Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Victory!!!
Saturday, April 19, 2025
SSSSSSS—Struggling!
I am struggling with this
This pattern can be found on Ravelry
Why am I struggling, you ask. Because this is a different construction in my book— you knit a base section one month and you add to it each month by adding a side section—sounds confusing, but, supposedly, the scarf will take on a diagonal feature.
All well and good, yes! I’ m struggling reading the chart, trying to keep last month’s stitches on its own set of needles. Yes, I know I could place those stitches on a lifeline—that’s too much trouble—so we soldier on.
I’m using bits of my handspun in hopes when and if I finish, the scarf will take on festive look. In the meantime, struggle has become my middle name!
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Q=Quietly Quilting
Quietly my needle and thread
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Log Cabins
Today’s letter is L
There are Log Cabins—
and then there ARE log cabins! I mean the log cabins that are built with fabric.
Monday, April 7, 2025
G is for Glass
Reading now! One of my favorite authors! She features women in historical content
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Writing and Reading
As I follow this challenge
Please check out the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge
#AtoZChallenge
a-to-zchallenge.com
today will be sixth day and should be letter F
My F day is FanFiction. Do you know about this? I didn’t until our daughter started writing for this. She lives to write—actually has a talent for writing. She self published a cozy mystery that paid for part of her college fees. But, alas, she got a job—in a different field.
Since she is a professional now, in her spare time she will write FanFiction. I have read some of her stories and they are quite good—of course, what else can I say, I’m her Mother!
“Fan fiction, also known as fanfic, is a writing genre where fans create stories based on existing fictional characters, universes, and plot points. Fanfic writers can continue canon storylines, place characters in new settings, or "fix" aspects of the original plot. Fanfic allows fans to use their imagination, connect with the fiction they enjoy, and collaborate with other fans. It existed before the internet, but the web has made it extremely popular.”
I just accepted FanFiction, then when I dug deeper, there is a lot more to this—even down to how it’s spelled—who would have thought! Just go online and look—whoa!
FanFiction or fan fiction authors do not get paid; they are writing just for pleasure of writing. Is it legal? Yes!
I’m amazed at the number of FanFiction articles, authors and stories you can find on this subject. Pick one and you can be entertained for hours, no charge, except the hours you use!
Off to read more of daughter’s stories………
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Bags, Purses, And Enid
Recently, our Historical Heritage Society presented a program on Enid Collins and her bags. I knew nothing about Collins bags. My friends, who have lived in Texas for more years than I, knew Enid, even owned one of her bags. The program was presented by her son, Jeep Collins, who is jewelry artist. Although I was never one to carry a fancy purse, this program enlighten and added to my Texas knowledge.
Enid Collins is known in Texas because she lived and worked her magic on her purses in Hill Country. At first, she made all the bags by her own hands; evidentially, when the bags became more popular, she moved into a factory, hired many workers and continued to embrace the purse market.
Her son has written a book about his mother and her claim to fashion fame. You can find some of her bags on Ebay.
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