5-7/8 yards used in all.
Six more are underway.
They all use units from the orphan blocks box.
(The fine points of terminology: a patch is a shape cut from fabric. A unit is composed of one or more patches sewn together. A block is composed of units sew together.)
# # # # # I have a fear of running out of reading material when I travel. Ideally I'll take magazines and paperbacks that I can leave behind, but too often I like the book so much that I want to take it home to share with someone. For the Florida trip I left the magazines behind but returned with the books I'd brought -- and bought another at the airport newsstand!
I was fortunate to get a hardcover copy on a giveaway shelf. This epistolary novel (=story told through correspondence, often one-sided) is as good as everyone has said. Sybil could be our neighbor and our friend.
I'm late in discovering Amor Towles' splendid fiction. I read A Gentleman in Moscow a couple of years ago and I listened to The Lincoln Highway last month.
Rules of Civility is his first novel. Set in the 1930's (mostly), it's about privilege and downfall. ("The rich are different than you and me. They have more money.") Poignant and so very well-written.
I loved Powers' previous novel The Overstory so I knew I'd like Playground.
Though the ending was predictable (all these storylines rushing toward the inevitable), the writing style was so propulsive and the characters so interesting that I kept on going. Wonderful!
This is the book I bought at the airport. When I got home I found another copy in the TBR (to be read) stack. I bought it (a UK edition) for $1 at a book sale. Now I have an extra to give away!
# # # # # Linking up with Design Wall Monday Sew and Tell Oh Scrap! Monday Musings
nice placemats and great for those orphans...the correspondent is on my list...adding a gentleman in moscow...librarian as friend??? priceless!!! lol
ReplyDeleteI love your placements Nann. You’ve made great progress on your goal for the month. I loved The Correspondent!
ReplyDeleteLazy Goose is just awesome, Nann! What a great way to make a quick, good sized quilt. I loved The Correspondent- couldn't put it down and didn't want it to end. Thanks for the other recommendations, too!
ReplyDeleteI love having books to give away, especially now that there are a healthy number of Little Free Libraries in my area. Where we go in Maine each fall the town dump (where you take recycling at the end of your stay) has a "Free Shed" that always has a great shelf full of books so no need to haul books on that trip. It's all about resources.
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You have a great start for January! I'm a slow started this month but hope to rolling along soon.
ReplyDeleteLazy Goose came out great!
ReplyDeleteLove that quilt! Great placemats as well! Thanks for the book suggestions! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteYay for the first finish of the year! I've finished one too so we're both off to a great start.
ReplyDeleteI must admit that I have a horror of ever being without a book from the library to read...however....we won't mention the fact that there are probably a couple hundred stuck beneath our bed waiting to be read!