Maggies first dance

   I have been working on a quilt block of the month by Jacquelynne Steves.    I have posted the first three blocks that I have done so far here and hope that every one enjoys them.     I have several more blocks to go and still more quilts to make.  so I will still be busy for the next million years :)

Trying to stay ahead

                           The cover done for the long arm machine. Basic black and white!

       I have really been working hard on getting stuff caught up.  I finished another long outstanding project this week and am quite happy that it is done.  I also worked on several others and got them to a good point.  I am trying to catch up on some block of the month quilts and row quilts, but also have some great designs for others that I want to get started.

   I actually had two crosses that I need to do and finish.  This one is made from broken egg shells that were glittered aand sealed in resin, and then broken.  The other is old stamps that was decopagued onto the cross.   I really like making crosses and have made several different ones.

   I was talking to the chickens today and they actually held still long enough for me to get some good photos of two of them.  Lacy, the silver laced Wyndotte, and Sophie, one of my Buffs.  Henny Penny just would not hold still and just kept squacking at me to give her more seeds.

        Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
     See you next week. down on the farm.

Tropical Storm brings Lots of Rain

                         Produce from the garden.  Onions, peppers, Oregano, tomatillos, sunflower heads

            We have had nothing but rain this week,  and it does not look like it is ending any time soon.  
 Not that I am complaining, because I am getting a lot done in the studio in the way of quilting and other stuff.   I made a list of all the UFO ( unfinished objects) and am starting to work on those as well so that I don't have so much stuff just sitting around.

           I made this little table runner quilt out of left over material from the valentine quilt square swap from MJF.  I really love how it turned out.

 

                I also made some quilted covers for the sewing machines this week.   I still have to make one for the long arm machine but I will get that done tomarrow.   I want to get some other UFOs done this week as well.

 

        Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                              See you next week. down on the farm.

The Heat is getting to Me

                      This is Tiger, who adopted us on Christmas day.  He is not 2 lb anymore, getting to be a                     big boy, and very loving.

               The heat has got me down,  I am out of sorts and not really wanting to do anything.   But I need to keep going.  So tomorrow,  In the garden early and try and get some stuff done. ( weeding, and watering)  and then into the shop to work on some quilts and some carving on some eggs.   I started this egg but I am not really happy with it so I will probably be doing it over. 

    I have also been doing some bead work,  I am quite happy with these

       Hopefully next week will be better for the heat and me getting stuff done   


                             Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                              See you next week. down on the farm.

Rain , rain and more rain

                          A critter from the garden.

            I have been busy putting up peppers and making more tomatillo sauce.  Want to do some chicken enchiladas  this weekend and plan on using some of the sauce.   The tomatoes are not being very cooperative, and I am not quite sure why.   I planted a few more that are supposed to do well in the heat,  but they don't look too good.

          I worked on a quilt this week and got it done.  I think that some people would get a great kick out  of it.  I know that I do .

It is a bit hard to see but they are all old fashioned camping trailers.   It was certainly lots of fun to put together.  I have not done a lot of applique and this was all applique.  I figured that I now know how to do that.  I have a few other quilts that I need to do with applique,  one that I have been holding on to for many years.  Guess I have no excuse not to get it done.

         My Easter lilies are blooming now.  I think that they are a bit confused.  but it is quite a sight to be walking back in the woods and all of a sudden you see thousands of Easter lilies.   Mom had some in a garden many years ago, and these are all the offspring so to speak,  because  she forgot to gather the seeds.  So they blew every where and now just come up where ever they want.

                               Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                              See you next week. down on the farm.

Peppers, Peppers everywhere

    The peppers are growing like crazy and I am going to have to put some up tomorrow before I lose them.  I have this variety which I don't know what it is and I have some Padron peppers also that are growing quite well.  I want to use them in canning,  but I have so many coming off the vine right now.

   I have been quilting and getting caught up on lots of small projects in the studio as well.  I had a beautiful Santa that the raccoons had tore up and I have been working of getting him back together.  I think he is finally finished and here is what he looks like.

  He looks a bit washed out but  I think he looks good.  Now I need to work on the old fashioned doll and hopefully get her done this week.

       Lacy and the rest of the flock enjoyed some good scratch today.  I managed to get a good photo of Lacy and the rest, but one single one of Lacy I liked the best.

   Here is a great photo of one of my sunflowers that has gone to seed. 

                               Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                              See you next week. down on the farm.

Having been away

  

      at the egg show and then having to go to Indiana to get the house up there in order,  which is really a laugh  I am back and working on getting things caught up at the farm.  I have spent three days just getting the weeding done in the garden,  but on a bright note for that ,  there were enough tomatoes for me to can three quarts of Tomato Sauce and three pints of tomatillos  for Salsa verde. The Padron peppers are growing like crazy and so are the others,  but for the life of me I can not recall their name.  But they are spicy. 

   The reason that I find the house in Indiana to be funny,  is that I walked in on new residents . Raccoons.  They had taken over as evident in the above photo of the basement.  They had totally trashed the house ( basement and first floor) and I was not amused.  I am still trying to get the house back in order and get the rest of the stuff home.  so probably going back next month to move the second floor home.  Hopefully by then the new house out at the farm will be started and I finally can get my life in order.

     Beautiful blooming lily outside the studio door.  Saw a 6 foot corn snake yesterday right outside the door,  I said Hello  and just closed the door again.   Trying to work on some quilts, but my sewing machine has taken leave of its senses and I have sent it to the shop.  I will still get some work done.  Too many beautiful pieces of fabric have come my way.   


                               Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                              See you next week. down on the farm.