Knotty Oak Homestead

I'm going to be trying to revamp the ol' blog here. I'd like to focus on more homeschooling stuff mixed in with homesteading, re...

Today I was dyeing my daughter's white comfort blanket a nice shade of blue. I sewed a bunch of her baby burp rags together into a large...

Merry Christmas! We just got our first snow last night - just in time for a beautiful White Christmas! We're in the late morning Chris...

With the autumny feeling in the air what with the cooler temperatures, drippy clouds, and falling leaves blowing everywhere - already! - I a...

So, for some reason my wandering mind has zeroed in on Christmas. I'm thinking about Christmas already! Maybe it's my subconscio...

Baaaaa baaaaaa! It's that time of year again!!! I am really excited to be volunteering again at the crazy t-shirt booth for th...

A few nights ago I stitched the last stitch on my French Window Pane quilt. Isn't it beautiful?? ......Except for the fact that it...

  Oh yeah! This is way better without the green squares, don't you think? I absolutely love  it and I am so glad I ripped out those...

Bye bye, green fabric! (Thanks, Casey, for the push towards what I was already thinking of doing!) Yes, I just couldn't take those g...

Today I finished the window pane quilt top. Hooray! I am a little miffed about those stupid green squares, but I didn't really have a...

Peacock Blue! I love this fabric. It reminds me of looking into deep space and seeing a beautiful galaxy. It's even got gold flecks...

Hooray!! You'll be nice and ignore the non-matching corners, right? I used a rotary cutter and ruler and everything. Don't even ask ...

Here's a sneak peek at my next project: My husband saw me downstairs cutting fabric and he said, "I thought you were going to take ...

I finally finished my log cabin quilt (I designed myself!) that I started 9 years ago in 2002! It was one of my New Year's Resolutions, ...

I couldn't take the hideous curtains in our living room anymore. They were there when we moved in and made the whole front room dark si...

You know, I think this is my first real tutorial! I got one request for it (Thanks, Holly!), and one is enough for me, so here we go! The fi...