Wednesday, December 30, 2020
After seeing some of the 12 Days photos Christy has sent me I’m not sure why I thought she might need some more placemats. But placemats are what she got, and at least they aren’t Christmas. I made these during an online stitching session with Stacia and Deloise.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
This summer when we planned to have all the kids here I had a basket full of quilting that I wanted them to go through and pick out whatever they wanted. Of course we never got together and my basket is overflowing even after Pat has taken a few for himself.
I’m glad this one found a home at Kathryn’s, even if she didn’t pick it out herself.
I finished it quite some time ago, when I wasn’t as keen on appliqué as I would be now. Click here for the details.
Monday, December 28, 2020
Elizabeth saw a picture of a donation quilt I made and she really liked one of the fabrics because it reminded her of their eel. I didn’t have any extra of the fabric but after ordering from a couple of different shops I was able to get something that I thought would work.
Just in case the eel wasn’t what she really wanted, I put a fabric that I know she loves on the back.
Author: Loranne Brown
Yeah! This is book 50 of my Goodreads 50-book Challenge for 2020. I don’t see where you sign up for 2021 but I’ll be in for, and keeping track of, another 50.
This is a sad and dark book, but it is very well written and, although slow to grab my interest, I eventually couldn’t put it down. It wasn’t until I was looking for a photo of the book that I read it is a retelling of a Grimm’s Fairy Tale (no wonder I like Andersen’s better).
Mariah, as a young girl, tries to be the perfect daughter. She has few friends but discovers a talent for playing the piano (mainly because she has a huge crush on her teacher). She is anorexic and self-mutilates. She is abused by her grandfather and in an effort to stop him she shoots off one of her hands. You’d think this would be the saddest part but it gets worse.
She becomes friends with a set of twins, Kat and Doug, and eventually has an affair with Doug. When she marries the love of her life, Sully, all should be good. Their first child is born with a genetic defect that lets everyone know that the child is Doug’s and not Sully’s.
What more could happen? A lot.
Goodreads Rating: * * * * *