The Garden is Calling

We’re having a cool and windy day today. And it looks like the forecast for the coming week is extremely hot. I have just a few plants that I need to get into the ground before the heat wave strikes. I also want to get the watering system set-up and ready so my plants can survive the heat.

Plans

Once the garden work is done, I’ll be back to working with SusieQ. I have several projects waiting so we will be busy in the coming days. As always, I’ll be working on blocks and other quilt projects, too. Keeping busy keeps me sane.

#The100DayProjectMysteryQuilt

It is day 51. The block is Electric Fan. It is a 3” block. Clara Stone shared this block in her book Practical Needlework around 1906. I can see how she was inspired by a new-fangled gadget called the electric fan when she named this block. In Marsha McCloskey’s Block Party (1998) she calls this block Kaleidoscope.

Electric Fan, Clara Stone, Practical Needlework, ca. 1906
Octagons, Nancy Page, Birmingham News, May 15, 1934
Will O' the Wisp – Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife, 1945
The Windmill Blades – Kansas City Star, November 19, 1954*.

*The Quilter’s Album of Patchwork Patterns, Jinny Beyer 2009

How are your projects progressing?

Until next time,