"Apples in Paradise Tablecloth."

Hello,

I found this pattern called Parrots in Paradise in a magazine called Big Block Quilts.

I had a metre of the apple fabric and found some co-ordinating fabrics in the stash to use.

I used two of my Brother Embroidery cards for the machine quilting.

I did things a little different with this tablecloth. There is no wadding in it at all. I used a bright red thicker cotton fabric for the backing and binding. I think it might be a Twill fabric. The designs were embroidered in red thread and this was used in the bobbin as well. So the back of the cloth looks like a red work cloth. The Table cloth is exactly 1 metre square.

The apples in the photo's were picked from one of our trees yesterday. Nothing quite like the taste of freshly picked organic apples. Also note the lovely green lawn. We had 34.5mls of rain here at Kainga one day last week. It was lovely gentle soaking rain, although I could have done without the lightening and thunder that came with it.

Now while Lucy and David are jumping out of planes at 16 000 feet at the Bay of Islands in New Zealand Ian and I have had sometime to ourselves. Yesterday we spent the day looking at the Kalamunda Farmers Markets and enjoying a lovely lunch at Melville's Rose Farm in  Bickley Valley.

We shared this Lemon Meringue Pie. I was very good and didn't buy any plants.We are waiting for another month or so before we even think about planting plants. Summer is far too hot to buy plants and in fact a few weeks ago after a absolutely awful day of 44 degrees. We were at the Garden Centre just out of town buying some manure  and the lady said she had people that  awfully hot day  asking what sort of plants should be planted now. We both had a good laugh about those silly people. Anyone with any gardening sense just knows it is not worth buying plants in the height of Summer here.

Happy days.
Bev C