Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

It's hard to believe it is Monday already, "the Man of the Place" was home on vacation last week and we were able to get away for a few days but like many vacations it goes by too quickly. We went to the Civil War battle site Shiloh in Tennessee.  It is an amazing park with so much to see and learn. If you haven't been there you ought to look it up and see if that is something you to might be interested in. We wish we had bicycles because the park is so big and there is a self guided tour around the site you drive but bikes would of  been a fun way.  So what am I going to try to work on this week;  things for the boys. Have one of the little dogs completed and still need to put the other one together    Do you notice that one is bigger than the other, I guess I relaxed some on the second one because my stitches are slightly larger. Then I had bought these flannel panels a while back to make for the " little dudes".  

I wanted to share a couple of new things that I found. One is this blog hop about Jill Finley's new book. What little I have seen so far it look like a nice book. http://jillilystudio.blogspot.com/p/blook-tour.html Then on Pinterest I saw this recipe for Peanut Butter Popcorn. I am a big fan of popcorn and I like to try new ways when I come across them. I made it tonight and this one is good. Their picture looked better than mine, so I'm taking liberties and using this one. You'll find this one and more at  http://www.thekitchn.com/ Peanut Butter Popcorn makes about 8 cups 1/4 cup popcorn kernels Vegetable oil Fine salt 1/2 cup honey 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup peanut butter (should be free of added sugar) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Have a clean paper shopping bag or oversized mixing bowl ready. Heat a 4-quart heavy pan over medium heat and film the bottom with vegetable oil. When the oil is hot but not smoking, add the popcorn, shake to distribut

This is going in my recipe box, a Keeper Artichoke, Kale & Ricotta Pie   Serves 4 to 6 Olive oil 4 eggs, beaten 8 ounces ricotta cheese 4 ounces Parmesan, grated 1 cup canned artichokes, chopped 1 bunch (3 to 4 large stalks)  kale, rib removed and leaves roughly chopped (could use also Swiss       1 carrot grated                                                                                              Chard, Spinach) Salt and freshly ground black pepper Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease a 9-inch cake pan lightly with olive oil. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, ricotta cheese, and Parmesan. Roughly chop the artichokes and thinly slice the kale leaves and add to the cheese and egg mixture. Season lightly with salt and generously with black pepper Stir until combined. Pour contents of bowl into the greased cake pan and drizzle with olive oil. Cook until custard is set, about 40 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire wrack for 5 to 10 minutes and serve.

I have many blessings to be thankful for and this one. To have this view out my dinning room widow this morning while having my cup of coffee

Love this picture It's hard to believe it's the last day and I feel like I haven't made a dent. I figure you could lock me in my sewing room for a year and I probably still wouldn't have it all done.  I think I need to make this my motto What do you think. Being that it is Sunday I'll get my sewing done in spurts.  I'm going to get in a early start, now 8:30 and see what I can done before church, then afterwards I'll get back and give an update. Until then let the fun begin. Alright it's 1:30 and I'm ready to get back to sewing. This morning I was able to get this months Stash Bee blocks. I hope I was able to get them bright enough for her. They were very easy to put together, and 12.5 " block Now I am going to make the small churn dash blocks to go on the side of one of the applique block of Scandinavian Christmas I finished a while back We'll see how much I can get done before I need t

It's day 3 and I'm rearing to go.  Right now I feel like the lady in this drawing that my Grandmother drew for my Uncle back in the 1930's A Sewing Goddess But in reality, I probably look  more like this So no matter how I look or feel I'm ready. I was thinking that I need to get caught up on my Stash Bee blocks. I have last month and this month to do so I think I'll do that first. Seeing how the temps outside are cold, 42 degrees. I will not be going out there for a little while. I have already taken care of the chickens and fed "the man of the place", so I'm good. But I will need to take a break later to go out and cover up my plants and bring some in because we are going to have a least a frost, possibly a freeze. That's later thou. I'll be back later with pictures of what I was able to get done. Till then  I swear I must be the slowest quilter on the planet. I spent all afternoon in the sewing room and

It's now 11:00 in the morning and I did get the corners sewn on the William Morris I like these corners, there are 3 that look like this But I'm thinking about redoing this corner. I'll see how I feel about later, if its still bugging me I'll redo it I have had this book for awhile and I find it very helpful. Helped me remember how to do mitered corners. So now I'm at Sager Creek hoping for others to sit and sew with but it's not to be.  I'll go to the store on my way back home. It's in the 50's today and I think it's Chili weather. When I get home I will start on the boys quilts and this quilt.  Some Kind of Wonderful. Back in awhile I'm back, groceries away, ate a little something and just digging these cool temperature outside. It's drizzly, gray and cold. Makes me want to sew even more. But the first thing Ill do is get together all the pieces I have ready to se

Well here it is the end of day one and I was able to get a couple of things done. But did not get the William Morris finished.  It took me a while to get the fabric aligned to be able to get them to match. Not as perfect as I would like.  But it will work for me. I do not plan on putting it in any quilt show. It's taped and ready to sew and it's 9:00 and I am just a little worn out to trust myself to do the job. This is where I'll start tomorrow.  I did take a break from dealing with the corners to do the attaching of applique spaceships to the bibs for the "little dudes" And crochet the last part on my basket. Worked out nicely. Now I'll sit here and spend some time with "the man of the place" before it time for bed. Not a bad day. There is tomorrow Day 2