Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I had a very pleasant Sunday. It started with a hike on some property we have that "The man of the place" goes deer hunting each fall.  He went up there to check the roads, the deer stands and just to see what kind of activity has been going on around there. My task basically was just to enjoy a pleasant day in the woods. At one spot near where "the man of the place" has his stand, there a spot where the deer have dug it out so water would collect and created a little pond for them to drink from.  Pretty clever animals.  I had a good hike, enjoy the scenery, with the peace and quiet of nature. When I came back to the house I worked on my rainbow colored scrap quilt blocks. I have this month color done for my quarter log cabin.  Now I am all caught up for that one. I have the pieces cut out for my railroad crossing blocks  but I didn't have a chance to do them today. Earlier this ...

Well that is a big question, what's up Seeing how I haven't posted since before the retreat I went to. So I will show what I did at the retreat and what I have been doing these past few days, which is this Log Cabin Christmas Tree  wall hanging I have the blocks completed and now it just a matter of getting them sewn together. I'll get to that tomorrow. While at the retreat I made this baby quilt top with the disappearing 4-patch block. I had a charm pack and used some "snow" fabric Kaufman snow is one of my favorite whites to use. It's white but not a stark, bright white, goes well with a majority of the fabric I've collected. I started late making my blocks for RCS14 First I wasn't sure what pattern I wanted to make and then with all that was going on the first part of the year, I didn't start until July. One quilt is using a quarter log cabin in solid colors. I made these at the retreat, have the other half t...