PP Heart Patchwork

For my pink-only quilt I decided to do borders of hearts, and found this paper pieced pattern that was free if you sign up for her newsletter. It looked simple enough to do, but I haven't done any paper piecing in years, however, so I decided to make a test block.

I did enlarge the foundation pattern slightly for my own purposes, and then got to work. Paper piecing is easy enough, but you do have to remember to watch your positioning and seam allowances.

I ended up making a mistake, of course, but that's why I do test blocks. The finished patchwork looks nice despite my little error.

I also got to remember why you're suppose to use short stitches with paper piecing -- for easy removal of the paper backing. Still, it worked out well, and if I do these in an assembly-line fashion, I can probably piece all the hearts in one or two days.

This is just a mock up, but it will give you an idea of how the border of the quilt will look.

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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.

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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