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Sunday, August 12, 2007

A few garden pics



I've been taking pictures in the garden every month, so I know what to plant next year - and where not to plant things next year!
I'm pleased about how things are going in the garden.

I'm pleased with this basket, so will likely do something similar next year. The ones with the regular geraniums, ivy and lobelia just aren't anywhere nearly as nice as this ONE basket.
The watering system from Lee Valley Tools is great, and makes it so easy to take care of them. I gave them a shot of compost tea for the first time today, since I was emptying out the compost bin again today. I'll try to monitor them to see if it seems to make a difference.
I've been able to empty the compost bin 4-5 times already this summer - the rolling bin makes it quickly. I've been bringing home coffee grounds from work and adding them to my bin. I'm pretty sure they think I'm nuts at work, but I'm the one with free compost!

I got something done

I finally finished Retreat Leaves, which I'd started a few years ago during an annual retreat just south of Guelph.

We found the leaves behind the Greenwood Quiltery and I started a quilt using Vals' terrific hand dyed fabrics. It took forever to get up the courage to machine quilt it since it's not a great skill of mine. I'm pleased enough with it, and am glad it's finally done.



I've continued adding in books to LibraryThing. What a great site!

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

My Inchies are in Quilting Arts Magazine

I've been waiting for the August/September issue of Quilting Arts, and it's finally arrived. Normajean Brevik said she's seen some of my PSIs in the article she wrote on FAT Inchies. I'm pretty pleased. I used some of Val’s spectacular hand dyed fabric, did a resist technique, then put some hand stitching on them.

If you have the August/September issue, turn to pages 80-81 and you’ll see some wonderful mustard yellow fabric in 3 of them. One with seed beads is right at the bottom of page 80, one caught in the crease and another on 81 in the middle. The yellow I used is one of my favourite yellows of Val’s.

I've also been busy cataloguing my books on a cool site called LibraryThing. I've put a link to my library on here, too, so random books from my library appear. It's a great site, and I've had fun looking at others' libraries, too.