Journal Inspiration

I've made many of my own journals over the years, often from recycled materials like this old book.

Even with purchased journals I like to try different techniques and themes.

Some that I make every year are pocket journals, which I put together from the pages of the previous year's old wall calendars.

I also add many mini quilts and textile art pieces to the pages of those I make and purchase, but I've never made a journal entirely out of fabric (and now it seems odd to me that I haven't.)

For instructions I've looked around online, but the blog posts and videos I've found on fabric journal making are more mixed-media. You can take an online class in making fabric journals, too, but they're a bit pricey. I think from this point I'll simply improvise and make two fabric journals according to what I want to do. I'm sure my experience with the paper type will help.

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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.

In the Kitchen Garden

Our strawberries are taking over the kitchen garden, but I don't mind. This week I want to make some strawberry banana nice cream (a vegan version of ice cream) and maybe a chocolate cake with berries and cream for the topping. There's thyme in the garden now, too, which I'll dry and jar for cooking along with the chives and the oregano. Next we'll plant cucumbers, as I use a ton of those in our salads and for snacks.

Rayen

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