Canning Jar Blocks

I signed up for a another block swap months ago and in true procrastinator fashion, I waited until the last minute to make my blocks.  I worked on them all week and Saturday I had to cut some more black (it had to be Kona black to match everyone else's) and would you believe I ran out of black and was short by two blocks being able to make three sets?!  Since it was Saturday night I could not get any more fabric until Monday morning.  So sad because I really want a big variety of veggies and fruit!
I sent in four brussel sprouts, four carrots and four peanuts to make two sets of six, a total of twelve blocks.

 That leaves me two completed sprouts and carrots, with six cut peanuts, and two cut carrots and sprouts and some other small pieces cut out.  I totally forgot that I also have a lot of oranges fabric!  I think after I get my exchanged blocks back I'll have to see if anyone wants to trade for any of these blocks because I still have uncut fabric of all three also.

I sewed my blocks on my Singer 99 hand crank sewing machine.

 I set up in the living room because right now my sewing room is a mess, I will actually be staying home on Saturday so I can clean it up and maybe work on some sewing!

Have a nice day everyone!
Missy

Tips for ready to serve meals

I feel like I always need a picture on my blog posts, since I didn't have any for this one I thought you might like this one of Pippi and Muffin.  Aren't they cute?
With fall, school and the holidays coming up we are pretty busy.  I thought I would share a couple of interesting blog posts I have found.  Unfortunately I couldn't do this first one since my husband hates veggies and soups.  She shows how she has one day of meal preparation.  She chops up all her veggies and puts them in baggies ready to pop in a crock pot in the morning.
http://mamaandbabylove.blogspot.com/2011/04/freezer-cooking-with-slow-cooker.html

This next one is ingenious!  They are great if you like to have food storage in case of a catastrophe, or your husband loses his job, or if you just want quick meals!  I thought they would be great for camping too!  She uses freeze dried food - dry milk, veggies, spices and even freeze dried meat!  You just pour boiling water over it and you are ready to go!
http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/search/label/meals%20in%20a%20jar

Something else I have always wanted to try is having meals prepared in cans.  My husband doesn't like soups and chili but I don't want to make a whole batch just for my lunches, I get sick of the leftovers after a while.  My goal is to eventually get a pressure canner so that I can make my own homemade canned soup!  Talk about convenient.  What a great gift for a sick friend, a can of homemade chicken noodle soup!  Fresh, organic and healthy - no MSGs!  Here a couple of articles I found:
http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/canningconvenfood.htm
http://thisdamecooks.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/canning-vegetable-soup/


If anyone has any other resources they would like to share I would appreciate it!

Missy