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Zion Woman's Club meets the first Tuesday. I was the program coordinator. Our club members contribute canned and boxed goods to the local food pantry using Green Bags. This month ...
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The week flew by as quickly as cumulus clouds on a bright autumn day. 
Fringed gentian is in bloom at Illinois Beach State Park. Isn't that a beautiful shade of blue? Along the same trail: flame-red sumac.
Natalie Rompella was the speaker at Tuesday's AAUW meeting. I didn't get a picture of her but I did snap a photo of two of her children's books. She's a former teacher turned nonfiction writer (with one upper-grade novel to her credit). As a librarian I've been the penultimate consumer of children's books. Natalie provided insights ...
One side of a border for my something big quilt
For once it's cloudy outside in the morning (a sort of June gloom but in September) so the photo is a bit dark. The corners are reverse applique.
I'm linking to Design Wall Monday, BOMs Away, and Monday Making.
What's on your wall?
One side of a border for my something big quilt
For once it's cloudy outside in the morning (a sort of June gloom but in September) so the photo is a bit dark. The corners are reverse applique.
I'm linking to Design Wall Monday, BOMs Away, and Monday Making.
What's on your wall?
Here are my September OMG finishes. I'm linking up with other OMG participants here.
A. Catch up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. Here are the Nine Chinese Puzzle blocks. Each is made out of 32 different prints.
B. Make and send a small quilt to my assigned partner in the Teal Mini Swap hosted by
Beth Helfter (d/b/a Eva Paige Quilt Designs). My partner is Pat in Pennsylvania. She and I have mutual quilting friends. She said she likes Kaffe and bright. I used both. The swap fabric is the ogee print used in the vase. The ...
This past week I was in Duluth, Minnesota at a reunion retreat with women I met at last year’s Bonnie Hunter retreat in Oelwein, IA. This was the longest time I’ve ever been on a retreat and I’m happy to say I made nice progress on a number of projects. I want to continue working on these projects to get them out of my sewing room. A couple will be my Week 38 goals.
For me it works best to precut projects and work on piecing blocks and simple tops. With all the chatter and interruptions that ...
My aching back is somewhat better. I have had two acupuncture sessions with a third scheduled for tomorrow. I make a conscious effort to sleep on my side. It takes an hour in the morning to unkink. By mid-day I'm fine.
I was sorry to miss the Wisconsin Quilt Expo. The quilt shop that coordinated the bus trip gave me a refund (thanks, Heather!). On the bright side: look at how much fabric I didn't buy!
As I posted on Saturday, I finished the September OMG projects. I'm now caught up on this month's Block Lotto ...
I had oral surgery on Tuesday to remove both left wisdom teeth. All went well in my mouth. On Wednesday I developed severe lower back pain -- the muscles at the tailbone. My primary care physician (whom I saw Friday) said the cause is likely the sedated sleep (immobile) in the reclining dentist's chair. She prescribed a muscle relaxant and recommended continuing ibuprofen and using a heating pad. The tightness eases during the day but comes back at night as I turn and turn to find a comfortable position to sleep. Getting out of bed is hard. (I can reach ...
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The churn dashes in the pieced back are from Barb V's swap. I've used them in the backs of three quilts and still have a couple of dozen.
The shower for Baby Riley (well, for her parents) was Saturday. They received several crocheted afghans but the I Spy that I made was the only quilt. They like it!
We had free tickets for a concert at Ravinia on Tuesday, but free means lawn seating and it poured. The Zion Park District's weekly concert on Thursday was also free, also outside, and it poured. That meant two evenings to sew!
I finished the maple leaf wall hanging. It's my OMG for August. I will donate it to the quilt guild for the silent auction at Sept. 29-30 quilt show. 24 x 36, 1-1/2 yards.
Though the maple leaves were finished I didn't put the batik FQ boxes back on the shelf. Here's what happened ...
I met a mermaid on the beach last week. I left her to splash in the very calm water.
The early July wildflowers are wonderful.
We skipped the country classics bands and fireworks on Wednesday but on Thursday we enjoyed the Lake County Symphony Orchestra concert in the park.
Meanwhile, in the studio: I made 8.5" (unf) stars
for the I Spy quilt. The novelty squares are 4.5"
There are two pink prints for the background because I didn't have enough of either one to make all backgrounds the same. I'm contemplating designs for the borders ...
Halfway through the year!
Fabric in, June: 25-3/4, $138.50 (avg. $5.37/yard)
Fabric out, June: 28-1/8
Fabric in, January to June: 160-1/4, $503.25 (avg. $3.13/yard)
Fabric out, January to June: 338-3/8
Net decrease: 178-1/8 yards
My One Monthly Goal for July is to make a baby quilt. The ...
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I remember the first time I saw wild flags (wild iris): circa 1990, driving home to Auburn, Maine, on Route 202. That was long before cellphones with cameras. I looked for them the next year, and the next, but never found them again. Now I make a point to visit Illinois Beach State Park each year to see both blue and yellow flags in bloom.
Flags differ from hybrid iris -- they like wet feet.
Fabric IN, May: 56-3/8 yds, $185.75 (avg. $3.29)
Fabric OUT, May: 39-7/8 yds
* I used a gift certificate, ordered on-sale Aurifil thread and (to get free shipping) fabric, and bought a king-sized flat sheet at Salvation Army. On Wednesday we had a medical appt. at Froedert (west of Milwaukee) -- too close to Patched Works in Elm Grove to not visit. I hadn't been to PW in years. It's as well-stocked as ever and some of that stock came home with me.
Fabric IN, January-May: 134-1/2 yds, $364.75 (avg. $2.71)
Fabric OUT ...
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