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RSC2025: mid-Jan pinks

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I finally got started on some pink scraps this week! I don’t remember which of our RSC friends put me onto this Strippy Slab Star last year, but thanks-you know who you are. I was able to use some small pieces from my pink crumb bag to make the center & strips from the pink strip bin for the points. I’m planning one in each color this year.

I made a Patchwork Hearts by Quilty Love last year as an RSC2024 project & it’s just back from the quilter. I love it so much that I decided to make another this year. I rarely repeat patterns but this is a great rainbow project & looks good for a wedding or graduation quilt. Plus they are relaxing blocks to make, so why not? I kept picking up LV FQ’s whenever I was at the store last year to add to my selection & I’m overrun, so this year I’m going to use the stash! I really dug around & found unused charm packs & layer cakes that are not going to be saved for “the perfect project”, but pulled apart & used for this year’s projects.

And since one of my goals for this year is to get projects finished up, I pulled out this donation quilt that had all the blocks done. I had sewed together 2 rows, then needed the design wall for something else & took it all down & put it in the box. Over a year later, it’s ready for quilting & I have an empty box to fill with one of this year’s RSC projects! Win-win! This Chandelier quilt was made with 2 charm packs & a large hunk of clearance gray pin-dot that have lived in the stash for a really long time.

In quilt group this week, we got the centers made for the C & D blocks, which include the half-blocks for the sides. We think this Wholehearted quilt by A Bright Corner may not take us a year to make, which is our usual length of time for projects due to interruptions. My partners have different colorways that are really looking great: red, white, blue for one and navy & teal for the other. I’ve made several patterns by this local designer & they are all really cute.

Lots more pink blocks to make next week! Have some fun sewing days, y’all!

RSC2025: Jan & getting started

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January is for getting started, so I spent time getting my Creativity journal ready that one of my quilting partners gave me last year. I kept trying to decide how I wanted to use it & decided it will hold quilting & scrapbooking notes, then live in a bookstand on my desk. So here’s my RSC plan for the year. We’ll see how well I do. LOL

So there was cutting. I cut out the new quilt for my quilt group project using the Albion FQ bundle I got for Mother’s Day & have been saving for this project. Because of all our various surgeries last year, it took longer to get last year’s sampler done than we planned, so this project started in 2025.

And in this week’s FaceTime group meeting, we got the A blocks done & the centers for the B blocks. Love!

Using this curated jelly roll I got on clearance in 2023, plus the leftover white from Shine, I cut out blocks for this quilt & will sew up each month’s color as it comes. Using my stash!

I powered through this overdue kit for Stitching Hearts Worldwide using Mister Roger’s Neighborhood fabric. I checked it out just before the fall that broke my hand, so there was no sewing for quite a while, then holidays. I wanted to get it done & turned in, so got it finished up on Friday. It’s twin-sized & a cute pattern for a child using 9.5″ squares.

The first finish of 2025: Bonnie Hunter’s 2023 Winter Mystery, Indigo Way. I had it quilted in the summer & it’s been waiting in the binding queue to finally get done. I made a lap version so there are orphan pieces leftover to use for something else. Isn’t that always the way? Progress on the 2024 mystery, Old Town, has stalled out, but I’m working on Pt. 2!

And here’s a little quilty fun: we did the Lori Holt puzzle of her Let’s Make a Snowman QAL for some winter evening brain work.

2024 Reading Stats

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16 non-fiction
35 new-to-me authors
103 series books
14 re-reads
66 audio-books
10 of 11 challenges completed
92 of 102 Newbery winners

You can see all my books read here.

2023: 168 books; 50,922 pages; 11 non-fiction; 27 new-to-me authors; 109 series books; 21 re-reads; 61 audio-books; 7 of 7 challenges completed; 91 of 102 Newbery winners

2022: 171 books; 55,585 pages; 15 non-fiction; 34 new-to-me authors; 115 series books; 28 re-reads; 76 audio-books; 9 of 10 challenges completed; 86 of 100 Newbery winners
2021: 194 books; 64,530 pages; 8 non-fiction; 36 new-to-me authors; 126 series books; 40 re-reads; 110 audio-books; 9 of 9 challenges completed; 83 of 99 Newbery winners
2020: 218 books; 76,990 pages; 31 non-fiction; 51 new-to-me authors; 115 series; 27 re-reads; 104 audio-books; 10 of 10 challenges completed; 82 of 98 Newbery winners
2019: 161 books; 55,269 pages; 15 non-fiction; 44 new-to-me authors; 105 series; 26 re-reads; 78 audio-books; 8 of 8 challenges completed; 81 of 97 Newbery winners
2018: 122 books: 41,700 pages; 10 non-fiction; 25 new-to-me authors; 56 series; 23 re-reads; 52 audio-books; 9 of 9 challenges completed; 77 of 96 Newbery winners
2017: 162 books; 49,126 pages; 14 non-fiction; 32 new-to-me authors; 94 series; 22 re-reads; 78 audio-books; 14 of 14 challenges completed; 75 of 95 Newbery winners
2016: 162 books; 50,718 pages; 14 non-fiction; 33 new-to-me authors; 49 series; 30 re-reads; 68 audio-books; 16 of 17 challenges completed; 73 of 94 Newbery winners
2015: 141 books; 50,971 pages; 11 non-fiction; 29 new-to-me authors; 45 series; 37 re-reads; 56 audio-books; 10 of 10 challenges completed; 71 of 93 Newbery winners
2014: 139 books; 43,972 pages; 7 non-fiction; 36 new-to-me authors; 26 series; 20 re-reads; 37 audio-books; 10 of 10 challenges completed; 70 of 92 Newbery; books set in 25 of 50 states
2013: 150 books; 47,936 pages; 7 non-fiction; 29 new-to-me authors; 25 series; 32 re-reads; 49 audio-books; 6 of 6 challenges completed; 64 of 91 Newbery; books set in 25 of 50 states
2012: 196 books; 56,851 pages; 11 non-fiction; 55 new-to-me novelists; 95 series; 25 re-reads; 25 audio-books; 6 of 6 challenges completed; 64 of 90 Newbery
2011: 132 books; 39,641 pages; 15 non-fiction; 42 new-to-me novelists; 54 series; 12 re-reads; 33 audio-books; 0 of 0 challenges completed; 59 of 89 Newbery
2010: 152 books; 46,899 pages; 3 non-fiction; 37 new-to-me novelists; 25 series; 19 re-reads; 28 audio-books; 5 of 5 challenges completed; 50 of 88 Newbery
2009: 73 books; 23,576 pages; 3 non-fiction; 31 new-to-me novelists; 36 series; 5 re-reads; 48 of 87 Newbery
2008: 79 books; 32,031 pages; 8 non-fiction; 15 new-to-me novelists; 31 series; 19 re-reads; 42 of 86 Newbery
2007: 44 books; 17,069 pages; 3 non-fiction; 8 new-to-me novelists; 15 series; 13 re-reads; 38 of 85 Newbery

2025 My Reader’s Block sign-ups

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I’ve joined this challenge for 12 years in an attempt to read down my owned books. My goal for Mount TBR this year is Mt. Vancouver: 36 books.

The Virtual Mount TBR Challenge is only for books I do not own. They may be borrowed from the library, a friend, found on a free e-book site, or anywhere else that allows me to temporarily “checkout” the book.
My goal is to repeat White Plume Mountain: Read 48 books from my Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library.

I’ve debated about Bev’s Calendar of Crime challenge every year & decided this is the year to jump in. Twelve books, one representing each month, are required for a complete challenge. To claim a book, it must fit one of the categories for the month you wish to fulfill. Unless otherwise specified, the category is fulfilled within the actual story. So I’ll be looking through my mysteries to find monthly mystery fun.

I used to do the Color Coded challenge every year & find that when I read a “colorful” title, I’m wanting to mark it down. So it seems my mind wants to do this challenge again!

The color may be named in the title, in the author’s name, or it may appear as the dominant color for the cover of the book. For “implies color” the image implying color should dominate the cover–for instance a large rainbow, a field of flowers, or the image of a painter.
Read nine books in the following categories with the color in the title/author name/on the cover:

  1. Blue
  2. Red
  3. Yellow
  4. Green
  5. Brown
  6. Black
  7. White
  8. Any other color (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, etc).
  9. A word/image that implies color (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Shadow, Paint, Ink, etc).