Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

It’s Tuesday which can be called To do Tuesday or Taco Tuesday and both can apply for me.  Made a To Do list just for my creative projects   Given myself a week to get the things done on the list. I figured a majority of them were doable, maybe the quilt top will be pushing it a little bit but we’re going to give it a go. I was able to finish the mug rugs and it didn’t quite turn out as I hoped but then again this was the first attempt at my own creation I did not have a pattern just an idea in my mind.  They are here drying So these were my practice ones. I’m gonna keep these but the ones I continue with will be gifts.. Mondays I water my house plants and I forgot to water the air plants  (Tillandsia) I have found the best way is to soak them in water for 10 minutes and drain. They say once a week but I have to admit it can be a couple weeks between watering   This evening we had bean soft tacos Tonight I think I’ll cast on the mitts. It's a free pattern on  purlsoho This is some

  T his is my favorite time of year, I could just go on and on about what I love about Autumn.  Beside the cooler temps and the colors of the season, it’s the way the sunlight present such beauty to everything.  Just makes me feel so contented and relaxed.   And wanting some comfort food like beef stew. This weekend I spent some time decorating the house. I will show you all of what I did but I think I’ll  do it segments. That way I can tell you about what I used, how you can make it yourself or duplicate and just get to tell you so much more.  This is the first piece I want to show.  Made this 3 years ago for a gathering for NW Arkansas quilt guilds in Roger, Arkansas. Originally saw this online and just had to make it. Really... nothing is cuter than a pumpkin full of kitties.  Poor little black one looks scared to death .... LOL I wrote a blog post here on how I went about recreating this. I believe I also mention that I eventually found instructions after I made mine. Which I also

  As you can see,  things have changed.  Why not... everything else seems to of this year. I had been thinking about changing the looks to my blog for some time now and thought I would just wait until the 10th anniversary, which is not until June of 2021. But you know what, there is no good reason to wait. I wanted to clean up the look and so now I’m in the progress of learning what I can do with this layout. All the information that was on the side are accessible through the menu bars at the top right now.  I’m playing around with that. How exciting...... Now I need your advice, I going to be making these socks and want you to help me decided which yarn to use.  The black is the main color and then then need to know what you think will look the best for all moons and light color pattern  The beige or orange  I’m going for a Halloween like theme.  I’m in love with moons and it’s so cool she has all the phases incorporated in the pattern.  Found this pattern on Instagram on pikku_kimala

Finally I have another video made. This time I'm sharing some FO's, Wip's and future plans. I was able to get one of moms quilts finished. She was getting pretty weak and was hard to focus so I needed do some redoing on this top which took me a little time. Plus I just didn't have my heart into it. But I do need to get them done.  Have 2 left to do and would like to get them finished before Christmas so the girls could have them as gifts from her. Then I did get a top made for me that was originally for my daughter. Do have another one cut out but debating whether I want to finish it. There are other patterns I have cut out and ready to sew and would rather spend my time on them.  Here are links to the Granny Shawlette Helen Steward's Pebble Beach Shawl Crabapple Hill pattern for the Halloween Journey Plans for this month This one I would love to get to but the other two I will be working o

Well its Midsummer and Sunday is the longest daylight of the year for us. That is also Fathers day here in the US. Plan to spend the day with my dad, we have been keeping our safe distances. I wish everyone would. Here in Oklahoma they are having a rise in Covid-19 cases, especially in Tulsa. I've been keeping at home only going out to go grocery shopping. Have to admit it was tough at first adjusting to all this and can say I've finally have. I've been doing mostly Knitting and crocheting with just a little sewing but now I my creative MoJo is back and I have so many projects running through my head and can't wait to get busy. But right now I'll just show what I have completed since the last time I posted in April. Oh and by the way the beginning of this  month marked the 9th year of this blog. Hard to believe but I have also have plans for my blog and will share that soon but for now it's but to show and tell  Here is the knitting FO.

Hey there everyone, I hope you all are doing okay with everything that is going on in the world. I understand from the news that pretty much all of us are in a lock down of one form or another. Don't know about you but it has been a challenge for me. I can be very happy being home bound, it's just that I was watching too much news and was freaking out a little. So I'm not watching all the time now and my anxiety is better.  Don't know if any of you are experiencing any thing like that too. Also for a while I couldn't seem to be focused, more than normal  But  I'm adjusting and relaxing a little and feel like writing about some of what I've been up to these past few weeks Well I started on new socks and this time I decided to do a plain vanilla pattern Did a twisted rib cuff in a contrasting color with a German short row garter stitched heel. First time for doing this style heel and I liked it. Says that it will wear longer So far I

It's been a while since I had something to show that's up on the design wall. Up on the wall is one of three tops. When my stepmother passed away she had been trying to make a quilt for each of her granddaughters. She has 5 granddaughters and was able to complete 2 quilts  and was working on the other 3. I had cut out all the squares she needed because she was unable to.  So I collected all the squares, partial blocks and completed blocks to go ahead and put them altogether I had to frog some of the pairs due to the seams allowance was not correct. Mom was never a precise seamstress and as she got further along with the cancer her precision worsen but she would not let that bring her down and she kept going. That was comforting for us to see her do what she loved up to close to the end of her life. I will get these done for her like I promised. I hate to admit it but I started a KAL along with the knitting a pair of socks each month