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Happy Easter weekend! 🐇🌷We hope you have a wonderful day today. As promised here is the new home of the Greek Cross quilt, and it looks great! Also a bonus peak at Benjamin Bear who we made years ago, from a mink coat.

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“The blind was down; but outside the moon rose up out of the sea, and laid the silver path across the waters that is the way to places at the edge of the world and beyond, for those that can walk on it.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm

Here is a closer look at the Dragons quilt and my next read! ☁️🐉 There is nothing more perilous than the unknown, especially in a world of dragons.

The Dragons Quilt is ready to ship in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com

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"She seemed to walk in an atmosphere of things about to happen." LM Montgomery

Books and quilts always look wonderful together! Especially the quilts inspired by amazing authors.

This literary quilt features quotes from LM Montgomery, Emily Dickinson, Louisa May Alcott, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Ready to brighten up your home this Fall, in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesignss.com

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“In the lobby of the visitor center, the glass doors had been shattered, and a cold gray mist blew through the cavernous main hall. A sign that read WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH dangled from one hinge, creaking in the wind.” Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

As the Bad to the Bone dinosaur book reading challenge wraps up, I couldn’t help but post about the classic dinosaur book. 🌋🦖Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Bad to the Bone photo challenge is Best Book of the Month. Finding dinosaurs still living on mysterious islands are one thing, but choosing to bring them back is a fascinating dilemma. Life finds a way. Would you choose to bring back dinosaurs?

This book is pictured on the Winter Forest Cardinals Throw Quilt in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com ❤️

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“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” Oscar Wilde

We are definitely ready for the Fall, and quilt season! 🍁 Quilts and books make any home cozy all year long.

Be sure to 💜 and favorite our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or our social media at victoriagleasuredesigns, so you do not miss all the wonderful new quilts we are making this season!

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“You can’t spend so much time in a place and not carry a bit of it inside you.”

Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars

What classic book retellings do you enjoy the most?

I always enjoy a good Alice in Wonderland retelling. ❤️♠️ New authors always bring an unexpected twist to the world of Wonderland. Frank Beddor’s Alice, Alyss, finds herself lost in a heartless world. As her land prepares for the war against the Queen of Hearts. ♣️♦️

This book series is pictured on the Alice in Wonderland quilt, ready for the battle of hearts in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns, or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 🥀

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“‘Whatever for?’ Lex asked. ‘I won, didn’t I?’ The Gods stared at him for a moment before Kala found her tongue and gasped, ‘Won? Won? You were supposed to slay the dragon!’”

— Lex Trent: Fighting With Fire by Alex Bell

Lex Trent may not be the humblest antihero, but he can win the most impossible challenges. 🔥Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Good Vibrations photo challenge is Light My Fire: Fire in the Title. 🔥 Alex Bell’s Lex Tent books are one I wish gained enough popularity for the series to continue. Support the authors you love, so they can continue writing books!

This e-book is pictured on the Knights and Castles quilt, ready to fly from our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com

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“You must know that feeling when it's raining outside and the heating's on and you lose yourself, utterly, in a book. You read and you read and you feel the pages slipping through your fingers until suddenly there are fewer in your right hand than there are in your left and you want to slow down but you still hurtle on towards a conclusion you can hardly bear to discover.”Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders

There is nothing like a good mystery to challenge your expectations, and Anthony Horowitz knows how to plot a murder!  Today’s @owlcrate @octhenest @words.and.whimsy Good Vibrations photo challenge is Dazed and Confused: A book with a very involved plot. With Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders, you get two books in one. As it is a mystery book that can give editor Susan Ryeland the vital clues she needs to solve a real murder.

 These books are pictured on the Vintage Car Quilt, ready to race from our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com

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“May be we are not such fools as we look. But though we be, we are well content, so long as we may be two fools together.” R.D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone Another great read this month is the classic Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore. There are many things in this world worth fighting for, but there must also be an ending. Though some of R.D. Blackmore’s ideas reflect his era, this book has a lot of heart for how to care for difficult people. 🌷Also Lorna Doone cookies are great with a cup of hot chocolate! The book Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore is pictured on the Purple X Block Throw Quilt! 💜 This quilt is now available in our Etsy shop or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com Hashtags: #classicbooks #bookrecommendations #victoriagdesigns #victoriagleasuredesigns #lornadoone #newquilt #booksandquilts #bookish #fabricinspiration #bookstagram #quiltsofinstagram #quotes #bookquotes #classicromance #rdblackmore #quilt https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGFtJDr4qV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.” Bram Stoker, Dracula Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Curiosities Emporium photo challenge is We Learn from Failure, Not From Success. 📖❤️ Dracula challenges the intelligent and the brave to a test of wills they are unprepared for. For who can understand a monster. Today we are photographing the cardinal quilts! We can’t wait to see them in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com ❤️ Hashtags: #owlcrate #OCthenest #words&whimsy #wordsandwhimsy #bookchallenge #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #victoriagdesigns #victoriagleasuredesigns #bookqoutes #booksandquilts #dracula #classicbooks #bookstagram #quiltstagram #cardinals https://www.instagram.com/p/CpnZZqdgqxo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever”. Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo My current read is The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.⛵️📖 There are so many great quotes from this book it is hard to choose just one. Full of adventure and revenge, this is a fantastic book! The serial format also makes this book very easy to read. The colors on the cover of the Signet edition reminded me of the Mountain Lion quilt that we have in our Etsy shop! Our Etsy shop is VictoriaGDesigns or shop at https://www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 🧡 Hashtags: #victoriagdesigns #victoriagleasuredesigns #mountainlion #classicbooks #countofmontecristo #alexandredumas #classicbookstagram #booksandquilts #fabricinsperation #quiltsofinstagram #quiltsforsale #smallbusiness #womenownedbusiness #bookstagram #quiltsofinstagram #etsy https://www.instagram.com/p/CpS1FjTAbmC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time”. Marissa Meyer, Cinder Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Abducted by Love Photo challenge is: Best book of the month. 💜💕 Though I read a lot of amazing books this month, Cinder by @marissameyerauthor is a wonderful cyber fairytale retelling. The special edition is beautifully designed! I can’t wait until next month’s challenge. 📖💜💕 This book is pictured with a sneak peek of the colorful Starburst quilt, that I will be puting on my longarm next! 🌙✨ Hashtags: #owlcrate #OCthenest #words&whimsy #wordsandwhimsy #abductedbylove #bookchallenge #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #scifi #victoriagdesigns #victoriagleasuredesigns #bookqoutes #cinder #fairytailretelling #marissameyer #bestbookofthemonth #starburstquilt #yabooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDRghiLH_j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“The Dog Star stood beneath the Judgment Seats and raged”. Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Abducted by Love Photo challenge is: I need a ticket off this planet. 🌎🎟️ The Dog Star has caused enough angry destruction, and the Luminaries sentence is a lifetime on Earth. A lifetime as a dog. 🐾 The book Dogsbody is pictured on the Stars and Spaceships quilt! ✨🚀 A spacetacular quilt in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com Hashtags: #owlcrate #OCthenest #words&whimsy #wordsandwhimsy #abductedbylove #bookchallenge #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #scifi #dianawynnejones #dogsbody #dogbooks #yabooks #victoriagdesigns #victoriagleasuredesigns #bookqoutes https://www.instagram.com/p/Co7lKifLefy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“It was inside me. The more I sought it, the stronger it grew. It loved me. Loved me even if I couldn't, wouldn't, didn't love myself. Love me even if I hated. It set its tiny teeth in my soul and braced and held so that I couldn't crawl any further. And when I tried, a howl of despair burst from it, searing me, forbidding me to break so sacred trust. It was Smithy.” Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Good Vibrations photo challenge is Walk on the Wild Side:

An adventure fantasy. Robin Hobb knows how to write a compelling adventure. Fitz goes on a wild adventure to discover himself, and to find a place in the world.

This book is pictured on the Owl Flying Over a Snowy Cabin Quilt, ready to ship in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 💙

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“We do these ugly, dull things for a reason—to make a space where folk can live, celebrate, and know joy and love.”

Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup

As April mellows into May, is time for the best book of the month! 🍃📖 As always picking just one favorite book is hard, but The Tainted Cup’s world building made it a great read for Spring. Toped off with dangerous plants, and a murder mystery.

Again, don’t forget to stop by your favorite local bookstores this weekend to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day!

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Nest’s Kitchen photo challenge is the Best Book Of The Month!

As always check out our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 💚

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“She paused outside the door to cast him a chastening look. “That had better not be another veiled reference to something wicked.” “Veiled’? Never.” His grin proved that quite well. “I am always direct about anything wicked.” He narrowed his gaze on her. “And you enjoy that, I daresay, since you’re fairly forthright yourself.” Sabrina Jeffries, Accidentally His

Friendly reminder that this weekend is Independent bookstore day! 📚📖 A great time to support our favorite local authors and bookshops. I recommend shopping at @bookferretnc and @thebookhousews

If you haven’t read Sabrina Jeffries’ latest romance, I definitely recommend picking up a copy. It is as yummy as it looks,and I mean the food of course. 😉

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Nest’s Kitchen photo challenge is Dining Is An Art Form (A Book With A Dinner Party in it). Verity knows more about cooking than men, but Rafe is one mystery she is eager to solve. 📖💛

If you need a quilt for your new books, we have plenty in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 💛