Progress on Survivor

After inspecting every inch of the survivor quilt, which turns out to be very well made, I found and pinned seven small splits in the patchwork seams. The repairs I need to do are quite minimal.

Here's the backing. I found four large areas of faint oxidation or soiling stains on it; they're the very light brown circles in the four quadrants of the quilt's rectangle. Since they are in the same position and of the same approximate size, that makes me think it was left folded up in a garage or storage unit for a long time. They are barely noticeable and on the backing, so I don't mind them.

There is one area with set-in stains that I couldn't get out with regular laundering; it's probably blood or some kind of oil or car-related fluid. After I repair the seams I'm going to treat the stain with some hydrogen proxide and see if I can lighten it a little. Note here: you shouldn't use bleach on older textiles; it's too harsh.

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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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