Good Friday...

Good Friday 2026

Reflecting on His sacrifice this Good Friday.  

Good Friday...

John 3:16 - Good Friday Verse

 

It Was A Good Day...

Brynwood Needleworks - "Song of Spring" Detail

 

It was a good day. I gave Destiny a little TLC, and switched out the wool batting in favor of cotton. She seemed to prefer the cotton, and I managed to get the entire piece quilted. 

Today, I'll bind it and add the hanging sleeve (required by the quilt show organizers), and it will be ready to go. Then, I'm going to pack up Destiny so I can take her for a spa treatment. I'll probably do that tomorrow, with this being Good Friday. I'm leaving soon to go to Florida to drive drive home with Handsome and Bella, so my machine will stay at the repair shop until I get back.

All in all, I'm moving into this holiest of weekend with my deadline met, and my ambitious project complete. Yes. It was a good day, indeed.

PS. Thanks to those of you who left comments yesterday. It wasn't until Kathy D. told me that wool can make machines finicky, that it even occurred to me that the batting could be the issue! I'm so fortunate to have her expertise available when I need it (and boy, I needed it!). Thanks, Kathy. I couldn't have worked this out without you.

Observing Good Friday...

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 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only son,

That whosoever believes in Him shall have eternal life."

                                                                     - John 3:16

Today, our house will contemplate the greatest sacrifice made that we might

be saved by His grace. I'll be back tomorrow with a peek at my next class.

Good Friday...

Photograph, © 2001 The Effingham Cross Foundation (IL)

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son

that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have everylasting life."

                                                                     - John 3:16

My Day Took A Turn...

I had the best intentions to work on the wedding gown yesterday, but alas, I just didn't have the concentration for sewing. You know, some days are just like that!

Instead, I spent part of the day preparing our traditional Good Friday meal. You see, I'm Methodist, and we have no real constraints on food choices during Lent (except those we choose), but growing up, my mum decided that we would make a personal sacrifice on Good Friday's and eat seafood or fish instead of meat. It's a tradition I've followed all my life. So, our traditional meal is homemade shrimp salad as the entree' for dinner. (Mum also likes her British hot cross buns, but I'm not a fan.)

I used large cooked shrimp, added chopped onion, celery and sweet peas. When the bowtie pasta had cooked and cooled, I mixed in with the shrimp mixture and my favorite Southern mayonnaise (Duke's - no sugar added!). I seasoned with salt and pepper and put it in the fridge until dinner time.

This year, Handsome also made homemade French bread. It came off the baking stone golden brown, crusty outside and soft inside. I really contemplated taking photographs of our meal, but decided not to this time.

The rest of my day was spent knitting. I told you how much I loved making the sleeves on my green cotton sweater, so I decided to work on a new sweater...sleeves first!

This time, I went to my yarn stash and chose a soft, grey white bamboo yarn called Bonsai (color: Tofu) from Berroco. The bamboo is wrapped in nylon, which gives it a very subtle shiny thread that makes the yarn look elegant. The photo on the left from Berroco, and their color swatch is just what I'm working with. This yarn can be purchased from Jimmy Beans Wool online. I got mine about 2 months ago from The Spinning Wheel in Sarasota, and my friend, Klara.

Today, I'm going to visit my favorite "everything" store (Target) for a few things, and then see where my muse carries me for the rest of the day. Perhaps I'll sew or perhaps I'll knit. I know I'll just enjoy this beautiful Easter weekend with Handsome and Kes.