Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

  Today was an interesting day. I would imagine I have to say that more about the news, then my personal day. I have had the TV on and it kept me entertained most of the day.  I kept myself busy with cutting out the pieces I needed for the Vintage Christmas quilt  I am now ready to assemble the trucks so it will finish the blocks. This is my OMG so hopefully if all goes right I will have that one completed by the end of the month. The top at least.  Then I made some sauerkraut today I had two heads of cabbage I bought a couple weeks ago and have been meaning to make. Finally got around to it. Looks like it'll make a good amount,   a gallon as you can see..   I was doing a little organizing in the sewing room and my basket of handwork which I have not touched in a while also needed some organizing.  So I went through all the bags made sure everything was needed in them and then just put them back in the basket till I can get around to it.  Hope

Tonight is our monthly 30's Club at Sager Creek and we have a very good turn out. Must be because of the spring like weather we are having.  There was 16 of us. So today I spent the day working on next months blocks. That leaves only one month left to do and boy will I be ready for this to be completed.  Tonight I went home with all the completed blocks that I had made for the class. Even though I had made them, they stayed here at the shop.  I have a setting I want to use that isn't the one that's in the book  Like this one here's Now I need to decide what I want to use for the color squares. I figure it will be another solid but needs to be 30's related colors. My goal is to have this assembly by the April meeting. By then everyone have all the kits and maybe they'll  them done.  I'm hoping that this will give them ideas to consider. Would like to show now the stuff others brought in for show and tell.

More like what has been up the past few days Saturday  morning was so cold and "the man of the place" needed help with putting out hay for the cows. I don't get to do every weekend because my father-in-law usually help but not when it's so cold. Frost on the grass. We bundled up and off we went. I take pictures a lot of the time with my phone and can again now. Had the battery replaced after months of not being able to take more than one or two and then the battery would be drained. Didn't realize for awhile this was going on that it was all the battery faults. I should've know but when it finally would not take a charge it was  duh  moment.  Here are some of the pictures from feeding This girl can not resist playing in the newly made pile of hay. After the ring is removed they just have to root around and get playful. Beside driving the old truck with the bales on it, my

 It was another bitter cold day. The temperature did not get above 19°. I did venture out today though, I needed to go to Sager Creek Quilt shop and drop off the 30s blocks.  I haven't been there in a while so I visited for a few and then came back home. Someone has to keep the fire going.   Wasn't able to get any sewing done but I did prep the next month 30's blocks to start on. I also last night traced what I needed to start my sisters quilt. There are 20  blocks that have appliquéd flowers on them.  I won't be able to hand appliqué due to the carpal tunnel so I'll need to do them on the machine this time.   It will still look very nice when done. I will use 30s reproduction fabric for the flowers and the half square triangles. And the background will be done in Kona snow. This morning when I went out to the henhouse to open up their small door so they can go outside and get water and stretch their legs, one of the old hens did not make it

 Let me tell you what a difference a few days make here in Oklahoma.  They predicted it would get cold and today it hasn't gotten above 23° today. Yesterday I had my haircut and after I had gotten home I started unloading the truck we had that was filled with wood that "the man of the place" had splittin up.  I got pretty much all of it unloaded except for what I could not reach in the middle. Good exercise if you ask me and heaven knows we're going to need it with these cold temperatures were having. Perfect weather for soup and that is what I've been eating for lunch most days for a while. I make a big pot so it last most of the week and so easy to prepare at mid-day. Usually I'm so busy in the morning by noon I'm tired and really don't feel like cooking. The one I made this week is  Crockpot Sweet Potato Soup 4 sweet potatoes  1 onion 4 cloves garlic  28 oz coconut milk (dairy bothers me) 2 cups veggie or chicken brot

http://thesimplewoman.blogspot.com/ I have over the past seen others who had written this Simple Woman's Daybook and enjoyed reading what they had wrote. I liked the concept and what can come from it. So I've decided that this year with the blog I'm going back to what I started with. Writings of more than just quilting. Don't get me wrong, I will continue to share my quilting but I will include more about the farm, other interests, ideas and experiences. One will be the introduction of my monthly Simple Woman's Daybook. So here goes For Today Looking out my window I see a small herd of deer eating corn that we put out there for them. I am thinking about starting my sister's quilt. Would like to give it to her for her birthday this year. I am thankful for so many things but if I had to favor one right now it is a warm fire to heat the house on a bitter cold day. One of my favorite things is to go for a walk on a cold day. I find it ve

Over at  good cheap eats  she has a challenge every January on eating from our pantry. As she puts it is a way after all the overspending we did last month, it's time to save some from spending on groceries. If you go to her blog you'll get more info on how she goes about it with some good tips. I had forgotten about it until I saw her post for today and I have been doing this for 4 years now.  past post Well even tho it's the 2nd day, it's not too late and in a way without trying I have already been doing it seeing how I have been eating what we have on hand. Took a pork roast out for New Years day dinner with sides I already had. I had gone to the store last week so I'm good for a while with milk, eggs and fresh produce. My challenge for is too see how long I can without needing milk, eggs or produce. Go check it out Jessica's blog and her many recipes. Kat =^..^=