Simply Done
Oh, I’ve always loved a curved block! I had the opportunity a few years ago to attend a small workshop on curved piecing and–wait for it–I got it!
Of course, I haven’t done anything since with it, but I love the Apple Core Pattern, and many others. In fact, when I went looking for templates, I found an old internet acquaintance who took over the template business of another well known quilter.
Check out the Gallery! Doesn’t it get your creative juices going?
I got hooked on word games on my phone during Covid, but the one that’s lasted the longest (and I now pay for it, $34.99 a year and worth it!) is Squardle
Find words by connecting letters in any direction.
Squares fade out once you find all the words using them. Find all the words to clear the board!
Although you can play for free, the best part of paying is the archives and the weekly challenge–often 100 words or more! We play the long archive games while waiting anywhere, but especially at the airport.
I’m an avid reader. I prefer contemporary fiction, but read anything that strikes my fancy.I can’t remember all of the authors I’ve read, but I’ll start by listing those I’ve binge-read, working my way back through the years, starting with the ones whose books I reread: M.M. Kaye (everything, multiple times), Colleen McCullough (everything), Mary Stewart (everything, multiple times), Rosamund Pilcher (September is my favorite, The Shell Seekers is a close second and I read them both every few years), Elizabeth Gilbert (everything, several times). Barbara Kinglsolver’s books fascinate me, especially the saga of “Turtle”. I loved Andy Weir’s The Martian and Hail Mary (read that one twice, watch The Martian movie regularly). Wool was an outstanding book but I haven’t seen the series.
I was really taken with the movie Me Before You, and wanted to read the book, which was exactly like the movie, something I didn’t expect. But Jojo Moyes followed that book up with two more, following the same character, and I couldn’t read them fast enough. I enjoyed Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies, and read a few more of her books.
I’m not a Book Club follower; I prefer recommendations, or browsing the library shelves (in person and digitally).
I read so much that I don’t have a TBR pile or list. Genres I don’t read: fantasy, fan fic, historical, memoirs (except for Elizabeth Gilbert), gritty reality (lived it, don’t need to read it). Biggest pet peeve: books written in first person. Most authors, in my opinion, don’t write it well. When I get sick of how many times they start a sentence with “I _____”, the book is closed and never opened again. I much prefer third-person-deep.
What are your reading preferences? Favorite authors? Genre preferences? Best book you’ve read in years?
Sewing and Quilting friends, THIS IS THE BEST! Oh, it comes with a long story involving my efforts to make the hubs comfortable, which paid off for me, too.
After only a day in this new chair, he insisted I needed one, too. I balked, happy-ish with my old chair.
It took me WAY TOO LONG to realize I’ve been uncomfortable in my old chair. The mesh seat was too stiff, so I’d added a “purple pad” seat cushion. This year the back was bothering me, which means MY back was bothering me.
The hubs nagged, “Try my chair. You won’t go back!”
After a few weeks I gave in and after one day I wished I’d bought this thing years ago.
We found these at Sam’s Club, because that’s what’s available to us where we are now, but I know Costco has them and when we get home, we’re going to have to check there, also.
Why this works: padding galore; it reclines so well that I read in it at night, with my feet propped up on a small homemade ottoman. I actually think I like this better than our new recliners.
If you know me at all, you know I’m passionate about ergonomics for sewing and quilting. I’ve revised my book: Sew & Quilt in Comfort, which is free across many platforms: Apple Books, Amazon, Google Play, Kobo
