Late—I'm going to be late this morning. No, not because I was sleeping. Oh no—chatting! I accomplished stuff yesterday and actually accomplished what I planned. However, I did my fair share of chatting, and well, isn't that what a quilt retreat is all about? So I'm good with that!!!
I am still thrilled with what I'm accomplishing, and that's all that counts. So what did I get done? Have a look.
I got all the flannel I brought sewn into squares. There are 107 squares measuring 6 1/2", so that's a ...
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The 2024 Hike Lake County Challenge list was released yesterday.
Each year Lake County Forest Preserves selects a dozen trails for the challenge. Participants have until December to walk (or run, skip, hop....) seven of them.
I took up HLC in 2020 as a pandemic exercise. Each year I've overachieved by doing all of the designated trails. Regular readers know I keep going all year.
A couple of these are new. Some are close to home, others are at the opposite corner of the county.
It rained off and on yesterday but the sun is out today. Tune in ...
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Sofia Abukar Faroli joined us by Zoom. She is a professor at Portland State University, researching African women in elected office. Thallyta Laryssa Cavoli is a PhD. candidate at the University of Illinois. She is from Brazil and her research area is poverty and inequitable access to resources. Hanin Elathram grew up in Benghazi, Libya. She received a BSME ...
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The social whirl is underway!
The GFWC-IL District 10 luncheon was on Wednesday. We played Santa bingo. I won $41 in the split-the-pot raffle.
There was a Christmas tree trivia quiz. The average artificial tree is used for 6 years (and is in the landfill forever).....Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states....Calvin Coolidge began the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in 1923.
Friday evening we enjoyed dinner with Rotary friends prior to the Carthage College Christmas Festival
Familiar carols and other old and new songs, with splendid choral and instrumental music.
Nine months out of the year I am an intervention RTI teacher but in the summer months I am a full time quilter. I sew as much as I can in between being a wife and a mother/grandmother. I haven't shown my summertime finishes in a while and I wanted to share some of the things I have made. Not everyone would like for me to share their t-shirt/memory quilts so I will just tell you how many I made since June 1st.
I've made 12 T-shirt quilts! (If you'd like more info on getting ...
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This week's walks were at Spring Bluff (close to home) and Ethel's Woods.
Vervain.
Purple coneflower, meadow sweet.
Sawtooth sunflower, white monarda.
Tansy, pinnate prairei coneflower.
There are signs at both preserves that explain the history of the property.
We saw the movie Oppenheimer on Saturday afternoon. We arrived in plenty of time, so much so that we had to sit through nearly a half hour of commercials and previews before the three-hour feature began. It was thought-provoking. Once I got home I looked up the people, some of whom I'd heard of but others who were ...
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Solstice sunrise over Lake Michigan, 5:15 a.m. today.
Wildflower closeups on the trail (just west of the shoreline, but taken on Monday).
Japanese rose, yarrow, common ninebark.
Meadow buttercup/ranunculus, daisy fleabane, salsify (gone to seed).
First black-eyed Susan/rudbeckia of the season (early!), Canadian anemone, bladder campion.
Clockwise: foxglove, cinquefoil, golden Alexander, flag iris, spiderwort.
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I made 15 daisy mug rugs. I sewed right sides together and then turned out, rather than adding a binding.
I hope to finish them this evening.
This is a tend-to-the-details day ...
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I'm happy to report that my husband was released from the hospital Friday afternoon. The tests were negative, which is the right outcome. We are very grateful to our good friends who took time out of their busy day to drive me into Chicago to get him (and bring him back). He's re-oriented and all is well.
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We had two good excursions, to Grant Woods Forest Preserve on Saturday and Chain O' Lakes State Park on Sunday. (Left photo: Fox River is on the horizon at Chain O' Lakes.)
Wildflower medley: spiderwort, yarrow, sorrel. Cinquefoil, bird's foot ...
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Happy Easter to you! The LORD is risen offering new hope and a chance at new life!
Well, it has been a year for us! Instead of sharing the drama, I share the victories! My husband and I had a wonderful week at the end of March in San Diego visiting my parents, sister and brother-in-law! It was amazing! I picked up these cross stitch kits at the locally owned Needlecraft Cottage in Pacific Beach.
They are on perforated paper, so it will be a learning experience for me. Your suggestions are welcome!
And more good news! After ...
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The small blocks (not very clever to photograph white on white!)
The big block
OMG April #1 is finished! Here are a dozen daisy mug rugs for our P.E.O. chapter project.
Hi, I would like to take a few minutes from preparing digesting Christmas supper to wish you a Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël and a happy holiday season!
Hello and welcome to Week 410 of Free Motion Mavericks. I'm glad that you stopped by. I free motion quilted (FMQ) some flames and swirls to the sun in the middle of the Version 2.0 quilt.
Flames and Swirls
Hi! It would seem that hexies are back into my life. They are very meditative to prepare and to stitch together (i.e. relatively mindless but enjoyable for a short time).
Happy Purple & Spots
July's colour for the 2022 Table Scraps challenge is purple and the theme is circles, spots and dots. Until last year I had very few fabrics with spots but because of a wonderful gift of scraps, I now have tons.
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Thunderstorms between midnight and 5 a.m. on Saturday brought very welcome rain. The sun was out the rest of the weekend.
Pinnate prairie coneflower, jewel weed, rosin weed, bluebell (campanula), spurge, joe pye weed.
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I do find time to sew, of course!
I used the picnic basket block (the guild July BOM) for the next batch of daisy mug rugs for an ongoing P.E.O. project. All the baskets use the same daisy print. (2 yards for all 16.)
Left: purplestem angelica. Right: Ohio spiderwort (beautiful blue!), Carolina puccoon. Bottom: downy phlox, yellow star grass, coreopsis.
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Stevens' annual wellness checkup was Wednesday. His chronic conditions are no worse, no better. Heart, lungs, blood are all fine. We followed appointment up with lunch at our favorite local Mexican restaurant and then casting our ballots in the Illinois primary (early voting).
On Thursday evening I went ...
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