Back to Quilting

Just realized I never posted the finished Plus quilts.  They are sooo cute!  When I made these I was a little bored and just needed a quilting project.  It is always good to have some baby sized quilts on hand for gifts and donations. I love that I didn't purchase a thing to make these.  All from material I had in my stash.

And of course, I had to dress the 'twins' in them....

Recently, I purchased a rug for our bedroom.  It was kind of an impulse buy.  While the hubby was gone, I was really focused on doing some decorating. I mean, when he is gone, I don't have to ask!  I love the rug but it throws a kink in my quilt decorating, just because I love to change out the quilts in our bedroom, often.  The mostly white one looked ok with it.

 But I kept thinking I needed to make something with these colors.  I picked some random pieces of fabrics, that mostly didn't work, then I bought a civil war reproduction fat quarter and picked some out of it to use.

The resulting quilt is...well, not my favorite.  I like the pattern but it is too busy really to actually go with the rug.  The pattern is Cathedral by Lella Boutique.

 I guess it doesn't look awful folded up at the end of the bed, but then again, not great either. Actually the mostly white looks best to me.  Jim really liked it and asked if it could be his.  Ha, of course, you can have it.

So now, I get to try again.  Not a bad problem for someone who loves to make quilts.  I'm thinking of making a more classic blue and white quilt.  I've even designed a pattern with a lot of white and some little 9 patch blocks of blue. I might end up submitting it so I can't show it yet.  I've only made one test block.

Often I like to think of my grandchildren or great grandchildren one day reading my blog books.
 So, here ya go, kids, this is some of what we cooked and ate in the year 2020.

I've been making some sourdough pizza crusts and they are the best, but tonight I decided to top that yummy crust with a pineapple and ham pizza.  Jim likes to get these when we go to the local Gondolier. I make my own pizza sauce, which is super easy.  Topped with some leftover ham, some cut up canned pineapple chunks, cheddar and mozzarella it was delicious. Yum.

I'm trying to do better at documenting my reading.  I am reading all the time using the Overdrive app for library borrowed audio books, and using my Audible subscription.  I love to read this way.  I can read while I cook, clean, sew, run, and drive to and from work.

One of the more interesting books read lately was The Disappearing Spoon.  It popped up on the Overdrive app.  And at the time I was getting ready to run and didn't have anything so I borrowed it.  It is really an interesting read about the periodic table of elements -- who discovered them, when, and
  some stories about what they do, stories about their
discoverers, what they can be used for, etc.

I admit, a lot was over my head, the non-chemist, that I am, but I still found it very, very interesting.

Of course, I am definitely a life-long learner and truly
enjoy reading about all kinds of things.

Lately, I've also enjoyed a couple of books based in World War II era.  One was A Gentleman In Moscow, and the other was The Nightengale.  Both, really, really good.

I am going to try to do a recap of my reading at the end of this year.  Another thing my great grandchildren might be interested in 40 years from now.

And that pushes me to print my blog in book form every couple of years.