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June 7, 2025
Friday check in: guild speaker + orange blocks from With Strings Attached

 

Carol Wilhoit was the speaker at the guild meeting Wednesday.  Her program spoke right to my scrappy heart.   

She mentioned "our" Wanda as the inspiration for the way she selects a range of prints/colors for her quilts.

"Use the good fabric!  Don't be afraid to experiment!" she told us.  Good advice.



Speaking of range of color, here are the 20 orange Ohio Stars.   I'm doing straight sets for each group of blocks in this RSC series so assembly is easy. 


There's a community garage sale this weekend. (Many people sign up and they (who?) publish a ...

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February 28, 2025
Friday check in: best in show but some editing required from With Strings Attached

 The annual GFWC-IL Tenth District Art Show was Wednesday.   They have used the same categories for years ranging from painting (subcategories by medium) to floral arranging to holiday decor, sculpture, paper crafts, photography, knitting/crochet -- and "wall hanging" and "embroidery, quilting, tatting."  Categories are subject to interpretation.  This year sculpture included a fused-glass panel (beautiful)  and a fabric/quilted covered flower pot (artificial flowers.  Well, I didn't make the rules.  I just followed them -- and I won!   Full confession:  I entered the only wall hanging and there two quilts and a quilted tote bag (no tatting).  But I got ...

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