Garments into Fabric

To turn old t-shirts into quilting material you have to deconstruct them. I have never paid much attention to garments made of knit fabric, and quickly learned that the humble t-shirt is really a neat garment.

When you cut off the hem, collar, shoulder seams and sleeves you're left with a seamless tube. When you cut that apart to lay flat you actually get a huge piece of fabric.

I ignored the book instructions and cut all my deconstructed tees into two pieces so they would be easier to handle. I also want to play with placement because I'm using several different colors besides white. Next step is to cut them down to the size I want for piecing.

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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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