Weekly update: goings-on and a new flimsy

 

On Thursday food historian Catherine Lambrecht was the guest speaker at the Clara Cummings Book Club luncheon. I first heard Cathy when she gave the program for the Zion Woman's Club (in March, 2022).  This time she talked about the traditions of pie. 

Illinois grows and processes more pie pumpkins than any other state.  The variety shown in the photo is the hybrid most used. It is a cross between the Tennessee field pumpkin and butternut squash.   The array of apples are those grown in a heritage orchard here in Winthrop Harbor.  (It's not open to the public.)

On Friday evening the Zion Woman's Club held our annual ladies' night bunco party.  It was great fun!  75 women attended. We had a new venue (the Moose lodge) , served only dessert (delicious bars and cookies from a local bakery), and had only four raffles (a 50/50 cash drawing, a gift card tree, a basket with fall decor, and a quilt).   Gross receipts were just shy of $1800 which was the best ever.  

Upper right:  I cut FQs of Halloween fabric to use in the table centerpieces.  

"These are my colors!" said Reggie, who won the quilt.

Saturday evening was the Lake County Symphony Orchestra's gala banquet and concert at Glen Flora Country Club in Waukegan.    We sat with our friends Marilyn and Mike at the same table with the orchestra's CEO and conductor and his wife (the principal violinist), their son, and a friend of theirs. 

Interesting conversation, a good meal, and excellent music.  Since the venue is a dining room only half the regular orchestra performs--very intimate--and we had front-table seats.

I contributed a quilt to the silent auction but forbore to bid on anything (sports memorabilia and wine are not our thing). 

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So, two quilts have left the house!  But a new quilt is in progress.  

I saw a photo of a quilt and made a slightly different version of the block. Once I figured it out I just kept going! 

The blocks are 9-1/2 x 13.

Fabric A:  2-1/2" x WOF and 3-1/2" x 7-1/2".

Fabric B:  1-1/2" x WOF.

Cut 2 units 10-1/2"  and 2 units 6-1/2". 

Assembly has an easy partial seam.

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The ALA Retired Members Round Table Fifth Sunday book discussion met by Zoom this afternoon.  We use prompts rather than reading one book. This time the topic was "something spooky."  As always there was a variety from Neal Gaiman to Preston & Childs to Lucy Foley.  My selection was The October Country, a short story collection by Ray Bradbury.  It was originally published in 1955; I checked out a 1999 reissue with a new intro by Bradbury.  Such terrific writing -- and truly spooky (psychologically disturbing).

Linking up with Oh Scrap!   Design Wall Monday  Sew and Tell

P.S.  Cosmos growing behind a garden shop, taken on Thursday.  There's frost in the forecast this week.  

Wild turkeys strolled down the block this week.

So pretty!