Wednesday afternoon I walked the long trail at the south unit of Illinois Beach State Park. I found a wildflower I hadn't seen before. Great Plains Lady's Tresses is a variety of orchid. I recognized it as such because of a similar orchid I saw in the Burren in Ireland.
The flowers are about 1/4".
The Irish orchid: fragrant orchid, gymnadenia conopsea.
Is the hole in the tree a portal? LOL!
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No walk on Thursday. Rotary breakfast at 7:15, then the first meeting of the Clara Cummings Book Club at lunchtime. The speaker, Susan Benjamin, was great. The topic was interesting -- Neil Diamond. But, unfortunately, Susan's AV presentation didn't work on the program chair's computer despite 20+ minutes of trying to install, uninstall, reinstall and finally giving up. Susan gave the program without the visuals and the song clips -- and she'll return in May with to try again. (By that time *I* will be the program chair and we are definitely going to have a rehearsal.)
In the studio: the framed squares are a flimsy. The Kaffe Fassett Bead Stripe was just right for the border.
The Zion Woman's Club Bunco fundraiser is November 14. I contribute a quilt to the raffle. Though I could choose a quilt on hand I am going to try to make a Christmas quilt. These monkey wrench blocks are 7-1/2" unfinished. More to come.
Linking up with Finished or Not Friday
Wow--I'm normally not a Fassett fan (I guess I've only been [or overly-been] exposed to his flora) but that bead fabric is great! There's no way I could've walked past something like that without some of it coming home with me. As the curator of my group's donated legacy stashes (therefore, with access to a seemingly-unlimited supply of fabric), that's saying something!
ReplyDeleteKermit Flail for a Kaffe Flimsy!
Bird 'Pie (Kaffe flora project: https://cbottsprojects.blogspot.com/2024/01/right-on-schedule.html)
I would have loved to have heard that Neil Diamond presentation - he's one of my favourites.
ReplyDeletePretty flowers, Nann. If the hole in the tree is a portal, I'd be willing to give it a test LOL. The Kaffe fabric made a nice border on Framed Squares. I look forward to seeing your monkey wrench project come together.
ReplyDeleteIt is such a bummer when you can't get technology to perform the way you want it to perform! I hope you are able to see and hear the whole presentation next time! I love the fabric for the border you chose for your framed squares. It is perfect! I like your monkey wrench blocks and Christmas theme. --TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteThat wildflower is a pretty find! You are so good at identifying them. How frustrating for your speaker to run into those tech problems, but good for her to be able to give her talk without the visuals and sound! I love the look of your framed squares quilt top, and definitely the perfect border print!
ReplyDeletewhat a delicate little orchid! that border sent the quilt from wow to wowza!
ReplyDeleteThat tree hole presents a fun photo opportunity for a finished quilt cascading from the hole! I love striped borders and bindings and still have a few stashed away for future quilts.
ReplyDeleteI love the hole in the tree, such a rare thing to find.
ReplyDeleteMonkey Wrench is a good choice for the raffle quilt. I think that block is appealing to most people.