More sewing...........

 These next pics are of the little tag along quilts. I have lots of ribbons and thought this would be a good way to use them.

 The back of it has fleece and more animals.

 The ribbons, fleece and different fabrics makes it tactile. 

 Then I moved on to 9x13 hot pads for cake pans.  I got the idea from a good friend and have made several of them to give away.

All for now..........................JMF

Another quilt...... among the animals!

 We have a couple of cats that hang around for scraps! No offense to anyone but I'm not a cat lover! If they hunt for mice and earn there keep they can stay:)

 I put some corn out back of the house and we get deer, squirrels and birds to watch too.

 I still have an over abundance of hen and chicks! 

 I made this quilt for a cousins new grandchild.

 It was so fun to make. I never know what to do with those big prints and don't what to cut them up, so this is what I came up with. Not the best picture:(

later.......JMF

Here I am again!

  Cow Town

 I've been trying to finish some very old projects! This one can be checked off the list!

 Still calving but it has slowed down.

 One more long ago project a picture calendar getting close to being done. Hopefully!! 

 Just felt like starting something and getting it done the same day! Plus used up some fabrics that have been around for a loooooooonnnnnnnnnnggggggg time!

 The back. A quick charity quilt.............JMF

I'm blogging again....I think?

It's been since Christmas that I have even looked at my blog! I was putting Mary, Joseph and one of the 3 wise men away! My good friend gave me this cute guys for Christmas a few years ago.

 Then in Jan we sold calves.

 I have been making book marks to use up some scraps.

 I'm sure I could make one for everyone in South Dakota and still have plenty of scraps.
I just have a hard time throwing fabric away.

 I've given them to schools and libraries and still have more to give away.

 This was Greg's winter project. His thinking was  if we had another wet spring it would come in handy for calving. So far we have had a pretty good spring.

 I've made a few of these small tactile tag along baby quilts.

This is the back it has fleece, cotton and ribbons for different textures........jmf 

Snowmen in the summer............

 I made three of these snowmen wall hangings this summer. I can't find a picture of the 3rd one and I know I took one!

 I gave them all away as gifts!

 They are cute when they are done is about all I can say!!

 Who wants to lift  a 100lb square bale maybe don't weigh that much but they aren't lite either................JMF

Better than I deserve!: Moving cows and calves to pasture......

Better than I deserve!: Moving cows and calves to pasture......:   Now it's time to move out to pastures, so they get some shots and away they go!  If only it was that easy!   It looks like the...

Moving cows and calves to pasture......

 Now it's time to move out to pastures, so they get some shots and away they go!

 If only it was that easy! 

 It looks like these 2 are having fun!!?? I just delivered their breakfast sandwiches.

 This is a new pattern I found on Pintrest. It's easy and uses lots of scraps.

 Lay your center piece on a muslin rectangle and then sew and flip.

 Trim the edges.

 We lost my husband's brother a year ago he was way to young. A gal made these Teddy bears out of his shirts.  Ours is on the mantel. It's been a year and it just seems like yesterday. Love you and miss you.

 I did get some birds to come and eat last summer.

jmf..................

Better than I deserve!: Everyone including the cows and calves were glad w...

Better than I deserve!: Everyone including the cows and calves were glad w...:  April is calving for us and what a job that was with rain snow and more rain! Late night checking to save calves, early mornings, and lon...

Everyone including the cows and calves were glad when April was over

 April is calving for us and what a job that was with rain snow and more rain! Late night checking to save calves, early mornings, and long days.
 We had wind breaks to protect what we could, and a small barn to put them in until they warmed up and nursed mom. It filled up fast tho! That's enough of those memories.

 Finally some nice weather and calving got better thank the Lord. The guys work so hard to make sure every cow and calf  is fed, watered and anything else they need.

 When it warms up they soak in the sun and nap between feedings.

 All the calves get a matching tag with it's mom number and the date born.

Last but certainly not least  is the quilt I made for Dustin. A good friend of Jared's since school and a veteran. I enjoyed making this quilt for him. I told him please use it and wear it out:) On the two sides I used all the little scraps cut from the star tips to make the little squares............JMF