The first corner has been turned on the quilt binding.
Meet our new "baby":
More progress on the Canadian quilt, another block has been joined and its sashing is being sewn down on the back. There are five more weeks until we are supposed to reveal our finished UFOs for the quilt group annual challenge so there is a very good chance that it won't be completed, but hey.....it's much further advanced than it was at the start of the year when the challenge started so that's a good thing, right? And anyway there's always next year.....
Back in late 2017 when we were living in temporary accommodation while flooded out of our home one of the plants in our back yard turned up its toes, so we bought something to replace it - an Aussie native, a Callistemon (bottlebrush) called 'Wee Johnnie'. It was duly planted and looked after as best we could considering we weren't living at home at the time, and the drought was really getting underway. Wee Johnnie didn't do much for a long time, he didn't die but didn't seem to be thriving......although every now and then he would grow another green leaf; Aussie native plants can be slow-growing and finicky and don't like being moved, so being transplanted from his little pot into the ground must have been quite a shock for him. The weather has since improved, we have had good rain, and Wee Johnnie obviously gave himself a good talking-to because recently we noticed flower buds. Yesterday I spied a little burst of red peeking out from under those green leaves......
......and here is Wee Johnnie today, nigh on four years later!
So - Chateau des Wombats has a new member of the garden family! He (I can't bring myself to say 'it' because he's so cute) is barely 25 cm high or 12 inches if you prefer old money, and is now quite lush and green and red with shy flowers hiding under the leaves.....these are almost lying on the ground He is so low that he is tricky to photograph. Wee Johnnie has a bigger brother called - would you believe it - 'Little John'.
This week's houses, a yellow house covered in cat footprints and a parrot house. The parrot fabric is left from the backing of a quilt made for a friend's child a very very long time ago.
Summer hit us yesterday with a bang but fortunately today is milder; perhaps it's time to take stock of the summer clothing supply. Yesterday at quilt group someone said that there are good bargains to be had because so many stores have been losing sales with lockdowns etc. that they are doing their darndest to attract customers. However as we have had almost no social life for months there has been no need for decent clothes, has there?
Deb QuiltGal - lovely to see you visiting my blog recently but your settings don't allow me to reply, you come up as a 'no-reply-blogger'.
In recent times ads are starting to appear on TV for the Big Occasion which comes at the end of the year.....noooooo! It's way too soon! As in the past couple of years we will probably have a very quiet day here but hopefully we can go somewhere for lunch so it feels a bit festive, although I draw the line at a paper hat.
"At five o'clock tea (or coffee), the equipage is on a side table, together with plates of thin sandwiches, and of cake. The pouring of the tea and passing of refreshments are usually done by some members of the family or friends, without the assistance of servants, where the number assembled is small; for, as a rule, the people who frequent these social gatherings, care more for social intercourse than for eating and drinking."
I quite like a slice of cake with my coffee and chat. Yesterday it was my turn to take morning tea to quilt group so I fell back on a recipe made once before, Pam Scott's Apple Pecan Cake, and very delicious it is too. Especially served with cream.
Enjoy your days!
Apple Pecan Cake sounds lovely! It is beginning to feel like autumn here. We have a rump roast in the over on slow and low and the cake would be a lovely end to the meal.
ReplyDeleteLove your recent callistemon flowers.... very pretty - congrats!!! well done with that long binding....and more lovely houses.... progress all round... mmmm .. that cake sounds good
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What a lovely surprise to see those lovely red flowers. He must have liked all the rain you had recently. How long is the blooming time or is this the one shot until next time?
ReplyDeleteYour tumbler quilt is lovely....well done tomyou! It's always so nice when you get a bloomin surprise in the garden. He is very sweet indeed. Two more sweet houses. I have made my annual decorations as I enjoy doing them and I get to be waited on this year by family which will be a bit different xx
ReplyDeleteI'm absolutely thrilled ... what a great quilt ... the corner looks beautiful. Yes, I am thrilled :-)))
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Yes, congratulations on "Little John".
Greetings ... here with us it is autumn to the fullest ... the trees in the most beautiful colors, the wind is blowing and the sun is shining ... with a jacket you can drink coffee on the terrace - and a piece of cake - absolutely !!! in the afternoon at 4 o'clock :-)) here.
Many greetings to you. Hugs Viola
I am enjoying all these "teaser" photos of Weeds of Grace, and can't wait to see the entire quilt. You must be excited to be so near the end. It's a beauty!
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