Weekly update, part 3: in the studio, and a good book

 

At Greenbelt Forest Preserve on Friday.

I was about 8 feet away from the deer.  Allegheny blackberry, tall goldenrod.  Leaves of compass plant (one green, one gold), more Allegheny blackberry.  Dogwood, asters.

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I finished quilting Go Scrappy or Go Home (see last Wednesday's post).  It didn't take long for me to start something new.

  I was mindful of the advice that Lynn (Klein Meisje) gave in the workshop back in April about combining genres and prints -- pay attention to contrast rather than genre and it will all go together.  

I used a lot of 6.5" squares acquired from years and years of the Baseball Swap. (It began in 1999. I don't think any of these were traded that far back though some of the prints are probably that old or older.)   

6.5" squares + 1.5 x 10" strips.  Blocks trim to 6.5" 

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Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune began their long-time association and friendship in 1927 at a conference for leaders of women's organizations.   They advocated for civil rights, societal equity, and equal opportunity during the Depression and into World War II.  

Of course I'm familiar with Eleanor Roosevelt and her story from her challenging upbringing and challenging marriage, social and political activism, and her relationship with Lorena Hickcock.   I didn't know much at all about Mary McLeod Bethune who was also a trailblazing woman who founded an HBCU, founded the National Council of Negro Women, and was the first Black woman to head a federal department.   She was instrumental in changing the "Negro vote" from Republican to Democratic.  She never wavered in her ambition.  

Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray's second collaboration (after The Personal Librarian) is another winner! 

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