There was a package in my mailbox yesterday afternoon. I didn't recognize the source, I didn't remember having ordered it.

Inside, was a copy of "The Used World" by Haven Kimmel, ordered via Amazon through a used book store/charity shop in California.

I really knew I didn't remember ordering it - and it was also ordered on a day when I was out of town (and therefore away from a computer) so I KNOW I didn't order it.

I assume - since it was on my wishlist - someone found a copy of it and had it sent to me. So if it was one of you (as opposed to a relative or someone else who knows me but doesn't read here), thank you. It looks interesting.

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I'm still thinking about the marking for the "next" quilt (even though I'm probably a minimum of a month out from completing the current one). I'm leaning towards a simple outline-the-main-patches with diagonals in the nine-patch-like sections. This has the attraction of not requiring marking. (I have a chalk "mechanical pencil" I ordered from Clotilde that I like, and I've also used soap slivers with good success, at least on dark fabrics), but I like not having to mark a top. And I tend to find that on tops where I want to emphasize the piecing and the fabrics used (like this one), mirroring the pieced design seems to work best.