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Weekly update: Easter, stash report, a finish, RSC, OMG, and reading from With Strings Attached

Happy Easter!

It's been a busy week!

We are fully Pfizerized. Our second vaccinations were at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday. We were fortunate that our appointments were convenient -- just three miles down Sheridan Road in Zion at CTCA.

Beautiful spring weather was a great opportunity for visiting two forest preserves -- Rollins Savanna on Friday and Lyons Woods on Saturday.

The arch in this fallen oak (Rollins Savanna) looked like a portal. I didn't want to take any chances of what might happen if I went through it.

We saw a pair of cranes at Illinois Beach State ...

added by Nann 2 weeks, 3 days ago. under design wall monday , lake county forest preserves , monday making , omg 2021 , reading , rotary club , rsc 2021 , stash report , table scraps , weekly update

Weekly update: welcome spring! potholders and reading from With Strings Attached

A nor'easter battered the lakeshore late last week. It would be cool but foolhardy to be at the beach during such a storm. Instead I visited two sections (Camp Logan and Hosah Park) on Saturday and Sunday when it was sunny and calm.

Salix discolor -- aka pussy willow or glaucous willow -- is in bloom.

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I made two green potholders for Joy's Table Scraps Challenge. That's a subset of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

I pieced the backing for the batik stars flimsy I made earlier this month. I got it sandwiched and basted and I've begun the ...

added by Nann 1 month ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , reading , table scraps

Sewing Saturday!...two more challenges from Not Afraid of Color

For this week's sewing round up I have two challenges to share! Three really as one of them is monthly color challenge, and January is for PINK!

The sewing machine (pattern from Lori Holt) is my Stay at Home Round Robin quilt. We are given a block to use in our rounds, this time it was the plus block

I admit I am not a fan but a challenge is a challenge. The block is boring and static to me, but then it's only boring if you don't put your own spin on it right? I used ...

added by LA Paylor 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under rsc , sahrr , table scraps

January rainbow round up from With Strings Attached

For Joy's Table Scraps challenge: I made two pink potholders.

I also made some framed four-patch blocks. (5.5" unfinished)

Last year I made half-square triangles in each of the 10 monthly RSC colors. Because I used 5" squares to make the HSTs it was convenient to make two identical HSTs-- 4.5" unfinished. One pair of squares for each day of the month meant an average of 60 HSTs. Here is what happened to 270 of the 600.

The blocks are 12" and the quilt is 60 x 72.

I used up a few colorful prints for the ...

added by Nann 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under rsc 2021 , table scraps

Weekly Update: making history (with mittens), pink and more pink, Grassy Creek!, and reading from With Strings Attached

It was beautiful at the beach when I snapped the photo but at 19 degrees I didn't linger! The clouds have returned and there's snow in the forecast.

Years ago I read a time management book that likened the results of procrastination to an obstacle that gets bigger around as the procrastination continues - so big that it takes more effort to go around it than it would be to just go over it. That's how I've been with a non-quilting project this week that involved report-writing and statistics-compiling. I have to check to see that all ...

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