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Weekly update: local history, bunco, a finish, and the other RSC project from With Strings Attached

The Zion Woman's Club fall Bunco fundraiser was Friday night. As club president I had a lot invested in the outcome and I am delighted to report that it was a great success. If I added correctly, the gross income was $1950. One winner was very lucky indeed -- she won $215 in the 50/50 cash raffle, $225 in the gift card raffle, and the quilt I donated.

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I enjoyed two programs sponsored by the Waukegan History Museum in honor of Indigenous Peoples Month.

Thursday evening was a showing of "The Negotiator." Billy Caldwell,

(c) Susan Kelsey

aka Sauganash ...

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Midweek: dolls, a finish, WIP + reading from With Strings Attached

"Oh, You Beautiful Doll" was the program at yesterday's Zion Woman's Club meeting. Lorna began collecting and recreating antique dolls in the 1990's. She has traveled all over the country to doll competitions (she's won!), sold supplies, and taught classes. She makes the porcelain heads and bodies herself. She brought samples of heads as greenware (rather squishy), bisque (first firing), and porcelain (second firing). She makes all clothes including the shoes (leather sourced from old gloves). Most of the club members have known Lorna for many years but none of us knew the details about her ...

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Weekly update: AIC, quilt show, the end of an era, a finish! and a flimsy from With Strings Attached

I've had ample opportunities to go downtown to see the Caillebotte exhibit at the Art Institute, but it took a "closing soon!" email to get me to do it on Friday.

Wealthy Chicagoans in the Gilded Age (1890's) bought Impressionists as modern and avant-garde, and relatively inexpensive. They were patrons of the Art Institute and thus the museum developed its Impressionist collection.

"Paris Street, Rainy Day" was acquired in 1964 and has become one of AIC's most famous paintings. Caillebotte painted it in 1877.

I had hoped to go to this famous intersection (Carrefour du Moscou) when ...

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Midweek: RSC collage + something new from With Strings Attached

It's been a while since I walked the trail at Sedge Meadow. 74 degrees and sunshine made it most pleasant.

I saw three bottle gentians! (The third one is at the lower right.)

This circle of little heart-shaped leaves came into view just as I was telling Stevens how much I missed him.

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In the studio:

I quilted the September RSC Ohio Stars flimsy (light green and light blue) on Monday evening.

Here's a collage of the nine Ohio Stars quilts. The blue tote bag came about because I trimmed the quilt (before binding) too much.

These are ...

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Midweek: it's a flimsy from With Strings Attached

We've had glorious weather with lots of sunshine and low humidity. Ideal for hiking. Three more forest preserves checked off the Hike Lake County list: Fort Hill Trail and Singing Hills Farm on Saturday and Buffalo Creek on Monday.

Cormorants on a rock in the Buffalo Creek reservoir.

Singing Hills was a dairy farm.

Purple coneflower, ironweed, velvetleaf. Vervain, Maximilian's sunflower, goldenrod. More goldenrod, stiff goldenrod, false sunflower.

Zion Woman's Club started the club year yesterday with a potluck luncheon and a program about chair yoga. September is National Library Card Sign Up Month and we showed ...

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Weekly update: quilt shops, the stash report, Christmas braid flimsy, and OMG from With Strings Attached

I brought souvenirs back from New England--two t-shirts, a tea towel, refrigerator magnets -- and fabric! I went to four quilt shops and a thrift shop.

A Quilter's Garden is in Montpelier, VT.

Sew Far North is in Littleton, NH.

The Golden Gese [taken from the owner's surname] is in Concord, NH.

The late Victoria Carroll-Parkhill, whose blog was Park Hill Farm, patronized this shop. When we were in New Hampshire in 2018 I met her there.

I had a wonderful six-degrees-of-separation experience at Haphazard Quilting in Canaan, NH.

I mentioned to Deb, the shop owner, that I was ...

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Midweek: three finishes! from With Strings Attached

On Monday I drove to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, to deliver my three Wisconsin Quilt Show entries to the Nancy Zieman store.

The store is a full-line quilt shop and, yay me!, I did not buy anything. There is an exhibit about Nancy and her career.

A year ago we made the same trip. It was Stevens' last day trip. Just 110 miles but logistics were getting difficult then.

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In the studio:

My RSC project this year is making 20 9" Ohio Star blocks in the monthly color for a wheelchair-sized quilt.

The July purple is quilted and bound.

The August ...

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Weekly update: catching up in the studio from With Strings Attached

My t-shirt says Free People Read Freely

I hope you all had a pleasant holiday.

It rained briefly on Friday morning but the sun came out before lunchtime. It was a beautiful evening for the Fourth of July festivities at Shiloh Park in Zion. There was a big crowd for the concert by a band called Mike & Joe (80's rock). They played for two hours without a break.

The fireworks began at 9:30. My phone camera captured a couple of them.

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My quilting goal for the July is to keep up with a variety of projects. I got ...

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Weekly update: rummage sale score, orange stars, topalong start from With Strings Attached

Friday's walk at the state park: lupine, daisy fleabane, coreopsis, blue flag iris (native), hybrid iris (I look for it every year), golden Alexander, Canadian anemone, yellow flag iris (non-native).

On Friday I went to a rummage sale. As I looked at craft items I mentioned that I'm a quilter. The woman said she had some fabric leftovers in the house that she'd bring out. I bought all of them -- contemporary prints -- for $10. The woman's mother was managing the checkout and said, "I have some old fabric from my mother. I can bring it tomorrow ...

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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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Midweek: orange, goals, and an inspiring quilt book from With Strings Attached

I had a delightful day Monday with my sister and our first cousin Karen who was visiting from Los Angeles. Though our mother and her father (siblings) were very close, we cousins aren't. We hadn't seen her since 2002. General catching-up and family stories made for lively conversation.

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Orange is the color for RSC this month. I made 8 9-patch blocks for one project and I've begun a batch of Ohio Stars. This year I'm making a wheelchair/lap quilt each month using Ohio Stars in the month's color.

The June block for the guild ...

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Weekly update: two finishes + reading from With Strings Attached

Two walks at Illinois Beach State Park this weekend were good for my body and my spirit.

Woodland violet, field horsetail, wild strawberry, hoary puccoon, prickly pear, serviceberry, false Solomon's seal.

If you look at the horizon you can see the Chicago skyline, 40 miles away.

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In the studio: two finishes!

The flimsy was in my post last week. Now it's quilted and bound. One of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects this year is to make a wheelchair-sized quilt (approx. 40 x 50) out of Ohio Stars in the monthly color.

I signed up for the guild mystery ...

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Weekly update: the sew goes on from With Strings Attached

I continue to thank you all for your kind words and condolences. Quilting is very therapeutic during stressful times. And the endorphin rush from bargain fabric acquisition is not to be discounted. I have recent experience with both.

Chris called to offer me several bags of fabric. I bought a huge quantity from her a couple of years ago. She found more and for payment asked if I would make a quilt for her new great-grandson. Of course!

Her gift included bags of flannel that I have given away. I kept this yardage. The blue, yellow, and pink pieces in ...

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Midweek: donuts and a finish from With Strings Attached

I hope that today will bring a resolution to Stevens' placement. Thanks once again for your kind words, prayers, and support.

Yesterday was National Library Workers' Day -- "libraries work because you do." The Zion Woman's Club delivered donuts to the staff at Zion-Benton Public Library. ZWC was instrumental in establishing the Zion Memorial Library in 1937. Steffi (next to me) was the bookmobile librarian, then head of youth services. She was a trustee on the board that hired me. She and I are the officers of the on-hiatus Friends of the Library.

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Here's a fast finish! I found ...

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Weekly update: adjusting, and progress on goals + reading from With Strings Attached

Stevens had laprascopic surgery on Friday afternoon. The results were good. "I went from one end of the bowel to the other," said the surgeon when he called me, "and there's nothing there." It's taken S all weekend to recover. He was half-awake when I visited Saturday morning and asleep this afternoon. Thanks again to all of you for your concern and support.

The thirteen Lake County Round Table P.E.O. chapters held the annual Founder's Day luncheon on Saturday. I'm round table president so I was the emcee. This was the second year the ...

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April 6: Psalms 139:23, Fiber Fun, Literary Live and Finding Joy from Faith, Trust and Breast Cancer

Hello There,

I hope you all are doing well! Thank you for stopping by! This week has been hectic, yet in the end, it all has worked out.

My Daddy ended up in the hospital, but was released yesterday. Just in case we had to go to San Diego, we packed two weeks of activities into five days.

This included two birthday celebrations, errands, doctor appointments and such. Happily, he was well enough to release to him home vs. a rehab center. I'm so eager to visit him and Mama!

Hence, not too much stitching was accomplished, but joy ...

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Weekly update: changes ahead + quilting progress from With Strings Attached

The crocuses under the dryer vent are the first to bloom

On Wednesday Stevens' condition took a sharp decline. He wasn't able to get out of his armchair to use the walker to go back to his bathroom and bedroom. Our friend Curt came (at 9:45 p.m.) to help me move him. Thursday began all right--I went to Rotary, came home to get him up, and promptly had to call our part-time caregiver for help. She came right over. We began a new routine. V now comes every morning and every evening. He's sitting in the ...

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Weekly update: catching up on this and that from With Strings Attached

Catching up with a longtime friend: Leslye and I have known one another since junior high. We reconnected a few years ago and have had the best intentions to get together -- we live about 25 miles apart. Last week she emailed and wrote, "Let's do it!" and we did. We had lunch at a restaurant here in Zion. Such a delightful time and yes, we will do it again. Soon.

Catching up with walking. Since the caregiver was with Stevens I took advantage of the time and the lovely day to take a quick walk at Spring Bluff Forest ...

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Weekly update: signs of spring, quilting accomplishments + reading from With Strings Attached

I set all the clocks ahead just after dinner Saturday. I've finally figured out how to do the clocks in both cars correctly the first try.

Two beautiful days this weekend got us out for a walk at the state park and a nearby forest preserve.

The dogwood is really red.

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This is my version of Transport, the Running Doe top-along pattern for March.

A closeup of the gray-with-dots background.

I made eight 9-patch blocks in yellow for the March Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I have a pattern that will use eight 9ps in each color.

I made four yellow ...

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Friday check in: SAHRR, a bag created, and a bag rescued from With Strings Attached

I've had a productive day and a half!

This is month #7 for the guild BOM. The February house block is in the center with its predecessors around it.

SAHRR with round #5, quarter log cabins. They fit! I am very pleased with the way this is turning out.

I posted this photo on Monday. I intended to make wheelchair quilt (36 x 45). I finished the quilting--just an easy swirl, no sweat. When I trimmed the edges I trimmed one long side TOO much and it looked.....not right. I could have bound it "not right" and given ...

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