Purple and White

This morning I finished quilting another of the charity quilts I basted last week:

That's number 18 done.

It isn't easy to see the quilting on either the front or the back, but here's a closer view of one corner so you can get a bit of an idea.

I'm not fond of the cotton batting I used for this one. The guild purchased a big roll for use in donation quilts, but this is the first one that I've done using it. But it seems flat and lifeless in comparison to the wool/poly blend I usually use.

For something completely different, almond blossom:

The almond started flowering just after I did my monthly round up, and now has quite a lot of open blossom.

As I've been quilting over the last couple of days, I could see that a small shrub in our native garden bed had flowers open. This afternoon I finally went to have a close look:

Unfortunately its tag has gone missing. But from the shape of the flower it could be an eremophila, and from a google search it is possibly Eremophila lehmanniana. It is pretty, whatever it is, and hopefully the flowers will attract insects which will in turn attract birds to the garden.