Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

 I was able to work all afternoon working on a set of the Farmer's Wife 1930's. Had two that were paper pieced and being that it's not my favorite way it takes me a while and had two that were pieced. I was able to get those two pieced ones done in the same time it takes me to do one paper pieced. Funny how that works.

Boy what a difference a day makes. This past week morning temperatures in the 60s daytime 70. When going out this morning and it's like barely 40, sunny and hardly any wind. So nice for a walk. I have to say the only thing up on my design wall this morning is maybe the back to the "Disappearing Hourglass 2" top. Haven't decided if I want to take the time to piece it together or just save them for scrap. I'm all for just saving them for scrap I'm not one that really likes to piece backs together. I've done it, but I have so much fabric that I can just go ahead and just take what I have to use it for backing. Other than that what I did this weekend with mainly just prep work on some projects I have started already.  I put the printed Transfer Eeze of the cross stitch border for the Scandinavian Christmas on the last block of this wall hanging. I find it so much easier instead of tracing to just go ahead and print on Trans

I am able to say that I have something to show I have the tops of the Metro Twist and the  Disappearing Hourglass 2. The Metro Twist was made from 8 fat quarters and  background fabric. Using the Quick Curve Ruler made putting the units together a piece of cake. Measuring 56 x 42 The Disappearing Hourglass 2 is make from scraps that I had from quilts I made for the boys. When together pretty smoothly, it just has a lot of bias sides that you need to be very careful piecing and pressing. It measures 35 x 35 Another baby quilt to be a give away. Then I finished a child's scarf from some stashed yarn. I have a lot of yarn that has been given to me  Linking up to  /crazy mom quilts quilting readers garden a quilted passion confessions of a fabric addict

OK that doesn't sounds quite like that, it's the blue Metro Twist. I finished getting the units sewn and have half of them trimmed. Was able to get the half that was trimmed sewn together. I so wanted to get more done this evening but I was interrupted while locking up the chickens. It was already past sunset by the time I got out to the hen house, I didn't want to stop working on trimming. Anyway I went out there and notice that most of the girls were on the roost and not in the nesting boxes but it is unusually warm, like a spring day. There were 5 on roost I thought, so I looked in the boxes to start counting the others. Figured I check for eggs while I was looking. First one I put my hand in I got a gravel sound, disturb one. Went on to the other boxes and found two more eggs. The girls are starting to lay a decent amount now. Then it dawn on me that I only counted one box occuppied. Well sometimes they will double up in the box. Looked in

I have still up and working on is Sew Kind of Wonderful's Metro Twist. Plus something else. All I've been up to this morning is non-thinking job of straightening up in the sewing room. That is because I didn't sleep very well last night, due to my stomach acting up. I ate a combination of foods I wasn't eating during the Whole 30 and because I did not introduce it as single choice but together. I had a grill cheese sandwich with later a little chocolate candy. So needless to say I didn't do what I said I would and now I don't know if it's the cheese or the bread or it could be the chocolate.  Anyway I've been in so motion all morning. While straightening up I came across a couple of orphan blocks or unfinished project. I saw one of Jenny Doan video called  Disappearing Hourglass 2  a while back Very easy pattern and plan to finish, just not sure I'll get to it today seeing how I'm working on the Metro Twist. But kno

Hope you had a good day. I did, I got  FaceTime with the "little dudes" this afternoon. So nice to spend time with them. I put another quilt in my hoop today.  It is a quilt I started probably 15 years ago. It is another scrap quilt with scraps from my clothing sewing days. A lot of memories in this one.  A majority of it quilted already. The pattern is Rocky Road and I did foundation piecing, using my favorite color BLUE I'm using blue quilting thread and at the time I started this it wasn't popular to use Pearl Cotton thread to quilt with as it is now. I do wish I had cause I believe it would be easier than what I'm doing now.  I wanted a larger stitch than I usually do and again that has been something I think I wouldn't do again. It looks fine but to change what I normally do is a challenge. It's like learning all over again. I have to pay attention, if not I fall back into what I'm comfortable do

I have been working on last year RSC and I can say as of now I have 2 completed from last years group and this month's done too. Still working on last months. I have not worked on it very much but it on the top of my list now.  My curvy log cabin turned out nice. As you can tell I don't have all the colors in this one only 5 months but I also have to confess I never made all of them either.  So that worked out good. Don't think I'll add any border, like the way it is. It measures 80 x 65' nice twin size.  It will be perfect for a kid.  The nine patch I finished earlier this week and plans are to practice machine quilting on it and all the baby quilts I make this year. My goal is to get 100 hours in. I better get busy cause I haven't put in any yet.  I also finished this month. Same plans on finishing it.  I'll give them to the guild to be donated.  Linking up at   so s