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Friday, September 18, 2026

Friday check in: HLC, stash enhancement, and solid progress


Familiar ground for this week's Hike Lake County walks.   On Wednesday, Ethel's Woods (named for Ethel Untermyer who led the effort to create the Lake County Forest Preserve District in the 1950's).   Today, Lyons Woods (named for Isaac Lyons who settled the area in 1843).   

The monarch stayed still long enough for several snapshots.   



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Roberta, a guild friend, said she had some scrap fabric for me if I was interested.   I went to her house on Wednesday (after Ethel's Woods).   You may recall that I pulled scraps and yardage for the guild rafflemania that was cancelled (plumbing problems at the senior center where we meet), and that I gave that fabric away.   Well, Roberta gave me scraps and yardage that she and a couple of other guild members intended for rafflemania.   By weight 128 yards.    I'm going to share a lot of this bounty, especially the scraps.



Solid progress in the studio.

This is one of those designs that is throwing itself together.   I hope to have it assembled for Monday's post.  


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Stitched was a lot of fun!    A group of quiltmakers have their longtime friendship tested when they prepare their group quilt for a prestigious annual competition.  


Here's the blurb on the back.  

The cover art is by textile artist Victoria Van Der Laan who uses only reclaimed/secondhand fabric for her work. 


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Linking up with  Finished or Not Friday

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6 comments:

  1. SaraSeptember 19, 2026 at 8:51 AM

    I was given a copy of Stitched but haven't begun reading it yet. Maybe over the weekend. LOL What a fun stash enhancement you picked up!!

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  2. Exuberantcolor/Wanda S HansonSeptember 19, 2026 at 9:46 AM

    I love that Monarch photo. I used to have purple asters and one year there was a huge bunch of Painted Lady butterflies on them. I love the contrast of colors.

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  3. cityquilter graceSeptember 19, 2026 at 6:27 PM

    wow love those solids....i saw monarchs at beach...theyre migrating south now...

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  4. AnnSeptember 19, 2026 at 6:34 PM

    Lucky you to get out and walk these natural areas. I'm still recovering. No long walks for me just yet. I saw Eli McCann's book on my library website. Good to know you liked it. Congratulations on your quilt projects and good luck with the donation fabrics.

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  5. Juliann in WASeptember 21, 2026 at 8:09 AM

    Well that Stitched book has show up four times in various places I visit. Off to see if my,I rather has a copy.

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  6. KateSeptember 22, 2026 at 8:53 AM

    You've made great progress on the scrappy quilt. A good walk and a good book are both fun adventures.

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