• Happy Easter weekend if you celebrate that – and otherwise happy weekend 😊. This week I worked on: Shimmer Sky Quilts: I got this pair of quilts back from the longarm quilter and they are ready for binding. I had Matt quilt them with similar but not 100% matching swirling star patterns. I’ll share more…

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  • March was another good reading month for me. I have started a personal curriculum (which I’ll do a separate post on shortly) but the theme for March/April is birds and you can see that reflected in several titles I read this month. Here’s my thoughts on the 6 books I finished in March. Bog Queen…

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  • Back from visiting my folks on the east coast. A great trip but also a LONG commute back here to New Mexico. (I am a morning person but 6 a.m. flights are EARLY!) I’ve got a finish and a few other things I worked on this week to share. First up, I finished my Faded…

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  • A finish this week and a few steps forward on a couple other things: Striped Granny Chevron Blanket: I worked on this pretty steadily this week and it paid off with a finish. I did wind up frogging the border and re-crocheting it but it wasn’t too bad. I cobbled this one together with a…

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  • February was a good reading month, thanks to some vacation days/travel days. Here are my mini reviews for the titles I read. Clockwork Boys/The Wonder Engine: This is a duology by one of my favorite authors, T. Kingfisher. Classic epic adventure tale with a band of misfits done with Kingfisher’s signature down-to-earth and slightly snarky/ironic…

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  • This week was mostly 2 steps forward, 1 (or more steps) back for crafty things. Let’s get into it. Day 15 of The 100 Days Project: Here are my hexistars. Delighted that I’ve been able to keep up with these. I think 125 or so will make a nice-sized table runner so I may do…

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  • Here’s what I worked on this week: Graerup Slipover: I finished up the back on this vest, which actually went more quickly than I thought it would. Next up is the front and since there’s no sleeves for this, it’ll just be the arm opening and neckline ribbing to do. Granny Chevron Blanket: I’ve finished…

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  • This week kind of went sideways on me. Several unexpected health things for my husband meant an ER visit and lots of time trying to juggle work and normal errands and sick husband errands. All that to say, this will be a short, somewhat random post this week. One of my goals for February (which…

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  • Back from our vacation on the absolutely FROZEN east coast of the US…..Brrr. Glad I took my heaviest coat with a hood and my extra warm mittens and hat. We had a chance to visit with family before my older nephew leaves for a semester abroad and before my younger nephew makes some final decisions…

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  • I finished 4 books in January. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. A chonk of a book but my favorite book of January. A deep dive into Franklin’s amazing life, filled with tons of primary source information, and building an in-depth portrait of this complex man. Franklin was truly a member of the…

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