Friday check in: Mme. Curie, a flimsy + OMG April

 "Meet Madame Curie" was Lynn Rymarz portrayal at yesterday's Clara Cummings Book Club luncheon. The setting was 1920 when Marie Curie came to the U.S.   The Association of Collegiate Alumnae, as AAUW was then called, raised $100,000 to buy one gram of radium for her research.  Since many AAUW members come to Clara Cummings it was very fitting.   Dr. Curie sought medical applications to treat cancer but radium found commercial uses, too.  

The second character in Lynn's program was one of the   Radium Girls who painted watch faces and clock dials at the Radium Dial factory in Ottawa, Illinois, in the 1920's and 30's.  Most of those young workers succumbed to radiation poisoning decades before workplace safety and compensation. 

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In the studio:   Courthouse Steps is a flimsy! 

72 x 80, 6 yards by weight.  I gambled on having enough of the border fabric -- I had a strip and a half left.

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OMG April summary:  I had three goals.

YES   #1  12 daisy mug rugs

YES  #2   Something purple for RSC -- four placemats and a lap quilt 

NO   #3   Five drawstring bags made from a friend's wedding dress, one for each of her granddaughters.   I grew faint of heart with this and introduced that friend to another friend who was happy to have the commission. (The bags turned out beautifully.)  

Linking up with Peacock Party Finished or Not Friday OMG April Finish