Pie

So, with our little boy's recovery, I seem to be lacking energy even more than usual.

Yesterday was national pie day, so to celebrate, I made a crust-less dutch apple pie. In other words, I made apple crisp. It was very yummy!

I used the apple pie filling my mom canned this fall. She used Ida Rose apples and they were still nice and crisp when I opened the jar.

I'm hoping to be able to can my own apple pie filling this fall. Our son will be a little older, so maybe he can be a helper! Or, maybe I can give him his own apple and that will entertain him long enough to do some canning!

Baby Food and Quilts

Diagonal pattern.


Diamond pattern.

As promised, here are some pictures of the quilt I am working on for my mother-in-law. As of today, I have sewn three rows of blocks together. One-third of the way done with that part of the quilt. Then I get to sew the rows together and it really starts to feel like a quilt.

I took some leftover blocks from a different quilt and am sewing up a small quilt to practice my hand quilting. I'll probably end up selling the small quilt, but we'll see what happens.

I also made some sweet potatoes for our little one today. I decided to thin it a little with apple prune juice. He didn't like it. He ate about half of what I dished up for him and then became very interested in his Cheerios and water. I think I'm going to thin the rest of it with some water or formula. Hopefully he'll like it better that way.

Workin' On It

I'm very proud of myself. I have gotten all of the squares cut for my mother-in-law's quilt. I now need to put them into a pattern that she likes. Of course that means some picture taking!

Once I get the pattern of the squares, I can begin sewing rows together. I think the quilting process goes fairly fast after that. I think the cutting takes forever. It's not something that's easy to do while trying to watch a little one.

I have been hand quilting with the church's quilting group. I have learned a lot, not just about hand quilting itself, but about how different people make their quilts and decide their patterns. It's given me some ideas about what I would like to attempt.

Baby Food

Since I have been making our own baby food, I've been impressed in what my child will eat. Not to mention the texture is not as nice as store bought. I have found making baby food is fun and a great way to save some money. (I use food that I would buy for ourselves anyway.) I will not make my own meat baby food. I just don't think the consistency that I would make would be smooth enough for our little boy to handle. Here are some pictures of the peas and applesauce I made.