Stitching with Sherry V

 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 cl...

 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 seconda...