Bout of Books 19 Day 3..

Again, I didn't read too much only about another thirty pages. I am however now more than halfway done with the book. I think tomorrow I will be reading more, after I complete this book though I plan on starting one of the smaller books on my list for this readathon. The challenge for today was to show pictures of our books, I have about two floor to ceiling bookcase, and the rest probably total up to another floor to ceiling bookcase. This picture is only part of one of those bookcases.

Bout of Books 19 Day Two...

I didn't get as much completed only 35 pages of the Healing Quilt, but I am almost halfway done. I think in another day or two I might be done. Then I plan on reading some of the smaller books, so I hope to get 3 read. The challenge for yesterday was to photo a book that did not have a regular font, sadly I do not have any books that meet the requirement. It was interesting though to use what titles looked like without a regular font.

Bout of Books 19 Day One Results..

Yesterday, I ended up spending my time reading just one book and completed 110 pages. I hadn't started reading it previously so I think this was pretty good considering I am also packing to move. I did some multitasking and using our bread machine (I plan on selling it) while reading at the same time.

A post that Bout of Books put out we were supposed to in six words describe ourselves. I thought of several different words, but thought perhaps these were the best; bookworm, quilter, baker, gardener, introvert, and knitter. What six words describe you? Did you do any reading yesterday or are you participating in the Bout of Books?

Time for another Bout of Books....

And more time to get caught up on some reading! I have participated in Bout of Books before, sometimes I am successful and other times I am not. We shall see on this one. The event runs from Monday May 8th to Sunday May 14th.

I am not sure how many books I will get read or what my complete list is so far. Here are a few that I know will be included, and not in any order;

The Seekers by Wanda Brunstetter
The Healing Quilt by Wanda Brunstetter
A Cousin's Prayer by Wanda Brunstetter
Merry Market Murder by Paige Shelton
Murder, Handcrafted by Isabella Alan
The Long Stitch Good Night by Amanda Lee
Her Secret by Shelley Shepard Grey
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
A Little Folly by Jude Morgan
The Poet by Michael Connelly
The Outsiders by SE Hinton - reread
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - previously started
Othello by Shakespeare
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Poor Folk and other stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Letters of the Rozmberk Sisters
Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

I don't plan on being able to read all of these, but several of them are quite short so I hope to be able to completed at least 3-5 or more books. Several of these are part of my Classics Club list. Will you be participating in the Bout of Books?

Quilt Retreat Shopping...

Here are the items I ended up getting while on the retreat. I purchased two small kits and am excited about starting them. One of them has HST (half square triangles) with 30's reproduction fabric (which I love). The other is a farm/vegetable table runner with placemats (which I didn't realize they were included when I made the purchase). I got a few fabrics that have vintage stamps and quills on them. I love vintage items and hand writing letters. I plan on doing a big quilt with some of the fabric. The thread spool fabric I plan on making a pillowcase for myself, since I have never made one for myself, just as gifts for other people. At one of the quilt shops they it is in a farmer's market type of place that   has bulk food items and homemade jams, bread and jellies, etc. I ended up getting a strawberry jam and a jalapeño one for Mr. Crafts4others.

A few quilts I saw...

at the retreat I was recently at. I wanted to get a few more photos but by time I got ready to take them, the people no longer hand them out on display. My next post will show some items I purchased during my shop hopping.

Nice and Quiet...

At the recent quilt retreat I went too. There was quite a bit of socializing, shopping, sharing of ideas, and laughter at the retreat. This was my sixth retreat I have been too, and last one at least with this group of quilting friends. The retreat is up in the mountains and the place is relatively quiet, except for the sound of birds, geese, and ducks, which this is surprising since they are right in town.

This is one picture of several buildings were we stayed.

The first retreat I ever went too I started making this coin quilt for Mr. Crafts4others. Eventually I was able to get the top pieced together, this was done in about three retreats (mostly because I miscalculated how much yardage I would need for the top and backing. It is the biggest quilt I have ever worked on and I wasn't working from a pattern. 

Off and on since last years retreat I have been hand quilting it. In previous years the retreats have been for three days but this year it was for four. I spent all of the time hand quilting, although I did take an EPP (English Paper Piecing) project just in case I needed another one. By the last day I was already working on the borders and felt that I was running out of fingers to quilt. 🙂 I have started on the second border now, but haven't done anymore quilting for several days.