Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

If you aren't starting your own Sweet Potato slips you might remember doing this as a child. That is taking a sweet potato   cutting it in half, and putting the cut end in water,  then watching it take roots and sprouts. Well that is what growing your own slips all about. I had wrote about the process step by step almost 2 years ago and this link will take you to it. I had just started mine but I not sure how healthy of slips I will get. My sweet potatoes last year were not a good crop. Between the heat, drought and then the cows getting into the veggie garden and eating the vines at a critical time, I ended up with a small crop and the potatoes were very small.  I started quite a few this time just in case it doesn't work out like I hope. I have also ordered some new slips. I wanted to add a new variety. So give it a try but I not sure about store bought potatoes working out in the garden but they do make a neat plant for the kids to grow.  

I just wanted to take a minute and share a little of what I am working on today. I had to mail the little dudes a box of new clothes and I wanted to put this cloth book in with it so I quickly stitched it up this morning I added the "Grandma loves you" And then I am working on Laura's quilt, had it laid out on the floor to see what it is looking like. Have some more blocks to make so I went into the sewing room to work on them. Came back some minutes later to add a couple and guess what I found   Yes that's Shankopotamus laying there so nonchalance. I bet he thinks I don't see what he did.  Silly Cat. I need to get back to sewing I'm linking up with http://www.freshlypieced.com/ http://www.sew-much-ado.com/ Go check for yourself and see what others are up to  

I can take care of two tasks at one time. I need to review my Get-R-Dones and  weekly goal. Lets get to the bad news first, I again did not complete my list if 4 from last month. It's not to say I didn't try. 1.  I did work on the 30's Row quilt and all I have left is the row I am going to change to house and then the border. So I am very close to done but NOT. 2. Did not go near the Sisters in Scriptures. I think I will put that one away and try again  later this year . Still can not seem to get motivated on this one. 3. Christmas String did get worked on but not to the point it is done. I have a few more sashings to do and then sew on the two additional rows I felt it needed. Again close to done but NOT, 4.  I did work on "Some Kind of Wonderful", I did complete that goal even though the top is not done. That wasn't my goal, just do some work on it.   Yea one done. (1 out of 4) April's 4 1.  Is to have Laura's Qui

I thought I would make this post one of a little of this and a little of that. Well what should be first, I think I'll start with the stash report. Added 6 yards to go with the quilt I'm making for my daughter. I did get a quilt bound this afternoon but I had  counted it  already  I believe so all I can show is a picture. My total numbers are located on the side. Besides doing the binding on this, for my slow stitching Sunday I am doing a little embroidery on the 30's row quilt. Just a simple stem stitch will do the trick. I have 4 blocks to do. Then there is March's NewFO. I am starting a quilt for my daughter. She had emailed me a picture of a crib quilt but wanted it done as a queen size. The pattern was minimal and simplistic. So on EQ I drafted it to be her size The blocks will be rather large and the quilting will be done by hand in a big stitch quilting. Here is the fabric she had picked out a few years back and the

I got a late start on this months   Even though I dug out my orange scraps a couple of weeks ago. I still do not have a design or plan for this months baby quilt. So I thought I would just start sewing strips together and then either leave it as a whole piece or just as fabric and start cutting out pieces. So I'll  just keep sewing and maybe something will pop into my head. I believe this my first post on  soscrappy  so I thought I would show Jan. and Feb.  Feb. Jan.  You have a great Easter

I made some refried beans the other night and if you have had homemade you know how good they are and if you haven't you ought to give it a try. They are very easy to make. 1 cup dried pinto beans 3-4 Tbsp. bacon grease or lard (bacon grease does give it a great flavor) 1/4 chopped onions cumin to taste Start with cooking the beans until soft. Drain and set aside.  In a pan that's heavy enough to take the mashing of the beans, add the bacon grease and the onions and cook over a med heat until lightly brown.  Add the beans a little at a time with  a little water and mash. Can use a masher or the back of a spoon. The heat can be low or off while mashing. Add seasonings to desired taste. But when completely mash turn heat on to low and stir and simmer until thickened. I served mine with and egg dish called Migas, recipe in here Give it a try and if you do not want to cook beans from dried beans I don't know why you can't use canned.

Boy this week has gone by so quickly, hard to believe it's Weds. I just want to say that the calf we have been nursing back to health is back out with it's Mom. I so hope with the milking we have done that she has enough left and will continue for the calf. She has been away from her Mom for 3 days. Now for what I'm knitting on is a matter of choice seeing how my goal for last week was to go through my stash and make an inventory of what I have and than stored back organize. And in the process of doing that I found projects I started and forgot about so now I have many to do. Clockwise; Top left 1 slipper, a green shawl, baby blue preemie hat, Prayer Shawl, and 1 sock. Which one will I'll start first.... Don't know yet. Did finish the socks and love the pattern. It will be one of the first ones I do after I finish the UFO's. I want to take time to thank everyone who left a comment last week on helping me figure out how to organize