Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I have gone five days without posting again. Seems like this year I have been in a bad funk I hate it, I rather be consistent and have a set schedule to follow.  But it seems  like this year no matter how hard I try I can't seem to get into a rhythm.    I have to admit part of the reason is the past five days  I had been working outside very hard, and by the time I was be done, I would be too tired to think or move. Three of those five days I spent weeding and cleaning out some beds in the garden and mowing gathering and dumping tubs of clippings, 45 all together.  Very little sewing went on.  I did knit a pair of slippers for my sister which I will give her for Christmas And what little sewing I did, was when it rained Sunday. Started the snowman wall hanging. And cut out some circles for Quilty 365. Yesterday I wasn't able to get any sewing in because I had an eye appointment early in the morning and spent

Yes that's right, it's 70°  and  here it is December 9. This is unseasonably warm weather, but I have to admit I am enjoying it because I was able to put in some outside time that I normally wouldn't of been able to this time a year. Before I went outside today this morning, seeing how is it was in the 30's and 40's.   I worked on some of my Quilty 365 circles I have been searching for Christmas fabric to add to the boys I spy quilts.  And here are some of them that I found. Christmas is such a fun one to do.  I have a few more fabrics but not enough to go all the way to 25 December. I'm not sure what I'll do.  I'll deal with that when it when the time comes. Then this afternoon I spent time on something I normally do the end of October to the middle of November but seeing how I was gone this year and when I got back we had a whole mess of rain that the ground was too wet to mow.

Today is the 30's club at Sager Creek Quilt Shop. So this morning I worked on the last two blocks I needed to finish the two month sets, #6 & #7 Here is the block, Jewel, I was working on. Thought I had everything laid out as far as the paper printed for the block and marked on paper which fabric is needed for each section (paper piecing).  But so much for thinking.             Not sure what went wrong on this block         Need to get a little more fabric now to correct my mistake tonight. Other than that, here are the rest of the blocks done . Tonight being that it's December, we always have a cookie exchange.  So the cookie I'm making is called Christmas Crack or Saltine Toffee Candy  Now if you've never had this you'll know how it gets it's name. It is addicting Besides being addicting, it's very simple to make. You only need four ingredient, unless you add nuts on top, then five

I've been pretty busy since last Thursday so I haven't been able to post anything about what I've been doing sewing wise or around the farm. I've been away doing what  most people probably are doing and that it's Christmas shopping and taking care of things that need to be done before Christmas. I did want to say before I show you what's up on the design wall and that Is I haven't seen the buzzard for a week. So I'm going to assume that since I haven't found a dead buzzard and haven't seen it.  It's safe to say it was well enough to take off and do his buzzard   thing Now with what's up on the design wall is what I had started last week and was able to squeeze in a block or two over the weekend and that is the Farmer's Wife 1930 Samplers blocks.  As you can see I have seven blocks and I need to do two more to complete the two sets that I was given to work on. They are mainly paper pieced an

I found out yesterday that Audrey at Quilty Folks is having a link up for her idea of doing one circle a day. She calls it Quilty 365 . Well after I had read her post about what she was doing, it was a no-brainer .....I was in on this. I had to think about what I wanted my circles to be as far as color and design. So after some thought of what to make, the only good answer was,  an I-spy quilt How long  I have been collecting fabric ? Long before they were born. And since these are for two toddlers, I'm hopeful that they will get a lot of wear and youth. The technique of putting the circles onto the background needs to be what I consider more sturdy, something that can take some wear and washing.  I love to hand appliqué but I just thought machine work will hold up better with two little boys. So what I do is from my collection of fabric here, I will cut out a 4 1/2 in. square.  Take the template and fussy cut the space I want. Then cut s

Can you believe it... here it is 1st of December. Like the saying goes, time flies. Today I can say time flew by also.  When I went out to let the chickens out I did not see the buzzard  today. I did see him yesterday underneath the barn but not today, I don't know where it was.  One of the things I needed to do today was process the venison  that "the man of the place" had harvest Saturday.  It has been cut up and on ice aging the past 3 days.  I ground up 15 pounds of meat.  That went into the freezer. Then I made a big batch of chili with a with a couple pounds of it. I also worked on Farmers Wives 1930 Sampler. Was given 2 month worth to work on. I would say out of 10 blocks, only two of them you can do without paper piecing. So needless to say I am getting a lot of practice doing paper piecing. I was able to get three blocks done today. Also I was able to finish cutting out all the pieces needed for the rest of t