Baby Quilts

We returned home from Utah on Thursday evening.  After dinner and putting the kids to bed, I went right to work on finishing the baby quilts.  I am happy with how they turned out. The baby shower was on Friday night at 7:00, and I finished them at about 5:45.  I had a lot o fun making them.  My friend is having twin boys, and they will be babies 7 and 8 for the family.  I was able to have the oldest five come over one afternoon to secretly  each make a quilt block for the quilts.  I thought it would be special to have all the siblings have a part in it.  I took pictures of each of them with their quilt block to give to their mom. ( I won't be posting them)  

I forgot to take pictures of the backs to show how I chose to quilt them.  I'll go to their house to take some, and post them later. 

I chose the Log Cabin block because it is fast and simple, but looks nice.

The quilt backings are both a nice warn and thick flannel.

Girls Day Camp 2011 Living As a Pioneer

Day Three

Today we ended Girls Day Camp with baking bread and swimming.  My good friend was kind enough to let us have camp at her house, and she also taught the bread class.  Each girl was able to make a delicious loaf of whole wheat bread to take home.  While the dough was rising, the girls had a great time swimming.  I am so happy to have been able to serve and teach these girls and have this camp.  Also, thank you to everyone who helped me with my kids and with the camp activities.

grinding flour and mixing dough

freshly ground whole wheat

first batch rising

veggie soup (was very good)

learning about the solar oven

beautiful reflection

fun time swimming

solar oven bread

they accomplished so much

Girls Day Camp 2011 Living As a Pioneer

Day Two

Today we finished the quilts, made laundry soap, painted small birdhouses, made cornbread, prepared lunch for tomorrow, and made butter.  For lunch today we had ham and beans with cornbread.  We made the cornbread with the buttermilk left from making the butter and used the butter on the bread as well.

yes, we use a kitchen-aid to make butter

stirring the laundry soap

painting the birdhouses

happy about butter

vegetable soup for tomorrow's lunch

making the cornbread

finishing up the quilts

Girls Day Camp 2011 Living As a Pioneer

Day 1

Lots of pictures

Today we started on the mini quilts, made strawberry jam, and made Nettie dolls out of yarn.  For lunch we made roast chicken with mashed potatoes w/ gravy and green beans.