Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

  Here he is, ready to celebrate St Patrick Day I so enjoyed getting creative with this months gnome. Luckily I had all the colors needed, if I hadn’t I would of had to of thought of something else. You can find patterns for gnomes on Sarah Schari website  Imagined Landscape Hope your day provided many blessings  Till next time Kat

I know that for what little I've posted so far this year it's been mainly all about knitting.  For over a year now I've done very little quilting and that was what for years was my main creative outlet. I've been going through a drought and just had no interest or motivation but it seems as thought a switch has been turned on and now I can't stop thinking about what I want to work on.  Last year I started the 2 1/2 strip PEACE in PIECES quilt by J Michelle Watts. At the start of this year I had only 1/3 done. This isn't a difficult pattern, just one that takes time because I found that I needed to focus on a row at a time. A lot of that could be I was still struggling with being able to comprehend it all. But as time has past, my mind is more clear and focused. The doctor told me at my last visit it takes about a year for the chemo to clear out of my body. It's been a year now and I can tell a difference. There is some truth to that. I can now tell you that

Howdy!!!!  It's been a while again since I last wrote and for not doing much, a lot has occurred. Last month my daughter went and had a surgery which cancer was detected, o varian  cancer.  Not was I had (endometrial) but then I was told the type of cancer I had was not genetic. Fortunately the type she had does not spread and they had taken her ovaries and the cancer with it. What a great relief, I did not want her to have to through what I had. So pretty much of January and first couple of weeks of February I was focusing on my daughter and some self care for myself. 🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄 Today I started this post above the end of February, the 26th actually and now being March 13, it’s only obvious that I never did finish it or post. In the last three weeks since then I’ve had a birthday, I’m happy to have birthdays even though it means I’m a year younger. I had a few appointments and some family come visit, so these past three weeks just went by so very quickly. I've e