The Left Over Fabric Scraps and Left Over Bananas

 On a frosty day and thee bananas past their prime,  I searched for my famous stand-by recipe. Lost somewhere in any of many other cookbooks, I decided to try one from the Martha Stewart Baking Handbook. I have tried a few recipes in this collection and found them most satisfactory. Book is available here.

Long story short, it is my new go-to recipe. Five stars in my book. A very flavorful and moist bread, it bakes evenly and retains a distinct banana flavor. For the recipe pop on over to the Kitchen Chronicles.

Now, fabric scraps. No matter how careful I am not to waste fabric there is always some left over. This quick little project was made from the left over Jelly Roll Marathon quilt. I cut  the two inch strips in half, sewed them in a strata, fused them to a new fusible quilt batting I found, straight line quilted using the rulers for the Handiquilter and added a binding. A new table mat was born.  I think I have enough to make a couple pot holders as well, or something. Using those long-arm rulers is truly and art and much, much practice will be required. More on that another time, but, doing a little mat in a straight line, not too bad for the first try.

The little wooden box is an antique found in Husband's Grandfathers garage. He used it to carry nails etc. when working on small projects. Age is about 70-80 years, handmade. My kind of stuff! The haze you see in the photo is from my futile attempt to rub in some beeswax. I am not a carpenter, I am not a painter, I need to do something about that!!!