Ted, Darcy, and I ran in the Symphony of Lights 5KM race in Clinton, Iowa. Darcy grew up in Clinton. It was a lot of fun, and Ted finished 4th – no, 3rd overall!! All three of us finished 2nd in our age groups.
Symphony of Lights 5KM
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Monthly Archives: November 2005
Team Work
Sandy and I review the event setup at the Fair Hill Chapel Sprint this past Friday – two heads were often better than one this weekend.
Thanks to Julie Keim for the use of this great picture.
Fair Hill Orienteering Weekend
Three days of beautiful weather, excellent courses, and superb company made for a great event this past weekend at DVOA’s Fair Hill A-Meet (sprint, classic, and long over three days). Sandy and I formed the electronic punching team. We had interested parties from NEOC learning the SportIdent process throughout the weekend.
Photo courtesy of Julie Keim.
Calendar Quilt – November
A few years back, I started making a small quilt for each month of the year. The one on the right was my first November quilt. But, I couldn’t find just the right fabric for the corn. So, Chieko took that one, and I made the one of the left. I like the original one better – except for the corn…
Rainbow quilt returns home!
I made this quilt top 10+ years ago from some of the first fabric packs I bought. I worked on it by hand while Roger was in the hospital. When I got stuck on finishing it, I donated it to the local quilt group I belong to. It was bought by Diane H.
About a year ago, I started wishing I had the quilt back. So, a couple of weeks ago, I emailed Diane and asked her if she was willing to sell it back to me. Here was her response: “I’ve had a feeling all along that someday you were going to be sorry that you let go of that great quilt top. I’d started to draw out a quilting design for it (only on paper, not on the quilt) but something made me set it aside. It is really your quilt & yes, you are welcome to it. I have already gotten a lot of enjoyment out of just looking at it pinned up on my design wall every so often.”
I picked it up at the quilting bee. Diane has suggested a way to quilt it, and I believe I will give it a try. I am very grateful for Diane’s generosity.
Chieko visits Arlington!
Chieko, my BFFL and fellow quilter, came to help me sort out my sewing room and hang a design wall. She brought along some of her recent projects. This is a redwork quilt – she sewed the redwork by hand.
The other quilt is my redwork – my blocks were done with my embroidery machine.
A visit to the hardware store
A have a scanner at home now – mostly to scan my maps for GarTrip and my quilt pictures. This picture showed up in some stuff from my mother. It makes me smile – I loved hanging out at the neighborhood hardware store from a young age. I am on the right. I don’t know who the other girl is…