A Bevy of Bags

It’s treat bag time.

And I’ve been sewing.

Lots of treat bags.

These are a pattern from Sweetwater.

And these are from Quilts and more.

So what’s going in all these bags? 

Why pear butter, of course.

  

Another use for those stinkin’ pears

In my desperation to use up more of those pears, I modified a carrot cake recipe and came up with this yummy breakfasty-type cake.  

 

Pear Cake

3 cups chopped, peeled pears (about 10 pears in my case)

2 cups sugar

2/3 cup veggie oil

3 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 14 cup all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 cup walnut pieces

NOTE:  Since I had it out anyway and since it was already dirty from chopping/shredding pears, I used my food processor to mix my batter.

Combine the sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla and pears.  Mix until the sugar dissolves (30ish seconds).  Add the flour, soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg and stir until blended.  Stir in nuts.  Pour the batter into a 9 x 13 x 2 baking pan and bake at 250degrees for 40 to 50 minutes.

‘Da Pears

It’s that time of year again. 

Pear Picking Time

 

But, I’m done…

Almost…

 

(18 qts canned pears, about 1 1/2 gallons pear butter and currently 3 pints of dried pears.)

 

Sunday Afternoon Scrapbusting

Do you have any great treasures hidden in your stash? 

Not sure? 

I wouldn’t know either. 

Mom found a few gems when we moved her sewing room. 

During the move, I did some shopping helped her clear out her stash. 

This past Sunday, I helped myself to more fabric her whip up a few kits, patterns and charm packs.

This pattern is “Crazy Jack” by Pieces from my Heart.  Mom used a “Pumpkins Gone Wild” charm back and her’s will have a Jack-o-lantern face.  Mine uses a “Gobble, Gobble” charm pack and won’t have the face. 

 

 

These almost-finished snowmen are from another Pieces from my Heart pattern.  (Mom—what was the name of the pattern and the fabric you used?)  Mine used a “Holly Jolly” charm pack.

Both patterns were ordered from Fat Quarter Shop and are older patterns, so I don’t see them listed any longer.

Our backyard camping adventure

We decided to camp out this weekend.  But, with Mommy and Daddy too tired to move, we decided to stay close to home.  Really close. 

Just like any good camping trip,

we swam

we roasted hotdogs

we made s’mores (did you know Graham Crackers can catch fire on the grill?)

and we slept in the tent.

Well, until midnight anyway.

 

Quiet Moments

We've been so busy running between school and swimming and church and piano and sewing classes...

Moments like this are such a treasure.

Measuring and Fitting

Learning to make a better fitting garment?  Check out these websites for lots of great information:

Pattern Review’s Fitting-Skirts Knowledge Base

Simplicity

McCalls

Meet my fall purse

Like?

I do.

This is Lila Tueller’s Bohemian Bag.

The fabrics are all from Anna Marie Horner’s Garden Party line.

This was a 2-day project, mainly because you have to wash it half-way through to fray the edges.

The bag is big for me. About 15 inches long. It could also use a stiffer lining.

But I like it.

A lot.

My PR review is here.