Sunrise today.
"Sky-blue pink," as Uncle Wiggly would say.
Many, many years ago Clara Cummings was denied membership in the Excalibur Club, a very exclusive women's club in Waukegan. Clara began her own club, now eponymous. Members used to read and discuss books. Later they had programs by professional book reviewers. Now there are four luncheon programs a year, mostly historical portrayals.
I bought this magnet at the National Museum of Women in the Arts circa 1999. It depicts Lilla Cabot Perry's "Lady With a Bowl of Violets." It's been on the refrigerator door all these years but I didn't know anything about the artist.
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My studio is not as scenic as Giverny, but I've been productive this week.
I made 10 placemants for my year-long project. The Ohio stars were left over from the monthly RSC. The other two were from the orphans box.
Linking up with Finished or Not Friday
P.S. The fridge with all the magnets.
Very clever of you to put all those magnets on the side of the fridge. I got away from having anything on the fridge after going through two boys (and their friends) who would slam the door and then leave the resulting shower of 'stuff' for me to pick up. Of course we did the typical parental thing and used the fridge as a display area for their artwork. Now our fridge has two magnets - what to do in case of a stroke and one that says 'complaints to the cook will be hazardous to your health'.
ReplyDeleteThe presentation sounds interesting! I always like to learn about women who did amazing things. Your placemat project looks like it is rolling right along, and I like those nine patches, too. They have all kinds of possibilities for a layout!
ReplyDelete9 patches are always fun no brainer sewing. I have 2 or 3 groups of them that I could add to at any time.
ReplyDeleteI bet it was a fun day with your book club! Great job using leftovers/orphans for your place mat project! :)
ReplyDeleteMy son sent a similar blue-pink sky this morning in Arkansas.
ReplyDeletepretty projects...yeah my fridge looks like that as well...
ReplyDeleteI would have guessed I was the only one to remember Uncle Wiggly and "sky-blue pink"! In fact last year I donated a small boy of various UW editions to our library book sale (they have a small room dedicated to older books, vs many library book sales where such books are recycled).
ReplyDeleteThe scrappy 9 patches have a nice subdued feel, eh?
Ceci
Our new-ish fridge is magnetic only on the side but not on the front. I found that quite odd but that's how it is. Good job on that many more placemats!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun time. I like those placemats!! they are so unique and fun!
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