Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

  Again life has taken an odd turn and this year for so many of us it hasn’t been for the better. We all have had to change so much of our lives dealing with COVID-19. Many countries are doing fair, a lot better than here in the US.  And I understand everyone is so tired of this all but I’m afraid we have a way to go before it’s better. Like so many we haven’t seen our grandsons since February.  I know my lost and challenges are not as bad as others but is better  compared to some. Beside being home bound, we lost our pet after many years. Lost my step mother to cancer in the beginning of this year and was hoping to take dad out to travel some to help with his grief but that never happened.  And for some time I was having issues, health issues and was putting it off because of dealing with what my step mother needed. I then waited a few months after her death because of the virus before being comfortable going to the doctor. Well after some tests she found polyps in my uterus and neede

Finally I have another video made. This time I'm sharing some FO's, Wip's and future plans. I was able to get one of moms quilts finished. She was getting pretty weak and was hard to focus so I needed do some redoing on this top which took me a little time. Plus I just didn't have my heart into it. But I do need to get them done.  Have 2 left to do and would like to get them finished before Christmas so the girls could have them as gifts from her. Then I did get a top made for me that was originally for my daughter. Do have another one cut out but debating whether I want to finish it. There are other patterns I have cut out and ready to sew and would rather spend my time on them.  Here are links to the Granny Shawlette Helen Steward's Pebble Beach Shawl Crabapple Hill pattern for the Halloween Journey Plans for this month This one I would love to get to but the other two I will be working o

It's hump day I have so many WIP's right now there's not enough time in the day to work on them. I really need to get busy. Which I'm trying. Here is a WIP I started 3 years ago This is the first diamond I've worked on this year. I had a bag of the hexies with some fabric that I needed to be able to work more on this quilt. And for the life of me I could not find it anywhere, I thought I could of lost it last October when I took Mom and Dad to California. I keep all the stuff for this quilt in this small suitcase I found at a flea market and it wasn't in there.  But I found the bag this past weekend. It was in the truck we use sometime when go somewhere. You see the "Man of the place" thinks my Subaru is just to small, "made for hobbits" Well in the glove compartment was my bag of hexies.    Now it's back in the suitcase. This afternoon I worked on one of the granddaughters quilts my step-mother started. I'm hoping to get this one don

We are half way through 2020 and personally I hope the second half is better than the first but right now in the United States and here in Oklahoma it's not. I'm remaining to stay home, no eating out or any indoor crowds and wearing my mask every time I go out.  The good thing about spending more time home I have to say is I've gotten my creative mojo back this past month.  And also has given me time to think about how I can blog more and improve what I'm trying to share. So I'm going to be adding videos here on the blog that I will also post on my new YouTube channel. I want to be able to show more of what goes on here whether it's a project I'm working on, the garden, cooking or just daily life. Knowing that writing is not my best asset, maybe videos will help. It will be at the bottom, so if all works right just click on the video and it should play for you. My channel is called Rose Prairie Farm I dropped the quilts because I didn't want it to be con

Well its Midsummer and Sunday is the longest daylight of the year for us. That is also Fathers day here in the US. Plan to spend the day with my dad, we have been keeping our safe distances. I wish everyone would. Here in Oklahoma they are having a rise in Covid-19 cases, especially in Tulsa. I've been keeping at home only going out to go grocery shopping. Have to admit it was tough at first adjusting to all this and can say I've finally have. I've been doing mostly Knitting and crocheting with just a little sewing but now I my creative MoJo is back and I have so many projects running through my head and can't wait to get busy. But right now I'll just show what I have completed since the last time I posted in April. Oh and by the way the beginning of this  month marked the 9th year of this blog. Hard to believe but I have also have plans for my blog and will share that soon but for now it's but to show and tell  Here is the knitting FO.

It's nice to focus on slowing down and putting all the chaos out of mind for at least today. And I can say I was able to.  Today was a day of purposely being present and just loving the moment. So spend the morning working on sewing some more masks for family. My sister in California asked if I could make her a few and also my eldest daughter, along with my youngest daughter Tomorrow I'll finish them up and get them in the mail. Speaking of mail I've notice there is practically no junk mail..  That could be the one thing I would like to see continues longer. Then after lunch I enjoyed a nice nap, just love good a nap. Later on was spent crocheting on the scrappy granny strip blanket This is it's home while waiting to be worked on. Under the blanket are all the balls of scrap yarn. Which is baby yarn that has been given to me. This picture show how much progress I have done since that last time I posted here Doubled in si

Hey there everyone, I hope you all are doing okay with everything that is going on in the world. I understand from the news that pretty much all of us are in a lock down of one form or another. Don't know about you but it has been a challenge for me. I can be very happy being home bound, it's just that I was watching too much news and was freaking out a little. So I'm not watching all the time now and my anxiety is better.  Don't know if any of you are experiencing any thing like that too. Also for a while I couldn't seem to be focused, more than normal  But  I'm adjusting and relaxing a little and feel like writing about some of what I've been up to these past few weeks Well I started on new socks and this time I decided to do a plain vanilla pattern Did a twisted rib cuff in a contrasting color with a German short row garter stitched heel. First time for doing this style heel and I liked it. Says that it will wear longer So far I