Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

After 22 years, my Long and Rocky Road is completely quilted Last night I put the last stitch in. Started yesterday morning quilting on the last side of the border I had started this quilt back in 1996,  wow in the last century..... It's been a love hate relationship. I love the look and the fabric used because it is from items I made for my girls and myself. A lot of memories. But I hated the fact that it has taken so long to finish. I would work on it and for longer periods of time put it away. That is why I'll call it my Long and Rocky Road   Today it's time to attach the binding and once that is done I'll wash it. Heaven knows after all these years of toting around how dirty it is. YUCK Now I need to see which quilts are waiting to be quilted. I haven't taken time to think about what next seeing how this one was so time consuming. Wish I had kept track of the time spent making this quilt. Bet there are over a 100

It's been a long week, so glad all went well. I was in Tulsa Tuesday thru Friday with Mom and surgery and recovering is all going well. Being gone to Doctors and Hospital I took handwork with me. Was able to get some of the Hexes for Winterse Hejxes Mystery  Working on weeks 6 - 10 now   Along with some  embroidery works.  I had started this quilt Winter Wonderland at least 5 years ago with this being the largest section to stitch. I think I have 4 other sections completed. These were easy projects to carry with me and do. And any sewing done at home was on Scrappy Nine Patch It has taken over my room Mainly the table area of the quilting machine. I am making good progress The bag on the left was 3/4 filled with a section for the nine patch and now I have only a small amount witch I put into a smaller bag. Unfortunately I did not have enough of the cream color fabric, so before I can start

I have two projects up on the wall Been working on the scrappy nine patch and mystery Winterse Hejxes. I've picked out the next fabric for group of hexagons but haven't prepared them yet. Figure I would take them with me tomorrow. Mom has an appt. I had last week finished the binding on this quilt. Pretty windy today, the quilt just didn't want to stay up. Did my best at trying. such a beautiful butterfly. I think its a Black Swallowtail.

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

Today I was in a brainless mode. Just didn't want to do anything today that meant I have to think or figure out. It didn't matter what, example is for gardening it was just some weeding, don't have to think. I just went through the motion and daydreamed. So I worked on the leader and ender project. I had started this over a year ago, I had seen a picture on Pintrest and look furiously for the pattern, I wanted to make it. The only pattern per say was for a small block Similar to what I've done here Needed Update: Roxanne left a comment saying she had found the pattern, located at Temecula Quilt Company   This is a link to theirs. I wish I had found it before I started, would helped. I must of seen another or didn't quite remember it right. because my version is slightly different. I tried to find it again to give a link but just now couldn't locate it. I usually pin the info on my quilt board but I didn't  I thin

I am having too much fun playing in dirt. I was thinking yesterday while planting and weeding that it has been since 2011 since I have stayed home the entire month of May. The Grandsons were born in 2012 on the 17th so I had been there in Clalifornia every year for the first 4 years for their birthdays. Last year and this year I'll miss, last year I was in Houston Tx, M.D. Anderson and this year Mom is having surgery. Because of that I home and really taking advantage of this. My yard and gardens have taken a lot of neglect and are in need of a lot of care. Was able to get a few of the tomatoes potted up and cleaning up the front flower bed.  Nothing much to look at now, have Purple Cone flowers and  4 o'clocks in that bed. Looky ...... blossoms  on the tomatoes and Paw Paw tree Enough of gardening for the monent Look how far I made it yesterday morning on the border poor picture but made it halfway on one side (long side) while watc