Delectable Mountains and Landscape Fun
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Speaking of batiks…..I just finished making 3 quilts using the beautiful and colorful Island Batik fabrics that came in this box a month ago. I love it when you can look back at a photo and see the date you took it! I’m being mean and just showing a black and white photo but trust me…..the fabrics are awesome! Today I plan on getting the quilts photographed so I can put them in the mail. International Spring Market 2015 just got over and these are for Fall 2015 Market.
We have also been working on a project outside…….it was time for new mulch in the flowerbeds. We bought a whole pallet of mulch…..I believe it was 80 bags.
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After spreading the mulch in different areas we decided to enlarge a section at the front of the house.
We piled a bunch of the bags on top of the grass but that didn’t kill the grass so I slowing worked on removing all of it. This was a project that took me over a week to do.
You can see how the flowerbed ended just past the rock.
Yesterday I finished it up and Builder Bob put some more limestone around it, then we moved some plants from other areas to fill this in. I’ll pick up some annuals for color now.
See how far we are now past the rock!
On a side note, my stomach started hurting last week and I should have gone to the doctor on Friday but didn’t. I was supposed to go to the MQS longarm quilt show on Saturday but I didn’t think I could walk that much so I stayed home and rested. Yesterday I was feeling much better which is why I finished up the flowerbed. I wonder now if I strained myself last week working on this project….anyway…..I feel 99% better today so I’m hoping it wasn’t my gallbladder and yes Vicki…..I’ll keep any eye on it.
Great blocks and garden and the batiks look fun in grey! LOL, must have missed that email from Katie, I've been so busy lately too- doing nothing it seems- well not quilting!
Love your beautiful new garden! Hope you didn't pull something or have a Gaul bladder
attack. I had mine out 25 years ago. Lots of pain until they finally found out what it was. Love your blocks. Not use to you not using Batiks!;-) Feel good tomorrow.
I love seeing you work with something other than Batiks. Lucky you in getting fabrics ahead of schedule for Market – I did this once and I had a one week turn around – crazy. That's a lot of ground work and hopefully it was just a 'pull' and not worse.
You did a LOT of work! Time to take a break. I hope your gallbladder isn't flaring up; that doesn't feel good at all.I got rid of mine years ago, lol.
Love you pretty blocks.
That was very HARD yard work you did and it doesn't feel good to hurt afterwards. Healing energy and your efforts really look very nice now. New fabrics…in fifty shades of grey??? I just know I will love the new Island Batiks. Take care of yourself dear…
You are such a meanie, teasing us with that black & white photo of the Island Batiks! hope you are feeling better.
Wow! That is a lot of work Connie. It looks great and makes me wish I could do even half of that myself. My days of working out in the yard are over though sadly. Oh to be rich and be able to hire a gardener to come at least in the Spring to fix the areas I'd love to see looking pretty.
Yea, I am watching you and waiting for the report from the doctor when you stop acting just like me and trying to avoid doing so. LOL I really do hope you start feeling a lot better.
The garden is looking beautiful – if you are aching to get more gardening done, mine needs work 😉 I'm looking forward to seeing your new quilts.
It looks like we BOTH have Delectable Mountains on our minds Connie! Can't wait to see what you do with yours.
The shape of your new garden bed looks much nicer with the curve of the walkway and the tree.
Our neighbor has a trick for making new garden beds that works like a charm. First, he mows the area for the bed at the shortest height on his mower. Then he digs out holes here and there to put in a few plants that first year. Then, he puts down a thick layer of newspaper, trimmed in the shape of the bed. He lays them right over the grass. Then last off all he covers the whole thing in mulch. The grass completely disappears within a month.
Good for you for working in the garden, although I hope you didn't overdo it. That said, I tend to hide in the studio when the sun is shining and things like mulching needs to be done.