Top row is about half-finished. I needed to take a break from it, so now I’m working on the ships again. Only two left! This one won’t take long to finish, then it’s onto the pirate ship! More to come! I saw this pattern and had to have it, even though I have two WIPS…

Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937, declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines,…

Marie Skłodowska Curie (November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. She was the first woman to…

She wrote many books, mostly humorous while being open and caring about various issues. She was like a friend to so many people, whether they knew her in person or not. Carrie Fisher was a bad ass, plain and simple! She was an advocate for several causes, including women’s advocacy, animal rights, and LGBT causes. She…