Recent Reading Report

Recent reads have been quite satisfying, and I thought I might just let all you dear readers in on some of the titles I have enjoyed. All these books have been of the audio variety, as I've totally converted from physical books to audio books so that I can multitask in the sewing room.

An absolute delight of a book, Theo of Golden introduces us to the elderly Theo, quite the gentleman, who goes through his day-to-day life being kind to people! That is a very simplified take on him, but as one reads this book, his kindness, generosity, thoughtfulness, and insight become an example for readers to want to emulate. I was thinking of him as almost Christ-like in his simple and genuine treatment of others. I loved all the various interactions he had with townspeople, even the ones who weren't very likeable. He never wavered in how he effortlessly gave of himself to make others feel valued. The ending, while sad, was also uplifting. Theo of Golden ranks among the top 5 in best books I've ever read.

 Years ago, I read an Ellen Marie Wiseman novel called What She Left Behind; I recall that I ravenously consumed it, handed it off to my mother who also ravenously consumed it. I should have been seeking more books by Wiseman, but alas, only just now read The Lies They Told. It began a bit stilted and slow, but after the initial few chapters, I was won over by a plot centered on a very disturbing and little-known history of eugenics in America. There was quite a system established to keep bloodlines pure and unsullied, and the mountain people of Appalachia and Blue Ridge were too often the victims. Imagine a do-gooder from the city coming up your mountain trail and taking your children and your land! This actually happened, according to Wiseman's research. Historical fiction at its finest. I was spellbound by the story and appreciated the thorough author's notes in which she shares her sources.

 In The Correspondent, Sybil writes letters, and this easy-to-read novel basically tells us all we need to know about our main character through letters that she both writes and receives. She has the benefit of looking back on a long, rich life, full of experiences both thrilling and mundane. She values letter-writing, and uses her skill to communicate not only with family and friends, but also with others she wishes to "connect" with - she just has a knack for knowing that they'd appreciate and respond to a hand-written letter. A plot does unfold in all these letters, and it forces Sybil to come to grips with some parts of her life she'd spent years avoiding. It was quite the satisfying little book.

Two others I recommend, but will dispense with a detailed synopsis, are Broken Country and We Begin At the End. I enjoyed them both, and would read other titles by both authors. 

These books were all pretty highly acclaimed and took weeks or months to come to me on my Libby app that I have through the library. In between these excellent reads, I read a lot of less-than-literary cop novels - bad language, gritty crime scenes, and formulaic plots. I don't mind them, and they sure make me appreciate getting to enjoy some superbly crafted works like the ones recommended above.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Jayne 

Tiny Little 9-Patches

My little crop of 9-patch blocks has grown a bit these last couple of days. I have a nice place to sew (new desk - see last post), and an audio book queued up in my earbuds. This combination always results in something!

I mentioned earlier that I was taking the lead from Taryn at @reproquiltlover on Instagram in making the tiny 9-patches. I'd been planning on this kind of sewing even before I learned of her year-long project, so I'm glad to be sorta' tagging along. When I see some of the work the sewists are doing, I see a lot of them organizing the tiny squares. My initial opinion rather poo-pooed that idea. However, I've since done a 180. Organizing the bits makes sense! Duh. How else can you get a good-looking 9-patch if you don't have some sort of plan for the blocks?

So I have given in to organizing these 1.5" squares. Mostly, they are being grouped by color. If I see a big stack of squares all from the same fabric, they get their own stacks, and all the neutrals are sorta' being handled as a group, regardless of design. It doesn't look like there's a system, but I (mostly) know where I've put certain pieces.

I've used the top drawer for a lot of the neutrals, and the reds are stashed here, too. I stop the organizing every now and then and sew a few blocks, especially if I've found five darks and 4 lights that I like together. 

And that is how I've already made 24 little 9-patches! Yippee! It seems to go faster with the colors separated out, and the neutrals at the ready. The three shown here are indicative of how I'm working through this basket of little squares. If I can find 5 matching darks/4 matching lights then I make them that way; the blue block illustrates this. Sometimes, though, I don't have 5 matching darks, so I make 'almost matches' which you see in the pink block and the burgundy block. When these blocks become part of a big quilt, there will be no issue whatsoever with the 'almost' blocks.

The book I'm listening to is Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman. It is a fun read with a cute storyline - pure entertainment. I love the characters so far, and I am rooting for the happy ending. I learned of it from reading Nicole's frequent book reviews and suggestions on her blog Sister's Choice Quilts. Over the years, I have enjoyed dozens of books gleaned from her recommendations. 

Happy Quilting, Friends!

On the Audio Book Playlist

One way for me to keep myself on task in the the sewing room is to have a good audio book queued up on my library app. Here are some good ones that I've listened to recently.

The Power of Moments was so good that I listened to it twice. It is nonfiction and delves into how to create more memorable moments in our lives and the lives of others - loved ones, co-workers, strangers, even. If I were still in the classroom, I would have a lot of good ideas to add into my teaching. I shared a good section with my daughter who works in HR - as a young professional, she could definitely use the ideas presented in this book.

Not all of my reading has been nonfiction. More often than not, I read fiction. These next few - all mysteries - have been quite satisfying. 

If I were to rank these three, Before the Fall would take top billing. The main character was a man with character, an unfailing moral compass - upstanding, honest, following his conscience at every obstacle. A rare breed, for sure, but I sure did like his heroic efforts in this book. I see that it is being made into a movie; it'll be a good one, in my opinion.

The other two were entertaining, but I can't rave about either one of them, truth be told. I actually had to review the blurb on The Last Thing He Told Me, because I couldn't recall the story line.  Embarrassing, but true. That doesn't make it a bad book; that just tells you something about my short-term memory. 

Listening to books while I sew doesn't have to be the most riveting material. I am content with whatever can occupy my brain while I am stitching or pressing or whatever. Well, I do have standards, though, and not everything makes the cut. There have been a few that were so uninteresting that I quit them after a few chapters.

 

Let me tell you about my backup plan for when I am waiting on bestsellers to make their way to my library card.

I determined a couple of years ago, that I would find authors I liked who had an extensive list of titles from which to choose. I went through a gazillion novels by Vince Flynn, Ann Cleeves, Susan Meissner, Alllyson K. Abbott; Louise Penny, Brad Thor, and more. With most of these, I tried to read in order if the characters were recurring and a timeline existed from one novel to the next. 

My current novelist of choice is Philippa Gregory, whose incredible list of historical fiction titles has kept me entertained for many months. Her knowledge and storytelling prowess of the history of the kings and queens of England is beyond compare. She is the very best in the telling of the stories of the royals throughout England's history. I determined that I would read these novels in chronological order and so it takes awhile if I need to wait on one title or another. Generally, though, the titles are so plentiful that I am not waiting long. I can just about always get something from her to fill down time. And I am not so demanding about staying in chronological order as I was at the beginning.

The King's Curse is my current read. It is the tale of the reign of King Henry VIII, told from the perspective of Margaret Pole, who was descended from the Plantagenets, the family deposed by the Tudors. I have a natural curiosity about all these historic royals, and I am forever impressed by how skillfully Gregory can tell these stories from such diverse points of view. In one book, for example, she tells a story that sheds a particular character in a negative light, yet can come back in a later tale, and show that same character in a positive light. Quite impressive. 

I can do a lot of sewing with a good book playing in my ear; whiling away many hours in the sewing room this way, and I am content to do so.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Reading

You all probably know that I listen to audio books while I sew, and this has become my primary way of reading, especially since retiring. I love the fact that I feel as though I am multi-tasking in the two most favorite activities - sewing and reading. Perfect!

Typically I use an app on my phone called Overdrive. It is connected to my local library and the consortium with which it is affiliated, so access to a vast library is just a click away. Any requests for current best-sellers are usually backed up with a long wait list; so to fill down time I have made a goal of working my way through all the Plantagenet and Tudor novels by Philippa Gregory. 

That's quite a goal.

These novels cover the years of 1430-1568 and there are 15 total (unless she's added some since I last tallied it up). 

Originally, I was trying to read them in chronological order, but lately I've been taking them as available, so I'm all over the time period. Eventually, I find myself situated in the correct royal court of the correct royal family. I am currently reading The White Princess.

This is the third novel in the series and is about the York princess Elizabeth who, to unite the kingdom, must marry Henry VII, a Tudor. It's entertaining reading; I don't fret if I don't hear every word. The thread of the plot is easy to pick up if I am momentarily lost. 

What draws me to these novels is two-fold: I'm impressed that Gregory manages to keep all the people and their various connections straight. Even more impressive is that Gregory is able to present characters as both heroes and villains. For example, Margaret Beaufort was a wicked lady in one novel, and is the sympathetic main character in another. It really shakes my opinions about these historic figures when presented from both sides. It makes me realize that these people had both redeeming qualities and despicable qualities. Everyone does, wouldn't you say?

I need to get cleaned up for a book club meeting; we read The Maid by Nita Prose; I will share some thoughts on it in a later post.

Gotta' run!

Happy Quilting, Friends! And happy reading, too!

A Long-Arm Quilter Is Emerging!

By gosh, dear readers, I think I am going to conquer this long-arm machine. I had two issues arise this week as I attempted to quilt the baby quilt. First, the timing had gone way, way off. I fixed it! I thought then that I was ready to go, but I discovered after one pass of the machine over the quilt that I had tension issues. And I fixed that, too!

How did I know I had a tension issue, you ask? Well, here are some pictures and explanations.

This is a photo I snapped just after completing the first pass. I was rolling the quilt onto the bar at the top when I noticed the unsightly stitches where I tacked it down across the top. The actual stitches I see on the quilt top look pretty decent, but generally, if there's trouble, it shows up on the underside. And yowza! What a mess!

Here is a closer look at just a few inches of the back. I have orange arrows pointing to three places where the unsightliness is worst. I knew immediately that these would all have to be removed and redone.

UGH.

Instead of taking the entire quilt off the frame, I decided to fix the tension and keep on quilting. Since that single pass was narrow, I figured I could strategize my correction while I finished the remainder of the quilt. This next picture shows the stitching lines from the removed stitches along with the new, and correct stitches.

After the entire quilt was quilted, I cut away the excess batting and re-rolled the entire quilt onto the backing bar. When I was in a position to re-quilt the problem area, I left the original stitches and tried to quilt right alongside them. This effort was mostly successful. Then I took the quilt off the long arm entirely, grabbed the seam ripper ("Get the ripper!" I can hear my mother now! Haha!) Over the course of a couple of tv programs, the stitches were out.

Today is binding day. I have it ready to attach, and a book queued up on the phone. I plan to sit in a quiet place to listen and stitch all afternoon.

Now, about that title - a long-armer emerging - I really feel as though I am! This is the 29th quilt I have finished on the Tin Lizzie, and after all those other quilts, I still experienced a daunting feeling, a reluctance and ambivalence to loading the next one. 

Finally, I am actually looking forward to doing the next quilt! I am becoming a master to the machine; no longer timid and uncertain, but confident! 

Geesh. Took me long enough. Go back here to see how long it's been since I took possession of this machine from my friend, Sharon O. It has been quite a journey - one that has seen me move the machine from the basement to a former upstairs bedroom. There have been several visits to repair shops, way too much down time, yet, in the end, I appear to be prevailing.

Shall I say it? Okay, yes. Perseverance does pay off! Yay!

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Books Keep Me Going

 Today's post is going to be about the reading I did in 2020. To satisfy those who come here to see quilts, I will share one from the way-back machine - March of 2018. If you are interested, you can stay for the book stuff. If not, at least you had a quilt to look at. This is called Prairie Vine; I chose not to add the applique vine to the border, so the name is misleading, but oh well.

Retirement has afforded me so much more time for sewing and quilting, however my other love - reading - suffered. While I taught (high school English), I could justify my voracious reading; I kept up with the literary trends, read lots of YA literature, and tried any way I could to engage my freshmen and juniors (the two grades I mostly taught). My goal was to get them hooked on reading, and to have it become a lifelong love like it was for me.

I had a conundrum: while full time teaching, my quilting suffered; in retirement, my reading suffered. 

What to do??

Enter audio books. It completely surprises me that I have enjoyed listening to books as much as I do. I was reluctant to get on the audio bandwagon initially. Friends sang the praises of listening while driving, but it just never clicked with me.

Then I tried listening while I sewed, and VOILA!! 

I have been an avid listener for several years, and have tried several of the standard audio services: Kindle, Nook, Audible. The one I have come to use the most is Overdrive, a service from my local library that allows me to borrow audio versions of books. All those others, to the best of my knowledge, have some expense involved. 

Overdrive links to my library and allows me to place holds. I use it from my smart phone, and like any app, learning it and becoming proficient comes by using it. 

Somewhere along the line, I decided that I needed to keep a steady stream of enjoyable books lined up in the queue. I dislike down time between books. It made sense to me to queue in titles by some of my favorite and most prolific authors. There are many, but in 2020, I went with Brad Thor, Louise Penny, Ann Cleeves, and Philippa Gregory. Quite a difference between Thor and the others, yes, but those spy and espionage thrillers are fun! 

I have introduced and explained enough; let me get to the actual 2020 reading. I read 56 books in that calendar year, a personal best, I do believe. Here is the breakdown by author:

Thor - 16 titles - finished all that he's written; did not read in order, but it didn't really matter.

Penny - 11 titles - finished all her titles; should have read in order, but didn't.

Cleeves - 8 titles - trying to read in order; the hold list is long.

Gregory - 6 titles - I'd read a couple of her books over the years, but realized that if I wanted a complete look at the long history of English royalty, I should work through them chronologically. That is a very  long list of titles, and I am working through them in order, rereading any that I may have already read (there's a good chance I don't remember a smidgen of them anyway). She has several different series, so I keep a list nearby and check them off as I read them. Sometimes, the waits are rather long. She has a large, loyal fan base.

Others - 15 titles - three by Elizabeth Berg; the rest were just one apiece from 12 different authors. Do you want some specific titles? This post is already word-laden (although, if you are still with me, I suspect you must be a book lover, and don't mind all the words). 

I will mention a few favorites. Oddly, my top two favorites are nonfiction. I really loved Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance. I actually listened to it twice, and then had the pleasure of seeing the movie. Both very good. 

I also liked The Pioneers by David McCullough. Living in Ohio and visiting Marietta, it was especially relevant, but this book would appeal to all history buffs. The whole idea of coming to this vast, forest-filled land with plans to tame and settle it fascinates me.

In the fiction department, I enjoyed Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing. Amazing read; I was so glad to have read it after hearing various friends give it positive reviews. Of Elizabeth Berg's, I liked best The Story of Arthur Trulove. It reminded me a bit of Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove. 

Ann Patchett's The Dutch House was another book I listened to twice. I loved her characters and the descriptions of the house. It was read by Tom Hanks, and if this book is ever made into a movie, he HAS to be cast as the main character. He did a great job. 

I hope this brief review of my reading has inspired the book lovers in my audience with some new titles to investigate. I am on Goodreads, so if you are, too, you can peruse the titles in my "Read" list or my "To Be Read" list. I am not overly prompt at keeping my titles up to date, but I am trying to do better.

Happy Quilting, Friends! (And Happy Reading, too!)

 

 

Reading, Quilting and More Chit Chat

While I sew, it is very likely that I am also listening to an audiobook. I have several apps on my phone with which to do this, but my go-to is Overdrive. I like that it links directly to my local library, keeps me checked in (no needing to remember library card info!), and I can filter my search to just audio versions.

I generally have several dozen books on my hold list at any given time, and they always seem to have a long-ish wait time.

Making over 70 Ohio Star blocks can seem like an insurmountable task, yet with a good book on the Overdrive app, I whip through the tedium without a thought. It really does save my sanity, and I like the idea that I am multi-tasking. I am enjoying some great books while also working my way through all the quilts I want to make. Win-win!

Lately, I have been rotating between two authors with extensive series to their credit. First, for fast paced espionage-type action, the Brad Thor novels often keep me on the edge of my sewing chair.  Featuring Navy Seal hero Scot Harvath, he takes on all manner of evil both around the world and on the home front. He always gets the bad guys; a real macho-man, but fun, and not a lot of concentration necessary. I just finished Hidden Order, which dealt with evil domestic forces attempting to subvert and control the federal reserve. This is book #13 of about 20 in the series, and I think a new one is scheduled for release this July. I have not been reading them in order, but I did read the first one first, just to get my bearing with the character. The first in the series is The Lions of Lucerne.

And for a total 180-degree change of pace, I read the gentle, yet compelling murder mysteries by Louise Penny featuring Inspector Armand Gamache. Oh what a man! He is thorough in his investigations, and Penny is equally thorough in developing characters, plot and setting. I am currently listening to Bury Your Dead which once again has readers returning to Three Pines, a fictious village in remote Quebec.

The Gamach series contains 16 books, possibly more. I read the first one A Still Life with my book club several years ago. Then some of those friends went on to read more of the series, but I did not get on board. After a time, when they repeatedly spoke of these books with such delight, I figured I must be missing out; now I am playing catch-up. The books are very satisfying, but I especially enjoyed The Beautiful Mystery which takes place inside a remote monastery with a cast of Gregorian-chanting monks, and Kingdom of the Blind, which addresses the present-day illicit drug scene and the inherent deadly consequences. It's actually hard to pick out a favorite, as all of them are wonderful.

Between Thor and Penny, I do lots of stitching. Having these available keeps me in the sewing room longer and prevents me from becoming distracted by other things (like Word with Friends, Facebook and Instagram).

Interestingly, the folks at American Patchwork and Quilting magazine recently surveyed quilters, asking what they liked to listen to or watch while sewing. Many quilters say they watch movies and television series, while others listen to music. And there are those who listen to books. Here are the top mentions in the books category:
*The Man on the Mountaintop by Susan Trott
*Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny
*Beartown by Fredrik Backman
*The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
*Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
*Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
*Where the Crawdad Sings by Delia Owens
*The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

If you would like to see the entire list of movies, shows, books, and music, this link will take you there. I have read several of the books and maybe, just maybe, yours truly was the respondent who offered up the Gamache series. *wink* 


When Sharon is here to sew, we listen to music. Years ago, we got into the habit of listening to classical music, and we continue to do that to this day. Our current source for classical tunes is KUSC on I-Heart Radio. Since it comes live from California, we can tune in at 10am, yet hear their early morning programming which we enjoy.

And speaking of Sharon, tomorrow I will share a few snapshots of her current activity at the sewing machine. It sure has been great getting together for these past two weeks. The quarantine conditions made us realize how greatly we depend on one another for girl-talk and chit-chat.

In other big news we have upped our bird-watching game here. For about a year now we have been consistent in putting out mealy worms to attract a wider variety of birds to our yard. It seems to be working, too. We had a banner day earlier this week with sightings of 4 new birds this spring: red-headed woodpecker, hummingbird, indigo bunting (photo above), and rose-breasted grosbeak. Earlier we had a bluebird and he seems to be staying around. Hope that continues. We have all the normal standard backyard birds - robins, wrens, cardinals, blue jays, eastern towhees, mourning doves, red-winged blackbirds, nuthatches, downy woodpeckers, hairy woodpeckers, thrushes, yellow finches, purple finches, tufted titmouse (titmice?)and sparrows. In addition to mealy-worm, we offer sunflower seeds. DH is setting up the hummingbird feeder this afternoon. Squirrels and raccoons get their fair share, but the birds sure seem to love swooping in for the good stuff.

I am sewing together rows of Ohio Stars, at last. Hoping to bring a  decent picture of my progress soon.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Peachy Reveal and Audiobooks

Given an extra week of spring break, encouragement from state and federal officials to "social distance," and a few good audio books, a gal can do a lot of sewing. I am happy to reveal the quite unexpected quilt top I finished off yesterday.

I'm calling it Peachy Surprise, because it was never a quilt I planned to make, and I rarely choose to make anything quite so orange-looking. Every picture I've taken of it looks orange, however. I prefer to call it 'peach' because in person it has a softer hue than true orange.

It's not a very big quilt as you can see. It is stretched out on a queen size bed in the photos and comes just to the sides. It measures in the neighborhood of 59" square - I should have measured it before I put it away.

The way Peachy Surprise came together has been recounted in previous posts. Click here and here for details.

One sure way for me to stay focused on sewing is to have a good book queued up on my Overdrive app. I listened to two while making Peachy Surprise: Foreign Influence by Brad Thor and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. 

The Thor books are easy listening, fast-paced, "good guy always wins" sort of espionage. I have listened to many - maybe 8 or 9?

The Patchett book is our book club read for later this month (I hope we are able to meet!). I won't say too much about it for that reason, but it was read by Tom Hanks, so if there is ever a movie made of this book, then I pretty much have to see him as one of the leading characters - either Danny or his father.

Today's list of possibilities:
1. Work on square-in-a-square scraps, or
2. Load a quilt on the long arm, or
3. Hang my collection of wall art in the long arm room, or
4. Work on Diagonal Madness. 

Those are just the sewing-related options. I have plans to continue working on my "alternate delivery system" for the two OU-C freshman comp classes. On the home front, I could run a load or two of laundry. And I need to call Dorothy for a hair appointment.

Hope you are all handling our new normal with patience and calm. I'm sure it is extremely trying for many.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Welcome November!

Goodness Gracious! I was an absentee most of the past month and now here we are at November! While my presence here on the blog was rather MIA, I have been trying to keep as busy as possible on quilting-related endeavors. You all know that I moved the long arm machine upstairs out of the basement, and that continues to fill spare time. With the help of DH, I have it successfully leveled. I have a quilt loaded onto it. Yay!

Hold on. Don't celebrate too soon. Skipped stitches. I called my go-to technician, Terry, over at McArthur Quilt Shop. Over the phone he diagnosed a probable issue - the stitches going left and right seem fine, while the stitches going front and back are long. And then, after a time, the machine just stops. He thinks that the contact points on the encoders need to be looked at - something he will do for me in his shop while I wait. I am almost quilting!! It IS gonna' happen!

So I will dismantle the quilt on the frame, take off the sewing machine, and take it to McArthur next week - Thursday after class, most likely. My week is full-up and getting fuller!

In other news, I have made a good bit of progress on the Roman Holiday table topper that I have been big-stitch quilting. Click here to see it. And while doing that, I have listened to another book about the Kentucky pack horse librarians.

I feel quite well informed now on the topic. While both books (previous one) deal with the librarians, the main characters come from very different circumstances. This Moyes book is the less gritty of the two, and has somewhat of a happily-ever-after ending. I believe I have heard that this is being made into a movie, and a quick check of IMDb leads me to believe that a movie is a ways off - no cast listed, and sparse details beyond director.

We have had quite the week of weather here in southern Ohio. Monday and Tuesday were sunny and warm - pleasant enough to wear shirtsleeves. The picture above was taken Monday morning, and later that day we took care of clearing out all the flower pots and storing yard items in the shed. Wednesday and Thursday were rain- rain-rainy. Torrential, at times, but still relatively warm. Yesterday, after the rain stopped, the wind picked up and temperatures plummeted. Last night we had our first hard freeze, and today very definitely had a wintry feel to it. While sunny, the temps never got out of the 40s.

Tomorrow I will post my October highlights collage and maybe some more on the long arm room decorating.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Christmas Prepping

 In an effort to finish off some works in progress (WIPs) that are cluttering up my sewing room, I picked up a small project that will take just a bit of time and focus to be complete. And the bonus?? It's a small Christmas quilt, so I will have a pretty piece to add to my holiday décor as a wall hanging or table topper.

I am fuzzy on all the particulars surrounding the creation of this little quilt, but what I do recall is that I had dug into my tub of Roman Holiday/3 Sisters fabric remnants and found that I had the makings of these HSTs. I pieced them until I ran out, then used other remnants for a pieced border.

Above is an old (and poorly lit) picture of the quilt parts on the design wall. This shows the pieced border and corner blocks. This old post tells me that this little quilt had its start way back in December of '17. I wouldn't have guessed it was that far back, honestly. Just goes to show that time has a way of getting away from us. Hmm...

I have tried to be diligent and do at least some stitching every day for most of the past week - just 15 or 20 minutes - and at this rate I feel confident that I can claim this as a finish in short order. With the 'big-stitch' technique and the simple Baptist fan design, the stitching goes pretty fast.

Making the stitching even more enjoyable is the new book I have queued up on Audible - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson. I have been hearing quite a bit about this book lately, and at just chapter 5 or 6, I am quite enthralled by the tale.

(from Google search)

Big doings in the long arm room tomorrow! We have an electrician coming to install a new ceiling light and fan! I will definitely bring updates on that as they become available!

Hope you are having a great week!
Happy Quilting, Friends!