I have been back into the sewing room a bit this week. We are still doing a major overhaul of the garden. I have been cutting donated yardage into 1/4 up to 3 and 4 yards of fabric and pricing it for the guild's quilt show as well. My quilter finished my elements quilt so I want to get the binding on it.
I love the elements fabric in this quilt, lots of different fabrics went into it.
The back with typewriter keys seemed perfect for it. The major part of the backyard garden overhaul is finished. We carted 2,800 pounds of rock into the planter areas and now the tomatoes, bell peppers, and spinach are in planters with a drip watering system. We live in a drought area of California and many of us have converted from lawns to rock gardens. We are only allowed two days a week watering in the fall and winter and three in the summer months. Neighbors with lawns water bills can easily mount up to $600 a month and higher in summer months as our temperatures often get into the 100's and last summer often up to 110 and one day 115. Looking forward to lots of fun veggies this summer.
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I need to do a lot of work in my garden. Where do you live in California, I am in Northern California.
ReplyDeleteThe Elements quilt turned out beautifully! We need to spend some time in our garden, but Mother Nature hasn't been very helpful on providing any good days to do that.
ReplyDeleteElements is beautiful. Using all of those low volume prints together was quite clever.
ReplyDeleteLove the quilt and really love your backyard. We need to do this too. What a mess we have.
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Gosh it's so sad to have to convert to a rock garden but yours looks very pretty! And to have a harvest later makes everything so worthwhile. The Elements quilt is lovely! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Hi Donnalee, it sounds like your garden is going to be very useful - certainly better than grass! I don't grow vegetables because I can't stand watering but I may look into a watering system. I love your elements quilts. Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing your pretty quilt. The typewriter key backing is perfect for it.
ReplyDeleteWow, your Element quilt is a beauty, pretty and sweet fabrics, and the backing is perfect!
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks beautiful and it looks like you are going to harvest lots of vegetables!
Thank you for sharing and linking up.
Your quilt is just lovely, thank you for sharing it with us at Handmade Monday. The garden seems like a practical solution, I hope you get masses of lovely veg to enjoy this year.
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