Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I hope all the Mothers out there had a good day My day was, very relaxing. Stayed home and spent a few hours in the sewing room. Decided yesterday what pattern I wanted to do for this month RSC, color is pink so went and found some.   I wanted something easy but baby appropriate. Always like the Gingham patterns I've seen out there. Simply enough, just 5" squares   Put them up on the wall to get the pattern straight and in just little over an hour I'm done with the top.  Love it. Some of today was finishing adding the hexes to the Winterse Hejxes mystery.  Now I need to figure out the next colors to use. Yesterday I did get a little more done on with nine patches. Started making all of these, need 30 blocks Hard to believe that there are 81 -1" squares in this block Just plugging along Do hope you had a good day. till later Linking up with So Scrappy Kathy's qui

I haven't done a lot of machine quilting, less than 40 hours in and I do think it's a challenge. I hear if you doodle it helps. I don't doodle and so it's hard at time to think ahead on where I should be stitching.  I know, I know... Practice and more practice is what it takes and these past two days I have. So I wound some bobbins.... ready to go I finished the Baby Blue.   I tried my hand at stippling and I'm not sure what it's called but its like half an orange peel. I maintain a smooth curve is tough at times.  Thought of this for the border  Getting a little better towards the end. Then I went ahead and sandwiched the Wonky Log Cabin  and quilted it today. I thought wavy lines from top to bottom would be one to try on this one. Again getting smooth curve is something I need more practice.  I was able to finish quilting and put the binding on.   All done with March and April RCS Linkin

Boy what a pretty day it was today and would of been a good day to do yard work but I had promised my mom I would come by. We had plan to do a little sewing. She hasn't done much lately because she has been tired all the time. Our plan changed while I there. Instead of sewing we just sat around and we both work on some crocheting. She was making an afghan and I a baby blanket.   Before I went over to my parents I went by the church to help preparing this month's  Food for Kids backpacks Great program for kids and helping out with food insecurities.  When I came home I had a few hours before the "Man of the Place" would be home so I took care of few things and then it was some sewing.   Finish the last 2 side on the Blue Arrow Had a little time left so I went ahead prepping a baby quilt to practice some quilting. This is the top This is the back I think for now the tension is good. After reading the comments fro

I'm going to do a little catch-up on this post since I haven't written since Monday.  I was able to finish machine quilting and putting binding on 2 baby quilts. These for RSC quilts that I had started a couple years ago. Nothing like UFO's. Does feel good to finally get them completed. Now they are ready for a new home.  This one had leftover blocks from a quilt I made my oldest daughter Quilting was done with my walking foot and did it all in the ditch.  Did the same with the next one.  Also used a sheet from Walmart for the backing and binding. And still have enough leftover to back at least another small quilt. I also put the binding on two large quilt that I have had finished and waiting for their turn.  That is what I'm going to stitch on this evening while watching TV with "the man of the place". I had also finish putting the top together that I had posted about Monday that w

Yeah isn't that the saying.... slow and steady steady and slow, that's how the turtle goes.  Well I can pretty much say that's my philosophy too. Just stick it out and keep plugging along.  So that's what I've been doing with the wool appliqué on this last block for "Words to Live By" I'm at the halfway mark on it  and today I finish pressing the pieces in place for the third-quarter of this block  and I'll work on it tonight while watching TV and  baking cookies to send to "the little dudes" tomorrow. And earlier today I worked on putting the border for this month RSC challenge and it looks good.  I was questioning whether or not to add these strips in addition to the white strip it's framed in. But that would make it a little bigger than I want. Right now it's already 46 x 33. I could also use those strips to put on the back I'm thinking something in order at  like a large log cabin block.