apples

here's some new apple fabrics that I've had my eye on for a while, and are finally in the shop!
I love the cute print of apples and polka dots (and even a few ladybugs and friendly worms!) on a lonely Japanese linen/cotton blend. but I think I may love the large pears and apple cotton print from kokka (trefle line) even more. maybe because the pattern is so big, or the green is my favorite color. but mainly because I'm a sucker for the section view (thank you architecture school).

I'm off to Korea for a class trip for the next few days. I may not have internet, but I'll keep my eyes open for Korean crafty goodness.

homemade fruit crisp

while i was at my mom's house last week, enjoying a late summer garden bounty, i made some apple-plum crisp. i started out loosely following this recipe for spiced apple crisp, from epicurious...
but i couldn't resist adding some of these plums.



i also added a cup of oat flakes, and some chopped pecans, and some cinnamon and a pinch of salt to the topping.
fruit cooking...

my adjustments made for a lot of topping, which i mixed in just a bit.

this adorable illustration is from julia rothman's guest post on design*sponge, where she shares this blackberry pie recipe from the cookbook she illustrated.

and for canning advice, check out make it do for how to can peaches. via craft.