Worrying about things you can't control is a waste both on the baseball field and in life..
~Tom Swyers
Quilting
Like the Phillies quilt, no one should be in doubt which team is represented. I appliqued Phillies on the front last time but the border is already busy enough so the Giants name must go on back. Large enough for to read from the opposite side of the park.
This is the last of the solid black fabric. I could buy more but trolling through my stash brought two black prints to the surface. The team name will be strongest because it's the greatest contrast.
And speaking of buying fabric, I purchased three yards of the orange batik seen here. Why did I think I'd need it? It turned out great for the writing on the back. There should be enough for whatever else gets written. I just need to decide. I don't want DH's name, or mine, or the year. It needs to be about baseball.
Here's some of the phrases under consideration:
- Bye, bye, baby.
- That ball is outta here.
- Adios, pelota!
- Don't stop believing.
- Yes! Yes! Yes!
- World Champions 2010, 2012, 2014
- There's no crying in baseball. {OK. This has nothing to do with the Giants but it certainly is funny.}
- Splash hit.
- Stare out the window and wait for spring. {Part of a quote by Rogers Hornsby, a one-year NY Giant.}
- Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. ~Babe Ruth {not a Giant}
- Take me out to the ballgame.
It's time to make up my mind so the back gets finish.
Reading
Can you believe I found a new series just as it was published? Nev March debuted Murder in Old Bombay last year. The historical mystery is based on a report from her childhood about two young women who fell to their deaths from a university clock tower. Nev's story introduces Captain Jim Agnihotri, an injured Anglo-Indian soldier who reads about the deaths in hospital. Adi Framji, the widower and brother of the victims, hires him to look into events.
A good introduction to issues in colonial India. And I kept my maps handy to track the movements of the characters.