Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I am packing again to go help work in my friend Pam's booth and this time we're going to Texas again. Just not as far, we'll be at the Dallas show. Shorter drive, but the weather might be an issue. Hope not. I'm packing and remember I  had decided a couple of days ago I needed to make myself a shoe bag. I have been using plastic grocery bags, nothing wrong with that but I had seen one in the book Some Kind of Wonderful.  The cutest and looked easy enough. It was.... the hardest part was finding material to use Now I can go finish packing. If you make it to the show, I would love it if you would come by the booth (Sager Creek Quilts from Siloam Springs)  and say "Howdy". Till Next time Kat =^..^=

I am now having to catch up on posting my UFO Challenge, OPAM and just sharing. First I want to say I had a wonderful birthday with friends and family and wanted to thank everyone who sent their birthday greetings to me, thank you. That is what made the day special, and to think I am now 54 years young, it's just mind boggling. I guess I enjoy it so much my body decided I needed to get grounded and so now I have a head cold. Felt like poop yesterday. Better today, so now I have a list of things to do, so let's get started. 1.  I finished sewing my Hunter Star top, now done.  This is #1 on my list.  I used Deb Tucker's ruler Petite Rapid Fire Hunter Star. I made the 6" blocks (circled in green) and when you put 4 of those blocks together you get a 12" block (circled in red). This is what I had originally planned but once I did get it sewn together I going to think about maybe adding another row. I just don't know, I'll sleep on it.   This

Have you ever wanted to cut some bias strips from fabric you just love and all you have is a fat quarter. Well my friend Pam made a video about how to do this and I wanted to share it. I was just amazed and I hope you are too.  I am now off to find the other one she has done and when I do I will post that one too. Happy Valentine Day

 A week or so ago the Henry Glass Co. promoted a Holiday Blog Hop featuring their designers. I don't know if you have followed one but it can be  pretty interesting. You learned about the designers and most of the time they will have some sort of project. This one spoke to me, it said "you just have to make me". So I did . I found this at Pink Figs blog, this is her pattern called   present pillows . Click on present pillow to get her pattern. If you are looking for something unique to decorate your home, you might like this. Or if your needing a gift for one of the many parties you'll attend this holiday season I think this is a good one. I plan on making this pattern smaller to be a tree ornament. These pillows are being donated to a silent auction to help raise money for the Angel Tree and Christmas Food Baskets. We have an event called the Festival Of Trees at our church where the public can come look at decorated Christmas trees and other Chris

Here is the first of the apron patterns I promise to show how to make. This one is very easy and affordable. You need two dish towels, and 1 1/4 yard of 3/4" twill tape (available at Joann's) I had a package of three so I picked the two I liked, cost was $4.00. The towel that serves as the bib should be cut down to about 12" wide and hemmed along its long edges so that it is not too wide for the chest of the wearer.  To hem folded  the edge 1/4" and press and than fold again 1/4 and press. Then stitch. Take the one you want for bib and lay it  placed vertically, serves as the bib of the apron and the backside of its pockets. The second, positioned horizontally across the bottom half of the first towel, wraps around the wearer's hips and provides the front of the pockets. You might need to cut the bottom of the towel to make it the desired depth for pockets. I had to take off about 6", (this will depend on the size of y

At my last HCE (Home, Community and Education) meeting, my friend Fern gave us a pattern on how to make these hat/neck warmers and I wanted to show how easy it is to make one. And they rather stylist too. Perfect for all members of the family. I'm going to make one for my daughter in her school colors (orange and black for OSU) Go Pokes!!! But this one is for me I do not do self portrait photos very well but the hat does look good. So let's start. Materials need:  1/2 yard fleece,  1 yard of 1/8" to 3/16" cording (fray check for ends), cord stop, matching thread, scissors and/or rotary cutter and the usual sewing notions. Fleece: The following gives the average head size for various ages and the dimensions to cut your fleece.  These cutting dimensions are approximate and may need adjusting based on the person you are making the hat for.                                                                                                             

I get this magazine called Mary Janes Farm. Maybe you have seen it. It has some really neat ideals. This one was in the June-July 2011 issue. It's on pg. 74. I have seen others sort of like this one before. And I just had to make this one. Got so anxious to make it that I did not take pictures while making it. I'm sorry. But I'll try my best to write how I did mine. I did make mine a little bigger. I used fat quarters, (18 x 22) instead of the 17 x 19 suggested. I figure we all have fat quarters and not sure what the heck we are going to do with them. This is a good project just for them. You will need some poly batting (fusible) and fairly thin. That way it's not too thick so your glasses and such will not become unbalanced. That needs to be the same size of your fabric. Then for the ruffle you'll need about a 1/3 of a yards of some coordinating fabric. You need to cut 3 or 4 strips 3.5" WOF. It just depends on how much ruffle you like. I used just 3 strips.