From our house to you.

This was the last pattern we received prior to taking our summer break. I was determined to get caught up before our September session.

I had to ask for help from Stacia on one of the stitches our designer used but, in the end, I wasn’t able to make it work and went back to something I knew how to do.

The Flamingo gave me the most trouble but I managed to somewhat-learn two new stitches.

I didn’t piece this but I think it was someone who participated in one of Carol’s Summer Mysteries (or Saskatchewan Mystery as many in the group call it).

I did the quilting on my machine on Texada. It worked well and I’ll use it again for quilting if we spend a length of time over there and the quilting is simple.

Whoever made this did a great job of using scraps but still coming out with a beautiful design.

Author: Denis Johnson

When my Facebook group recommended this book I didn’t realize it was a novella, a genre I don’t generally read. Pat picked it up at the library for me and, after he brought it home, he sat down and read it through in an afternoon. I took a bit more time than that.

The book is more or less the life story of Robert Grainier who lived during the early 1900’s. He was a hard working man who suffered the loss of his wife and child in a forest fire while he was working in a logging camp. How he deals with his grief and the rest of his life is the thread that runs through the story.

Goodreads Rating: * * *