Years and years (and years) ago, I started on this little quilt. Mostly because I wanted to see how it would play out.
I had never made a quilt like this before and I really liked it. But as with other things, it sat in my UFO pile. But when I found it again, I just wanted to finish it. So it is now quilted and bound.
Happy to be quilting.
I read a lot of contemporary novels for review. But I fell in love with the classics several years ago.
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice stole my heart. The love story between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy wrapped me up in their emotional interludes. Love/hate/misunderstandings/reconciliation/happy ending. How could I ask for more?
the spoiled country girl who tried to be the matchmaker. Only to find that it was she who would lose in love. Ah! But there is also another happy ending.
Two sisters, two loves, two broken hearts, two happy endings.
I'm telling you, I was gripped by this story. The movie is nothing compared to the story of Margaret and Mr. Thornton. One reason I love to read these old classics, is that their emotions are written in such beautiful detail, and yet there is nothing unsavory.The Quilts we were working on for the Nursing Home have been delivered.
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They were so appreciative and ooh and ahh's over them.
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Have you seen the Spring edition of Quilters World?
Hands2Help Challenge is starting the check in. We are sharing quilts for charities that are sponsored by Sarah of Confessions of a Fabric Addict. I always look forward to this challenge each year. Here are some that I am working on.
Where do you do your creative work? Where do you draw your creative juices from?? Do you cut, pin and sew at the dining room table?
For years I always did the bulk of my sewing at the dining room table. It worked for me because we also had a kitchen table. Which actually came in handy if my family wanted to eat. One day my dear husband asked if I would like to set up my sewing area in the den? Now our little den was pretty small, and it was the hub of activity for computer use. We also had an older TV in there for videos and DVD watching. But just having a place to set up my sewing machine and "not have to take it down" every few days was such a wonderful gift to me.
The majority of my sewing was done right here. I have this wonderful old wardrobe that my hubby refinished and painted for me. He added shelves so that I could store my stash.
It was a tight squeeze and my cutting table was in another room.
So this is what my sewing room looks like now. I've moved and re-arranged the furniture several times, trying to find the best working arrangement.
The Secret to Happiness by Suzanne Woods Fisher is the second in the Cape Cod Creamery series.
Callie Dixon is an executive chef in a high end restaurant in Boston. But when she makes an disastrous mistake, she is fired. With her reputation at stake, she works at the Ice Cream school where she meets up with her aunt Marnie. She fiddles her way into an invitation to move in with her aunt and her favorite cousin Dawn. But they don't live in a home. They live above their Ice Cream store. Her depression plunges her into disabling misery. She ends up being dragged to a class on happiness by her cousin.
When Dawn leaves Callie at the Secret to Happiness class, the instructor, Bruno Bianco, makes her search deep into herself to be real and find the cause of her unhappiness.
Although it is the second in the series it can be read as stand alone. It is heartfelt, troubling, and a redeeming reconciling story. There are so many facets to the story. I love six year old Leo the Cowboy who barges in, and sits on Callie's bed for her to read to him. He proclaims he is the official ice cream taste tester. There are a few unexpected surprises along the way. The story is well written, the characters well developed. I am certainly looking forward to the next book in the series.
I received a complimentary ebook copy from the publisher, through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
This is a repost.
I used to journal all the time. But in recent years, it has fallen off, mostly due to time constraints and health issues. I was given a book to use for journaling, so I thought I would make a cover.
Nathan Garrison, when he was six years old, remembers the scene of his parents death. Told that his father killed his mother then killed himself, he cannot believe it and returns to the home he has inherited to discover the truth.
Monroe Matheson, an angry scarred young woman, cannot trust another man. Burned by a fire trying to save her fiancé, he rejects her, leaving her emotionally and physically scarred. As Monroe agrees to work with Nathan to restore the Persimmon Ranch, she finds he has not held his brokenness in anger but is kind and forgiving. Something she needs more than hiding.
This story moved me. The characters were so well written I was rooting for Nathan and Monroe every step of the way. The more time they spend together, the more they admire the strength of each others character. It was a wholesome story, even with the tragedy they both had faced. A beautiful love story, about faith, forgiveness and trust. It makes me want to be a better person. Kinder. More forgiving.
I received a complimentary copy from the publisher via NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
The latest nursing home quilt was made up with every bit of scraps.
It made a decent size lap quilt. Using the largest piece for the backing.
"the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road. The crowds going ahead of him and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!"
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