Quilts and Books

Here's the cover of this book as it was originally published: Here's the cover of this book as I found it at Borders last month when I went to the store closing sale: Here's the cover of The Preacher's Daughter : Cracks me up. I only discovered this when I was searching for an image for this post. So anyway... Back in January my TBR Read was Carolyn Davidson's A Convenient Wife . It was part of the Montana Mavericks series and I really liked it. When I was checking out the Borders closing sale I found this installment in the series by Cheryl St. John. It was originally published in 2001 but obviously reprinted at some point. So while I've only had this book a month, it was the only western in my TBR and I love St. John's books--thus a no-brainer to pick it up to read. The Gunslinger's Bride is the story of Brock Kincaid and Abby Watson. Brock was the town bad boy who one day in self-defense shot and killed Abby's brother. He was young a...

This has been a very productive year so far for me on the quilt front. I've finished 4 projects that I began before the new year. For the record, those would be the Frieda Anderson small wall quilt , two lap quilts that were donated for cancer patients , and the Blooming 9-Patch . I've continued to plug away on the Block of the Month (BOM) project, although I am officially behind again (I was briefly all caught up in January!). Now the year is over and I still have several parts to do: I need to make a gazillion "flying geese" rectangles for the border and there is filler to go around the central medallion. I'll have a picture of that soon. I made one baby quilt in two weeks ! I made another baby quilt that I finished last week. I was hired to make this one by a co-worker for her great-nephew who was born in early February. Those polka-dots don't photograph very well in the picture above, but the close-ups below might give you a better sense of the colors...

We interrupt the incessant IT HAPPENED ONE SEASON blogging to talk about an unusual Regency that I finished yesterday that is worth mentioning to those of you who, like me, really enjoy that time period. The Apothecary's Daughter was offered as a free Kindle read back in January. I really didn't remember much about the synopsis of this other than the fact that it was Regency-set. From Julie Klassen's website : A s Lilly toils in her father's apothecary, preparing herbs and remedies by rote, she is haunted by memories of her mother's disappearance. Villagers whisper the tale, but her father refuses to discuss it. All the while, she dreams of the world beyond—of travel and adventure and romance. When a relative offers to host her in London, Lilly discovers the pleasures and pitfalls of fashionable society and suitors, as well as clues about her mother. But will Lilly find what she is searching for—the truth of the past and a love for the future? Blending romance, ...

I answered a few questions for the Avon Romance blog and they appeared here  today!