when I saw one at a local nursery, I grabbed it. I'm a bit of an impatient gardener, no waiting until everything's done before planting, so in went the plumeria on the high spot, next to my "landscaping" logs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It will look like this when grown with pretty white flowers.<br />
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I wasn't happy with the look of the logs, and really wanted an old tree stump, a vertical feature, but even if I found one, probably wouldn't be able to lift it into the car to get it home, so was resigned to logs and rocks. Meanwhile, the digging continued, moving earth around and giving the bed the shape I wanted, with a nice high point sloping gently down.<br />
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I had muttered to a few people about wanting a tree stump, and was met with eye rolls, and outright laughter, but one friend listened, and last weekend, her son pulled up with the trailer on his car, and in the back......yep, you guessed it, a tree stump.</div>
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It's perfect, I dragged it into place in front of the plumeria, which will grow up nicely behind it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It even came with a little collection of fungi, and a very large spider, which is now hiding under the bark, away from Mrs Greedy Chicken.<br />
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I've put a couple more plants in, cuttings I've been given, and plan to fill it with some low growing spiky natives, to provide food and shelter for small birds, unusual herbs, some annuals for seasonal colour, and green leafy vegetables around the edges, and anything else that takes my fancy......a little bit cottagey, a little bit native , a little bit productive. While it looks grey and dull right now, once the plants start to grow, and there's colour, interest and form, and a good layer of pine bark mulch, it's going to look smashing.<br />
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I'm pretty happy with my unexpected gift and the results of my hard work.</div>
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My weekend plans include more work refining that garden bed shape, as I've decided to make one side a "kidney" shape, so there's some more grass to be dug up. To give my poor old back a break, there'll be time out to do some knitting or sewing, and tomorrow a couple of friends are coming for lunch on the riverbank.....hopefully the rain will stay away. What do you have planned for your weekend? Whatever you're doing, enjoy! </div>
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<i>............till next time.</i></div>
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