Sally Ride Science

This recipe is from a dear friend, a fellow quilter, and one of my "adopted" grandmothers, Caroline Trumpold, of Main Amana, Iowa.  Dill beans are a German treat to look forward to every summer, if you are fortunate enough to find fresh yellow wax beans.  This year I made them over Labor Day after stumbling on the wax beans at a high-end grocer in downtown Iowa City .  The summer before I got the beans from a vegetable stand upon special request.  The recipe is for about one pound of beans.  I think I had two pounds and did a recipe-and-a-half of the brine.

SATs AUG 17 & 24, 10A-1P, Home Ec Workshop , Iowa City   Be charmed by this ~ 44" x 55" quilt-as-you-go project!   Learn to make this wonderful quilt pattern by Teri Stillwell. All sewing skill-levels welcome in this fun quilt-as-you-go class.  Sew 5 strips from charm squares (5" x 5" squares), cut your sashing strips and start building your finished piece.  My goal is for everyone to go home with a finished (or very nearly finished) quilt.  Some homework may be required depending your individual in-class pace.  This is a great quilt to really showcase some of your favorite Home Ec fabrics!     Audrey cuts Maureen sews ever so joyfully Val sews on her binding  

A nice article by Mary Kate Karr-Petras for Quilters Newsletter about my trip to Shanghai, China in September 2012 for "The Sum of Many Parts" exhibit. 

SATs JUN 8 & 15, 10A-1P, Home Ec Workshop , Iowa City Come Celebrate the UNSTR8! June is bustin' out all over!  Learn to make this wonderful quilt pattern by Pam Rocco.  Work toward a finished 50" x 50" quilt in this 6-hr class, or take the top home and make three more to construct a quilt fit for a QUEEN!  Perfect gift for a bun in the oven or for someone you love bunches!  Whimsical and loose: recovering perfectionists welcome!  Emily   Linzee Maureen  Lisa So great to see each student's personality shine through in the quilts.  What a fun quilt, class and group of students!  Great job everyone! Me  I eventually machine-quilted this sample and gave it to my niece, Jessica, for her daughter - my great niece, Bella Rose.  Here she is wrapping herself up, peek-a-boo style, at her soon-to-be-cousin's baby shower in Kansas City, MO.

A thoughtfully written article by friend, writer and Iowa City local, Linzee Kull McCray .

Sketch of initial idea More detailed quilt map Getting started  On a roll Progress! Late one cold winter night, I finished the bottom portion of the quilt. This is the point where I hit a creative block.  It took three failed attempts to figure out how to finish off the remainder of the quilt.  Taking inspiration from tilework under the eaves of Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana Thomas House , Springfield, IL, I've finally been able to move forward and much closer to finishing this piece!   Almost there... Eight months later...One Life (top only) - finally pieced! Monday, July 29, 2013!  Next stop: hand-quilters.

1:00PM -  "The Road Home" presentation with Q&A session/trunk show 7:00PM - "A Piece of Me" iMovie (debut presentation!) with Q&A session/trunk show First Congregational Church, 2201 7th Ave, Moline, IL