Thank you for stopping by! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. My son-in-law surprised us Saturday morning with a big, delicious breakfast—eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, green chile with meat, fresh fruit salad, and coffee. Yum! We spent the morning listening to the grandbabies share about their lives, and my eldest grandson even gave a presentation on the three-castle kingdom he created in Minecraft. It was wonderful.
Faith...broken faith...faltering faith. Here, I will share a Scripture about these topics. No judgement, only love.
In studying broken or faltering faith, I often turn to devotionals and blog posts. I came across this one at Before the Cross. The author made many thought-provoking points, but these verses spoke most deeply to my heart:
FIBER FUN
I broke down my "To Dos" into three categories: Finish, Focus, Prep/make a kit, and Be Kind = Soft Deadlines.
- FOF: Fields of Fancy BOM (USING Liberty of London Lawn fabrics)
- FFB: Flower Box Friends BOM (hosted by Marsha at Be Sew Creative)
- FOF BOM Appliqué one prepped hexie and bind another Acufactum hexie Done! I finished last week's and this week's appliqued hexagons, as well as binding another one. I also experimented with hand quilting and am pleased with the results.
- Granddaughter’s Christmas ornament — About halfway finished and loving the Colcha stitch as a fill. Here is a video about Colcha Embroidery.
I'm currently crocheting the shawl below for a lady who is bravely fighting breast cancer, but, sadly, she has run out of options.
- FoF BOM Applique one prepped hexie + bind another Acufactum hexie
- FFB BOM start stitching block one: Bleeding Heart
- my granddaughter's Christmas ornament I'm sharing progress on my private Instagram account.
I'm applying "Finish, Focus and Prep" methodology from my Fiber Arts to my literary life with a bit of a twist. These categories will be: "Finish and Next" plus book reviews of finished books. I want to finally read my "Backburner Reads" - books I enjoyed but set aside.
Finish
- Did you look through the enormous Sears catalogue at all the possibilities and dream? Not really. We did have an enormous Sears store where we would shop.
- Remember going to the store with probably a mom, and trying on clothes? Yes, it was my birth mother, until high school.
- A shoe store for your "school shoes". We usually went to Kenny's or Payless. Like many of you, I wore the oxfords and saddle shoes. I do remember a brown pair of leather shoes with a cute flower painted on them. Those were my favorite!
Here are the parties I sometimes link up with:
Sundays
Oh Scrap! @ Quilting is More Fun Than Housework
Slow Sunday Stitching @ Kathy's Quilts
Sunday Salon at Readerbuzz
Mondays
Mailbox Monday @ I'd Rather Be At the Beach
Sew and Tell at Melva Loves Scraps
What Are You Reading at The Book Date
Tuesdays
To Do Tuesday posts at Quilt Schmilt
Thursdays
I Like on Thursdays at Not Afraid of Color
Fridays
Off the Wall Fridays at Creations Art...Quilts...Whatever