Rhubarb Recipes

A two-crust Maple rhubarb pie starts with 4 cups of sliced rhubarb. Add 2/3 c. sugar, 2/3 c. pure Wisconsin maple syrup, 1 beaten egg, 1/4 c. flour and a dash of salt. Mix all. Pour into crust, top with remaining crust, cut in vents, bake at 425-degrees for 15 minutes; reduce heat to 350-degrees and bake for an additional 40 minutes. It will be delicious.

While slicing rhubarb, enjoy the lovely greens and pinks of the stalks. Think about what a pretty quilt those colors could make. Remember the scraps you begged (yes, begged) off your daughter and savor the delightful rhubarb-y colors contained therein.
Dig through stash to see if you have any complementary fabrics. Of course you do. You are, after all, no Mother Hubbard.

Get out your trusty quilt design notebook. Devise quilt recipe that echoes those pretty pink and green stalks while pie is in the oven.

As soon as supper is finished start cutting. Make a test block just to be sure you're on to something good. Get up early and cut some more. Continue getting up early and sewing like a demon for a week.

The following weekend, take sample blocks to quilt shop to find appropriate rhubarb-y colored border fabric.
Thank your lucky stars that you scheduled some vacation days just in time to finish the delicious 60 x 80" quilt top. Admire. Set aside to ponder quilting possibilities.