All-Vintage Quilt

I've been thrifting vintage textiles for a couple of years now, all for a project I hoped to do once I had enough.

Ideally I'd like to make a quilt entirely out of thrifted napkins, tea towels, tablecloths and even doilies and lace pieces.

I have used doilies before (once) on my first recycled linen quilt, so I can claim that much experience.

I've also used vintage napkins and handkerchief for stitch practice pieces.

I believe I have enough textiles collected that I can make a good-size quilt this year. Now I need to think about design and execution. It's best to use only the sturdiest of vintage textiles for this kind of project; you'll be cutting, stitching and perhaps even embroidering the piece. My idea was a quilt-as-you-go project where I could work on small sections that I could then piece together with strips of fabric. What I might do is try a scaled-down miniature version of my idea to see how viable it is, and also how the linens will look joined together. Stay tuned to the blog to see how I do.

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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.

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.

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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