Book o' the Week

This week's book was The Eleventh Man by Ivan Doig.

It was wonderfully written, had a great storyline,

and was an all-round terrific book.

I purchased it twice and got great deals both times!

First, I bought it for my Kindle for $1.24.

And then I bought the real deal at Doc's Book Loft for $0.89.

Am I a bargain hunter or what??

To be honest, I would suggest everything

and anything written by Ivan Doig.

He is an incredible writer who speaks my language.

All of his novels,

as well as his non-fiction,

have been gripping, intriguing, interesting, and well worth the time.

I've read (multiple times) the following:

The Sea Runners

English Creek

Dancing at the Rascal Fair

Ride with Me, Mariah Montana

Bucking the Sun

Mountain Time

The Whistling Season

Work Song

This House of Sky

Heart Earth

I can't honestly say how I found the first book

of his that I read (The Whistling Season)

but truly fell in love with this author.

There were several copies of books at Doc's Book Loft

and I almost bought repeats to have at the cabin.

They would totally be worth it!

I just finished up with Cub Scouts.

We made bean bags and played various bean bag games.

It was a lot of fun.

Jelly Roll Quilt

For L's birthday, I wanted to surprise her with a hand-done quilt.

I've made her other quilts but they'd been machine-quilted.

The quilt top was completed at the beginning of May, and so I had about 5 weeks to finish it,

She received the "mostly finished" quilt on her birthday

and was gracious enough to let me have another week to get the binding done.

It was completed using a jelly roll with added borders.

The inner border and binding were the same fabric.

Some Quilts

L sent me some pictures of quilts to add to my Quilt Diary.

The pictures reminded me of the fun I had making them and the fun she's had in having them.

T-Shirt Quilt from high school t-shirts, and bike jerseys. I think they were 5 inch squares with a few double sized blocks. The backing is flannel. M. Bundy machine-quilted it. This quilt was made for Christmas 2007.

This quilt definitely made me smile. It was actually "made" twice. The first time was when L was a senior in high-school circa 2003. After all these years of loving it to death, the backing was pilling and dingy. I unstitched the yarn ties and restitched the seams for reinforcement. T. Robertson machine-quilted it using a light blue minkee backing. It was also bound in minkee. It was completed in 2010.

The 3rd quilt is a Levi & Flannel that I made for R prior to his mission in 2004. I used extra thick batting so it is really lofty. It has a blue plaid backing and was tied with yarn. I still have a large supply of Levi's and should probably get making some more. They make terrific car quilts.