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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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“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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“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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“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 💛

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“Steady progress. That was the Ictha way. Any task could be overcome by steady, unrelenting progress.” Mark Lawrence, The Girl and the Mountain

We are doing a bit of catching up today, after a lovely week off! 📖💜 So here is a closer look at the longarm quilting of the Greek Cross quilt. This is a very small version of the paisley quilting design. It takes a bit of work, but it looks wonderfully intricate in the end.

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Nest’s Kitchen photo challenge is One Bite At A Time (Share A Slow Moving Plot). In a story of survival, one step at a time is the only way to get through. 📖

We make custom quilts! Check out what we can make in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 💜

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“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” Nathaniel Hawthorne

Happy World Book Day! 📚📖 It is a great day to curl up on your favorite reading chair with a quilt and a book.

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Nest’s Kitchen photo challenge is Pull Up A Chair And Stay Awhile (A Book or Bookish Item in a Chair. If you sit quietly with a book you may find happiness. 📚📖

These book quote quilts will soon be in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com ❤️

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“The lovely flowers

embarrass me.

They make me regret

I am not a bee...”

Emily Dickinson

We have a lovely cool Spring week to look forward to, and it is a wonderful time to show off the new finished quilts arriving in our Etsy shop soon! 🌼🐝 You are going to love these beautiful quilts.

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Nest’s Kitchen photo challenge is Wine Is Bottled Poetry (Share A Glass Of Wine / A Poetry Or Novella). A fun fact is that I don’t like wine, but I do enjoy poetry. Emily Dickinson always has something clever to say. 🌼

There will soon be new quilts in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 💛

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“Perhaps it is always restful to be around someone who does not expect anything from you beyond what is in your nature.”

Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries

We have another lovely floral quilt ready to be photographed next week! 📖🌼 This is one of the four @gingiber quilts, with the beautiful Meadowmere fabric. We can’t wait to show you the finished quilts.

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Nest’s Kitchen photo challenge is Eat The Dessert First (Show Us A Sweet Romance Novel). One of the best parts of Emily Wilde’s story is her budding romance with Wendell. Just simply because they like each other for who they are. 🌼

There are many wonderful quilts to fall in love with, in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 💛

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It is April, which means a new stack of books! 📖🔪 This month’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy reading challenge is Nest’s Kitchen. Filled with sweet and savory books. You can find this challenge on the Nest, a free book community app. My TBR this month is the following:

A Wicked Magic by Sasha Laurens

Accidentally His by Sabrina Jeffries

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Vanishing Station by Ana Ellickson

A Bite to Remember by Lynsay Sands

Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya

Accidentally His by Sabrina Jeffries

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson

We make custom quilts! Check out all our quilts in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 💚

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“I have not led an ordinary life, nor a life that would suit everyone. I took great risks, but because I did, I also earned great reward. I found the way to show my true face freely, without fear. Because of this, I found true love.” Cameron Dokey, The Wild Orchid

It is a beautiful Spring day, and a great day to longarm floral quilts! 🌸📖 Some of my favorite quilting designs are flowers. The loops and swirls of their shape is so much fun.

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Fallen Thrones Photo challenge is King Me! (A Royal Main Character). The best royal stories are fairytales, where all girls are princess and queens! 💕

We are having a Spring sale, 25% all our quilts, in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 💕

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“‘If you always hoped Ant-Man would write a book, you’re in luck. I confess I did not -but I enjoyed it all the same.’ -Dr. Stephen Strange” Look Out For The Little Guy! by Scott Lang

It is time to find some lighthearted reads! 🌸📖 Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Fallen Thrones photo challenge is Never Be The Jester (A Book With A Witty Plot Of Characters). There isn’t a more witty or humble guy than Scott Lang.

Our Spring sale is on, with 25% off all our quilts! Find our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com ❤️

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“What is it, I wonder, that makes two people suddenly become important to each other? So important that everything else around them just fades away?” Sylvia Engdahl, Enchantress from the Stars

Happy Spring everyone! 🌸📖 It is a bright and sunny day here in NC, and a great day for a quilt sale. All our quilts are 25% off until the end of the month. Including all the floral quilts, ready to brighten up your home this season.

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Fallen Thrones photo challenge is The Spare Takes Over (A Side Character Takes The Lead). It is not easy to patiently help when someone else has to be the hero. But Elana made a vow not to interfere in this planet’s history. Even when she falls in love.

We make custom quilts! Checkout all the quilts we have made in our Etsy shop at VictoriaGDesigns or www.victoriagleasuredesigns.com 💕

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