Thanks for coming back to Melva Loves Scraps and the weekly Sew & Tell party! I did not have much of a chance to visit everyone this week... But I have a good reason for it! I know that you are all familiar with the party and trust that you made visits to those that share links. Many thanks for doing that! Since I was amiss in my task, I'll be skipping the weekly feature.
My reason for being a poor hostess??? We were off camping in the mountains surrounding Red River, NM. 😎 I'll do better this week, promise!
It was such a refreshing time! Three nights of some of the best sleep (which we refer to "camper sleep)! Quiet mornings as we watched the day wake up, enjoyable bike rides into town as we observed what had changed and how since we visited last October and short conversations with residents and visitors as we strolled the sidewalks in the afternoons before the monsoon rains started, followed by pleasant afternoons and evenings putting together a puzzle and listening to the book, "Theo of Golden."
The high temps while in RR were upper 70s and lower 80s. We returned to upper 80s at home and the use of the AC unit in the living room and the sound of fans helping to distribute cooler air to the rest of the house.
It is this time of the year that I find myself resisting the afternoon sun in the studio by 3 o'clock and in search of a cooler place. I could have had the window unit placed in the room... I opted out because I enjoy the mornings in the studio more than the afternoon anyway!
I pieced Bookish Journal Quilt blocks on Saturday morning...
Theo of Golden... Excellent book. Here's the author's description of the book.
Theo of Golden is the endearing story of a curious old man who quietly moves into a southern city and, for reasons unknown to anyone but himself, undertakes a campaign of anonymous generosity.
Theo’s love for people, combined with his fondness for books, art, birds, and story, unite in a colorful expression of outreach and affection.
Stories are shared, friendships are born, and lives, in response to his inexplicable kindness, are affirmed and transformed.
The old man, no stranger to sadness and loss, quickly becomes a welcome presence in the community but his new friends and neighbors wonder, who is Theo? And why is he here?
Beautifully written stories of kindness and neighborliness are always timely, but perhaps especially so now.
Meet Theo of Golden. He’s happy to meet you.
We loved it and it left us wanting to share more kindness and neighborliness with others and asking ourselves, "how can we do that?"
I was able to finish the Porcupine Year (book & block) just before we left. The second book had a different narrator which I found an improvement. I will pick up with that series after I listen to my full Libby bookshelf. I didn't have any fabric with a porcupine on it, so I settled for some woodland creatures. ;)
Up next is Carnegie's Maid, followed by Necessary Lies, A Pair of Aces, Nora Goes Off Script and One Thousand White Women. I'll be sewing (and cleaning and laundry) with earbuds!
I am ready for Week II of Lala's Irish Chain. The story has been written, and the pictures of the next steps have been inserted.
Do you have your pieces cut?
You can find those instructions by following the link above. That is where you will find the fabric requirements as well.
I know that I could have probably saved some time by using strip piecing for the patchwork blocks, but I really wanted to have more of a variety than strip piecing can give you. I'm pretty certain that Lala would not have used strip piecing. ;) And I'm still quite surprised at how many of you told me you would want to join the sew along! It's been magical and special... and I look forward to seeing your Irish Chains. 💗
Have you read Theo of Golden?
How do you spread kindness to others?
Leave a comment... I'd love to hear from you!
Keep Piecing,
Melva
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