The quiet life...for the next month

Until now, I was trying to avoid it. That is adding my baking and cooking to this blog. My first reason was, I do it almost every day so what's the point in documenting? The second reason...this blog was meant to document my material creations. As in my craft-sewing. But if I feel inspired to do it, and cook/bake without a recipe, isn't that creative? 

Also I am in the last trimester of my pregnancy. Just started maternity leave and although I experience fatigue most days, I give'r all the rest of the time. I do as much as I possibly can, considering I won't have much time for myself after baby's born.

 I realize its all pretty typical for a woman in my position, but I am enjoying every moment of it. Between sitting breaks taken reading in the sunshine, here is what I made yesterday.

-ricotta & spinach pie

-12 grain bread

-pear and almond crisp

Today will be a sewing day.

My First Quilt

I made this quilt for my cousin's baby in Croatia. Last October Danijela and her husband Jakov had their 1st baby, Matea. I kept meaning to make something to send to her. They didn't need anything conventional for the baby, so I made a quilt out of my old jeans, a salvaged hippie dress (the peacock) and some soft cream wool I had many meters of. The baby blanket that resulted is definitely not perfect in shape, but I liked it so much I was tempted to keep it.

While I am living in the foothills, I intend to learn some traditional skills from the ladies who do quilt in this area. This is something rural women do quite impressively here in Alberta.I know I have enough visual ideas, I just need to learn some tricks of the trade to do it properly.