Book 4 - Jane Austen Made Me Do It

Read this on my Kindle -
This book is a collection of stories related to Jane Austen books. Loved most of them and will check out the various writers for new Jane Austen inspired books

Book 3 -Dangerous by Nora Roberts

This is actually three books in one - all romantic stories with murder or crimes.
Good light reading

Book 2 Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult

Good book and story
Did not like subject matter with domestic violence

Book 1 - Resistance by Anita Shreve

Good book with some good history and a good story

Going to Florida

My husband and I are headed to Florida for some r&r - I have four books and five new books on my Kindle. Let's see how many I can read!!!

Another Baby Quilt

I was asked to make a baby quilt in the colors pink and navy blue - I had never worked with that combination before so I took it on as a challenge.

I pulled out my scrap bins and other fabrics from my stash and decided to use a pattern that I got with a Charm Pack called Window Pane.  However, I added two more rows to the quilt to make it a little longer.

 

 

I tried to take this picture with my iPhone and it did not come out very well.  

Quilt Shop Finds

My husband Ron and I went down to St Louis, MO this weekend to see the Milwaukee Brewers play baseball againt the St Louis Cardinals. However, we left Thursday night and stayed in Springfield, IL overnight which gave us Friday during the day to have some fun. Ron insisted upon finding some quilt shops on our way down and I used my iPhone app Quilt Shops from Quilt Club of America to locate two different shops.

1) Sweet Annie's in Troy, Illinois
I found a Christmas Table Runner pattern, bought a kit for a small table mat and several fat quarters. My favorie fat quarter is the one with Illinois on it... now Ron wants me to find fabric from all the states we have visited and make a quilt with it !!!

2) Cross Patches in Collinsville, IL

I found a pattern for a dress for our granddaughter, a pattern for a tote bag, a pattern for a small box and a pattern for a quilt that could use up scraps.  Also found a couple of Baseball themed fat quarters that Ron wanted me to get and hold for a future project!!

 

 

 

I am so blessed that my husband was willing to go to the shops with me but as it turned out he also added to my list of future projects!!!!