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Donation Quilts 2025

Quilting

I was unable to attend the Guild’s Community Quilt day but I knew I had a couple of flimsies that I had made specifically for their donation. I started going through my bins and came up with 19 flimsies waiting to be sandwiched and quilted.

I checked with my kids and grandkids and ended up with 12 that will go back into my bins for sandwiching and quilting. The remaining 7 were picked up yesterday to be sandwiched and quilted by the Guild.

Temecula’s 1880 Sampler
Carol’s 2020 Summer Mystery
Carol’s 2024 Summer Mystery
Diamond Trip
Home Circle
Jelly Roll Race
Pinwheels for Caroline

MacBeth

Books

Author: Jo Nesbø

This book was not at all what I expected. Other books I’ve read by this author followed the cases of Detective Harry Hole. Every one of them was hard to put down. This one is hard to put down but for an entirely different reason.

MacBeth is the head of the SWAT team in the fictional city of Fife. Almost from the beginning we see a very dark side to Macbeth and he doesn’t get any nicer throughout the book. His climb to the top leaves a trail of murders, many of which MacBeth is behind but not necessarily the perpetrator. I soon came to dislike MacBeth; the reason I couldn’t put it down was because I wanted to see if he got his comeuppance. The mystery went on until the last few pages; the last chapter hints that the criminality will continue.

Goodreads Rating: * * *

Rag Quilt

Quilting

When sewing with Gail we use a bag full of tags for projects we want to tackle. I know that the Rag Quilt was one I added to the mix.

I had bits and pieces of flannel left from other projects; I spent a day at the Guild cutting the fronts and the backs out, as well as going through my batting scraps.

Sewing the sandwiches together went very quickly; even stitching the squares and rows together didn’t take long. The longest time was spent trimming the edges to get the fraying effect after it was washed and dried. I did most of that job on the day we had our 12-hour power outage; I had plenty of light sitting at the kitchen table and snipping. It was a bit hard on the hands but I did it in small batches.

This will be a donation quilt.

I still have plenty of flannel left and if I’d get busy and do some more sandwiching I’d have lots of batting. Since the project was a quick one I’m sure I’ll make another.