Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

 Today was such a wonderful day, but didn’t go quite as I planned. My hopes were to spend a good portion of the day in my sewing room working on some receiving blankets and another block for the quilt I’m making for my sister.  Unfinished block just needs the outer frame like the one on the right. This quilt was from a shop hop back 2015 as you can see on the picture. I believe there were 7 shops located in NW Arkansas. Each shop designed a block.  Well I got part of the block done and stop to eat some lunch when “The man of the place” came in asking for help. His tractor just stopped while he was out in the pasture putting out bales of hay for the cows. So my job was to get in the 4 wheel drive truck and pull him in the tractor out of the pasture into an open spot in near our home. Well that all went well, took a while but then after that I went with him to go (which I really didn’t do much) to cut and loaded up some wood so we could have some more firewood. We had burne...

  Last couple of years I hadn't participated in Rainbow Scrap Challenge also known as RSC. To think the first year I did was in 2013 and went on thru to 2018, so this year I'm back in but this year I'll be putting a twist on it. Instead of using my scraps on quilts I'll be making bags.  I will be making a variety of different types and styles. My thoughts are to make ones mainly for holding my knitting or crocheting projects. Seeing how I just didn't have my sewing Mojo last month I needed to make last month's color pink along with this months color yellow . For  January I had a bag of scraps with muted pinks, I'm a muted girl. So I cut the pieces into 3 1/2 squares which was the largest squares I could get from the scraps. Made a drawstring bag this time, I have have a list made of so many different styles. This bag is big enough to hold the shawl I have been knitting. On the inside I added a clasp ring to hold scissors and place markers. Here is January R...

(Forgot I wrote this last month January)   I know I’m a little late but heck that seems to be the story of my life.  Hope all is well for you all and that everyone one of us have a better year than the last.  I had so many plans for December and none of them were able to happen. I knew that chemo could change plans and it did. It’s not all bad but on the good days I just wanted to focus on getting better and not make videos or write.  Then we had a Covid-19 scare when “the man of the place” took ill. He took the test and thank God it was negative. Plus was I blessed by not getting sick. He was able to be quarantine that week while we waited for the results. Took 4 days and that was one of the longest 4 days.. This treatment #3 has been less taxing on my body so here I am checking in. Next Thursday 14th is #4. There are 6 all together, which means I’m made halfway.  Besides being fatigued, I’m having the side effect of numbness and tingling in my hands and feet. ...