It all started on Friday really... Off into town early, delivered three quilts, picked up another, visited the garden centre and bought a beautiful Japanese maple, a few camellias and some supplies, did some grocery shopping then stopped for lunch with the FLM before heading home to plant the new goodies
Friday arvo I made a new ironing board cover. How boring... thank goodness I only have to make one a year...
A bit of furnishing fabric from Ikea and - ta dah! Looks good ... but I still hate ironing :)
On Saturday morning we walked up to the local shops - about an hour round trip - and enjoyed the Spring gardens along the way. Everything looks so fresh in Springtime!
(These photos were taken on our last visit to the Japanese Gardens in Toowoomba a couple of weeks ago. Such a beautifully serene place, it's where we go when we have big decisions to make)
Moo arrived later in the day, just before the hailstorm... We heard it coming... Not enough time to move stuff in the shed to move her car to safety so we did the next best thing...
Grabbed the first quilt in the linen cupboard and threw it over the top... it did the job!
(It's my version of the 'Federation Quilt', I started it in 1998 and finished it a year later. Still needs a bit more background quilting work though)
Some of the chunks were the size of golf balls so thank goodness it was over quickly. Looks a bit pathetic really when you think about the amount of hail some suburbs in Brissie had a few days ago!
Yesterday was all about the footy. Off to the markets early to pick up our fruit n veg and a few extra plants for the front gardens then home again to prepare the food. BBQ Ribs, Plum pork ribs, meatballs, honey soy chicken wings and beer battered wedges with garlic aioli
YUM! Shared with the little women... what a perfect day :)
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This morning the sun's out, there's a bit of a sneaky breeze happening and Ratty & I are just waiting for FLM to wake up to cook us some brekkie... Come on! Wake up already!!
Seeya
Cheryl xx
Lovely new ironing board cover, I love to iron - quilt fabric, not clothing, lol. Especially when it's cold, like now - warms my room up nicely. Look at that hail! Do you get tornadoes there too? Usually when we have hail like that, there's a tornado coming. Good idea to put the quilt on the car!
Posted by: Allie | October 18, 2011 at 03:44 AM
What lovely fabric for your new ironing board cover Cheryl. But yep I'm with you, there is absolutely nothing that would make ironing nice unless it was someone to do it for you!! What an ingenius use for one of your quilts, just goes to show you can never have too many.
Yes your hail looks impressive, big bro was telling me yesterday that they had had some good sized hail stones hitting them in Brissie.
Your garden is looking fabulous, so neat and tidy!
Posted by: Deb | October 17, 2011 at 02:23 PM
Love the new use for a quilt !!
Happy stitching, P
Posted by: Perri | October 17, 2011 at 12:02 PM