Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

The past two days have been full of sewing and preparing for future sewing. Yesterday at Pam's was the monthly Block Buster class. It's a free class where we make a block using one of Deb Tucker's tools. This month it was the V Block.. You see the deal is that the class is free and the block we make is donated to Quilts of Honor.. I think so far we have donated enough for 4 quilts.  The class has becomed so popular that Pam added 3 more class times and they have already filled.  To see some of the past blocks on their facebook page Here are some of the blocks we made yesterday. Last night I finished appliqueing this block.... Now I'll go on the the friendship blocks I shown the other day. Today I cut out more Retro Air-Ship Propeller blocks, enough for 16 blocks. Seeing how I'm doing 2 colorways I did the pink and turquoise 1930's. Next will be the other colorway. Now for the most exciting part

Update; I missed the deadline. Thought it was another hour. Oh well. I have been going back and forth on whether I want to say a list of projects that need to be completed and publicly commit to. I am so eager to make a list but as time goes on I get sidetracked somehow and never seem to finish my list. Maybe I'm just too hard on myself. I know that I would put way too much and it would be unrealistic to do.  But the clock is ticking and with just a few hours to go for the deadline I've given in. I do want to say in my defense is that I did do a couple from the last time, just didn't post about them.  Let's go to the list now. 1.  From the last years list it's putting the binding on these 2 quilts. They are trimmed and ready, just need to make attach the binding. 2.  Finish the top of Words to Live By . Needs the last border and I expect that's all that will get completed because I will be taking it to Pam at Sager Creek to do he

When you have a cold your day goes slowly, well mine has pretty much slowed to a halt today. Yesterday even though I knew I was coming down with a cold but I was feeling well enough to sew most of the day. It was too cold to go out and help with feeding the cattle and by the way we had 8 calves born this week. Pretty Red cows was not one of them thou. One of the heifers here had a calf today but I get a picture when I feel better. Update; I am reposting this at Elm Street Quilts to show my January finish. Thi quilt is at the quilter right now and wish I had it back to finish the binding. Finished the Vintage Christmas Quilt. This is my January OMG The pattern was well written and easy to follow. It shows when you have so many pieces to sew together and it measures out right when attaching a multi blocks to a solid piece. And I have to say partly to that I found my 1/4" and was pretty consistent. But instructions are great. 

  Well I caught "the man of the place" cold. Been fighting congestion and sneezing all day. But it didn't stop me from sewing.  I was able to get as you can see all of the truck blocks completed. Now tomorrow  I hope that I can finish the sashing and border and I'll be done. It is my OMG for January.  Around us to the west was the prediction of ice but we were fortunate enough to just get some drizzle..... Cold drizzle.  So this morning when I went out to let the chickens out of the coop they were so happy to be out even though the weather sucks. I've been letting them free range this past week. Well I thought I lost one because couple days ago I was counting and I only counted 18 and I should have 19. Well the next day the same thing when I put them to bed, there was 18. I guess I'm just losing my mind or something because tonight when I locked them up in the coop there were 19 and I counted them three times. I do not know where that other

Last night I did do a little appliqueing,   Have had this in my basket for years, it was a class sample and does not belong to any pattern. Figure no rush to getting it done so there it stayed for all this time. Was able to get the black pieces sewn down. Giving my hand a rest tonight, give it a try again tomorrow. Did work for a little on the Vintage Christmas. I was spending part of my day packing up the last tree and taking down decorations. Now it's official, Christmas 2016 is over. Not going to take down this quilt tho. This hangs in the livingroom and I think it looks good so it will stay up for a while more. Needed to get some staples and produce today. Plus I picked up what I needed to make my father-in-law chil i and a chocolate pudding pie (his favorite). With the  possibility of bad weather he shouldn't be getting out. He is 84, lives alone and still drives. But doesn't need to when it bad out. Spent 5

  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.