RSC, swaps, and a couple of books

 Why, yes, I can write a blog post on Saturday!

 

I'm making it easy on myself with RSC this year.  15" x 5" Chinese coins blocks in each monthly color.   The pattern that you can see in the photo is from an old issue of Quiltmaker.  

I used some orange batik to make a fabric box  to hold the mug rugs for next weekend's P.E.O. convention.   The box, or is it a bowl?, uses fusible Peltex to make it flexible but firm.  The exterior fabric is also batik.  

I used to have the Fast Fun Fabric Bowls/Boxes/etc. books but apparently I no longer do.  Fortunately I could recall how to make a humble bowl. Or box. Or container.   I still have several yards of fusible Peltex remaining from the bolt I bought oh-so-long ago. 

This was the second year I participated in Lori/Humble Quilt's doll quilt swap.   

I sent a little quilt to MM in late April.  It turned out I mis-addressed it.   That is, I sent it to her at her PO box number but to the wrong town!   Tracking showed that it arrived, but tracking only cares that the address is correct, not the recipient.  So someone in that other town has a nice little quilt and a few goodies.  UPDATE:   THE BOX WAS RETURNED MAY 30!  That means I have a miniquilt all ready for next year's swap.  Once MM and I corresponded and I found out about the error I got to work, made a replacement, and sent it.  Delivery was successful this time and now I can show it.

The design is from Temecula Quilts. The HSTs are 2" finished.  

Jan in Ripon, WI, sent me this hand-quilted mini. It's literally a charmer where the 2" blocks are all different.  

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 There are dozens of books on the shelves at home but I keep putting more on hold at the library.   Here are some that I've read in May. 

I've had the ARC since I heard the author speak at the ALA conference in 2019....now, in 2026, high time to read it.  I enjoyed the book and learning what happened next for the courageous women in the class of 1973.

An enjoyable mystery introducing a delightful sleuth.  Kausa Khan's daughter calls her in a panic -- Sana has been accused of murdering the landlord of the strip mall where she has a shop.  In the process of rescuing her daughter Kausa rescues herself from the lonely life she's been living.

The second in the series has just come out and I look forward to reading it. 

All that glitters is not gold.  In this case,  Natalie's "perfect" family life on a "perfect" farm--all filmed relentlessly every day for millions of followers on social media--leads to a breakdown, a coverup, and the eventual revelation of yet another Potemkin village.  None of the characters is at all appealing and that, I think, is the author's point.

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