Month: March 2023

(reposted from archives)

I finished a special gift to commemorate a sobriety anniversary. I’m happy with how well the quilting on it turned out so I hope they like it.

I also read a book! 🙂 My 8 year old granddaughter does well in math but, her parents struggle to get her to do her nightly reading. I’ve been telling her to pay attention to how the adults around her speak and try to pick out the ones who are articulate and have interesting things to say. They’re usually the people who read a lot. Ask them if they do and let me know what you find out. 🙂

Last week while they were on vacation, her mom texted me that she’d bought “Charlotte’s Web” because Emma was really enjoying it and had asked for her own copy. She read it in the car on the long drive to the cabin they rented in North Carolina.

I remember reading the book as a child and decided I should probably re-read it. When I see her again next week, I’ll be prepared to talk to her about what she’s read. She texted me that she’s reading a book now called “Wishing Day”. She was curious about why it had that title instead of “Wishing Tree” after seeing the cover. I got curious too. 🙂 I checked the book out from the library today.

I’m not sure if it’s lead by example or practice what you preach but, in any case, I hope it helps. I’ve always been more into math than language arts too but I’m hoping seeing me read might help encourage her to love books as much as I do!

(Re -published. Original post dated March 14, 2023)

I finished the quilt from the blocks I won at last month’s guild meeting. The block pattern is Amish Diamond from the Quilter’s Cache website.

These were the 9 blocks I won. I really wanted to make something fun to donate that might appeal to a teen or pre-teen.

The original blocks finished at 12″. But, some were a little larger and some smaller so I chose to trim them all so they’d finish at 10″. Plus, the math worked out better.

I made 7 more blocks so I could use them to frame this little panel I’ve had in my stash for several years. Two years ago I bought the fabric I used for the border at my local quilt shop’s end of the year sale.

It was windy so hard to get a good photo. You can see the fabrics and the quilting a little better in the last picture.

After making the extra 7 blocks, I decided to use the scraps left with some fabrics in the bin of bright scraps as my first group of scrap busting quilts.

The first one is a simple rail fence block using some 2 1/2″ wide scraps that are less than 10″ in length.

I used more 2 1/2″ scraps to make a smaller version of Jo’s Country Junction pattern Jimmy John.

After I finish a couple of string quilts from this bin I’ll be ready to move on to a different style fabric.

~Time to Quilt!