Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I have been fascinated with this new Australian magazine Vignette by  Leanne Beasley. I have been reading about it and seeing projects from it, like the mystery quilt she has going. I have ask around at various quilt shops and no one knew anything about it. Then I looked it up on internet as to where to order, for a while there I could only locate distributors out of the U.S. and that meant outrageous shipping fees. Then I came across the Vignette in Stitches Blog   and from there was the link to Leanne's blog  where I found stores in the U.S. that carry the magazine. If you haven't seen or heard of it, it has been out for months now and issue four is being released. So being able to get the first 3 issue is part of the challenge. I did and now I am just waiting for them. I love to embroider and the mystery quilt is a combination of pieced blocks and embroidered blocks. When it comes I'll know more about fabric requirements, then I can start going through my stash. I plan

What's that saying, "The way to a man heart is through his stomach." That hold true to the "the man of the place" and the quickest way is my Carrot Cake. He is what I would call a Carrot Cake connoisseur. He will try every ones cake and then tells me what he thinks of it. So today I have made him a cake. But what he doesn't know is that I took my recipe from my Better Homes Cookbook and made it a healthier version. I would like to share it with you. I'll give you the original recipe and then what I did to change it. Now I can not tell you what all the changes are as far as calories, fat, carbs, etc. But it is a dessert  and I look at it a special  treat. Original Recipe. 2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. Cinnamon 3 cups finely shredded carrots 1 cup oil (that's right 1 cup) 4 eggs Now here is my revision, 2 cups whole wheat white flour - This is less noticeable then plain WW. 1 cup sugar -  I w

I'm dreaming of a winter wonderland, or at least a cool down. The weather forecast for this part of Oklahoma is saying that in a couple of days we are suppose to have cooler temps. After this past summer I'm  ready   The snowman quilt I'm working on needs snowflakes. I know how to crochet (not well) and I thought I would give it a shot at making them. This is the results of my first attempt. (After ripping it out at least 6 different times, trying to figure out) I know, maybe I should stick to knitting. At least I know how to do that . And if all else fails Hobby Lobby sells them in bags. And looking at the quilt there are a few (dozens) snowflakes on it. That bag is looking good. Till next time, Kat =^..^=

Let me tell you I had the surprise I would of never expected. I had gone to the bathroom to you know do a natural thing and what did I find but this little Kermit on my toilet seat.  Now how in the heck did he get in there. We are on well water and have a spetic system. Then on top of that I have 2 cats. After the shock of finding a frog on the seat, I had a good laugh. I want to pass it along. So I have a few jokes Q: Why are frogs so happy? A: They eat whatever bugs them! Once upon a time, a beautiful, independent, self-assured princess happened upon a frog in a pond. The frog said to the princess, ” I once was a handsome prince until an evil witch put a spell on me. One kiss from you and I will turn back into a prince and then we can marry, move into the castle with my mom and you can prepare my meals, clean my clothes, bear my children and forever feel happy doing so.” That night, while the princess dined on frog legs,she kept laughing and saying, “I don’t THINK so.” A librari

Now I just love having the Internet and all but I am having troubles with the server or something and I am so frustrated I could spit nails. I have been trying to post this since last night. So I am making it quick just in case I lose my signal again. I was not able to get all I hoped to but I did pretty well. I was able to finish adding the circles and bottom leaves (?) but did not get the last 2 birds on. Now I can start stitching those down. I was able to finish the yellow circles and glue baste them on. Now I am ready to stitch this block.   And I did finish the snowman block. The cutest. My daughters have seen me work on this and they all have put in their requests, 3 daughters and one quilt, what is a mother suppose to do. I ran out of time and I did not get the pattern drawn (?) for my Vintage Garden quilt. Maybe this weekend. Today our stitch group meets so I'll get busy on what I have prepared. Fingers crossed, that this goes out to y'all. Till next time Kat =^.

I just finished my chores outside and I am all cleaned up and ready to tackle the inside jobs, (and no it's not housework) it's my W.I.P..  Now by the looks of the pictures you are probably thinking this woman has issues and you are on target there. I just have too many projects going that I am determind to finish. Today my goal is to finish the machine applique stitch to the snowman.   Finish glue basting the small yellow dots to  the red circles and then I can say I have finally the first block ready to stitch of the Beyond The Cherry Tree Quilt .  I have only been collecting the patterns for over a year and had the fabric all picked out but just kept saying to myself "I am not starting another project". Well I did complete a couple tops I had been working on, so I decided it's now or never. Beside I just could not stand waiting any longer. And with high hopes I hope to at least get the last block copied onto some freezer paper so I can get one step closer to f

Today I was checking my email and I had received this message from a guild I belong to. It is about a documentary on quilts that will be aired this fall called why quilts matter  . Check out the trailer if you haven't seen it yet.  Sounds interesting to me and I'll be looking for it on my PBS channel.