Weekly update: a finish, two starts + reading

Friday afternoon:   Wild flag iris, palespike lobelia, spiderwort, Canadian anemone....and a turtle on a log.

It was sunny and hot for the Zion Juneteenth celebration was at Illinois Beach State Park on Saturday.  I staffed the Rotary booth from 11-3.   The chair and three other Rotarians are on the event committee.  I only got one photo, of me with four of the Interact Club who were all-around helpers for the event. 

I got teary-eyed at church yesterday.  The opening hymn was The Summons.  It so perfectly summarizes Stevens' life and ministry. Then the sermon was about "Sarah laughed" (when God told her that she would have a child--Isaac means "God laughs"). That was one of his favorite stories and he preached on it when it came up in the lectionary.  The closing hymn was Blessed Assurance, another one of his favorites.  

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In the studio:  Farmyard Friends, the June top-along, is finished.  Can you come up with a better name?  

The back is a dark blue print from Barb M's estate sale.  

  

The thrifted shirts are still out so I made a few churn dashes (9").

Villa Rosa has announced the Small Project Summer Challenge.  Participants make a VRD patterns in specific categories.  Finished projects qualify for weekly prizes.  Week 1:  small quilt (less than 50" square). Week 2: tote bag. Week 3: pillow. Week 4: scarf. Week 5: table runner. Week 6: snack mat duo.   I have some VRD patterns for a couple of these categories. Since they're only $2 I can easily afford those I don't have.  

Here is the beginning of week 1.   The pattern is Split Charms.  5" unf. blocks.    I'm using shirts and other quilting cotton.  

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I was pleasantly surprised that The Calamity Club was available on Hoopla with no waiting!   The audio edition is 27 hours long but the story is soooooo good -- and narration (two voices) is superb. 

By all means, get hold of this terrific novel and read it!

Beverly Gage is a historian with a specialty in the 20th century United States. She embarked on a series of road trips to sites across the country to document their place in US history and then filter that through 20th (and 21st) century attitudes. That might be revisionist, coverups, un-coverups, or just whitewashing (racially and otherwise). She writes with a dash of humor and a lot of expertise. Informative and entertaining!

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