New Editing Table

My computer stand is pretty small, so when I want to work on a paper copy of a manuscript I have to use a small folding table for it. My guy needed the one I had in my office for his projects, however, so I looked for a new one at the thrift stores, and found this slightly battered, dusty black beauty at Goodwill. One of the legs was slightly warped, and it had some dings on the top, but it seemed solid and stood steady.

Also, it was only $3.99, which I thought was a good deal (new ones cost around $20.00.)

My first task was to spray and wipe it down with some Lysol. It cleaned up nicely.

I chose this thrifted quilt kit to use to make a pad for it.

Using a Dresden fan patchwork design seemed like the way to go, too.

The finished quilted pad and table.

Ready for fall editing!

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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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