Harvest Table

It's that time of year again when the breeze has a bit of coolness, the days are a bit shorter, and we get to bring our sweaters out of storage. Particularly in DC where the summers can be so hot and sticky, the first breezes of fall feel particularly great.

 

This past weekend we visited Butler's Orchard in Maryland.  We had a fabulous time - we picked raspberries and apples and visited the farm store. We ended up with quite a few goodies, including local farm-grown produce (the first real vine-ripened authentic tomatoes I've found all summer!), preserves, and other cute odds and ends.

 

Here is our Harvest Table.  Everything here came from Butler Orchard - squash, mini-pumpkins, and lots of freshly picked apples!

Pillow

The penultimate piece of Baby Miles' gift basket - the chevron pillow!  This was made entirely out of half-square triangles that were left-over from the quilt. 

 

 I made one of these for Aileen's nursery (which can be seen here), and it has been so useful.  When she was tiny, I would use it to lay on the floor with her while we played or read books, or put it under my arm when I was nursing her, and now, she sometimes sits on it like a cushion on the floor for story time of even uses it as a regular pillow to relax and lounge.

The back is just a simple overlapping envelope type closure - really could not be easier, and is convenient for whipping it off and into the wash.

Burp Cloths

After a little break, here are the burp cloths that were part of Baby Miles' gift basket.  I just took super absorbent, microfiber towels that I got on sale and added bits of flannel for accents.  They were so easy, and, hopefully, useful!

 

One thing I learned when Aileen was tiny was that you can never have too many burp cloths.  In every room of the house.  And yet, it seemed like I was always caught without one - racing around trying to find one before the spit-up soaked into my clothes or the furniture!