I finally finished hand-sewing the binding on this scrap quilt. All four of us in my quilt group made one of these by sharing our scraps around to get it done. I made a smaller one than the others so mine is more baby size while theirs are throw size. It’s a rail fence variation so the pattern author decided it needed a railroad name and used one of the Monopoly railroads. A rather convoluted title, but there you are. The pattern is Short Line by Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co., published 2010. We saw a sample made at a local quilt shop last year and decided we all needed our own version. The most fun part is that it contains fabric from all of us. It has a “piano keys” border and I used leftover binding pieces for a scrappy binding. [Read more…] about Short Line quilt finish
Riedel Fascination Challenge sign-ups
All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. In keeping with my word of the year, LIGHTEN, I am cutting back on reading challenges this year. Since I still want to play along with Carolyn’s fun challenges, I have decided to still join, but rather than keep going through the whole year, I am going to set a goal for each one and when that is reached, I am done with the challenge. [Read more…] about Riedel Fascination Challenge sign-ups
Gentle Spectrums 2017 wrap-up
All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. This was my fourth year to join in the fun of Gentle Spectrums, both A & B. The A choice is Limitless Palette which includes book titles with colours or colour associations. The B choice is Gentle Subjects which gives us a list of 10 broad subjects to find at least one book each that fills the bill. Here’s my list of books to fulfill the challenge: [Read more…] about Gentle Spectrums 2017 wrap-up
Celtic Coasts 2017 wrap-up
All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. This was my second year for Celtic Coasts and I found that I read many books last year with a tie to Ireland, Wales, or Scotland in setting or author. I managed a total of 47 books this year with a Celtic tie. The list: [Read more…] about Celtic Coasts 2017 wrap-up
My Kind of Mystery 2017 wrap-up
All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. This was my second year of the Mystery group and I managed quite the long list of mysteries this year. Here’s my list of 71 total. I made progress on favorite series, began some new series, and discovered new treasures. [Read more…] about My Kind of Mystery 2017 wrap-up