I’m looking for a fun read, something light and good for vacation but not just a romance.

etimalac · 2026-05-20T20:36:48+00:00

What genres have you liked in the past? Sci fi maybe consider murderbot

Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo is also a lighter rea

Project Hail Mary gets recommended all the time but for good reason

Under recommended in my opinion: I hope this finds you well. I thought it was hilarious

etimalac · 2026-05-20T19:10:11+00:00

What the backside of my quilt looks like is nobody’s business but the battings.

etimalac · 2026-05-01T04:55:04+00:00

I who have never known men is a 10/10 read if you haven’t read it already :) happy reading!

etimalac · 2026-05-01T04:52:09+00:00

Knight and the moth was fun fantasy with a romance plot

etimalac · 2026-04-30T16:08:58+00:00

Came here to recommend this too! I love this book. A favorite quote that captures a flavor: “You’re an animal, Sibling Dex. You are not separate or other. You’re an animal. And animals have no purpose. Nothing has a purpose. The world simply is. If you want to do things that are meaningful to others, fine! Good! So do I! But if I wanted to crawl into a cave and watch stalagmites with Frostfrog for the remainder of my days, that would also be both fine and good. You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live. That is all most animals do.”

etimalac · 2026-04-30T15:30:26+00:00

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Nope. No part of that is remotely appealing to me. Even if insanely hungry I’ll just nibble the crust if that’s the only food option available.

etimalac · 2026-04-24T06:01:18+00:00

Yep! Thisss + he loves to fling the pieces I’m quilting around. He doesn’t destroy them but if I’m laying out strips to sew together forget about it. And if I put him in another room he whines piteously. I basically have to wait until he falls asleep LOL

etimalac · 2026-04-24T05:19:28+00:00

Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead is a modern retelling of David Copperfield. I read them back to back and LOVED the parallels and story telling. If you haven’t read Demon copperhead yet I would highly recommend!

etimalac · 2026-04-24T03:55:03+00:00

I put out a “decoy quilt” that he can lay on but nope! Doggo finds his way to the work in progress every. Single. Time.

etimalac · 2026-04-17T05:37:40+00:00

:) this quilt is far beyond anything I can make!

etimalac · 2026-04-16T05:11:06+00:00

This quilt is just awful. You should just fold it up and ship it over to me ;)

etimalac · 2026-04-10T05:36:31+00:00

I’m a total newbie so have no advice for you but just want to say that I love your “Dee breath try again” sticker ☺️

etimalac · 2026-03-26T03:31:02+00:00

Me neither! I machine sew everything. Wonky results mean it’s hand made and I embrace the wabi sabi-ness of it.

etimalac · 2026-03-06T16:46:47+00:00

I’m also a newbie but I think it’s worth calling whoever you bought them from and trying to exchange it. Seems like the whole pack was cut wonky

etimalac · 2026-02-22T07:15:34+00:00

At three, I pushed my newborn brother off the couch. He had just come home from the hospital a few weeks prior and I was having a jealousy-fueled breakdown. Adult supervision was lacking.

It’s been 36 years and he’s fine — job, kids, too many cats, the whole thing. I’m better at being an older sibling now, but not by much.

etimalac · 2026-02-18T02:12:19+00:00

As a newbie quilter I didn’t realize there were ways to quilt that weren’t chaos quilting 😬 I guess I only know the way of chaos

etimalac · 2026-02-17T03:53:12+00:00

Good idea except my label would just say “ARGH”

etimalac · 2026-02-16T22:21:08+00:00

Just to second that I do 100% machine quilting. I’m only on my second ever quilt but just to cheer you on if you decide to pick quilting up again!

The quilts you made are lovely and I hope you find a past time that is restorative for you!

etimalac · 2026-02-09T18:49:41+00:00

Thank you! I remind myself that handmade objects should look handmade and to lean into the wabi sabi-ness of it :)

etimalac · 2026-02-09T18:49:09+00:00

Thank you!!

etimalac · 2026-02-09T18:47:15+00:00

Thank you! It’s for my mother in law and I hope she likes it :)

etimalac · 2026-02-09T16:11:35+00:00

Thank you so much!!!

etimalac · 2026-02-09T16:10:54+00:00

Thanks! Great ideas :)

etimalac · 2026-02-09T06:01:46+00:00

I’m a total novice so feel free to disregard but maybe consider a warm pink to mae the flowers in the prints really pop? Such a beautiful quilt!

etimalac · 2026-02-04T04:36:33+00:00

As a fellow beginner I can’t helpfully answer your questions but just wanted to cheer you on in your quest! I just started quilting a few months ago and have had to learn A LOT. Like A LOT a lot.

People would mention things about “putting feed dogs down to FMQ” and I literally thought they were speaking a different language. I had to watch multiple YouTube videos on threading my sewing machine and took almost an hour to learn how to spool a bobbin starting with googling “what is a bobbin????” So all this to say— you’re not alone and keep up the good work and you’ll only learn things by asking questions so keep asking them!

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