The Imaginative Seamstress

When I started potty training my nearly 2 year old, I went in search of training panties. I had been using cloth diapers before hand, and had tried using those for starters but they didn't work too well for potty training. I'd heard of the plastic covers and such, or trainers that had a layer of PUL in them. But I really didn't want those; I was in search of the old fashioned kind, like the Gerber ones that were made from white cloth and didn't have a plastic lining. Turns out, they're no longer just in white, but come in various prints and can be found at Walmart. That's where I found the ones I bought. They ran about $9.00 for 3 pair. My first thought was that I could make them rather than buy them. I searched for a pattern and tutorial online. I found both, but in separate locations. The first thing I saw was this tutorial over at Lemonwood Clock . Then I followed the link in her tutorial to another post by the  The Mom Road  where I found a printable patter...

 I forgot to introduce the newest member of our little family. Miriam Rose Carty, born Jan 19th at 5:06am. Length 22.5" Weight 8lbs, 12oz. This picture taken at 2 weeks.

 What's up everybody?!?! I am about to make a re-entry into the blogging world and catch you up on everything I've been into since I left. I was way busy getting ready for baby girl to be here. Now that she's here I'm working on recovery and finding my new normal :-)  I've been having fun this evening. Easy crafts, making a gift for a baby shower. The hardest thing about these is making a decision on the colors! :-P I was so torn on the color schemes. The mom I'm giving them to loves bright and bold colors, but traditionally, baby colors are pastels. Hopefully I found a balance and covered both.  And yes, I was sitting on the floor with the ironing board way low. 4 weeks after baby #2, I get tired of standing sometimes. 

Yes, this fall I really got into trying my hand at canning different things. It started with the peaches; I'd been at a friend's house while she was canning peaches and it looked simple enough that I decided to try it. After that I did 4 different kinds of jellies, some apples, and most recently pineapple! :-) I was shopping in Aldi, and found a good deal on pineapple. (99cents each) I bought a bunch! I mean like over 30 of them! Somewhere between 30 and 40 pineapple. Several were eaten fresh...there are still a few to be eaten fresh. Yum! A few were chunked up and put in the freezer. About 19 of them went into quart jars, and they were sooo pretty!!! See pictures below v   Canned in a light syrup and water bathed for 20-25 minutes like the ball book says. I wanted to share this blog post mostly to show what I did with the scraps and cores of the pineapple. I wanted to see if I could make pineapple juice from the scraps. So just like I would cook down apples, m...