Reading and Sewing

I have had to rest a lot more lately and so I am reading a lot. I am enjoying Daphne duMaurier’s novels once again. I don’t know which one of her novels is my favorite; I like them all!  She is a talented writer that never goes out of style!
In between resting and reading, I’ve picked [...]

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Grape Jelly

We had a superabundant grape harvest this year! We made lots of grape jelly and home-canned grape juice!

I have been sewing tablerunners. I found a really quick and easy pattern at our local quilt shop and it works up nice. It took me a little while to get comfortable with the side triangles but once I [...]

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Color!

I love colors. I love choosing background fabric and threads. This is the CHS (Carraige House) small “Faith” chart. The background fabric is some pretty pink evenweave I found at Joann fabrics! Usually I don’t shop there, (I prefer to get linen online) but I couldn’t resist this color.
With the CHS it doesn’t look bad, [...]

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