Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

So here it is Monday again and doesn't seem I was able to get much done in the quilting department last week. Still working on The Little Birdie blocks but I took them down to put up April's UFO Challenge #10. Little dark, sorry  My 10 is a taupe sampler that was a BOM of the month a couple of years ago. I was able to get half the blocks completed but stopped. So down it came off the shelf and up on the wall. Poor thing hasn't seen the light of day in ages. Have to say it keeps the color better if doesn't. The piece of the fabric at the bottom of the picture is the fabric I'm going to use to set in it.  I have so much going on right now with the garden and my daughter (twins) not sure what is going to get done. But if time allows, I will do all I can. My piecework is a pleasure and comfort to me so when time's get rough, I, like a lot of us, go to stitching or needlework of some form for an outlet.  I glad I have it and always felt it as a blessi

Baked Scotch Eggs Ingredients: 1 pound bulk pork sausage 6 hard cooked eggs 1 cup fine dry bread crumbs, purchased or home made, plain or seasoned or cornflakes crushed 1 egg 1 tablespoon water 1 teaspoon prepared mustard Sauce: 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour salt and pepper to taste 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 1 to 1 1/4 cups half-and-half 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard Preparation: On a sheet of waxed paper, divide sausage into 6 equal portions; wrap 1 portion around each egg. Roll each wrapped egg in bread crumbs. Beat egg with mustard and water; dip sausage-wrapped eggs in beaten egg mixture. Roll in bread crumbs again; place on a rack in a shallow baking dish. Bake at 400 degrees for about 35 minutes or until browned, turning once during baking. Cut into halves lengthwise; serve hot with Dijon sauce or sauce of your choice. Serves 6. Dijon Sauce: In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt butter. Whisk in flour; cook for about 1 minute,

I tried to get this month's challenge done but I just did not stitch fast enough. I was able to get half of it done and I still have 6 month of  blocks to embroider. They are the cutest blocks and you can still get the pattern from Little Miss Shabby I'l just keep stitching away. Kat =^..^=

Over at  Sustainable Eats  Annette had written a book called The Urban Farm Handbook and she has a challenge going on this year. And this month challenge was dealing with Home Dairy. Now I have chickens, I have a veggie garden, I have fruit trees and we even raise are own beef but one thing we do not have is a dairy cow or goat. Part of the challenge was to try to find somewhere local a dairy producer. Well we have lots a dairy farmer around here but I do not know of one that sell from their farm. So I need to keep looking. So to make my cheese I get my milk from Braum's Creamery. They do have really good milk. I make Mozzarella cheese from their milk and I will share how I make my cheese but there is also other sites out there that give very good instructions.  The cheesemaking supply company  gives great instruction and that is where I have ordered what I needed. Here is a brief summery of what I do.  I start with a gallon of milk, I use 2%.  You need

This is a pathetic start on my little houses. I had full intentions of trying to get caught up, because the is to make a house a day, total 365 or 366 (leap year)  and as you see I have 360 to go. I am posting this because this was my New UFO for March and over at Cat Patches  she has links to others who are posting a new start that they did this month. I have been working hard on trying to finish some of my older UFO's and have been trying to resist starting a new thing. But as you can tell that doesn't last long. Till next time Kat =^..^=

I do not crochet much but when I do I like projects that are easy and this  Giant Basket  is one of those kind of projects. It maybe took me 2 hours to make  I used yarn made by Lion Brand Yarn that I bought at Walmart. Because it wasn't as thick as the pattern suggested I double it up Now I could not find a size S Hook so I used a  size Q Work just as well I thought. Till next time Kat =^..^=

I wanted to share a couple of website for free patterns for knitting or crocheting. I have found quite a few myself, so maybe you'll find some patterns to make. Knitting pattern Crochet pattern