Good Enough to Read Twice...

So I'm back from my camping trip and I feel rested and ready to dive into some summer  projects!...but first I thought I would share with you the book that I read while I was away called

"A Vintage Affair"

Can I just tell you how much I loved this book?...I really did!

I don't want to give a full review but I can tell you what it's about in one sentence..the main character quits her fabulous job to open a vintage clothing shop.

If you love vintage like I do...and stories from the past...and stories about friendship...family...and love...this is the book for your summer reading!

Because I love to read so much and there always seems to be so many good books out there...I don't often read the same novel twice, unless I really really love it.

 I would totally read A Vintage Affair again and probably will.

On that note, I thought maybe I would also share a couple more books that are among my favorites to read more than once!

 "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"

It's a classic that was re-released about 15 years ago and I have read it several times since then.....love it!!!!

Another classic that has been re-released and that I have read several times is

"I Capture the Castle"

....obviously I love it too!

Also...something interesting about this book is that it was written by the same author who wrote 101 Dalmations...Dodie Smith.

And last but not least....I know that I already told you about this book when I read it a long time ago....

"The Help"...when I read it right after it came out...but I wanted to remind you to read it this month if you didn't get a chance yet because if you havn't heard...the movie comes out in August.

YAY!...I for one can't wait!....

I will probably go see it the day that it opens...I loved it that much.

By the way...if you also like to listen to books on your ipod or ipad...this would be a great one to download because all of the voices reading it are absolutely fabulous!!...

I've listened to it twice even after reading the book twice.

So there you go girls...some of my favorite books that I think are good enough to read again...and again.

I hope you have a happy weekend my friends...

I'll be back on Monday with some new things to share:)

xx

Lori

Gone Fishing...

We are in the process of getting our trailer ready for our first camping trip of the season...

We will be leaving in a few days and going to beautiful

Fish Lake, Utah...

We go there every year with several of our friends including their families and we always have the best time!....

you can read all about it by clicking

 here...here...and here:)

I'm looking forward to relaxing in the great outdoors...but I'm especially looking forward to having a good fishing, hiking, camping, marshmellow roasting, card playing time!

I love the mountains and I love to enjoy all of the gifts of nature ....I will be back the end of next week with pictures and another tutorial!

Until then...have a quilty time my friends:)

xx

Lori

Homemade Pre-wound Bobbins...

I don't know about you but I hate it when I'm in my sewing groove.....and my bobbin runs out ...usually at the most inconvenient time I might add....and I have to stop my happy sewing time just to wind another.

So I thought you might like to know what I do so that doesn't happen to me anymore!

I know that you can buy pre-wound spools but I would rather make my own.

And because I love me some Aurifil thread ...that's what I use to

pre-wind my own bobbins.

I use the white on the orange cone for my machine piecing  90% of the time...

I usually keep extra spools on hand.

It's a really good quality 100% cotton thread that is made in Italy. 

I like the fact that it's a thin (but strong) thread ...which makes it possible to wind even more on my bobbin which results in

 less bobbin changes = more sewing time:)  

I use a cute red BobbinSaver donut to hold

my pre-wound bobbins...

And this cute little Sidewinder machine for winding them.

 Kassidy likes to use it so she is actually my little bobbin winding helper that does them for me...making it a win/win situation all around! 

Here you see empty bobbins...

un-fulfilled (pun intended) and serving no purpose ...awwww sad:)

Yay!....all wound up and ready to go!....

Just think of all the quilts I can make now....the possibilities are endless!

xx

Lori