This quilt is actually inspired by a tissue box..hence the name. if you follow me on instagram (moniquesmith64) then you would have followed me on the journey of this quilt from conception through to almost completion. You guys get to see the finished product first (only because I dont know how to transfer photos from my camera to instagram when it is not on my phone camera!)
So today , early this morning i finished off the binding of the quilt and tidied all the loose threads. I headed around to my friends Julianne's
place to see if she wanted to join me on an adventure. Well that is what we call them because generally I only have a vague idea of what we are going to do and where we are going to head.
Wouldnt it be nice to take off for an adventure in this old Chevie? Unfortunately we only stumbled across this on the way up through the hills, parked in someone's driveway. So we snuck in for a couple of pictures, the old truck lending itself nicely to a few photos. Mind the mud!
From there we navigated our way round to Cherry Gardens. Juli remembers attending the dances at the local halls where they provided the best suppers she can remember..nothing like country hospitality!
The front of the property in Cherry Gardens has been topiaried in the hedge as long as Julianne can remember, she did mention that the letter used to be very uniform and even...times change and so do the hands that carve the letters in time.
A few kilometers down the road and around the bend... On the Old Mount Barker Road is a lovely property with a field full of spring bulbs in bloom. I started to photograph the quilt on the fence/ gate but couldnt content myself without getting a full photo of the quilt in the paddock.... and the owners (whose house was just up the hill) saw and came down to question me. Apologies .. for an invasion of privacy was in order.. and feeling a little guilty for jumping the falling down gate ..but what is one to do with so much beauty before me?....Apparently I am not the only one....
Photo obtained (a very breathless and apologetic me) jumps back in the car , further down the road to Stirling. The blossoms on the side of the road provided the best photo opportunity of all, I think.
The back of the quilt, the stripes looking like tall timbers (even thought orientated the opposite way)
Amongst the birch and blossoms.
The next photos are my favorites, spectacular crisp clean whites of the blossoms and blurred colours in the background...absolutely delicious.
On to Bridgewater and the Bridgewater Mill. Mossy and wet wheel , sludgy wet grass and a cold windy day.
The hellebores at the back in the woodland path
An in my back yard to get a photograph of the entire quilt hanging on the line with the wind blowing up the skirts to get the full picture!
Cheers and thanks for visiting. Monique x
