Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I had seen this process done on Pinterest and knew I had to try it because I have so many canning jars.  I thought this would be a great way to use them so they are not just sitting on a shelf.  I had read the story "The Christmas Jar" which is about the gift of change that had been collected in a pickle jar. So I thought to paint the jars and give them to the ladies in our 30's group with the challenge to collect their change and find someone who could use the gift at Christmas.  These jars are my finished product. Very few ingredients are needed:  Mod Podge - 1 Tablespoon and food coloring - several drops, depends on the color.  I used a 2-to-1 ratio of blue - green and 1 teaspoon of water.   Now the first set of instructions I found said to pour the mixture into the jar and coat the inside.   After it dried this is how they turned out.  As you can see,  not good - they are unevenly colored with streaks. I had to try again, but this time I p

This is a very easy and fast dish, plus  it's one the kids could make and maybe serve to mom on Mother's day. They have a couple of weeks to practice before that special day. Eggs in a Hole Ingredients 1 1/2 teaspoons bacon grease or a tsp. of butter 1 slice bread 1 egg salt and ground black pepper to taste Directions Melt the bacon grease in a non-stick pan over low heat. Cut a 1 1/2 to 2-inch hole from the center of the bread slice; lay in the hot skillet. When the side facing down is lightly toasted, about 2 minutes,   flip and crack the egg into the hole; season with salt and pepper. Continue to cook until the egg is cooked and mostly firm.   Flip again and cook 1 minute more to assure doneness on both sides. Serve immediately.

Sorry I haven't written much lately, I have been getting the house in order so I can fly out to my daughter's today. I'll get caught up on my posts when I get there.  Till next time (in California) Kat =^..^=

I have had taken these pictures back at the Dallas show last month and had meant to post these photos. I do not know about you but something I see quilts that just put me in ah. These two do it for me. This first one definitely deserved the first placed ribbon it has. The detail is amazing and her theme is so "sweet". Just love it. This one I just thought was so perfect. The thread work is so realistic and lifelike. I hope you enjoy seeing these as much as I did and someday I hope I will see works of these quilters/artists in the future. Kat

Its Monday again, boy time goes by way too quickly. This week I have so much to get done around the place before I go to California to be with my daughter. She is having twins and had been in the hospital the past couple of weeks and thought she would have to stay until the boys were born but they let her go home this past weekend. Now I am needed more now to help because she is ordered to stay in bed. So on my wall are projects I have to get done before I go.  This was this months block for the 30's club at Sager Creek. It is a row of the new BOM quilt for the 30's club. The pattern is one of Pam's, owner of the shop. Here is a link to the  shop Plus I have some blanket stitching to do on the bottom two block, left Morris Garden and right is Sisters in Scripture, the block is for the anointed woman and is a picture of a spilled bottle of perfume.  Then it's not up on the wall but on my list, is to make the boys a swaddling blanket.

This is not a traditional chili relleno recipe because I had to use what I had in my pantry and I did not have  chile poblano but I did have cans a green chilies. CHILI RELLENO CASSEROLE 2 (4 oz.) cans green chili 1/3 lb. longhorn or Jack cheese 4 eggs 1/3 c. milk 1/2 c. flour (I used whole wheat white) 1/2 tsp. baking powder Layer chili and cheese in greased 9 inch pan. Put eggs in blender until foamy, add milk, flour and baking powder; mix and pour over chili and cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, or until knife comes out clean. My opinion of this dish, (seeing how this is also a new recipe for me and "the man of the place",) is that  I found it to not be the same as if made with the Poblano chili but tasty in its own right and reminded me of a tamale pie. "The man of the place" can not handle spicy or hot foods and he did not like it. But you know if want something a little spicy and have these ingredients why not make it. This di

I had started out yesterday afternoon working on the Christmas Quilt A-Long and with full intentions of just finishing part 3 in  a couple of hours of sewing. Things were going along just smoothly until I started to feel a little odd. Now if any of you have food allergies or have had an allergic reactions to something, you know what I was feeling. It was the onset of a food reaction and mine starts with tingling/itchy feeling. Needless to say that just blew the rest of my evening. Hives and a couple of Benadryl pills later it was " good night " for me. Plus I not much good for a while the next day either but I did get them done today, all 20 sets.  I have a few of Deb Tucker's trimmers and the one I use the most is the "Trucker Trimmer"  I love the simplicity of it and it works so well for trimming up these hour glass blocks. You get the center perfectly in the center and the sides lined upped just right  After that they go together so

I had our UMW meeting this morning and realized I needed to get started on Christmas quilt. Over at Lesley's,  The Cuddle Quilter  she has given the instructions to part three and links to the 2 earlier parts if you are interested in doing the quilt also. So far it has been a piece of cake and with enough said for now I'll get started and post an update here in a little while. But back at Lesley's there are links to others who have joined in and been posting today.  TO-DA-LU for now Kat

Egg Recipe # 15 With Easter dinner I served these and they are always a hit, usual not one left on the plate. But with Easter and a very busy first part of this week, I forgot to write this week's egg recipe. I realize it is to late to you to serve these for your Easter dinner but you know deviled eggs are great and it's just starting their peak eating season. Soon we'll be having barbecues and picnics and deviled eggs are a staple. Picture courtesy from Food Net. Classic Deviled Eggs Ingredients 10 eggs 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon yellow mustard 1 Tablespoon finely chopped onions 1 Tablespoon finely chopped celery 1/8 teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper Paprika, for garnish (sometimes I add a 1 Tablespoon of sweet relish) Directions Place eggs in a single layer in a saucepan and cover with enough water that there's 1 1/2 inches of water above the eggs. Heat on high until water begins to boil, then cover, turn the heat to lo

Chickens and books are two of my favorite things and when the two are together, boy I am full of giggles. Last month there was a Blog Hop and giveaway of this book, The Chicken Encyclopedia by Gail Damerow. Well I entered all the blogs I could trying to win this book and when the giveaway was over and I did not win I figured Ill just go and get my own.. But that's not the end, here I was ready to go and get one of my own when I received an email from  Daricia at A Charlotte Garden  to let me know that the first pick was unable to reach so I was second pick. Yippee I did win. Thank you Daricia, and do yourself a favor and check out her beautiful blog on gardens of the Charlotte area in N.C. And if you are interested it is a very informative book, one that should be in every chicken raisers library. It's published by Storey Publishers.

The beginnings of a quiche.

I just love asparagus!!! My asparagus is growing like crazy in the beds I had planted 9 years ago and seeing how it is over 3 years established,  I can harvest spears for 3 weeks. I have a bed that is 25' long and 2.5' wide with 20 plants/crowns. I have been harvesting the spears for a week now and in this first week I have harvested 5.5 lbs. So as you can see I have a bunch, a big bunch to do something with. Yesterday on our local TV channel they had a great soup recipe that sounded wonderful. We tried it tonight and  "the man of the place"  loved it, even thou it was healthy. It was very good. But I had more asparagus than what the soup called for so I froze the rest.  I used the spears to freeze and the stalks for the soup. To freeze them cut the ends off and leave about 5- 6" spear tips. Cut the stalks into 2" pieces. Need to blanch the spears for 1 - 2 minutes and then put in ice water. Dry and freeze  in freezer bags, jars for freezing or

You know that saying "When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade" Well I change that to "When family and friends give you yarn, you make African Flower Hexagons"   You see today I cleaned out the hall closet, I should of took a before picture so I could do a before and after but I didn't think about it. So what I did do was take a picture of the worsted weight yarn I have.  That's to say I have other types of yarn not shown.  Pitiful   Two of the large containers came out of the hall closet. If you crochet or knit, maybe this happens to you too but I have family and friends who will give me yarn. And as you can see I can not say no to free yarn. I realize I really need to start using it and giving some away because it has just been too much. Decide to go online and find a new pattern (easy). I've done granny squares in the past and wanted something fresh. Love hexagons in quilts so this pattern just spoke to me. I found ve

This is an egg I made by covering Styrofoam eggs with Yo-Yo's.  They are so cute. You make a lot of Yo-Yo's and I did used the Clover Yo-Yo maker. I really like using it because to me it is easier and faster. So when making a lot of these it helps. Then you attach them with straight pins. I did not try a hot glue gun, because I could not remember if you can use hot glue on Styrofoam.  Overlap the Yo-Yo's  Now you can add small buttons when pinning the Yo- Yo's on like this one. This is how all of these are done. I love eggs, you think. Kat