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2021 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge sign-up

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The Historical Fiction Reading Challenge is hosted by The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader. Any sub-genre of historical fiction is accepted (Historical Romance, Historical Mystery, Historical Fantasy, Young Adult, History/Non-Fiction, etc.

There are several reading levels:

20th Century Reader – 2 books
Victorian Reader – 5 books
Renaissance Reader – 10 books
Medieval – 15 books
Ancient History – 25 books
Prehistoric – 50+ books

I am going to concentrate this challenge on non-mystery historical fiction as I have several mystery challenges going and many of the mystery series I read are historical fiction. So I will count others here and my goal for the year is Renaissance Reader: 10 books.

Nov RSC2020-another top

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Each month I’ve been making the square-in-square blocks for the color of the month throughout the year. Then in November I sewed all the B&W strips to the tops & bottoms & sides of the squares. Got the columns sewed and it’s a flimsy! It won’t get quilted until sometime next year because I’ve got tops in the queue already and it costs dollars, but I love this! I can’t stop looking at its colorful goodness.

It started life as a kit from my local quilt store containing the colored pieces and the free pattern. The pattern is Sun Print 2016 by Alison Glass and the fabric pieces are from that collection. So yes, I’ve had the kit for a long time, which is why it seemed like a good RSC project. I figured if I worked on it a little each month I could get it put together this year and get another project box cleaned out. The B&W strips came from fat quarters & sale yardage I’ve been collecting since I bought this kit, so it made a dent in my stash. Of course, I still have a lot left for another project.

2020 Finishing the Series wrap-up

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This challenge is hosted by Celebrity Readers and is focused on finally finishing those series that we’ve started but not yet completed. Series can be already completed as well as still ongoing.  For ongoing series, the goal is to catch up to the most recent book published by the end of 2020.

I planned to be a C-List Finisher and complete the following two series: Ophelia & Abby Mysteries by Shirley Damsgaard and Someday Quilts Mysteries by Clare O’Donohue.

But instead, I’m calling this challenge with an A-List finish at 9 series. That’s a bunch of catching up and I’m happy about that. Here’s what I managed to finish up this year.

  1. The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton (Laurence Bartram #2), Elizabeth Speller
  2. The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia #2), Jacqueline Kelly
  3. The Tale Teller (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #23), Anne Hillerman
  4. A Stroke of Malice (Lady Darby #8), Anna Lee Huber
  5. The Art of Detection (Kate Martinelli #5), Laurie R. King
  6. The King of Crows (The Diviners #4), Libba Bray
  7. The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo #5), Rick Riordan
  8. The Witch’s Grave (Ophelia & Abby #6) & The Seventh Witch (Ophelia & Abby #7), Shirley Damsgaard
  9. The Devil’s Puzzle (Someday Quilts Mystery #4) & The Double Wedding Ring (Someday Quilts Mystery, #5), Clare O’Donohue

November RSC2020 so far

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Rainbow Stairsteps is a flimsy with a backing & at the quilters. The inspiration for the quilt came from blocks showcased by Julie. I fiddled with the layout so it’s inspired by her but has my own take. It’s a fun quilt!

Tumbling Strings is inspired by a selvage quilt by Cathy. She made hers with selvages but I just used scrap strips. I also changed up the layout. I made the rows during the correct color months and sewed some sections together, then did the brown & black rows at the end of October & sewed the rest of the rows. Found border fabrics in my stash & turned it into a cute little baby quilt. This is my first tumbler quilt, so that was fun. This is also at the quilter.

So two of my 2020 projects are complete as to the tops & backs. I won’t get them back before the end of the year so binding will be next year, but I’m pretty happy with my work this first year of joining in. I’ve followed the progress of everyone else for several years without doing it, so it was fun to work on some projects. And I think I’ll get one more top pieced before the end of the year.