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Time just keeps flying by….

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 My last post was done on May 1st…..and I can’t believe that it is now the end of June. I’ve done more reading: The first two are the latest books by Laura Childs.  They are cozy murder mysteries and I love her writing style. Games for Dead Girls was on the “ new books” shelf at my library and it sounded interesting.  It is a thriller and while the beginning of the book was a little slow for me once I got to the middle of the book I couldn’t put it down.  The ending was not something that I was expecting. I would definitely recommend this book.  And, of course, Laura Childs is always a recommendation. This book by Barbara Bretton is part of a series that I have enjoyed. It is a supernatural romance and while I’m not usually into that I started reading it because it has knitting patterns at the end and the main character owns a yarn shop.  I’ve enjoyed the series. This book, by Corrie ten Boom, was something that I read after our pastor talked about her during one of his sermons.  I hav
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WOW, April just flew by!

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 April was a pretty busy month…..hence no blog post. Part of my month was spent in Cadiz, KY attending the AQS Paducah quilt show. It was the first time for both hubby and I and the quilts were drop dead gorgeous.  I don’t have any pictures, but you can check out YouTube for videos from the show. I did get to Hancock’s the day before the show started. Oh my goodness……so much fabric!  We wandered around the store and did pick up some pieces….mainly “junk food” fabric for me and truck and farm fabric for hubby.  I want to make a “junk food” quilt as a contrast to the fruit and veggies quilt that I made for hubby. We also went to the National Quilt Museum.  Again, this was a first for both of us.  There was an exhibit of quilts made by “the quilting astronaut “, Karen Nyberg, that was really interesting.   The gift shop had several patterns that she designed available for purchase.  I was tempted, but the one that was marked “beginner” level was appliqué….which I am not a fan of. And the
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Sewing and more reading

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 Since my last post my husband finished painting the basement floor on my side so we were able to start setting up my sewing studio.  I’ll show pictures once it is a bit more finished. Here is a pillowcase that I made.  My brother in law likes Florida sports teams.  So when I went on a FART (fabric acquisition road trip) with several of the ladies from my guild I found this fabric for the Florida Gators.  I thought it was fun and tried to reach my sister to see if she thought it would work. I didn’t hear back from her until after I had the fabric cut……Gators is one Florida team that is not liked! LOL So, brother in law won’t be getting this…..it might go to my husband’s grandson (he lives in Florida). As for the rest of the Gators fabric……well it will probably go into a charity quilt. I don’t know if you can see it when zooming in on the picture, but the accent band has the word, touchdown, on it repeatedly.  I thought it was a fun touch. Out guild had a class for making X and + sign b
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Oh my, where has the time gone?

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 Well, so much for blogging more regularly!  Ha ha ha However, I have not been idle at all. Since my last post I have read EIGHT books! This is the first in a series that my librarian referred me to. It is another cozy murder with a supernatural twist, plus a love story.  It was easy reading and the characters are very relatable. Since the main character owns a knitting shop there are knitting tips and tricks included at the end of the book. I have already gotten the next book in the series to read. I could definitely recommend this series….plus the author has other books so I plan to check them out as well. Again, a cozy murder series, this one has the main character owning a couture dress shop in Victorian era England. This was an audio book and the reader was very good. I enjoyed this book also, although the back story for the main character was hinted at without actually explaining it.  That caused the interaction between the main character and one of the secondary characters seem
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