Dollar Store Project

While at the Dollar Store last month I noticed some new fat qaurters in the craft section that were very much like Minky. I liked the solids and cute animal novelty prints they had available, too. So I decided to get four to make some pillows.

The plush fabric is thin but super soft. You need to pin these down a lot to keep them from shifting, but the amount of fluff that came off them during trimming and sewing was (unlike actual Minky) very minimal.

They made up into two cute pillows that will be nice when I need to take a break or a nap.

By using the solid color pieces as backing I made them reversible. This is an economical project, as Minky runs about $14.00 per yard these days. I made these two pillows with a yard total of Dollar Store FQs, and thread and poly-fil that I had on hand, for five bucks.

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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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