Fabric Journal Covers

I'm still playing with ideas for my fabric journals. This test piece for the kind of covers I'll make came together out of scraps and a slightly warped linen napkin. I also decided to bead it because it had some cutwork holes that I needed to fill. Okay, I fell off the no-beading wagon again -- but in my defense, I've been doing very well with avoiding beading, so I deserved a little break.

Some folks may wonder why I'm on the no-beading wagon. The problem with me and beads is that when I add them to my textile work I become completely consumed by them -- especially seed beads -- and I don't know when to stop. Everything ends up looking like I encrusted it and weighs a ton, like this bag, so not practical.

Here's the finished test piece. I quilted it with holographic Sulky and also tried some stitch beading.

I'm almost there, I think. I might test one other variation before I start making the covers for the project.

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Stuff

After finding this Caron one pound skein of lovely peach yarn in my thrifted lot I raided my stash for two cakes of Mandala in Pegasus, which matches it perfectly. For practice and hand therapy I'm going to make another Worth Street Afghan with this free pattern , but this time I'll use the yarn that was recommended for it plus the one pound skein. I'm not quite ready to do the vintage/recycled linen quilt I had planned (still a bit too nervous about the idea), so I'm going to use some color therapy and make a quilt from these thrifted green fat quarters. I considered doing another Yellow Brick road patchwork pattern, but I might go with a split rail fence like this one.

Better than Fried

I cut some chives from the kitchen garden to make garlic-chive baked fries for dinner. This is a great side dish for veggie burgers. Click here for the recipe from Taste of Home.com.

The Mercantile

If you don't mind walking 33K square feet in retail space, The Mercantile may be the vintage/arts store you'd enjoy visiting if you're ever in Orlando. I certainly did. Because it was busy I didn't take any photos in the store, but it's absolutely amazing and chock full of antiques and artisan creations, most of which were pretty reasonably priced. For $21.00 I invested in a picture of sailboats for the guest bathroom I'm redoing, and a fairy mystery jar of cool stuff. The jaw was hand-painted and decorated, and utterly charming. I think I wanted the jar more than the contents. As you can see the contents were both generous and pretty cool, too. I finally have some vintage gloves to use for my art quilter bingo challenge!

Rayen

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