Woman's Power

This is the title of the novel that I read yesterday. It was written by Louisa May Alcott, one of my favorite writers. Why? Because her "Little Women" is my favorite. I read that novel during my childhood days. Probably it reminded me of us sisters. Anyway, so I read "Woman's Power". It is a story about a governess called "Jean Muir". It was an engrossing story but in the end the villain wins! Except for the ending I loved the story. But I hate bad endings and I cannot appreciate the journey of reading the novel if it has a wrong end!

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A cover for our Kindle

Did I tell you we bought a new Kindle paperwhite recently? We love it! I downloaded a lot of free classics from Amazon; my first one being "Secret Adversary" by Agatha Christie. It is the first novel of the Tommy-Tuppence series. They are not married yet in this novel. I enjoyed reading it on my kindle. :)

It was time to make a cover for our kindle; and I finally completed making it.

Doesn't it look pretty? Here's how it looks from the inside.

How did I make it? Well here is the list of stuff I used:

1. Two inch elastic and one button for the closure
2. Outside fabric - 21.5" X 5.75" piece and 8" X 5.75" piece (white and pink floral print)
3. Inside fabric - 14" X 5.75" piece (blue and green plaid flannel)
4. Batting - 22" X 6"
5. 2-inch bias cut of the fabric around 60" length

First joined the 14" X 5.75" plaid fabric with the 8" X 5.75" floral print to make a 21.5" X 5.75" piece.

Then prepared the quilt sandwich as shown below: the outside fabric, then batting and then the inside fabric (plaid plus floral print joined piece)

I quilted the pieces together. We can use pins to hold the layers together.

The batting is a little larger than the fabric pieces. This may be helpful while sewing the layers together. Even if the inner fabric gets pulled a little it is okay as it will not be seen from outside. This fabric will be  at the inner side of the pocket that holds the kindle.

Trim the extra batting on all sides and use the 2-inch bias tape for binding the piece.

Now it is time for the button and the loop.

I hand-stitched them onto the cover.

Hmm... Can't take my eyes off this new cover!! :)

2 B R 0 2 B

My first book on Kindle was this one.. 

2 B R 0 2 B

It stands for To Be Or Not To Be...

The story is set in a futuristic time when mortality has been conquered and death is voluntary. The population is constant. If there is to be a birth of a baby, someone needs to volunteer to die; only then the birth is allowed. During this age, a mother is giving birth to triplets and what happens to the babies is the story.

It is free on amazon. Read it. It will not take more than half an hour. 

Here is the link for the book.

I read it on my cellphone. The kindle app is so easy to use and can be installed on any electronic device.