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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.

Yellow for Oct RSC2020

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It’s yellow this month. I am making Rainbow Stairsteps blocks from a layout by Julie. I put what I have finished up on the design wall to make some decisions about the layout. I determined that for what I want, I only needed a six blocks in yellow. I sewed those up this week & will make some black blocks to fill in the edges.

Tumbling Strings is inspired by a selvage quilt by Cathy and I made the yellow row this week, then sewed it to the completed sections from previous months. This top only needs a brown & black row at the bottom to finish the center. It’s small so I will need to troll the stash for an appropriate border fabric.

These are the yellow blocks for the Alison Glass Sun Print 2016 kit project. The only blocks left now are gray, then there are small white/black pieces to cut & add to two sides of each block, then layout & sew all together to construct the top. Hoping to finish this before end of year.

Here are two more Bonnie Hunter Sandcastle blocks in yellow. This is my current L&E project but I’ve been doing them in the monthly color lately to go with my rainbow projects. I only have a few more of these to make, so it’s a 2021 finish for sure.

I made 5 yellow checkerboard blocks to add to the pile. It’s kind of a preview of a 2021 project.

What’s in a Name 2020 wrap-up

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I began this challenge in 2009 and have loved doing it every year. It’s fun to find books in my stacks or on audio from the library to fill the categories. Thanks to Andrea at Carolina Book Nook for hosting. The rules are simple: Read one book in each category. I’ve finished up this challenge and here are my books for 2020. I liked them all, even though they were a varied lot.

  • An ampersand – &:  Smoke & Summons, Charlie N. Holmberg
  • An antonym: Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet, Charlie N. Holmberg
  • 4 letters or less: Rook, Sharon Cameron 
  • A given/first name: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling 
  • Reference to children: The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey
  • One of the 4 natural elements – water, air, fire, earth: The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway #7), Elly Griffiths