Fall Quilts

Autumn Quilts






This is a blended quilt and one of my favorites. It is called a blended quilt because the fabrics diffuse into each other without much sharp distinction. The pattern is called Northwind. It is a twin size quilt. I don't make queen or king size bedding much anymore. I like the twin size folded at the foot of the bed to pull up on a chilly night.





This is a small quilt that I usually have in the living room during the autumn months. It's simply The Pumpkin Patch.

Wedding Quilt

This is the Wedding Celebration Quilt that I made for Josh & Amanda nearly 10 years ago. It is a Double Irish Chain. In the beginning they selected a favorite fabric and I coordinated it from there. The quilt has been very well used and is still in very good shape except that the binding had frayed. So I brought it home after my recent visit for repairs.

Apples .99 A Bag

Last year I had a Stoppe & Shoppe for my Longaberger customers. The homemade invites went out with a picture of a patchwork turkey and visitors received a jar of homemade apple butter for their Thanksgiving table.
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Making apple butter the old fashioned way was an adventure except that I did use a pot on my stove instead of a kettle over a camp fire. Still it takes 3 hours of standing over the stove and stirring constantly and usually a ruined pot. Since my pots and pans come from the flea market this isn't a big deal but in the interest of time a crock pot recipe sounded like genius.
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Finding apples on sale (.99 per 3 lb. bag) afforded me the opportunity to try my new crock pot recipe and it is a keeper.
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Crock Pot Apple Butter

Fill crock pot with thinly sliced Golden Delicious Apples and cook on high about 7 hours. Add 1 lg. cinnamon stick, 1 t. ground ginger, 1/2 t. ground cardamom, 1/2 t. ground nutmeg, 1/4 t. ground mace, small pinch of ground cloves, 2 T. brown sugar, 2 T fresh lemon juice.
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Continue cooking another 5 hours or so. If the butter is too thick you can add some apple cider, applesauce or even some water. When finished, transfer apple butter to a pot on the stove top and heat thru. Spoon into jelly jars that have been sterilized on the stove top as well.
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If refrigerated it will keep for up to 1 month ... in the freezer for 6 months. Ours is never around for that long.

Home Again

Happy to be home. Molly and the pups are happy too.





Silly Scout.

Not All Busyness

I take care of Asher while Mommy sleeps.



Lauren comes home from pre-school then James comes home from his school. Day two Amanda is feeling well enough to watch the kids and catch up on computer time while I help catch up with the housework and cooking.



James has cub scouts then gets silly with Grammie.





Josh shows Phillie pride for the big game. James splits his time between the computer and the game. Asher and Grammie go to bed at half time.

Are We There Yet?

The Bay Country Welcome Center is about half way to my destination.

Road Trip Rt. 50

Got a call from Josh that Amanda's doctor was this close to hospitalizing her. This is her second week of swine flu and now pneumonia. And he was wondering if I could come help out for a couple of days. So I packed up the car and headed into some beautiful Fall scenery on my way down Rt, 50 to Annapolis, MD.









There may be laws against cell phones while driving but none against digital cameras.