Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I should add to this slow Sunday, being slow to blog. I have thought off and on for the past couple weeks,  how I needed to write a post to blog. But that's as far as I would get, just thinking about it. It's not that I don't have a subject or an event or a project I would love to share, it just that time would get away from me. So for my slow Sunday I have been prepping my blocks for "Words to Live By".  This a Primitive Gathering BOM These are the two I have finished . But that's not all, I have been doing today. We had a killing freeze Friday night so I had to pick all that was left on my bell peppers and tomato plants.   So I've been busy getting the bell peppers cleaned and prepped to freeze or dehydrate.  Then there's those pumpkins we have that we use to decorate that were not cut to make jack-o'-lanterns. I'm roasting those in the oven and putting them in the fre

What's up on my design wall after taking down my quarter log cabin blocks ( more here about it )  Is now a panel Charlie Brown the Great Pumpkin that I had bought to make the "little dudes" a Halloween quilt.  There are 2 panels of course, just going to show one.   I have some other fabric up there to coordinate with it, but I think I need some more.  Now who don't need more fabric. I think while I'm at the Springfield Missouri Quilt  Show I'll look for some coordinating fabrics or maybe some additional Halloween prints.  Now for how to construct it?  I have a couple pattern that I could choose from or maybe design mine own.  Haven't decided yet on that.  Then I had bought last year before last Halloween, a countdown calendar for the "little dudes".  Have everything for that, bought it at the kit and so now all I need  to do is get it sewn together. Do you see a theme going on, it's all abo

I had a very pleasant Sunday. It started with a hike on some property we have that "The man of the place" goes deer hunting each fall.  He went up there to check the roads, the deer stands and just to see what kind of activity has been going on around there. My task basically was just to enjoy a pleasant day in the woods. At one spot near where "the man of the place" has his stand, there a spot where the deer have dug it out so water would collect and created a little pond for them to drink from.  Pretty clever animals.  I had a good hike, enjoy the scenery, with the peace and quiet of nature. When I came back to the house I worked on my rainbow colored scrap quilt blocks. I have this month color done for my quarter log cabin.  Now I am all caught up for that one. I have the pieces cut out for my railroad crossing blocks  but I didn't have a chance to do them today. Earlier this

Well that is a big question, what's up Seeing how I haven't posted since before the retreat I went to. So I will show what I did at the retreat and what I have been doing these past few days, which is this Log Cabin Christmas Tree  wall hanging I have the blocks completed and now it just a matter of getting them sewn together. I'll get to that tomorrow. While at the retreat I made this baby quilt top with the disappearing 4-patch block. I had a charm pack and used some "snow" fabric Kaufman snow is one of my favorite whites to use. It's white but not a stark, bright white, goes well with a majority of the fabric I've collected. I started late making my blocks for RCS14 First I wasn't sure what pattern I wanted to make and then with all that was going on the first part of the year, I didn't start until July. One quilt is using a quarter log cabin in solid colors. I made these at the retreat, have the other half t

What's up, I am going to a retreat for the first time in years this weekend. I am so excited I can burst.  So I've been getting ready things to work on while I'm there the four days. I'm working on my nested churn dash block . I have all my RSC14 blocks ready, January through July. I got a late start on things. This block or quilt is called railroad crossing, which has a lot of flying geese in it. And I love making flying geese with my Wing Clipper trimmer by Deb Tucker. Then I'm starting a rainbow quarter log cabin block that I will be set on point. I saw  it's somewhere on the Internet and I just couldn't get it out of my mind. I wish I could remember where I saw it but all I can do now is go by my memory. I'm taking some charm packs also to make a disappearing 4-patch quilt, if with high ambitions, I get these other blocks made. But I can only sit at a machine and sew for so long without having to get up and move. So I&#

If you grow a vegetable garden now you probably know it's that time, even though it's July and hot, it's time for getting your fall garden started.    I have been getting my beds ready for planting and making sure I have the seeds I need for a fall garden.  Here in Oklahoma where I live the average late frost date is  the first week in Nov. But if you do not know yours this an easy way to find out, just go here   You want to look at the fall temp 32 on the left and then follow it to you are in the 50% and that is your average date. Once you know that, then you figure out when to plant your seeds. Most of the veggies you'll plant can be planted directly in the garden but you'll need to provide additional irrigation. I use soaker hoses and light mulch. And in some classes, depending on how intense the heat is, I'll use shade cloth a few days before planting to cool the soil some and/or to keep the young plants from burning. Some veggies

It's been a couple weeks since I have posted anything knitting or crocheting related. So I have a few things I want to share that I have completed the past couple weeks. First is the crocheted market bag. I finish that up shortly after I had posted about it a couple weeks ago and just haven't got around to putting it on. It's a simple pattern that's fast and very practical. I ran out of variegated yarn I started with, so ended up adding some from my stash. It wasn't a variegated like I started with but I think it worked out pretty well. You can get the pattern here where I had posted it earlier. Then I made a pot  scrubber because  I have been using this one for so long as you can tell it's falling apart. And I really needed a new one.  So again I'll give you the instructions on how to make this pot scrubber.  They're perfect for using on pots and pans that you do not want to scratch in anyway but clean very thoroughly. Her