Playing catch up

When last we were here we were talking about Friday Night with Friends.

I am happy to report that I actually did some work on a project. . . but since I think the person for whom I was sewing reads my blog I don't want to spoil the fun & show what I was working on.

BUT, I can tell you that it was the 4 blocks that make up my row in our guild Row Robin program that has been going on since January.  It is more Framed 9 Patches and if you go to this post you can see a previous row that I did. . . . .same blocks but different colors; this month was all solids with white as the background.

Truth be told I wasn't sure I was going to like the way the row turned out. . . but it does look pretty neat.  I hope Valerie likes it.

I've completed 2 more books:


This is the latest in the Tea Shop Mystery series.  I love this series and enjoyed this book very much.  It's funny but the characters have become so ingrained in my imagination that whenever Laura Childs puts in a physical description as SHE sees the character and it doesn't fit in with how I see the character it interrupts my train of thought about what I am reading.

Does that happen to any one else or am I just really weird?

The other book that I have read was:

This is the first book in a series based out of a pizza shop.  I enjoyed it, but I didn't feel that the story line was as well developed as it should be.  The story was a bit "choppy" at times. . . a little distracting but not so much that I won't read any of the other books in the series.

There is more reading on the horizon, I picked up this book from the library today:

I believe that this is the 2nd book in a series set in Amish country; the main character is a Mennonite woman that runs a Bed & Breakfast.  The characters are well done & I enjoyed the first book so I'm hoping to be able to get through the entire series so that I can be up-to-date on it --- much the same way that I had played "catch up" with the Laura Childs series (there is a scrap booking and a small time diner series in addition to the tea shop one).

Well, guess I better get a move on. . . . there is a lot to do before I get to read my latest book!


In peace and pieces,

Projects that have been done since January

Since I have found my camera I thought you might want to see what I have been able to finish since the beginning of the year:

This is a scarf that I made for Mr. Books.  It is one of the most recent knitting projects that I have done.

This picture is of one of the two quilts that I made for two women that have been going through some tough times recently.  These women manage the lunch process and snack room for the church where we have a one day quilt retreat in February.

 

 

I made two of these log cabin blocks for a group quilt that we are making for a fellow member who has been in the hospital lately.  At last count there were 30 blocks from which we are making a quilt.  I know that there are several more blocks coming in . . . . depending on how many more come in we will have to decide what to make of them.

 

Our quilt guild has been doing a Row Robin exchange since January.  There are 6 members per group. . and we have 3 groups.  Each member picked a block and needed to make a row that finishes at 40".  Here are two of the rows I've done recently.  Unfortunately, I haven't been taking pictures of all the rows that I've done.

 

I hope to have more pictures to show you as I get things done.

Happy Quilting!


In peace and pieces,