Now that Christmas is over I can do the big reveal of my recent finishes! The first is a lap quilt for Mark who loves all things beachy. I began it in January as a project with my quilting partner who made hers of bright pink, teal, and mustard prints with a white background. We worked on them every other week. The pattern is called “Pow-Wow” by Cluck Cluck Sew and I used prints from the “Shore Thing” and “Going Coastal” collections by Emily Herrick for Michael Miller fabrics. The gray pindot background is “Here Boy!” by Abi Hall for Moda Fabrics, the blue solid on the back is “Solids” by Polly Minick & Lauri Simpson for Moda Fabrics, and the binding is “Best.Day.Ever!” by April Rosenthal of Prairie Grass Patterns for Moda Fabrics. [Read more…] about Christmas quilts 2015
2016 Reading Challenge post #3
Just can’t get enough of all the fun challenges going up for next year so I’m posting as I go this year instead of one massive post at the end of December. Some are old ones that I love and some are brand new because I like the mix. But I think this is the end. This makes 9 challenges, plus the 2 from Riedel Fascination that go until February 2016, so that is enough to manage! [Read more…] about 2016 Reading Challenge post #3
Newbery Reading Challenge 2015 wrap-up
Newbery Reading Challenge 2015
I completed my challenge goal of the L’Engle level: 15-29 points by getting 17 points. Thanks to Julie of Smiling Shelves for hosting this challenge. Although I only read one winner for my perpetual challenge, a trip to Laura country this year inspired me to take up some of her books and fall in love with that series all over again. The others that I read were very good, so it was a good Newbery year for me. [Read more…] about Newbery Reading Challenge 2015 wrap-up
2015 Monthly Motif & Key Word wrap-up
2015 Monthly Motif Challenge and Monthly Key Word Challenge
I did the Monthly Key Words in 2013 and the Monthly Motif in 2014 and have found it fun, so this year I went wild & crazy and did both. Thanks to Bookmark to Blog for hosting. I managed to complete both challenges this year and here are my books.
2015 Monthly Motif Challenge
Mount TBR 2015 wrap-up
Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2015
Bev at My Reader’s Block hosts this challenge that encourages us to read our own books. This was my fifth year for this challenge and once again I made my goal of Mt. Ararat and 48 books. There’s still a month left but all the library books I had on hold forever just came in and even though I will get a few more of my own read this month, I won’t make another mountain so I’m calling the challenge. Here’s what I read and moved off my shelves, most of them given away but a few saved on my “Keep to Re-read Shelf”.
1. Poison Study, Maria V. Snyder
2. Magic Study, Maria V. Snyder
3. Fire Study, Maria V. Snyder
4. Breathing Lessons, Anne Tyler
5. The Return of Captain John Emmett, Elizabeth Speller [Read more…] about Mount TBR 2015 wrap-up