So to continue showing what I've been up to over the last couple of months - you might remember some previous photos of an outdoor area that I was creating for those days that the sun is shining and that stitching just has to be done outside......
The almost finished view - the dirt patch will have pavers onit but these are currently being used as the kids cubby house!!!!!
Along this side I have recycled some roses from friends mums house as well as some that I have dragged around the state - in front of the wood I have lavender that I'm hoping will grow into a lovely perfumed hedge. The logs are recycled from the pile of wood that was there when we bought the house - my DH obviously liked the idea as he added the top rail whilst I was at work - what do you think about a lovely Banksia Rose growing along there - have one that is so in the wrong spot that needs to be replanted.
Heres a close-up of what I'm talking about....
Along the other side the area doesnt get a lot of sun as it sits under some huge Athol Pines - hence why I dont have gutters and a tank on Nays Place. R from work gave me the plants for this area - hopefully I will not kill them - added the trailing Grevillia in the corner - its a ground cover that I hope to cascade down the tyres.
The path to the kids cubby house are the tyres filled with white stones - to mark a defined pathway for them so they dont climb my garden. The tyres are recycled from a local business who was only to happy to allow them to be rycycled and it was a cheap retaining wall.
More story to continue........
Keep stitching
Nay
Well its been winter and with work, rain, weekends busy with driving kids here there and everywhere the progress on Nays Place has been a lot slower than I had hoped but I can say that I have spent a few weekends getting acquainted with DH's power tools and wondering whether I can cut my fingers off or not by trying to build the shelves of all shelves to go into the Taj Mahal of sheds.....
So with a little help from M & K (well actually a lot of help from M - without her I think the shelves would still be a pile of timber sitting in one of the sheds). So without further ado - here are the shelves that Nay built....
Found the timber in one of the sheds on the property and decided to go with the flow and have the pine look - love the look of natural pine - so once I got rid of the dust and other unmentionables - I just had enough to make the above shelves.
Let me tell you the measurements though to give you some idea of how they just fit on one wall of Nays Place - 5.6 mtrs long x 1.5 mtrs high (18'4" long x 4' 11" high) and I'm not going to guess how heavy it is but my shoulders are still sore from trying to move it against the wall. Yes it is one piece - not sure that I will do that again.
Don't look too closely as I haven't finished sanding it and I have some architraves to fix to the front to try and hide the not so straight screws and nails but I'm pleased with the end result and even more pleased to be able to say that " I DID IT MYSELF" (well with a little help from my friends).
The clock is still to go up you can see the hole in the wall between the windows but I forgot the shed is built from bore pipe and and it will take a bit more effort to push the screw to hang the clock in.
The sayings above the - window are " Live Well, Laugh Often and Love Always " and " Dance like no-one is watching" I love these - the kids bought them for me for Mothers Day and have been waiting patiently for me to put them up, and yes that is another power point suspended from the ceiling - I have them everywhere.
So now I have the shelving in so I can start bringing all my boxes back in......YEAH.....
Not long to go, finished Netball a few more weeks of football left and hopefully before Athletics start I can get everything unpack and have my space as mine.
Keep stitching
Nay
Just got home from an evening of meetings to find an email from Jo at Vintage Lane Stitches to find that I was the lucky winner of her 100 post blog competition.
This is what I have won
Don't you just love it - aren't I so lucky THANKS Jo....cant wait love Roses, love Annie from Hatched and Patched Love Cath Kitson - this giveaway looks like something I would go and buy for myself.
WOO HOO -
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Nay
So my main problem with quilting is that I get great ideas = get enthused start the top but seem to loose the time to finish a project before another great idea comes my way...so when I read about Pay it Forward - I thought what a great idea - a year to do something - this gives me a new excuse to start something but because people are expecting it then I have to finish.
Here are the rules....
Hi all
Was introduced to this wonderful designer through Suzanne at Strawberry Patches and the latest Quilt Market - might be the name but Sarah Jane has just released a fabric range called Children at Play. Check out her blog as she has a wonderful giveaway at the moment - details below.
3 WINNERS will receive:
4 yards of Children at Play Fabric
1 framed 8×10 print of your choice
3 packs of greeting cards
1 blank journal
1 pack of bookplates
And other little random surprises from the shop that I’ll throw in for fun.
HERE’S HOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY
So, the more you do, the more chances you have! To enter, you must comment. Everything after that just increases your chances!
Best of luck to you, and thank you so much for all your support! To offer my illustrations and designs to the world is really so fulfilling to me, and appreciate all your support! Your support is what helps me keep doing this, and allows me to stay at home with my kids. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Isnt it lovely
