I’m back from an unexpected podcast break with lots of quilting and cross-stitch plans!
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Quilting Links
- Sew Scrappy Spools QAL
- Home Again Quilt Along
- Great Granny Square quilt pattern book
- Thatched fabric line
- Sarah Goer Quilts (modern quilting inspiration and classes)
- Summer Memories Quilt & Cross Stitch Book by Susan Ache (check out the gorgeous images below!)



Cross Stitch Links
- Xstitch the Rainbow on IG
- Tea Time SAL silk floss and patterns
- Plum Street Sampler Autumn Cottage
- Flea Market Flowers by Lori Holt



Books
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Next in Line by Jeffrey Archer
Laundry Love by Patric Richardson
Inexpensive places to get books
Movies/TV Shows
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
- Forks Over Knives
- Peaky Blinders
- 1923
- Line of Duty
- Bloodlands
- Mount Pleasant
Miscellaneous Links
- Harney & Sons Black Currant tea (may favorite!)
- The Empty Nest Chronicles blog – a new venture with my friend Frances!
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Try laundry sheets, I use Earth Breeze but there’s lots of other brands, just Google “laundry sheets”, even more convenient than pods and much more eco friendly. Thanks for your pod, fun to listen while I’m sewing!
I read the Remarkably Bright Creatures book too and loved it. I have no intentions of reading the Laundry book but I do love what Chloe said about it – so funny!
Hi Kristin, have you seen the movie Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris? It’s a really nice movie and since you and I seem to like the same shows, I thought you might like it.
I agree with Marcia. Loved Mrs Harris goes to Paris.
I switched to Tru Earth laundry strips and they work well. You can use 1/2 a strip for small loads. I tried to use their dish detergent but found that didn’t work as well.