Time and Lack Thereof

After slogging away at the little quilt kit for the last few weeks I'm finished the applique and now only have to quilt the borders before I bind and wrap it up. I think I learned a lot about wool applique from this project.

One of the more interesting art prompts from the January jar was this timed exercise. I had to work for a specific time, and then gradually decrease it. This is what I painted in 5 minutes (left) and four minutes (right.)

I was only going to paint one more in three minutes (top flower), but then I wondered what I could paint in one minute and did another (bottom). It's interesting in that I like three and one minute more than five and four. I dislike being rushed, but maybe pressure does help me.

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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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