Liberty Bag

This lovely bag has been made from my stash of Liberty fabrics.

It is lined with felt and has Liberty fabric pockets for mobile phone etc.

Measurements are 43cm at base, 30cm across the top and the height is 36cm.

Send me an email if you would like one made for yourself.

Laugh Kookaburra Laugh !

I wanted to share with you the bird coming to enjoy a few pieces of the dog's steak. In typical style, he banged the meat on the branch of the oak tree. These two oaks were planted 7 years ago and provide wonderful shade over the back of my house which faces west. The limestone wall running along the back boundary is 40 metres long and took me from October until May to build. Trust me to choose summer to do such a hot job !!!

Sassy Stephanotis and Vivacious Virginia

 Look at the Stephanotis growing on the garage wall and alongside the Virginia creeper. The blackberries of the Virginia Creeper in the autumn make wonderful companions to the stark white of the Stephanotis which is still blooming quite late this year. Both provide great passive solar ptotection on the house.....you can see it climbing around the window at the front which faces east. The room behind the window is the coolest in the house.

  Two pairs of doves and finches of some kind had their families in the creeper this summer providing a cool and safe home for their babies.

Inspirational Photos

Was wandering down memory lane this morning and was inspired all over again by this photo I took outside the window of a florist shop in London.
Have realized how often we are drawn to colours for periods of time and these colours have been a common palette for my quilts of recent months.

Am also more drawn to stronger and brighter colours in the garden.
I have a deep pink/purple clary sage just coming into bloom. Next week it will be full out.
It has a "Falstaff" David Austin for its neighbour and their tall spires are looking very grand in their autumn dress!!

Is'nt this birdhouse adorable ? I just LOVE it.

Too Hot to Garden!!

While I have been neglecting my garden due to the intense heat in Perth, I have been busy creating inside with the airconditioning!!!

In the meantime, a wonderful day was had by me with the Kaffe Fasset visit to Perth and the quilt top below was the result.

 Obviously it wasn't too hot for the Willie Wagtails. They brought up this delightful little brood in the tallow.

The cooler mornings are hinting at the promise of autumn, which means clearing off my left-overs from summer in the vege patch.
Away with the half-dead broccoli, totally dead tomatoes, and in with the pig compost and blood and bone, and fish/kelp.After planting I'll feed with Vitazyme.

             Watch this space for the transformation!