Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I have given it great thought and this is what I came up with  First of all, finishing the Christmas String quilt is top on the list and heck, it's almost done. Next is I would love to be able to finish quilting on my Daughter's quilt, bind and give it to her.  Now that one might be a little ambitious but I think it could be possible. So on the list it go.  Then there is some embroidery that is needed on the tree wallhanging And 4th and last work on the Pea Ridge Lily blocks I prepared.

How did I do?  Well I guess it depends on what I'm considering, the garden, weightloss and health, quilt projects, etc. My garden has had such a setback in planting and such with this unusual spring we are having here. Normally the last frost date is around the 10th of April but here we have had a couple of nights that were frosted and they are predicting the possibility of another freeze Friday morning. Needless to say I have hesitated from planting the tomatoes and other warm loving veggies.  My heel is finally starting to get better but only because I have been limiting myself from being on my feet which means I haven't been back to my daily walks. So  I pretty much stay the same last month. Now for my Get-R-Done's for last month. 1. 30's Row Quilt - done    2. Christmas String Quilt -    have all the pieces made and I'm now assembling them - almost done   3. My daughter's Quilt -  top done, basted and I'm now quilting by hand.

I had seen a couple of old quilts that I just went goo-goo over. Of course they were Blue and White. Faded and mostly stripes and plaids. I had been looking for fabric to meet those specs and it's not easy to find. There is a line called Farmhouse Blues that is gorgeous. But I have a couple of quilts in mind and I realize that with the price of fabric and not really finding what I have in mind, I have to come up with another plan. Then I thought shirts. I have been visiting Bonnie Hunter's blog for awhile now and she is always speaking of using shirts, so I thought why not.  I started looking in Thrift Stores when I came across one and had time to look. Until yesterday I had found only 15 I liked  Then while in Tulsa I thought I would find a new Thrift Store. I scored, found 10 new shirts for 28 dollars. That's 2.80 a shirt. And one shirt can give around a yard (give or take) of usable fabric. I had seen the video that Bonnie has on her blog on h

The second Get-R-Dones that I had my list for this month is finished. I made the border a little wider because I plan on it making it scalloped. I thought the row of houses turned out so cute.  So now I'm on to #3 on my list. I had made this  quilt top  awhile back and have the steps and pattern  here   on  the tutorial page up at the top.  So what I'm working on is making it larger.

Barbara Brackman has a New Blog. She started it 3 weeks ago. I can't believe its been that long since I last read her blog.  What have I been doing ? http://historicallymodernquilts.blogspot.com/ I am so excited over this new blog and just had to share with one's who don't know like me. One of the posts she wrote about was just up my alley, Prairie School design resembling Frank Lloyd Wright's work. Oh my did my heart start beating fast. That is one thing you do not see much in quilting is patterns that is designs influence by the Arts and Crafts movement of over a decade ago. If you look hard enough you can find some but to have Barbara bring it to the forefront just gets me excited. But one thing that didn't click in my mind until now is why I find myself drawn to some of the modern quilts, (I consider myself a traditionalist) but maybe I drawn to them  because of  the simplicity that resembles the Craftsman style. Even though she will have a

What I am knitting on now is one of those projects that I found when organizing my yarn .  I found this sock that was almost completed. It was Lydia's Sock pattern that was in the book A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber.  So I'll finish this one and then make it's mate. I'm using a size 2 needle and being so small, it always seem to me to take so much longer to finish. I did finish the baby hat I was working on last week plus another one too. Using up just a very minuscule amount of my stash. I had been able to listen to a book this past week that I did not write about last week. It was  Her Fearful Symmetry by  Audrey Niffenegger and Narrated by Bianca Amato. I had enjoyed this book and the narrator was very good, sometimes that makes a book even better. It was a different type of subject matter than I normally read but it was not too much that would make me not to continue with. I am not one that usually reads about the supe

I have been meaning to post about the Featherweight group at the Quilt Shop I'm at the most, Sager Creek in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Not sure but some time before the end of last year they offered their shop to a group of ladies who own or will own a Featherweight to get together and sew. Today we had 6 show up. They support each other in sharing knowledge  techniques, new ideas and projects.  One new idea was from Simone who bought this case at Walmart in the tool section. It's a case for tools but it's a great bag for your featherweight Stanley Fat Max Perfect for her new machine and space for accessories  We try to have a group project and/or something of our own to work on.  Today Liz showed us how to make these little needle pillows for our Featherweight. It is always a good idea to have your needle and presser foot down when not in use or transporting. So these little pillow just help secure the needle.  Very easy to make and it