Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

Today at church I had a thought come to me and unfortunately it wasn't  how to bring peace to the world.  We have singles who do not have family, are away from their family or have no plans for Thanksgiving, so I thought what about giving them a pie, pumpkin pie seeing how it's the pie of choice. But I was thinking a regular pie is just too much for one person. Then came the light bulb moment, why can't I make a pumpkin pie in a jar like I did with the cherry pie. That's what I did this afternoon, baked pies  I maded them basically the same way I did the other pies. I did buy pre-made pie crust dough and a can (15oz) of pumpkin and just made up the filling like do any other time I make this pie. I'm adding a little more info:  The jars I used are half-pint, wide-mouth Ball canning jars. That way you know they can take the heat of the oven. And if you do not have a pumpkin pie recipe, the one on the label of Libby canned pumpkin is a good recipe. Also I

I have decided that I am going to work on only projects that  I have started and can't start any new ones until I finish at least two WIP's. I've been writing done the WIP's and putting them order of priority. Like if this is going to be a gift that needs to done for Christmas, or how long ha it been since I started this one, etc. I decided to work on a quilt that I started at the beginning of this year. It's a free BOM pattern called Birdie Stitches at   Little Miss Shabby  . The cuties little embroider blocks. I just can't pass embroidery patterns. So I went through my stash because its a rule I gave myself, Use Up My Stash First. I looked for fabric that would go together nicely but I have such a Hodge Podge of stuff I couldn't find a good group. But then I remember I had all these charm packs and it would work perfect because there are 2.5" squares all around the embroidered block. It's not a soft look like the example she shows but cute n

I wanted to talk a little about hand quilting. I love to quilt and for some reason I have always gravitated toward quilts that are hand quilted. Do you too. I would  think about all those stitches taken by some women and wonder what was going on in her life while she was stitching. Then think about the love felt while laying under a hand quilted quilt. I am pleased to know I'm not alone, thank goodness there are others with this passion also and who are keeping it vital part of the quilting world. There are two blogs dedicated to hand quilting and the quilters. Caron has two blogs, first one is Michigan Quilts  and the other one that just started celebrate hand quilting . So part of the reason for this post is that I can join in with other hand quilters and share all things hand quilted. I have so many more tops that I has finish then quilts I have quilted, but here are a few I have done. The quilt pictured at the top is the one I'm currently working on. This was la

I promised another apron and here is my spin on a free pattern for a groovy apron .  courtesy of http://www.sew4home.com/  This site where I found this pattern has a very good step by step tutorial. Better than I could do with what I have. But I will be adding in my spin on here. All you need is 1 yard of fabric, being 1/2 yd of one design and 1/2 yd of a coordinate. And 1 dish towel. All the cutting instructions for ties, waistband, hem band and a pattern for the apron are available for you to download , 11 pages total or  6 pages for apron pattern that you'll tape them together. I am going to have to learn how to make my own download file, that way I can post  them for you My spin to this apron is by adding a towel. I have a thing about wiping my hands on my apron/clothes instead of finding the towel. So what is better than putting the two together. APRON/TOWEL Now a regular towel  is a little too long, you will cut the towel 3"longe

Yesterday I was able to do a couple more so it brings my total to 9, whooo-hooo!!! #11 London Square  #10 Lincoln's Platform  I also had been working on some applique for the 30's clubs quilt.. Next month is the last month for the BOM of the 30's and I will be assembling all the blocks together I have one more that looks the same but is larger and then another to finish appliquing. Then I realize with all that I have been doing that I forgot to give  the conclusion of the snowman quilt and the putting on of the last border. I had full intention of completing it last week but I did not realize the fabric given and the instructions did not correlate until after I had cut the fabric and was assembling it. So that made me short. Not much, but enough where I had to go get some more fabric. I have to wait to finish because my quilt is used at my friends shop for the sample of a BOM offer this year. I'll have to wait to show it after next mon

Today I was able to spend a little time sewing and completed 3 more blocks. This time I did number and name them. Now if I would just be as productive on my Dear Jane I might be getting somewhere.  #7 Log Cabin #9 Birds in the Air #6 Richmond And guess what, I found another tub af fabric. This one had Jo Morton collections. So this make 7  of the 10 for this week aready done and I have 5 days left to do the remaining 3. Now if I can keep it up I'll be gaining headway quick.  Till next time Kat =^..^=

Me cruising other blogs. I love to visit other blogs and I came across this one today and it has a nice slide show of her visit to the Houston Show and the quilts. So check out Helen's Blog  and see for yourself. I would of liked to of seen them in person. Now I'm off to work some more on my Civil War Blocks. Till later Kat =^..^=