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 =^..^=

OK I said I would say what I was able to get done. First on the list... I did get all the strips needed for my Some Kind of Wonderful quilt cut. Plus I was able to get the squares cut too.  Second on the list... I'm disappointed the I did not get more than 3 houses done. I forgot about our bible study, Sisters in Scripture was this evening and I had to get tonight's block done to show how to. So here was tonight's block, Salome. I still have some paper to clean up and than do a satin stitch where the 2 different fabrics meet. Then when it came to the third on the list, working out in the garden I guess I am not totally over the head cold cause I was pooped by this afternoon, so I had to have a nap. It would have been better weather wise today than it is suppose to be tomorrow.We are in a wind advisory for tomorrow I want to share a blog I came across just the other day. It is called   Sustainable Eats For the next 12 months each

This is what I had up on my design wall when I woke up, and it is what I want to work on. I just have 2 houses and need to make a zillion more, you think I would have more since I am paper piecing them, they go together quickly plus I'm using up my endless pile of scraps Then I am still trying to catch up on the QAL Some Kind of Wonderful  I have  Dec - Feb appliqued and now they started March.... NO PRESSURE I need to finish embroidery in the blocks then assemble the strips together. That means I am cutting 2" strips for sashing between the appliqued blocks.   So here is my THINGS TO DO LIST   for today I'll  be back at the end of my day to show my accomplished tasks Till later Kat =^..^=

I have been fighting a head cold the past couple of days so what is better for being sick than Chicken Soup. So Today I made a batch of soup and figure egg noodles would be wonderful....plus it would satisfy my egg recipe for the week. Hate to say it did not make a dent. Used only one egg. Egg Noodles 1 cup of all purpose flour pinch of salt 1 egg, (can beat first) milk, an eggshell full I put the cup of flour on the counter and than made a crater shape bowl in the middle of the flour. I add the egg and the milk. Mix it by hand until well mix, if need to add a little more milk. Roll it out until it's about 1/8" - 1/4" thick. The noodles do puff up some when cooked.  I cut mine into approximately 1/2" strips using a pizza cutter. They need to air dry for at least an hour, up to 2 hours Then add to your soup or you could just cook them simmer water if you would like noodles for another recipe... like Alfredo,

This week was a good one for me, seeing how I did not update my totals in a couple of weeks. I had nothing to put in other than change the dates....which I did not. The Hunter Star took 10.5 yards...since I started it last year and was not adding up my stash then,  I figure the UFO's I am working on I'll just wait until I have them done to add up the yards used. Now these are my new numbers, Used this Week:  10.5 yards Used year to Date: 37.25 yards Added this Week: 0 yards Added Year to Date: 36 yards Net Used for 2012: 1.25 yard WOO...WHOO...     I'm in the good again, up 1.25    :) Check out  Patchwork Times  to see how others are doing.

I am still catching up so here is the current UFO Challenge for March. As I said earlier that it is # 8 and that is my Birdie Stitches that  Little Miss Shabby  did last year and as far as I can tell the link to her site looks like you can still download the pattern if you want. Here is mine so far.  I used a charm pack by Moda of Mary Engelbreit "Recipe for Friendship" Then I copied the pattern on to a sheet of Sulky 's Sticky Fabri-Solvy. Love that stuff, use it most of the time when I need to transfer pattern on to the fabric. Now to the NewFO's that I started this past month, Feb. I have not one but two.  What I have so far  It is from this book and this is the pattern I copying. All the fabric I'm using is from my stash. The second one is this Lemoyne Star.  I wrote about it last month  here My goal is this, to do a reproduction of this antique quilt 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