Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

Spring is diffidently in the air (pollen) My Christmas cactus has becomed an Easter cactus.    So very delicate and beautiful.    Not only are the cactus blooming but the Redbuds and Dogwoods are also in full bloom right now. I hope to this weekend be able to take a walk around our property to see some of the places where we have a lot of dogwoods growing. The weather is supposed to be very favorable for that and should be a spectacular show of flowers. If I do I'll post pictures.  This past week I have been able to finish the washcloths that I had started weaving a few of weeks ago  After they had came off the loom I needed to sew the ends of each washcloth to make sure it didn't ravel when the cardboard separator was removed.  Next was to trim the raw edges of yarn once the cardboard was removed. Here is a close up of what one side finished looks like. I turned over the edge and stitched it down and the other side i

Boy am I ready to slow down some. Started this yesterday Sunday I went to Costco for the first time on a Sunday, usually it's during the week while "the man of the place" is at work. Seeing how thou this past month has been even busier with my parents than it has. Besides all the doctor appointments, 1 -2 a week this month; my dad had one of his knees replaced the first of the month. He is recovering very well, thank goodness. That is mainly due to all the help my sister has been giving him. I have been going over there almost everyday to help my sister besides driving mom. My brother and sister in law were here for a few days also. Now you know why I'm wanting to slow down. Need to say this is no stitching going on right now but do want to share something that is just enjoyable while watching TV. Really haven't been sewing as much as I would like but have been weaving on the new loom I received for Christmas. It's a 32 inch Ashford.

What's up on my design wall today  I have actually a variety of projects that I am currently working on.   I have My Tree wall hanging up, deciding what is needed to finish next.  I'm working on the embroidery part, details on the birds and the flowers right now.  After I'm done with that then next will be the quilting. This will be hand quilted which I am looking forward to because right now I do not have anything in my hoop that I'm working on.  The other items on the wall is a crocheted Afghan that I started earlier this month. I must have a thing for doing crochet projects that you have to attach to another part to completed the pattern. This one will be circles, which will be attached to each other and then a small triangular piece will be then attached to fill in the space.  Have 6 of which I need 18 blocks completed. It will be all blue and white. Seeing how I had a basket full of blue scrap yarn to work with. This is one of

I have been wanting to write a post for the past couple weeks and just haven't got around to it till now. These past few weeks have been a little challenging for me. My mom have had many doctor appointments and one of them was to see the Oncologist to go over her CT scan. They found spots, small ones, on her lungs. And she'll have another scan in March to see if they were just due to an illness she had couple months ago or if the cancer has come back. Fingers crossed with many prayers.  That kind of preoccupied my time but I was able to get a few things done and wanted to share what I had finish.  I did finish the binding on the snowman quilt.  Also finished The Boho Ornament Afghan  I really liked how it turned out But I can say this will be the only one I will make. It wasn't bad it was just hard to attach all the oblong blocks together,  very awkward to do and became time consuming .  But like I said I really like how it tur

Up on the wall today I have still the boho ornament afghan with just the 2 rows completed that I shown last night. That's because I haven't worked on it today I plan on it while watching TV tonight. Maybe I can get at least a couple more rows done.  That's my hope.   I was able to do some sewing.  I did a few more blocks of the blue scrappy.  Speaking of scrappy, which I'm also little late, but did get made was my first RSC 19 block.  This month color is red and I'm working from a box of scraps. Pure scrappy!  This is the first one I've come up with I'll show more of the pattern and share my thoughts later on . Saturday I had started some seed for sprouts and this is how much they sprouted in 2 days. Now the sandwich blend was packed in 2015 so we'll see how much germination happens. doesn't look that much right now.  Sandwich Blend Mung Beans Also Saturday our temperatures got

I had full intention to write this earlier but I took a nap and it just threw my day out of wack. Being that it is late, late enough to see the Super Blood Wolf  Moon, I'll make this short. What I worked on was assembling the blocks to the Boho Ornament Afghan   I'm finding it a little challenging trying to keep them straight and not twisted. Made it through 2 rows so far.. Have a couple of other things to share First is an announcement about the Gathering Place in Tulsa making the top  New Attraction in the US.  It is some park and to think it's free. Took the grandsons there when they where here a couple weeks ago. My DIL took lots of pictures and posted them on her Instagram account. Well the Gathering Place saw them and decided to use one of her photos to post with their announcement. SEE   And that is my Grandson Blake. Very nice photo. The other is we have are first new calf. A pretty little gir